HaTzofeh newspaper\'s editorial writer relates cynically today to the behavior of countries that face situations less dangerous than those faced by Israel over the past nine months:
\"The incident [last week] in which British forces in Cyprus used live fire to disperse unarmed protestors whose only crime was to protest against the installation of an antenna - is inhumane and intolerable. Israel cannot ignore the barbaric behavior of the British forces... Their cruelty cannot be allowed to pass without a response. There must be an investigation into who ordered the use of live ammunition, and [they] should possibly be charged with crimes against humanity... These actions can only be compared to the barbarism of the British undercover agents who assassinated IRA freedom fighters in Gibraltar...
\"No less strong of a condemnation is issued to Sweden after its police shot live fire at protestors in Goteborg, which is an inhumane act of barbarism with which only Viking cruelty and support of the Nazis can compete. The Swedish police’s excuse that they didn’t fire until a stone was thrown at them is an example of cruelty beyond all proportion and should be investigated by the international community. Consideration should even be given to sending international forces to monitor the brutal use to which the Swedish government puts its armed forces.”
\"The incident [last week] in which British forces in Cyprus used live fire to disperse unarmed protestors whose only crime was to protest against the installation of an antenna - is inhumane and intolerable. Israel cannot ignore the barbaric behavior of the British forces... Their cruelty cannot be allowed to pass without a response. There must be an investigation into who ordered the use of live ammunition, and [they] should possibly be charged with crimes against humanity... These actions can only be compared to the barbarism of the British undercover agents who assassinated IRA freedom fighters in Gibraltar...
\"No less strong of a condemnation is issued to Sweden after its police shot live fire at protestors in Goteborg, which is an inhumane act of barbarism with which only Viking cruelty and support of the Nazis can compete. The Swedish police’s excuse that they didn’t fire until a stone was thrown at them is an example of cruelty beyond all proportion and should be investigated by the international community. Consideration should even be given to sending international forces to monitor the brutal use to which the Swedish government puts its armed forces.”