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March 19, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1079498072537&p=1006953079865

Indoctrination of Hate

(Jerusalem Post) Barbara Sofer - A Venezuelan plastic surgeon who'd arrived in our area on a humanitarian mission to Gaza reported on the indoctrination of hate. The doctor had arrived with a medical team that traveled the Third World to repair cleft palates and disfiguring facial injuries. In Gaza, they'd seen facial scars typical of burns caused from tipped cooking pots in crowded kitchens. But when the surgeons asked how the injury was caused, in every other country the kids reported spilled cooking kettles. In Gaza, even the smallest child claimed that "the Israeli soldier pushed me," even though the scars clearly came from home accidents. The surgeon wondered if the kids had been coached or if they suffered from group hysteria.

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