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01/26/2005:
"Marking Holocaust, Sharon Blasts Israel Critics"
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon assailed as anti-Semites Wednesday critics of Israel who liken its crackdowns on a Palestinian revolt to Nazi-style acts of aggression."This phenomenon, of Jews protecting themselves and fighting back, is deemed outrageous by the new anti-Semites," he told Israel's parliament a day before world leaders gather in Poland to mark 60 years since the liberation of Auschwitz death camp.
"The legitimate self-defense measures which Israel takes in its war against Palestinian terror -- measures any sovereign state would be obliged to take in order to safeguard its residents -- are presented by sundry anti-Semites as Nazi-style acts of aggression," the right-wing former army general said.
While international peacemakers are careful to avoid drawing historical parallels, Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and killing of more than 3,000 Palestinians in violence that erupted in 2000 have drawn comparisons in parts of the Arab and European press to Nazi actions.
"Sixty years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the evil that begat the horror still exists, and still poses a threat," Sharon said. "We know we can trust no one but ourselves."
Full Article: reuters.myway.com
That final sentence is the battered-child syndrome in a nutshell. The child that grows to recapitulate the abuse on the generations.
