Jewish hate of Arabs proves: Israel must undergo cultural revolution

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Without a revolution based on humanist values, the Jewish tribe will not be worthy of its own state.
Haaretz Editorial | 07.07.14

There are no words to describe the horror allegedly done by six Jews to Mohammed Abu Khdeir of Shoafat. Although a gag order bars publication of details of the terrible murder and the identities of its alleged perpetrators, the account of Abu Khdeir’s family — according to which the boy was burned alive — would horrify any mortal. Anyone who is not satisfied with this description, can view the horror movie in which members of Israel’s Border Police are seen brutally beating Tariq Abu Khdeir, the murder victim’s 15-year-old cousin.

The Israel Police was quick to label the murderers “Jewish extremists,” meaning they aren’t part of the herd, they are outliers, “wild weeds.” This is the police’s way of trying to justify a sin, to “make the vermin kosher.” But the vermin is huge, and many-legged. It has embraced the soldiers and other young Israelis who overran the social media networks with calls for revenge and with hatred for Arabs. The vermin was welcomed by Knesset members, rabbis and public figures who demanded revenge. Nor did it skip over the prime minister, who declared “Vengeance for the blood of a small child, Satan has not yet created.”

Abu Khdeir’s murderers are not “Jewish extremists.” They are the descendants and builders of a culture of hate and vengeance that is nurtured and fertilized by the guides of “the Jewish state": Those for whom every Arab is a bitter enemy, simply because they are Arab; those who were silent at the Beitar Jerusalem games when the team’s fans shouted “death to Arabs” at Arab players; those who call for cleansing the state of its Arab minority, or at least to drive them out of the homes and cities of the Jews.

No less responsible for the murder are those who did not halt, with an iron hand, violence by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian civilians, and who failed to investigate complaints “due to lack of public interest.” The term “Jewish extremists” actually seems more appropriate for the small Jewish minority that is still horrified by these acts of violence and murder. But they too recognize, unfortunately, that they belong to a vengeful, vindictive Jewish tribe whose license to perpetrate horrors is based on the horrors that were done to it.

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.603451

The Palestinian culture of hate, by Abraham Foxman, July 03, 2014


The barbaric kidnapping and murder of Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrach and Gilad Shaar sent shockwaves of horror across the world. For eighteen long days, decent people around the globe joined with Israelis and Jews anxiously awaiting information about the teens’ fate, hoping and praying for their safe and quick return. When it was revealed earlier this week that the three young men would not be coming home, there was an outpouring of grief and condolences. Sympathies to the families were issued from the White House, the Vatican, 10 Downing Streetand other world capitals, while many held vigils and millions took to social media to express their grief and support during this difficult time. The UN Security Council also issued an unusually strong statement, introduced by the US, expressing condolences to the families and condemning the killings as a “heinous act.”

Yet, sadly and perhaps unsurprisingly, there were also those who celebrated the kidnapping and glorified the murderer’s actions. In the days following the kidnapping, social media was also abuzz with the “Three Fingers” campaign, with images depicting adults and children gleefully performing a three-finger salute in solidarity with the kidnappers’ actions. A related, ugly social media campaign, “Three Shalits,” a reference to the former Israeli solider Gilad Shalit who was kidnapped by Hamas and exchanged for the release of over 1000 Palestinian terrorists, encouraged the public to share three-finger photos in support of a similar exchange of Palestinians for the kidnapped teens.

In a practice all too familiar among Palestinians, some Gazans took to the streets to celebrate the kidnapping, expressing support for the kidnappers while handing out sweets to locals. Hamas officials, while denying Israel’s accusations that they were behind the kidnapping,praised the abduction as a form of “resistance” against Israel, and, despite the recent unity deal with Fatah, denounced the Palestinian Authority for providing assistance in helping locate the teens.

And across the Palestinian territories, many asserted the kidnapping had been a ruse manufactured by the Mossad and IDF to justify Israeli military actions in the West Bank and Gaza. Indeed, when Israel released the names of the two suspected kidnappers, the mother of one praised her son’s actions saying “If he truly did it, I’ll be proud of him until my final day.” There were even reports that the Israeli ambulance carrying the dead teens’ bodies was stoned by Palestinians as it transported their remains to a forensics center for identification.


in full: http://blogs.jpost.com/content/palestinian-culture-hate

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