I LISTENED to BBC Radio Scotland on Friday morning and heard an Israeli spokesperson talking about the pagers exploding in Lebanon. He said that many hundreds of Israelis had been displaced from their homes because of the rocket fire from Hezbollah in Lebanon, and that people had to understand that necessary force would have to be used in order to get those Israelis back to their homes.
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He made no mention of the fact that millions of Palestinians have been displaced from their homes over more than 70 years and that maybe they now feel that the only way to get back to their homes might be to use force.
Of course when Israel uses such force they are seen as defending their homes and country, and when Palestinians use such force they are seen as terrorists! Double standards being applied by Israel – surely not?!
Tom Tracey
Greenock
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