January 1st 1965 Fateh attempts to blow up water facility

[Nannette]

On January 1, 1965, Fatah terrorists attempted to blow up a water system facility in Israel. There were no casualties and damage was minimal. Of course, terrorist attacks on Israel were conducted ever since Israel was founded, but the January 1, 1965, attack was the first claimed by the Fatah. An example of pre-Fatah attacks was the ambush of a civilian bus on its way from Elat to Be'er Sheva on March 17, 1954. Eleven Israeli passengers were murdered in that attack.

Two points are noteworthy: first, this act of sabotage took place 30 months before the "occupation" of June 1967. That's in case anyone still believes that "occupation breeds terrorism".

Second, while the Israelis have been busy building a nation, constructing aqueducts, earning the occasional Nobel prize, and turning a desert, sand dunes and barren hills into a productive paradise, the Arab terrorists were bent from the outset on nothing but destruction.

So has it been since time immemorial.

http://www.adl.org/Israel/advocacy/chronology.asp?xflag=3
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He who is merciful with the cruel, will end-up being cruel to the merciful
- Kohelet Rabba 7:16

[Levi]

[Nannette]

Jim - you hit the nail on the head! The Arabs are a destructive race, rather than innovative and productive... and that's why the majority are forced to live in poverty thanks to their warlord leaders!
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He who is merciful with the cruel, will end-up being cruel to the merciful
- Kohelet Rabba 7:16

[Levi]

Amen.