[perryp]

An article written by murdered Briton reveals that the check Israel sent in compensation has boounced. Does the Israeli government have any morality left at all?

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Letters
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Israel's contempt for Tom

Saturday November 22, 2003
The Guardian

If my intelligent, courageous son, Tom, had not been left severely brain damaged by an Israeli soldier, he would have vouched for the fact that I am not prone to speechlessness. Words now fail me.

Two days ago, I received notification from my bank that the cheque sent by Israel's ambassador, for a fraction of the expenses incurred by the family for Tom's repatriation and for which we have had to wait five months, had not been honoured by the Bank of Israel. "Insufficient funds" was the reason given.

This is one of a catalogue of actions which can only be perceived as an illustration of the contempt shown towards the issue of Tom's shooting. We endeavoured for weeks, through the British embassy and the media, to have a meeting with somebody in the Israeli government who might give us some response as to what happened before we finally met representatives. Recently, the Israeli ambassador in London arranged a meeting which was subsequently cancelled without proper explanation.

As money is so tight, might it not be appropriate for Israel to channel less towards its illegal "security" fences or the development of remote control bulldozers and more towards the rebuilding of destroyed houses in Palestine and other debts, such as Tom's repatriation?

It is a mind-numbing task to understand the morality and to use the logic of the Israeli government. What hope do Palestinians have when such profound disregard and disrespect is shown to humanity, collectively and individually?

[thunderous_funker]

Sounds a bit dodgy, to be honest. I can understand some bereaucratic snaffoo, but I think it would be bit more complex than "insufficient funds". I've certainly had experience with a slow beraucracy sending me a check that has expired or isn't honored for some reason.

At any rate, Israel's record on compensating innocent victims of its military actions speaks for itself. The EU is still waiting for some decision on the millions it spent on infastructure in the territories that the IDF ruthlessly destroyed without comment.

And no matter how frustrated or angry I become over such actions, I continue to believe that there are moral voices in Israel as a whole and in the government. They may be marginalized at present, but I can't dismiss a nation or government in it's entirety simply based on the unscrupulous policies of the present administration.

After all, even the US congress has a couple of honorable members.

[BlackGriffen]

Originally posted by thunderous_funker:
Sounds a bit dodgy, to be honest. I can understand some bereaucratic snaffoo,

Situation Normal, All Finger Fckd Over, Oi?



Looks like you're joining the rest of us who describe our spelling as snafu. Just don't push it to fubar.


BG

[thunderous_funker]

D'oh!!

Sorry. I guess I was going for more onomatopoeia with my spelling.

[gadster]

Now why doesn't this surprise me?

[voodoo]

Silly Israeli government.

[macvillage.net]

US Tax Refunds bounce all the time.

Government checks constantly bounce... it's nothing new.