My mother was born in a concentration camp during World War II. My father was born in Jerusalem, under the British Mandate. My mother’s parents were born in Romania, where they were persecuted repeatedly over many years, until an ultimate decision was made to exterminate them. My father’s father was born in Morocco, and my father’s mother in Istanbul. All grandparents ended up in the hellhole called Israel, for one reason only. They thought it was the only place on the planet where they could walk with their heads up. They thought that since Jews lived in this remote, hostile and waterless place for thousands of years, they would be able to call this place their homeland.
They were wrong.
On 20,000 square kilometers, slightly smaller than the Garden State of New Jersey, live roughly six million Jews. Still short of the number of the destroyed, burned, gassed, shot, buried alive, and starved Jews who died during World War II. Yes, the reference is to the Holocaust, that minor event which put an end to the lives of 6.25 million Jews, 1.5 million of whom innocent children. 20,000 square kilometers. Imagine that. Just to give you an idea how small that is. Egypt is roughly 1,000,000 square kilometers. Fifty times larger. Fifty times. Even the small Hashemite Kingdom og Jordan, that tiny little country of nomads, is almost five times larger.
Israel is sixty two years old. Fighting for its survival, surrounded by blood thirsty enemies on all sides except one: the Mediterranean. 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, 2006 and counting. I am not going to get into the futile argument of who started it, and who won. All I know is that while winning at the battle field, Israel has never won the hearts of the people of the world. While it was difficult in the past, with the years it became simply impossible. “Freedom Fighters”, the common words that describe terrorists, suicide bombers, Jihad Warriors, are much more well liked than Jews. Amazingly, a Palestinian waving bloody hands from a window in Ramallah is much more likable than a dead Jewish child. The Gaza Flotilla, an obvious masquerade, became the love of the media. Israeli soldiers being beaten to death by “Humanitarian Aid” messengers, are not very likable.
Let me be completely honest here. I’ve lived in the United States for many years, and in China for three years. Despite my heritage of persecution, I never experienced paranoia. I never felt that I’m being persecuted or discriminated against. I never experienced anti-Semitism. I always thought that people are basically good, objective, truth searching. Until now.
Today I can actually see that I am hated. There’s simply no other explanation. I can think of none. I am an Israeli left winger. I support those who think that all territories are to be surrendered, yes, including East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. I would love to live in this forsaken place in peace so I can raise my children, and worry about retirement. Israelis already paid a dear price for peace. And they are ready to pay more. But, if there’s anything in you that’s objective, if there’s anything in you that can overcome the millennia old fashion of hating Jews, please consider the following. Gaza is run by Hamas. Hamas is not exactly an organization you, the citizen of the world, would like to have running anything in your back yard. They run their own brethren in a way that would make your blood boil. They have little respect for their own lives, much less for their enemies, including you.
Hamas’ declared goal is to eliminate Israel altogether. Israel cannot afford a shipping line of arms going into Gaza. Not from Iran, not from anywhere else. The reason is simple. Boats can carry significant amounts of food and medicine, but also of arms and explosives. Would you want a known terrorist organization to sail to a port near you without someone taking a peek at its cargo? If you said no, please look me in the eye and tell me: why in the world would you hate me just because I’m Jewish?
So, after so many years of refusing to be paranoid, refusing to flash the Holocaust, refusing to believe in anti-semitism, I admit. I feel that I’m being chased, that no matter what I do, I am being judged by standards expected by nobody else. I feel that I’m expected to just get down on my knees, and wait for the Hamas’ axe to cut my head off. I feel that even if I raise my hand to protect my throat, I’d be accused by the United Nations, and quite a few other organizations and countries, of being violent, or exercising too much force. Why is the world so happy to give up the Jews? Do you honestly think that a Jews free world will be better?
Take a look at this video. Young Israeli soldiers who thought they were going to arrest humanitarian aid people, find themselves fighting for their lives. Beaten with hands, bats and chairs, thrown overboard. After looking at this video take a good look at yourself in the mirror, and tell yourself, not me, tell yourself that if it was your country, if it was your child, if it was you, you would have behaved differently. And then admit to yourself, loudly, look at yourself in the mirror and say it: I hate those Jews. I wish they were all dead. Then, maybe, we can talk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaiMjAULWn0
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