Does the World Prefer It When Jews Are Victims?

Los AngelesTimes ^ | April 12 2002 | YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI

[iav2]

The Israeli army is performing a similar service for humanity today by establishing the principle that terrorism won't be indulged. Perhaps one day that too will be acknowledged.

[dennisw]

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[dennisw]

"There is no fully surgical way to fight the war of survival that has been forced on Israel. Indeed, no national movement has ever fought a dirtier and less justified war than the Palestinians, who could have ended the occupation had they accepted President Clinton's plan and who have since violated every civilized norm--from hiding gunmen behind priests in a holy place to smuggling suicide bombers in ambulances. There is no solution to be had with Arafat, who responded to Israel's unprecedented offer to share sovereignty over its capital with 18 months of terrorism, including the murder of entire families. Does the international community really expect us to negotiate a deal with Arafat that will bring him and his terrorist militias into Jerusalem?"

[Thebaddog]

the world is big and Israel is about 6 million people. I suspect the answer to this rhetorical question would dissapoint it's author.

[cake_crumb]

Great commentary. I see it comes from the same source as some extremely ANTI Israel commentaries.

I sometimes wonder if the editor of the LA Times has a split personality.

[Bahbah]

I wish that Mr. Halevi was more aware of just how much support there is here in America for Israel.

[texicano]

The "world" will never let up on Israel . Her only support in the face of increasing savagery are Christian believers who love Jerusalem not out of fashion but because of divine command. Also notice that secular left feels it no longer needs the Jews and is the process of turning on them like dogs .If you are so inclined , pray for peace of Jerusalem.

[MarkWar]

>"The last few weeks have produced two smoking guns directly linking Arafat to terrorism. Yet most of the media chose to bury those stories."

I think everyone here recognizes that the media is playing its own agenda regarding the Middle East. It is more obvious, even, then the media/Clinton agenda during the Clinton years. In another thread, I wrote:

I was thinking about this yesterday, and it occurred to me that there might be much more going on here than meets the eyes.

Decades ago, when the various Arab states nationalized the oil fields, that was presented as emergent Arab nationalism asserting itself...

But was it?

If the Arab state had never nationalized the oil fields, then all those uncounted billions of dollars in petro dollars wouldn't have gone to Arabs, but rather to British and US oil companies. And, out of those uncounted billions, the oil companies would have been compelled to pay TAXES to the US and British governments...

This leads a person to think that it wasn't, in fact, Arab states nationalizing oil fields. But rather the oil companies declaring their independence from the nation states around them...

And if the "Arab states" are really just facades for the globalist oil companies -- real transnationalists -- then the current WAR against the Jews in Israel isn't really at its foundation an Arab/Israeli conflict. Rather it is the globalist, transnational types empowered by two or more generations of uncountable petro-profits fulfilling the NAZI ideal of purifying the human race as a whole of the "Jewish contagion"...

If there's any truth to this take on the Middle East -- if the ethnic struggle is just manipulation by the transnational oil types -- then expecting any kind of peaceful solution is just a fantasy...

The media always protray NAZIS as skinheads and Jerry Springer guest types. But the reality is that the NAZIS hatred of the Jews was driven by would-be intellectuals -- academics, businessmen and would-be aristocrats. The same kind of people empowered by almost infinite petro-dollars given to OPEC... I'm afraid that that is what is really playing itself out in the Middle East. OPEC NAZI manipulation of existing ethnic strife between Arabs and Jews not just to fulfill some Arab dream, but to fulfill the over-arching NAZI dream...

Mark W.

[BenF]

I suspect the answer to this rhetorical question would dissapoint it's author.

The author did not ask about Israel, but about Jews. The answer to this question, based solely on history not numbers, should cause you to rethink your perception of the answer.

[BenF]

Her only support in the face of increasing savagery are Christian believers who love Jerusalem not out of fashion but because of divine command.

If you were truly a believing Christian, you would recognize that Israel has more, much more, than just the support of these people. In fact, even without believing Christians, Israel has the only support it needs.

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[Joe Hadenuf]

That little country and their neighbors sure make a lot of f-ing noise. This crap is never ending. Getting tiresome.

[Valin]

There is no solution to be had with Arafat, who responded to Israel's unprecedented offer to share sovereignty over its capital with 18 months of terrorism, including the murder of entire families.

Oh I don't know, i believe I could come up with a solution...Sorry Yassir your breathing privileges have been revoked say good bye.

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[Joe Hadenuf]

Yeah, and the worst part is, they are never going to be friends or buddys. It's never ending.

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