Peace is gonna be so freakin' awesome!
It's in the air. People are talking. And, of course, there're tourists cheerfully strolling along pedestrian malls and occupying the cafes. It can only mean one thing: The liberal media has gone soft and accepted Ariel Sharon as a peacenik and absolved him of all his earlier war crimes.
No worries, there're happy-go-lucky war criminals amongst the Palestinians with cushy government (in-the-making) positions. This just goes to prove the age old adage, "It's not the crime or the time, it's that your deed is reciprocated." Of course, the exception that proves the role is the endless number of Nazis ending their illustrious careers in Argentina and Canada, but I digress.
Has no one noticed that Israel is not ready for peace? Don't get me wrong, this may very well be the case amongst the Palestinians, and I would guess that it is, but I am much more familiar with this place here, so I'll stick to it.
Socially, culturally, we talk about it, sing about it and make travel plans based upon it, but, really, I don't think we have one fucking clue as to what this means. We are a state at war with our neighbors. Our identity, our concept of self, our very essence is based upon this. And too many people here would be lost trying to judge the character of a man without being able to gauge him based upon his army service.
We are racists, prejudiced and socially lazy. Peace is desired but not planned for. We like being a hard, course people, it puts thousands of years of weakness and persecution into context. That was all just one cruel experience that gave us the cajones to get to where we are today - never mind the Holocaust complex. But, that was a bitch, and though we're not the victims anymore it still stings to talk about it.
The point? Israelis want to believe their shit don't stink as much as the next guy. Our problem is that we place almost all the blame for the conflict on the Arabs. After all, we're the fastidious, benevolent bringers of democracy to a hostile and repressive environment. Until we realize that we share responsibility peace will not be able to take root and we'll be left in the cold telling ourselves the Palestinians kept us locked outside.
posted by Ari @ Thursday, February 17, 2005
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Peace! Am certain that everyone wants it,but at what price? Granted,there's a whole lot of blame being deflected by your government. But even if ceased,and the government was prepared to compromise;it wouldn't be enough. The question of the right of return of the palestinian refugees would still remain. That is the ultimate price. And as you consider your response ask yourself wheather you're equally comfortable with a jewish state and an Israeli nation. If a jewish state is imperative,then Palestinians must be willing to compromise on the question of refugees. And the last i checked,they weren't. That,i think is the bottom line,all the recrimination stems from it!
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