Yes, of course, Chris. One has to think of balance. And so it goes, on and on and on.
Ed Ed Weick 577 Melbourne Ave. Ottawa, ON, K2A 1W7 Canada Phone (613) 728 4630 Fax (613) 728 9382 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 5:15 PM Subject: whose ghetto ? (was Re: Eyes Wide Shut) > Ed Weick wrote: > > But haven't the Jews always been in the wrong > > place? It isn't too surprising that they must now feel much as they must > > have felt in the Warsaw ghetto or in the many other ghettos that they were > > forced to live in. > > An Israeli officer fighting in the occupied territories told his colleagues > that they must "internalize the lessons of earlier battles [, i.a.] how the > German army fought in the Warsaw ghetto." (quoted by Amir Oren in Ha'aretz, > 25 January 2002) > > Indeed, the Palestinians' destitute bantustans and refugee camps look > a lot more like a ghetto than Israel does. A ghetto is under the > power/jurisdiction of the "surrounding" enemy (who created the ghetto > in the first place) and under the administration of a puppet leader -- > all this does not apply to Israel, but does apply to the Palestinian > ghetto(s). > > > > What you have is an impossible situation. Israel is where it is; the Jews > > are where they are. But that's an impossible place to be. Even if they > > were very very nice to the Palestinians, even if they moved their > > settlements off Palestinian lands, there is absolutely no guarantee that the > > leaders of Islamic Jihad or Hamas would like them any better. > > Even if Palestinian children were very very nice to the Israelis, even if > they would never throw a stone against an IDF tank, there is absolutely no > guarantee that the leaders of Israel would like them any better -- they > would keep bombing and demolishing their houses and keep talking of > --and implementing-- "transfer" (euphemism for expulsion). > > > > Arafat might > > like them better, but he no longer counts. Much as one wants to dislike > > Sharon, one can only wonder if there is an alternative. > > Gush Shalom might like those kids better, but Gush no longer counts -- worse, > Sharon wants to take them to court for treason (for writing a few letters to > IDF officers), the only deed for Israelis that is punishable by death in > Israel. > > Just for some balance... > Chris > > >
