i'm catering a wedding next weekend
and the bride's mom had been hesitant to give me her final guest count
because, she explained "we have several guests coming from Israel and there are some expected attacks that will close the air ports."
I have heard nothing of this on the news
have you?
but you know terror in Israel has become so common place that i suspect much of it does not make the news..
I think of what it must be like to live in Israel to wonder if every day will be your last ..to wonder if the bus your father just took to work will take him to his grave
to wonder if a cup of coffee at a local cafe will be your final moment..
Israelis have somehow survived..against all odds
against far to few friends
against a world of anti-Semites
they have somehow survived
and here we are
the year 2003
the holocaust is a lifetime away
and it seems that no one has learned anything..
according to a poll done in Europe this October
of about 7,500 people from 15 countries...
Israel has been described as the top threat to world peace
ahead of north korea, afghanistan and iran...
The survey asked the question, 'tell me if in your opinion it presents or not a threat to peace in the world'. Israel was reportedly picked by 59 per cent of those interviewed.
then the survey was leaked (accidently???) to the press...
naturally this has sparked huge fury
and the crying out of blatant anti-semitism
by many human rights groups
and im sitting here
thinking of all these
europeans...
the children and grandchildren of nazis
the children and grandchildren of the victims of nazis
the children and grandchildren of countries occupied by nazis
the children and grandchildren of nazi allies
the children and grandchildren of enemies of the nazis
and im wondering
my god
haven't they learned anything?
this tiny little country has asked for nothing but peace
and survival
and to be left alone to
exist
that is it
and it has done nothing but defend itself
against terror
against murder
against annihilation
from day one
and now they sit there and call israel
a threat to world peace
a threat above
nations like Iran?? like North Korea??
if this is not anti-semitism
that i dont know what is..
does this world need to create another holocaust
to see this evil racism for what it is
in europe where israel has become a scapegoat
for the purging of anti-semitic violence, vandalism
and sentiment...does this not ring at least a little familiar
to the days when Hitler used the jews as a scapegoat to boost
the depressed german mood..?!?
i can not even believe that i am reading this crap
i can not even believe that it is
still out there
this filth
this evil
this hatred
this blind ignorance
how many murders must be committed before these people wake up
and see the blood on their hands
yes on their own hands because turning the other cheek
while someone is murdered, or beaten, or vandalized, or horrified, or terrorized
is just as bad as doing it yourself
i fear
i fear
i fear
for israel
