I observe with interest that the esteemed US reporter Helen Thompson has been virtually fired for making a statement about the Israelis going back to Poland and Germany etc where they came from and to vacate Palestine where they are unwelcome intruders. I don’t think that she should have been fired because she is stating a fact that many of us, of her vintage, think is a correct requirement if we are ever to have peace in that region again.
We are not anti Jewish or pro Palestinian, we are bemused by the decisions made in 1948 by the Unite Nations Organization to punish the Palestinians for the atrocities committed against the Jewish people of Europe by the Nazis, when they appear to have had no part in those acts of cruelty. Further,to then dispossess the Palestinians of their land, which they had occupied for tens of thousands of years, and give the land to European Jews that had no connexion or relationship to that area, is quite inexplicable.
As stated in my previous blog on this matter, when people have been unjustly dispossessed of their lands, they don’t forget such acts nor forgive them. Examples of such foolish government mistakes are the Northern Ireland conflict, which dates back centuries, the Balkans conflicts that dates back even further, and others.
Israel may think that it is winning and unassailable today but I’m sure that in years to come things may not be so good and they won’t have so many willing allies to blindly support them.
Unfortunately, this problem has developed into a religious war. When Palestine was first invaded it was a country where Muslims, Jews, Christians and even, Atheists lived in relative peace but once the Israelis set up a sectarian state things changed for the worse. Now we have the Muslims migrating to Europe and America and all over the world and as their political influence increases so they will be able to better bring pressure to bear on Israel by causing their supply lines to be cut.
I think that Helen Thompson was right when she expressed her sentiment and the world will regret the stupid and unjust decision made by the UN in 1948!
Grandad,
I couldn’t agree more. What is interesting is how polarising it is. The hack program on JJJ had some people on there discussing Israel and what happened with the flotilla (a couple of people being killed and all that) – it was either “What they did was wrong, the flotilla was aid for Palestine which has 3rd world country conditions” or “What they did was right because they are Israel and everyone hates them so they gotta fight. ”
I can’t see how anyone can say that it was right, so instantly said “I bet they’re Jewish”. Nobody wants to believe their “homeland” is a murderous bunch, so they’ll stand on their side just because it’s their religion.
Being Jewish and being Israeli is really weird. “The Jews” are supposed to be a race, or is it a religion? It’s so confusing. My friend is born in Israel, and is therefore Jewish, but is as atheist as you or I. But my friend who married him who’s Australia is as atheist as her husband is not Jewish and can never be Jewish. She doesn’t EXIST in their systems. It’s so weird. If you are Jewish in another country you can go to Israel at the expense of the country (once) but being born there you get no such perks.
And they are the most racist bunch of people I have ever met. The “Black Hebrews” is a perfect example – Africans who arrived and said “Hi, we’re jewish, let us in” and they borked and said “You can’t be jewish – you’re black!”. The confusion between being Jewish race and Jewish religion is just odd. I think the Black Hebrews ended up being allowed to stay in Israel but not near the “normal” Jewish.