We’ve reached a point in Palestine where even Hamas has openly accepted the concept that Israel will exist in part of Palestine …
so what do the bigots of Israel do?
Why, they figure out how to keep a war from ending of course.
Jerusalem’s mayor yesterday unveiled details of a controversial and long-expected plan to demolish Palestinian homes and make way for an Israeli-sponsored tourist park in a neighbourhood of the city’s Arab eastern sector.
(Mayor unveils plan to raze Arab homes, NZ Herald, 03/04/10)
A majority of Israeli Jews learned their lessons well on the lap of Adolph Hitler and his Nazi Party. A master race and lebenstraum … look it up.
but I do not see where you can make that statement about the “majority of Israeli Jews…” I do not have the impression that a clear majority even supports the status quo with regard to treatment of Palestinians. Perhaps I am misinformed, but I gather that there is as much controversy over there as there is here with regard to national policy. Just out of interest, I did a little Google search and found this poll.
I think it demonstrates that there are a lot of conflicting emotions at play in that very complex society.
… But that’s no reason not to hold their feet to the fire.
When I was young, I tried to read the Hebrew scriptures, and rejected it as truly dreadful people doing truly dreadful things to each other. I thought that we were beyond that.
By the time I got to 40, I wasn’t so sure.
Now that I am over 55, I’m sure that it’s important to remember those who had the courage to record honestly and straightforwardly for us the dreadful things done by the powerful. I really appreciate the truth tellers who preserved the story of Israel’s adoption of monarchy (1 Samuel 8) , King David’s (the favorite king) foul murder (2 Samuel 11), and so on.
There are still truth tellers in Israel, but they are pushed aside just as they were 3,000 years ago, and as they are in the USA today.
Standing up for the truth here at home helps Israel and us in the long run.