Who is benefiting from the ?roadmap?? I looked up the word 'benefit' in the dictionary, this is what it said: 1. An act of kindness; a favor conferred. 2. Whatever promotes the happiness and well-being of a person or thing, or adds to the value of property. 3. Pecuniary advantage or assistance. 4. A play, concert, or the like, the proceeds of which go to a particular person or cause.
Bingo! Number 4 fits the ?roadmap?.
This is like a play and movie, a very bloody and bad movie, which never ends and only gets more bloody. We, the Israelis and the Arabs, are the stars, receiving very high ratings in every part of the world, especially in America, where the War On Israel is discussed on TV, radio and the internet all day, all night, all the time. There is a whole battalion of internet warriors that have developed, either loving Israel or hating her. Some have better points of view and articulation than either Sharon or Arafat. So, why are Israelis in such a depressed state of mind, while the Arabs are in a mindless state?
America is benefitting from our long, bloody movie, no matter who wins. The American public is not asking to see their war on Iraq or anywhere else; this is as good as it gets, especially when the presidential elections are in 2004. It does not matter whether the actors are Sharon, Arafat, Abu Mazen, Hamas, Bush or Powell, as long as it's bloody. The high ratings are a guarantee for our destruction and death.
"Whoever shows mercy when cruelty is warranted will ultimately become cruel when mercy is warranted." So sayeth our Lord.
We have become merciful to the Arabs when we should be cruel. This is what we Israelis, the Arabs and the Americans are not understanding clearly about our purpose in the War On Israel. Why are we behaving like this? How many times in the past year have we heard Israelis explain the reasons we retaliate the way we do, is because the Americans are doing so in Yemen, Afghanistan and Iraq? Why do we not say that we are attacking enemy Arabs so they won't attack us? Not a difficult concept, except when it comes to us.
Have we forgotten, in our pain and suffering and fear, that we are worth it, that we are worth fighting for? Have we forgotten that abandonment by the nations is a blessing and not a curse?
The most fundamental law of the US Constitution is that "all men are created equal." And this was written and spoken proudly while the US owned slaves. It is loudly repeated with love and pride, throughout the US, on a daily basis. I can only look at our dependence on them and again think of that fundamental law of theirs, and want to ask them - why do you have borders, flags and armies?
We are witnessing prejudice, of the worst kind. We expect nothing of the Arabs and we're not surprised when they don't give us anything. The Americans expect nothing from them, too. We expect everything from ourselves and so does everyone else. We must look at this foul kind of prejudice and examine it thoroughly. It is like cancer being allowed to grow, while we nurture it.
We are encouraging the enemy by not doing and saying what we all know is the only solution -the enemy must be expelled or killed. We are not being honest. We are being merciful to the enemy when they deserve nothing less than cruelty.
The US is encouraging and enabling our behavior and that of the Arabs. We should be hanging Arafat in the center of Jerusalem in a very public way and during daylight. Is Arafat better than Eichmann? A Jewish mother should be the one to hang Arafat.
Why does Bush insist that Arafat be kept alive? Why isn't Sharon insisting on killing Arafat? Why are we in this very dependent position, like an alcoholic or an addict, so dependent on the US?
Israel wants and needs her independence, she has grown very weary of trying to please the world, she wants to be loved by the Jewish people.
The question we must now ask is do we want to live or do we want to die and is it really our decision or G-d's?
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Shoshana Rubin is ?another lover of Israel and the Jewish people, a writer who finds herself living in a world with contempt for all.? She can be reached at blues_711@hotmail.com.
Bingo! Number 4 fits the ?roadmap?.
This is like a play and movie, a very bloody and bad movie, which never ends and only gets more bloody. We, the Israelis and the Arabs, are the stars, receiving very high ratings in every part of the world, especially in America, where the War On Israel is discussed on TV, radio and the internet all day, all night, all the time. There is a whole battalion of internet warriors that have developed, either loving Israel or hating her. Some have better points of view and articulation than either Sharon or Arafat. So, why are Israelis in such a depressed state of mind, while the Arabs are in a mindless state?
America is benefitting from our long, bloody movie, no matter who wins. The American public is not asking to see their war on Iraq or anywhere else; this is as good as it gets, especially when the presidential elections are in 2004. It does not matter whether the actors are Sharon, Arafat, Abu Mazen, Hamas, Bush or Powell, as long as it's bloody. The high ratings are a guarantee for our destruction and death.
"Whoever shows mercy when cruelty is warranted will ultimately become cruel when mercy is warranted." So sayeth our Lord.
We have become merciful to the Arabs when we should be cruel. This is what we Israelis, the Arabs and the Americans are not understanding clearly about our purpose in the War On Israel. Why are we behaving like this? How many times in the past year have we heard Israelis explain the reasons we retaliate the way we do, is because the Americans are doing so in Yemen, Afghanistan and Iraq? Why do we not say that we are attacking enemy Arabs so they won't attack us? Not a difficult concept, except when it comes to us.
Have we forgotten, in our pain and suffering and fear, that we are worth it, that we are worth fighting for? Have we forgotten that abandonment by the nations is a blessing and not a curse?
The most fundamental law of the US Constitution is that "all men are created equal." And this was written and spoken proudly while the US owned slaves. It is loudly repeated with love and pride, throughout the US, on a daily basis. I can only look at our dependence on them and again think of that fundamental law of theirs, and want to ask them - why do you have borders, flags and armies?
We are witnessing prejudice, of the worst kind. We expect nothing of the Arabs and we're not surprised when they don't give us anything. The Americans expect nothing from them, too. We expect everything from ourselves and so does everyone else. We must look at this foul kind of prejudice and examine it thoroughly. It is like cancer being allowed to grow, while we nurture it.
We are encouraging the enemy by not doing and saying what we all know is the only solution -the enemy must be expelled or killed. We are not being honest. We are being merciful to the enemy when they deserve nothing less than cruelty.
The US is encouraging and enabling our behavior and that of the Arabs. We should be hanging Arafat in the center of Jerusalem in a very public way and during daylight. Is Arafat better than Eichmann? A Jewish mother should be the one to hang Arafat.
Why does Bush insist that Arafat be kept alive? Why isn't Sharon insisting on killing Arafat? Why are we in this very dependent position, like an alcoholic or an addict, so dependent on the US?
Israel wants and needs her independence, she has grown very weary of trying to please the world, she wants to be loved by the Jewish people.
The question we must now ask is do we want to live or do we want to die and is it really our decision or G-d's?
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Shoshana Rubin is ?another lover of Israel and the Jewish people, a writer who finds herself living in a world with contempt for all.? She can be reached at blues_711@hotmail.com.