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July 27 2014
I hate the hatred
MICHAEL COREN
Israel and Gaza. I hate the deaths on both sides. I hate the outsiders
on both sides claiming to care. I hate the lack of empathy on both
sides. I hate the hatred.
I hate the way the Marxists and their friends who supported Israel in
the 50s and 60s now call Israelis Nazis. I hate the way Islamic
fanatics pretend to care about the Palestinians when at the same time
they slaughter their own people and use those same Palestinians as
metaphorical and literal shields. I hate the hatred.
I hate the way sound-bite radicals with no sense of history or context
refuse to grasp that Israel is not a product of design but of
desperation, and that the Jews of Europe and the Arab world didn't
just decide to take a holiday but fled to anywhere they could be safe.
I hate the way liberal Christians obsess about criticizing Israel when
if European Christians had genuinely followed Jesus when it came to
their Jewish minorities and not slaughtered them, expelled them,
persecuted them, gassed them, Israel would not have come into
existence. I hate the hatred.
I hate the way some on the right and in Zionist circles refuse to
listen to the Palestinian experience and believe Israel can do no
wrong. I hate the way some evangelical Christians think the ghastly
battle over Israel and Palestine is some sort of Biblical combat and
modern Armageddon to be fought vicariously by Jews and Arabs. I hate
the hatred.
I hate it when North African thugs in Paris attack synagogues in the
name of Palestine, beat up Jews in the street and then scream about
human rights. I hate it that kids from Pakistan will say not a word
about their home country's blasphemy laws and murder of Christians but
roar their hatred of Israel when they probably couldn't even find it
on a map. I hate the hatred.
I hate the singling out of Israel for condemnation but the ignoring of
the murderous regimes that surround it. I hate the fact that Iran can
hang young gay men, Syria can murder tens of thousands and Turkey can
occupy two countries and deny the Armenian genocide but there are no
demonstrations. I hate the hatred.
I hate it that when supporters of Israel, like myself, argue that
there has to be another way, that Palestine has to exist and that the
settlements are wrong, we are mocked as compromisers - I actually wear
that badge with pride. I hate it when the same people who welcomed
Soviet diplomats, sportsmen and artists and now welcome diplomats,
sportsmen and artists from repugnant Arab dictatorships, boycott
Israeli kids who can kick a ball or play an instrument. I hate the
hatred.
I don't have a solution, I don't even have much hope -- and for
someone who has spent so long in the Middle East, read so much, met so
many people, listened to so many stories, I am I suppose a terrible
disappointment. I'm obviously not as clever as those on both sides who
know exactly how all of this can be settled. But I do know that I hate
the damned hatred.
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/straighttalk/archives/2014/07/20140727-073029.html
From: Baghdasarian
July 27 2014
I hate the hatred
MICHAEL COREN
Israel and Gaza. I hate the deaths on both sides. I hate the outsiders
on both sides claiming to care. I hate the lack of empathy on both
sides. I hate the hatred.
I hate the way the Marxists and their friends who supported Israel in
the 50s and 60s now call Israelis Nazis. I hate the way Islamic
fanatics pretend to care about the Palestinians when at the same time
they slaughter their own people and use those same Palestinians as
metaphorical and literal shields. I hate the hatred.
I hate the way sound-bite radicals with no sense of history or context
refuse to grasp that Israel is not a product of design but of
desperation, and that the Jews of Europe and the Arab world didn't
just decide to take a holiday but fled to anywhere they could be safe.
I hate the way liberal Christians obsess about criticizing Israel when
if European Christians had genuinely followed Jesus when it came to
their Jewish minorities and not slaughtered them, expelled them,
persecuted them, gassed them, Israel would not have come into
existence. I hate the hatred.
I hate the way some on the right and in Zionist circles refuse to
listen to the Palestinian experience and believe Israel can do no
wrong. I hate the way some evangelical Christians think the ghastly
battle over Israel and Palestine is some sort of Biblical combat and
modern Armageddon to be fought vicariously by Jews and Arabs. I hate
the hatred.
I hate it when North African thugs in Paris attack synagogues in the
name of Palestine, beat up Jews in the street and then scream about
human rights. I hate it that kids from Pakistan will say not a word
about their home country's blasphemy laws and murder of Christians but
roar their hatred of Israel when they probably couldn't even find it
on a map. I hate the hatred.
I hate the singling out of Israel for condemnation but the ignoring of
the murderous regimes that surround it. I hate the fact that Iran can
hang young gay men, Syria can murder tens of thousands and Turkey can
occupy two countries and deny the Armenian genocide but there are no
demonstrations. I hate the hatred.
I hate it that when supporters of Israel, like myself, argue that
there has to be another way, that Palestine has to exist and that the
settlements are wrong, we are mocked as compromisers - I actually wear
that badge with pride. I hate it when the same people who welcomed
Soviet diplomats, sportsmen and artists and now welcome diplomats,
sportsmen and artists from repugnant Arab dictatorships, boycott
Israeli kids who can kick a ball or play an instrument. I hate the
hatred.
I don't have a solution, I don't even have much hope -- and for
someone who has spent so long in the Middle East, read so much, met so
many people, listened to so many stories, I am I suppose a terrible
disappointment. I'm obviously not as clever as those on both sides who
know exactly how all of this can be settled. But I do know that I hate
the damned hatred.
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/straighttalk/archives/2014/07/20140727-073029.html
From: Baghdasarian