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I am going to say one more thing because I'm a FOOL. Never, EVER say "it's sad the Jews are doing this," or "didn't the Jews learn from the Holocaust?"
The problem is some Jews DID learn from our history, and what they learned, eventually, is "we will never be safe among you."
The problem is some Jews DID learn from our history, and what they learned, eventually, is "we will never be safe among you."
What they learned was "do unto others before they do unto you, because they absofuckinglutely do unto you, and no matter if you change your name, your clothes, your customs, your patriotic identity, they WILL come eventually for you if you're weak."
That's a TERRIBLE lesson.
That's a TERRIBLE lesson.
It's a lesson significantly at odds with what most of idealistic, pluralistic leftism believes in. But it is a lesson, and it is the lesson that they learned. And they learned it extremely well, and intended to practice its teachings so they could never be victimized again.
The problem with the Occupation and Israel isn't ignorance of history. It's that some people learned history - ancient and recent - extremely well and decided to give up on the pluralistic experiment because they felt it would inevitably end in their victimization.
What we need in Israel isn't people to "learn from history."
What we need are people brave enough to FORGET some of the lessons of history, or at least feel safe enough to attempt it.
What we need are people brave enough to FORGET some of the lessons of history, or at least feel safe enough to attempt it.
A LOT of grievances in this world aren't driven by ignorance, they're driven by poisoned knowledge.
The occupation of the West Bank and Gaza is wrong. It's monstrous, it's horrid, it causes vast amounts of preventable human suffering. It twists and warps Jewish communities and Palestinian ones alike.
But it is perpetuated by memory and grief, not by ignorance alone.
But it is perpetuated by memory and grief, not by ignorance alone.
