<p>Why Ariel Sharon is a terrorist</p>
<p>First lemme define terrorism. Terrorism is the unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.
As taken by <a href=“http://www.dictionary.com%5B/url%5D”>www.dictionary.com</a></p>
<p>At age 14, Sharon joined the Haganah, which was an underground military group which opposed British rule. Now think : How is the Haganah, a military group that opposed British rule different from the Hammas, a Palestine military group that opposes Israeli rule? And why is the Haganah an underground military group while the Hammas is a terrorist group? Why is Sharon, a member of a terrorist group (by definition) fighting British rule admired as a fighter while suicide bombers like Nabil Halabiyeh who blew themselves known as terrorists? Both belong to terrorists groups, shouldnt both be terrorists by definition?</p>
<p>In 1953, he became commander of Unit 101, whose activities were nothing different that Arab retaliation against Jewish villages. Unit 101 basically enforced terror by the infliction of discrinate, murderous violence not only on the abled fighters but also on the young, the old, and the hopeless. Dont believe me? See for yourself:
<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_101[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_101</a>
Quotes from the site:
Immediately after the foundation of Unit 101 in 1953, it began a series of routine operations, which at first included attacks upon civilians in Jordanian and Egyptian-controlled areas.
According to the local UN officer Vagn Bennike, hand grenades were thrown into houses while the inhabitants were sleeping, and those trying to escape were mowed down with machine guns.
It has drawn much criticism due to deaths of innocent civilians, in particular the Qibya operation, which left almost 70 civilians dead. It was disbanded in late 1955.</p>
<p>Needless to say, Sharon was a terrorist from the beginning, and there are official documents out there that actually recorded his terrorists activities. During the October 1953 massacre in Qibya, Sharon ordered to blow up the houses and inflict heavy casualties. Forty five villages were blown up and about 70 civilians died, two-thirds of them being INNOCENT women and children! The UN observer claimed that the inhabitants were forced by heavy fire to remain inside until their house blew over them, which contradicted to what Sharon claimed, he lied.</p>
<p>In the early 1970s, Sharon was appointed as head of Southern Command of Israels Defense forces. Sharons duty was to ease tensions on the Gaza Strip after the 1967 war. And guess what? He continued his merciless terrorist schemes. He ordered his soldiers to bulldoze thousands of homes to carve a wide, open area. Over this area, the Israelis, with their large, armored vehicles were able to gather control and hunt for the Palestinian Liberation Army. This cannot be justified. These soldiers not only destroyed their homes, but also beat the people, even little, innocent kids. The refugees later took shelter in overcrowded shelters.</p>
<p>In August 1971, troops under Sharons orders ruthlessly destroyed 2,000 homes on the Gaza Strip, and as a result over 16,000 were eradicated for the second time. Many Palestinian men were arrested, exiled, or even assassinated. Read this:
<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Sharon[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Sharon</a>
Quote from the site:
In 1969, he was appointed the Head of IDF’s Southern Command. The BBC reported that Sharon was denied the promotion to chief of staff because of his disregard for human life, based on the occupation, under his command, of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He had no further promotions before retiring in August 1973. Soon after, he joined the right-wing Likud political party</p>
<p>During Menachem Begins second administration, Sharon worked as the defense minister. Sharon was fully responsible for the 1982 assault on Lebanon with the motive of destroying the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization). He wanted the Palestinians to be driven out as much as possible towards Jordan with Lebanon becoming a client state for Israel. This operation lead to the killing of over 20,000 Palestinian and Lebanese lives while also accounted for the death of over 1,000 Israeli soldiers. Many cilivilians were killed as well.</p>
<p>Sharon was also responsible for the infamous attack on the Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps. The Lebanese government counted 1,962 dead bodies, with 1,200 eventually buried by relatives. It took place on September 16,1982 from 6:00 AM all the way till 8:00AM of September 18, 1982! 62 hours! Infants, children, women (including pregnant ones), the elderly, and the handicapped were killed.</p>
<p>Just before the the 1982 war, Sharon and asked for control of Israels nuclear trigger, but Prime Minister Begin had the sense to refuse the offer. Thank you God! </p>
<p>Even through desperate attemps to hide evidence that they had prior knowledge to the massacre, Sharon was help accountable, among other Israeli militants, by the Kahan Commission. Sharon refused to resign his position. On February 14, 1983, he was relieved of his duties as defense minister. For more info, read this:
<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Sharon[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Sharon</a>
Quote:
The Kahan Commission investigating these massacres recommended in early 1983 the removal of Sharon from his post as Defense Minister. In their recommendations and closing remarks, the commission stated:
We have found, as has been detailed in this report, that the Minister of Defense [Ariel Sharon] bears personal responsibility. In our opinion, it is fitting that the Minister of Defense draw the appropriate personal conclusions arising out of the defects revealed with regard to the manner in which he discharged the duties of his office - and if necessary, that the Prime Minister consider whether he should exercise his authority under Section 21-A(a) of the Basic Law: the Government, according to which “the Prime Minister may, after informing the Cabinet of his intention to do so, remove a minister from office.”</p>
<p>“Sharon was dismissed by Prime Minister Menachem Begin but he remained in successive governments as a Minister.”</p>
<p>“In 1987, TIME magazine published a story implying Sharon was directly responsible for the massacres. Sharon sued Time for libel in American and Israeli courts. Time won the suit in the U.S. court because Sharon could not establish that Time had “acted out of malice”, as required under the U.S. law, although the jury found the article false and defamatory”</p>
<p>As I mentioned before, Sharon wasnt really much into peace deals. He voted against a peace treaty with Egypt. In 1985 he voted against the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon. In 1991, he opposed Israels participation in the Madrid Peace conference. In 1993 he voted No in the Knesset on the Oslo agreement. He also refrained from voting in the Knesset on a peace treaty with Jordan. He voted against the Hebron agreement.</p>
<p>Sharon was also the Minister of agriculture in the later 1970s. He established many of the West bank settlements which are major obstructions to any peace deal. He position now is that not a single square inch of land will be given to the Palestinians on the West Bank. Israel with control all the highways and the water souces on the West bank. Jerusalem will be under Israel sovereignty. Under his current rule as Prime Minsiter, the Palestinians are under severe militant oppression, they are grieving for the dead, and hurt, both physically and emotionally.</p>
<p>So my friends, I have clearly proven that Ariel Sharon was a terrorist ever since his teenage years till now. It is truly a shame that the highly respected Israeli state is being ruled by such as monster. I am sure that my information is accurate unless you can prove me wrong.</p>