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From: abeles@mhuxm.UUCP (abeles)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: In re Baba
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Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 11:18:01 EST
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Someone who calls himself "Baba" has been writing anti-Israel articles to
net.religion.jewish.  Have you  wondered what "Baba" stands
for?  Is this a first name or a last name?  Is it an acronoym (Big Antisemitic
BAby)?  Or is it simply an attempt to hide the writer's identity from those
who know him?

Here is the latest one I've seen, ostensibly an attack on Martillo.  Martillo
has claimed that Arabs (such as the Palestinian Arabs) are intensely racist
where Blacks are concerned.  He is eager to see their racism exposed to the
world press, which he believes will occur following the settlement of Black
Ethiopians in Israeli territory.  As I understand it, Martillo believes that
the belligerent anti-Israel feelings of the Arab governments derives from
a racist paranoia (which is at best not discouraged by Islam) towards all
non-Arabs.  I do not find his views to be completely without merit.

But this is what "Baba" thinks as he sits at the keyboard:
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I'm terribly sorry.  I didn't know that Martillo was the embodiment of Israel.
Had I known, I would have been even more disturbed by his advocacy last year 
of "cleansing" Lebanon of Islam.

On a less sarcastic note, I really am sorry about this sequence dribbling over 
into net.religion.jewish, as it is not a good place to bait a racist who 
happens to be Jewish.  In the future I shall try to harrass Joachim in 
net.politics only.
					Baba
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May "Baba"'s antagonistic opinions be as effective as his spelling!  I
get the idea that he intends to "harass" Martillo, since there is no
entry in my dictionary under "harrass."  But seriously, folks, "Baba"
and I have already exchanged notes via private mail, and he has made
no attempt to deny my characterization of him as an "antisemite."  Just
thought you'd like to know!

A good Shabbos to all!
--J. Abeles