ZGram - 10/23/2001 - "Killing Arabs" was Object of Children's Video

[Ingrid Rimland]

Copyright (c) 2001 - Ingrid A. Rimland

ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny

October 23, 2001

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

There is an old saying - and I am not sure that I quote it correctly - that
as the twig bends, so the tree inclines.  Below is a perfect example.

This short item was written eleven years ago, and chances are that kids who
played make-believe at murder have grown to do the real thing with
nonchalance and without any conscience.

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Washington Report On Middle East Affairs

 California Chronicle / "Killing Arabs" is Object of Children's Video Game
By Pat McDonnell Twair

January 1990, Page 24

Uzi machine guns are the most ubiquitous import Israel sends to the United
States;  now add to it a computer game entitled "Infifada" that trains
players in the art of wiping out Palestinian rock throwers.

 This new personal computer game came  to the attention of 15-year-old
Khalid El Guindi-Rosenbaum, who operates a computer bulletin board from his
Los Angeles home. Files, messages and games are exchanged on his system by
more than 100 correspondents dialing in by modem from such diverse points
as Texas and Norway.

 In October, Khalid found "Intifada" uploaded on his file along with
instructions for the game. The member who sent the game said it was created
in Israel. The purpose of the game is to eliminate Arabs. The player loses
if rock throwers win. Only Israeli soldiers gain points; choices of weapons
are clubs, plastic bullets and tear gas.

 Images of Israeli soldiers appear on the screen, as do those of
Palestinians throwing rocks or Molotov cocktails. If an Israeli is knocked
out, the player loses a round and a warning appears on the screen:
"Remember your goal is to kill Arabs."

 If the player uses live ammunition and kills scores of Arabs, a warning
states he has lost because he killed too many Arabs and the public outrage
will cause a political upheaval.

 Khalid has no idea how many personal computer users are playing "Intifada"
in the US. He has prepared a demonstration tape of the game and sent it to
the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) in Washington, DC. He
wonders how widespread the game is in the US and whether it is being played
by Israeli youngsters in video arcades. And, if so, how many Israeli
youngsters are being subliminally programmed to knock out flesh and blood
Palestinian targets when the time comes.

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"Today, I watched as Shimon Peres told the world that Israel should not
reoccupy the Palestinian territories, because it is wrong to occupy others'
land and blah blah bah.

"To which I respond: 'Fine, Herr ZOGmeister.  Now, get out of the United
States!'"

(Letter to the Zundelsite)