Whether our president should have been stronger in
condemning the racism displayed by hate groups this week in Charlottesville, it
is clearly condemned by the media, politicians and religious groups all across
America. And rightly so. Racism is unjust, ungodly and totally based on
ignorance. Racism is rejected, even in the deep south, by all people of good will.
We will not condone it and we teach our children to condemn it as well. Unless…
Unless it is practiced by Israel.
In Israel, racism is protected by law. None of its shameful
policies is denied or hidden under the rug. Jews are declared to be superior
human beings, and are given preferential treatment in commerce, education and
health care. Most of all, Jews are
treated with dignity.
On the other hand, those who are not Jews are declared a
“demographic threat.” In spite of
750,000 Palestinians driven by force from their homes in 1948, and millions
more displaced in 1967, in Israel’s mind, there are still too many. How can Israel be a Jewish State with
Palestinians around to remind it of how it got to be such. Thus, Palestinians in Israel are confined to
assigned areas. Those in the West Bank are hidden out of sight by an apartheid
wall, and those in Gaza are imprisoned in the
world’s largest open air prison.
Marc Ellis, Jewish scholar and activist for justice,
reflecting on the riots in Charlottesville over the monument to Robert E.
Lee, writes:
I think of Yad Vashem, the
Holocaust memorial in Israel as among other things, a monument. At Yad Vashem,
the dark chapter of Jewish life is highlighted, as it should be. But part of
that chapter of Jewish life after the Holocaust, the Nakba, is omitted.[1]
Why does the US media and government declare racism evil in
Charlottesville and support it in Israel? If there is a difference in Steve Bannon and
Benjamin Netanyahu, I can’t see it.
Israel, as a Jewish state is unjust, ungodly and based on
ignorance.
August 18, 2017
Thank you, Tom.
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