Gaza resident ridicules DM Mofaz's "concern" for psyches of children

Aaron Lerner Date: 6 June 2005

Rina Ackerman, a resident of Gush Katif, ridiculed, in an interview
broadcast live on Israel Radio's 5 pm news magazine, Defense Minister Mofaz's
call for the residents to send their children away before the army uproots
them from their homes out of concern for their tender psyches.

"He wasn't concerned about my children's psyches when thousands of mortars
showered down on us and he instructed the army not to act - so now he's
concerned?" Ackerman asked.

Ackerman noted that studies of the consequences of the Yamit evacuation
found that the children who were separated from their parents prior to the
evacuation suffered considerable trauma from that separation, thus DM Mofaz's
recommendation runs counter to the conclusions one reaches from past
experience.

Ackerman also pointed out that the same DM Mofaz who is concerned about the
tender psyches of the children has no problem providing the Palestinians
with detailed maps now that identify all security provisions in the
communities in Gush Katif, thus enabling the Palestinians to carry out more
effective attacks against the communities.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(Mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
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