the pipeline of hate
60 years: what else is new? for whatever reason - be it xenophobia or the need for a scapegoat - the jews have long been a hated and persecuted minority: a thorn in the side of humanity.
from the ancient egyptians, babylonians and romans, through medieval europe, the inquisition, soviet anti-semitism, the third reich - to achmedinajad and his cronies: that’s a thorn of colossal, millennial proportions when compared to the mere 60 years’ existence of the state of israel. according to the bible, the jews are God’s chosen people.
maybe that’s the reason why so many people hate the jews. nobody likes the teacher’s pet, though he may be admired or feared from afar. israel’s supporters ask where the world would be without the scientific, medical, literary and hi-tech contributions of the jews - but perhaps that’s the source of the problem. nobody likes a wise guy.
watching the annual ceremony, which traditionally concludes israel’s somber day of remembrance for its fallen and inharmoniously ushers in the noisy and colorful independence day celebrations, i was struck by the beauty of the pageant. there were no military parades through the streets, showing off sophisticated missiles or tanks. for israel’s 60th anniversary, the powers-that-be chose the theme of children. the huge expanse was filled with hundreds of superbly choreographed children, celebrating their country’s special independence in a spectacular pageant of dance, song, and theater.
sure - israel has the military capability, but it would much prefer not to have to use it. some of the arab states, the palestinian arab terrorists, muslim and liberal radicals on the u.s. and european campuses, and even arab members of israel’s own democratically-elected knesset manipulatively attempt to compare israeli army defensive measures to the atrocities perpetrated by the darkest regimes of 20th-century europe.
a reminder: during wwII, six million jews were subjected to starvation, slave labor and inhuman medical experimentation - and were then systematically exterminated in concentration camps while the world looked on. never again! as long as the jewish state exists, it will defend the right of the jewish people to live as a nation among nations. if the palestinian arab terrorists were to stop attacking israel, then israel would have no reason to use its reined-in military might to defend itself.
achmedinajad has threatened to wipe israel off the map on numerous occasions, but any counter statement - be it from an israeli minister or hillary clinton, or even barack obama (who kindly said that the usa under his leadership would defend Israel after any attack) - invokes an iranian threat of un resolutions. if that isn’t a theater of the absurd and double standards, then what is? i believe that peace between all the inhabitants of the middle east is both possible and desirable, and should be worked towards.
i also believe - even today - that, for true and lasting peace, the majority of jewish israelis would be willing to return to pre-1967 proportions, with minor land-for-land adjustments. compensation for former arab assets in present-day israel could be possible - conditional on equitable recompense for the jewish assets forcibly abandoned or confiscated by the arab countries since 1948.
there is so much to be gained from cordial relations and regional cooperation - far more than there is to be lost.
from the ancient egyptians, babylonians and romans, through medieval europe, the inquisition, soviet anti-semitism, the third reich - to achmedinajad and his cronies: that’s a thorn of colossal, millennial proportions when compared to the mere 60 years’ existence of the state of israel. according to the bible, the jews are God’s chosen people.
maybe that’s the reason why so many people hate the jews. nobody likes the teacher’s pet, though he may be admired or feared from afar. israel’s supporters ask where the world would be without the scientific, medical, literary and hi-tech contributions of the jews - but perhaps that’s the source of the problem. nobody likes a wise guy.
watching the annual ceremony, which traditionally concludes israel’s somber day of remembrance for its fallen and inharmoniously ushers in the noisy and colorful independence day celebrations, i was struck by the beauty of the pageant. there were no military parades through the streets, showing off sophisticated missiles or tanks. for israel’s 60th anniversary, the powers-that-be chose the theme of children. the huge expanse was filled with hundreds of superbly choreographed children, celebrating their country’s special independence in a spectacular pageant of dance, song, and theater.
sure - israel has the military capability, but it would much prefer not to have to use it. some of the arab states, the palestinian arab terrorists, muslim and liberal radicals on the u.s. and european campuses, and even arab members of israel’s own democratically-elected knesset manipulatively attempt to compare israeli army defensive measures to the atrocities perpetrated by the darkest regimes of 20th-century europe.
a reminder: during wwII, six million jews were subjected to starvation, slave labor and inhuman medical experimentation - and were then systematically exterminated in concentration camps while the world looked on. never again! as long as the jewish state exists, it will defend the right of the jewish people to live as a nation among nations. if the palestinian arab terrorists were to stop attacking israel, then israel would have no reason to use its reined-in military might to defend itself.
achmedinajad has threatened to wipe israel off the map on numerous occasions, but any counter statement - be it from an israeli minister or hillary clinton, or even barack obama (who kindly said that the usa under his leadership would defend Israel after any attack) - invokes an iranian threat of un resolutions. if that isn’t a theater of the absurd and double standards, then what is? i believe that peace between all the inhabitants of the middle east is both possible and desirable, and should be worked towards.
i also believe - even today - that, for true and lasting peace, the majority of jewish israelis would be willing to return to pre-1967 proportions, with minor land-for-land adjustments. compensation for former arab assets in present-day israel could be possible - conditional on equitable recompense for the jewish assets forcibly abandoned or confiscated by the arab countries since 1948.
there is so much to be gained from cordial relations and regional cooperation - far more than there is to be lost.
during wwII
look at the picture: on the right - 14-year-old asael shabbo, an iscd-member who lost his mother and three siblings in a barbaric terrorist attack on his home some seven years ago. he also lost his right leg in the attack. he is encouraging rami and osher tuito from sderot, and raising their spirits. the two tuito brothers were severely injured in a recent kassam attack on sderot - osher ( the little boy in the middle) also lost a leg. all the military might in the world can’t give these kids their legs back
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