1. http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=95001224

2. New Middle East Lexicon

   There are many people who are finding it difficult to understand the technical terminology of the New Middle East. They listen to the discussions of events on CNN and the BBC, they read the Israeli leftist press, they listen to politicians and to Arab spokesmen, and they are simply confused.

   Accordingly, as a public service, we have decided to bring to you a pocket dictionary and guide that will help you translate the terms being used to simple English that you might be able to better understand. In each case, we give you the technical term, and then explain what it really is referring to and what it really means.

   Ready?

When they say:	What they really MEAN is:
Murdered in Cold Blood	Arabs killed while trying to murder Jews or plant bombs or attack soldiers, by Jews defending themselves
Terrorists	Countries like Israel or America when they defend themselves
Peace	War
War	Peace
Settlements	Any place in which Jews live
Self-restraint	When Jews are ordered not to shoot back
Ceasefire	When Jews are ordered not to shoot back
Confidence building measures	Concessions by Jews to appease Arabs and their State Department apologists
War Against Terror	Measures to Appease and Coddle Terrorists so they will pretend to be part of the Bush-led attack on Afghanistan
Self-defense	When Arabs murder Jewish children
Unprovoked Aggression	When Jews shoot Arabs trying to murder Jewish children
Rights of the Palestinians	Their right to murder Jewish children
Two states for Two Peoples	The two peoples are the Palestinians and the Jordanians
Racism	When someone says the Jews have the right to exist or to have their own state
Discrimination	When Arabs are exempted from military service and granted affirmative action preferences
Free Speech	The right of Arabs to call for genocide against Jews
Criminal Incitement	When someone says they think Oslo was a mistake
Shaheed or Martyr	An Arab hooligan killed while attacking an Israeli policeman with a gun, knife or Molotov
Due Process	When repeatedly convicted Arab murderers are set free to be retried
Assassin State	Term for Israel by Arab states that murder anyone opposing the ruling clique
Freedom of Religion	When Arabs can prevent Jews from praying on the Temple Mount and attack Jews at the Western Wall
A Country of All its Citizens	Destruction of Israel and Its Replacement by a PLO-run Arab-majority state
Right of Return	The PLO’s Right to Destroy Israel and expel all Jews
Justice	Injustice
Injustice	Justice
Peace Talks	Capitulations by Israel
Goodwill gestures	Appeasements of Arab Fascists and Terrorists
Peace Process	Israeli Self-Annihilation
"Peace Camp"	Jewish Leftists who wish to See their Country Destroyed
Peace Now	Chant by People Opposed to Israeli Existence
Shalom Chaver	McCarthyist Slogan by those who wish to paint all opponents of Oslo as Murderers of Rabin
Arab-Jewish Dialogue	When Jewish leftists meet together with fascist Arabs and together issues statements in favor of Israel’s destruction
Israel Hebrew Newspaper	Hebrew Palestinian press
Mutual Understanding	When Jews endorse Arab fascism and terrorism
Equality	When Jews are discriminated against
Injustice	When Jews defend their rights
Justice	That which is to be found in Arab countries
Victims of Terror	The 500 trillion Iraqi children claimed to have starved because of US-led sanctions against Iraq
People of Conscience	Noam Chomsky, Avigdor Feldman, Yossi Sarid, Shaul Zadka, Shulamit Aloni, etc.
Peace Activists	People working to produce the next war
Warmongers	People trying to prevent the next war
Rule of Law	Arbitrary Imperious Conduct by Judges
Religious Tolerance and The right to call Orthodox Jews foul names	Pluralism
Religious Coercion	The slogan by those favoring secularist coercion
Victory	When Ehud Barak capitulates in Lebanon
Unnecessary and Any time Israel uses its military	Unjustified Warfare
War of Choice	A War of Necessity that Leftists do Not Want to Participate in
No Alternative	Slogan used to prevent nonleftists from choosing the alternative of ending Oslo
No Justice, No Peace	We support war
End the Occupation	End the Existence of Israel
Liberation	Suppression and Oppression
Cooling Off Period	Period in which Arabs murder Jews
Significantly reduced Tensions	Period in which Arabs murder Jews
Restoration of Normality	Period in which Arabs murder Jews
Getting the Talks up and Running	Period in which Arabs murder Jews
Moving Forward	Period in which Arabs murder Jews
Dialogue	Period in which Arabs murder Jews
Relative Tranquility	Period in which Arabs murder Jews

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