A battle on the meaning of words

Submitted by manny (Canada), Dec 7, 2007 at 09:13

When I first read this passage, I bristled with irritation. Then, I rationalized it as diplomat-speak, equating the rare Jewish terrorists with the much more common Palestinian terrorist.

I believe it was Hanan Ashrawi who said that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is first a conflict on the definition of words.

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