This post by Imshin should not be missed.It always “amuses†me that people say: “you cannot do such and such because it will increase the Palestinians’ hatredâ€. So they don’t already hate us? So they didn’t already hate us in1929 when they massacred the Jews of the ancient Jewry of Hebron? We weren’t torturing them then. So if we don’t do anything to protect ourselves so as not to infringe on anyone’s human rights, will they love us then? If we unilaterally cease the occupation; dismantle all the settlements; give in to all the demands we already gave in to in 2000 and more, meaning: let all the Palestinian refugees come back to the long-gone houses that their grandparents once occupied in Haifa and Yaffo; make sure not to build any fences so as not to prevent anyone getting into Israel freely and so as not to hurt anyone’s feelings, will they love us then? Do you promise? And what if they don’t? Will you come from America to save my girls? Who will save my girls then? Who will save other mothers sitting in their homes in the Kibbutz, their little children sleeping in the other room?
When all the pundits and prognosticators have left the studio or sent in their columns, it comes down to the human beings, like this Israeli mother, who continue to live with this madness, who have to deal with it on a day-to-day basis. Yes, let’s talk about Israel’s obligations.
