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	<title>Comments on: On the Art of Misinforming &#8211; Vermonters for a &#8220;Just&#8221; Peace</title>
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		<title>By: Ian Thal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ian Thal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michael, 

Thanks again for directing people towards my writings.

The cartoon you pulled up is a perfect example of the point I&#039;ve made &lt;a href=&quot;http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2007/09/independence-paintings-in-burlington_08.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;many times before&lt;/a&gt;.  In attempting to show a symmetry between the Jews and the Palestinians, the cartoonist (and indirectly the publishers of the cartoon) have to lie. These lies do not serve the genuine interests of the Palestinian people.

While there are mountains of evidence for the murdered Jews, there is no evidence for &quot;six million Palestinians ethnically cleansed, dispossessed, mudered, and humiliated. &quot; The official U.N. refugee count is about 711,000 and their refugee status is generally agreed upon to be caused primarily by the Arab invasion of Israel, and not out of an ethnic cleansing campaign, and only about 40,000 were deported by Israel.

There are real statistics and real facts that people who are truly sympathetic with the Palestinians could and should cite, but people who cite lies care more about creating anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic sentiment than actually improving the plight of the Palestinians.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael, </p>
<p>Thanks again for directing people towards my writings.</p>
<p>The cartoon you pulled up is a perfect example of the point I&#8217;ve made <a href="http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2007/09/independence-paintings-in-burlington_08.html" rel="nofollow">many times before</a>.  In attempting to show a symmetry between the Jews and the Palestinians, the cartoonist (and indirectly the publishers of the cartoon) have to lie. These lies do not serve the genuine interests of the Palestinian people.</p>
<p>While there are mountains of evidence for the murdered Jews, there is no evidence for &#8220;six million Palestinians ethnically cleansed, dispossessed, mudered, and humiliated. &#8221; The official U.N. refugee count is about 711,000 and their refugee status is generally agreed upon to be caused primarily by the Arab invasion of Israel, and not out of an ethnic cleansing campaign, and only about 40,000 were deported by Israel.</p>
<p>There are real statistics and real facts that people who are truly sympathetic with the Palestinians could and should cite, but people who cite lies care more about creating anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic sentiment than actually improving the plight of the Palestinians.</p>
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