>> Some of the continental European nations have broken off trade
relations with Israel.
Check your sources (if you have any, of
course). The European Union has actually declared war on Israel, and
arch-traitor France is pointing its ballistic missiles
at Tel-Aviv...
Offensive remarks are one thing, mind-boggling
ignorance, distortion of the basic facts and disinformation are
another. Some European politicians have proposed limited trade sanctions
against Israel (to little effect so far), independent
organisations have called for boycots of specific products. But nothing as
radical as the breaking off of trade relations has occurred.
I suggest that the author of the
above remark get a good newspaper somewhere, check the meaning of the
words 'break off', 'trade relations', 'simplistic', 'generalisation' and
'baloney' in a dictionary, and then come back in our midst.
Yours,
Raphaël Ingelbien