Tue, Apr 09, 2002 - Page 3 News List

Chen official supports UN pullout plan

MIDDLE EAST IN CRISIS A senior presidential advisor yesterday expressed his support for Palestinian aspirations and said he hoped the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would soon follow suit

By Monique Chu and Lin Chieh-yu  /  STAFF REPORTERS

Wu said that Taiwan under KMT rule adopted a stance that slanted toward Israel, as the government then "fantasized" about how Israel was able to fight off the military forces of the Arab countries surrounding the Jewish state.

That stance was "wrong," Wu said, as state propaganda in Taiwan at the time accomplished little more than leaving an overly-simplified impression in the public mind that, "the Israelis are the good guys while the Arabs are the bad guys."

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