MR BOTHA
Yes, but let me put this into context. I also there drew a comparison that in the war in Israel - for instance if a Palestinian crossed the border into Israel and killed an Israeli citizen, he would then be acting against the Israeli Defence force, and the Defence force would then act in a cross-border operation and they would eradicate a whole town in one attack - a whole Palestinian village.
I don't know any other word to describe this as an act of vengeance, of revenge, to show the Palestinians that, that type of conduct would not be tolerated and that we would hit you very hard if you did it. So in that way, if you use the word revenge, I think that is the idea I am trying to convey. It wasn't a personal thing, nobody did me any personal injustice. But an injustice had been done against my people and that is why I retaliated. Maybe the word vengeance or revenge is a bad choice of words. What I tried to convey was a certain feeling which I had.