Ethnic cleansing is going on in Gaza unperturbed with the entire civilized world twiddling their thumbs. And nobody cares or dares saying anything, lest be labeled anti-semitist. Well, maybe there are still some who do care and dare.
This is an interesting speech by Gerald Kaufman, a self-acclaimed Zionist Jewish MP in the UK who has been friend with Golda Meir. And here's the transcript (in case you cannot watch the video). He goes as far as to liken Israeli crimes to those of Nazis. I wish Arab and Muslim world were at least as vocal and courageous as a Zionist Jew in support of victims in Gaza.
And while I'm not a big fan of George Galloway and some of his political views and background, I find this speech interesting. It should be informing for ignorant people who take for granted all the myths about the establishment of Israel, myths that are more or less similar to those about founding of the US by courageous people who made everything out of nothing in a wilderness. I have briefly addressed the issue in this post. He also deals with double standards of the West when it comes to Israel.
Yet, the most interesting thing I've received, comparing Israelis with Nazis has been by another Jew, Norman Finkelstein, who is not afraid of being labeled anti-semitist. A Jew being anti-semitist is quite an oxymoron, isn't it? How about an illiterate scholar? Or penniless rich?
And interestingly, both of his parents have been Holocaust survivors who have shared with him their horrible memories from Nazi camps. So, it should be quite understandable for him to be so outraged that THE GRANDCHILDREN OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS FROM WORLD WAR II ARE DOING TO THE PALESTINIANS EXACTLY WHAT WAS DONE TO THEM BY NAZI GERMANY.
This is an interesting speech by Gerald Kaufman, a self-acclaimed Zionist Jewish MP in the UK who has been friend with Golda Meir. And here's the transcript (in case you cannot watch the video). He goes as far as to liken Israeli crimes to those of Nazis. I wish Arab and Muslim world were at least as vocal and courageous as a Zionist Jew in support of victims in Gaza.
And while I'm not a big fan of George Galloway and some of his political views and background, I find this speech interesting. It should be informing for ignorant people who take for granted all the myths about the establishment of Israel, myths that are more or less similar to those about founding of the US by courageous people who made everything out of nothing in a wilderness. I have briefly addressed the issue in this post. He also deals with double standards of the West when it comes to Israel.
Yet, the most interesting thing I've received, comparing Israelis with Nazis has been by another Jew, Norman Finkelstein, who is not afraid of being labeled anti-semitist. A Jew being anti-semitist is quite an oxymoron, isn't it? How about an illiterate scholar? Or penniless rich?
And interestingly, both of his parents have been Holocaust survivors who have shared with him their horrible memories from Nazi camps. So, it should be quite understandable for him to be so outraged that THE GRANDCHILDREN OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS FROM WORLD WAR II ARE DOING TO THE PALESTINIANS EXACTLY WHAT WAS DONE TO THEM BY NAZI GERMANY.
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