Reflections by an American on Israel-Palestine
14 MayThe situation happening today sadly brought me back to these reflections…
Jan 23, 2009
I had grown up in the USA watching the movie Exodus, respecting the proud Mosha Dayan, honoring Golda Meir as a strong and just woman, honoring Israel’s technological success in turning the desert into fertile land, a bit confused about Isael’s socialist almost communist agendes, eg. kibbutz since the USA was in the cold war against socialism. However, this was the image of Israel that was given to the Americans as Israel became a nation. Arabs were little discussed and it seemed fair to Americans that after the holcaust in Europe, Jews be given a nation where they could be secure and not persecuted. It was said it wasn’t a lot of land for Israel and the Arab population would have their own land – less of course, and the Arabs could live as their own nation as the same for Israel.
Ok, this was the…
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further reflections on Israel/Palestine
14 MayThe situation happening today sadly brought me back to these reflections…
While I wrote thissix years ago the issues are the same as well as continued settlement expansion, etc.I include these reflections now, 2015,because history as written on my posting six years ago and the current situation in that region justreminds ushow the words of politicians have had no significant meaning for any positive resolution for that situation. Sad. Sad
| Feb 5 2009 As an American I continue to reflect on the treatment of Israel on the Palestinians and now especially Gaza. As a result of my reflections, I am horrified at the callousness and mean-spiritedness of the Israeli government. Even if one accepted the position of the Israeli government for the “disproportioned” attack on Gaza to stop rocket fire on Israeli towns, now there is a ceasefire and hopefully a continued peace effort by all involved. Despite this fact that almost all hostilities have ceased, the Israeli government refuses… |
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