The Spectator: Why Sharon wants war by Emma Williams, Oct 5 2002 9:14am Fri Oct 4 '02 Within Israel concepts once considered unspeakable now fill the air: ‘transfer’ (otherwise known as ethnic cleansing), and the use of nuclear weapons. In Ha’aretz, Meron Benvenisti, a former Israeli official, was Cassandra-clear when he warned the Americans that ‘an assault on Iraq could unleash ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. Nobody should be allowed to say they weren’t warned.’ This week, 100 Israeli academics issued similar warnings of impending ethnic cleansing. www.spectator.co.uk/article.html3?table=o... add your comments Source file