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Moshe Katsav
Israel’s Präsident The Jerusalem Post, 10. Mai, 2001
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Ø "Es gibt eine klaffende Lücke zwischen uns, den Juden, und unseren Feinden, den Arabern. Nicht nur bezüglich Fähigkeiten, aber bezüglich Moralität,Kultur,Unantastbarkeit des Lebens und Gewissen. Sie sind unsere Nachbarn hier, doch scheint es, wie wenn wenige hundert Meter weg Menschen lebten, welche nicht zu unserem Kontinent, nicht zu unserer Welt, nein, tatsächlich zu einer anderen Galaxie gehörten ."
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President Moshe Katsav
There is a huge gap between us (Jews) and our enemies – not just in ability but in morality, culture, sanctity of life, and conscience. They are our neighbors here, but it seems as if at a distance of a few hundred meters away, there are people who do not belong to our continent, to our world, but actually belong to a different galaxy.
Source given: Israeli president Moshe Katsav, Jerusalem Post, May 10, 2001
Investigation: While nothing was found in the source given, there was an account in the following day’s edition of theJerusalem Post. This remark is completely removed from its context to make it sound racist. In fact, Katsav was specifically talking about the brutal murders by Palestinian terrorists of two young schoolboys. The remains of Kobi Mandel and Yossi Ish-Ran, who had played hooky from school to explore a cave, were found on May 9, 2001. TheJerusalem Post clearly placed Katsav’s words in that context:
President Moshe Katsav said yesterday that Israel would never stoop to the brutality the Palestinians displayed in the stoning to death of two Tekoa teenagers this week.
"There is a huge gap between us and our enemies - not just in ability but in morality, culture, sanctity of life, and conscience," Katsav told reporters at Beit Hanassi.
"We would never stoop to the kind of brutality inflicted on the victims in Tekoa and Ofra," he added. "They're our neighbors here, but it seems as if at a distance of a few hundred meters away, there are people who don't belong to our continent, to our world, but actually belong to a different galaxy."
Katsav said Israel must change its approach to the Palestinians, but stopped short of voicing exactly what that new approach should be -- although he appeared to imply that retaliation is at times necessary.
"Force is no solution to anything," he said, "but sometimes it's essential."
Referring to the brutal murders of two young boys from Tekoa, Katsav said he is sure there are Palestinians and other Moslems who oppose terrorism, but it was terrifying to realize how much cruelty and hatred the Palestinians harbor against Israelis. (Jerusalem Post, May 11, 2001)