View from South Africa: Israel Is More Like the ANC - Warren Goldstein
South Africa's apartheid history is often invoked against Israel both internationally and in South Africa. But what if the real apartheid of the Middle East is the one directed against the Jews? And what if Israel is more akin to the African National Congress (ANC)?
In South Africa, the ANC was always ready to talk peace. Like the ANC, the Israeli government has always been ready to talk peace but has been forced since the birth of the Jewish state into an armed defensive struggle...
What if Zionism is not colonialism but rather an ancient people's deep connection to their native, historical and covenantal land? What if the real colonialism is Arab expansionism?
What if the dispute has never been about Palestinian statehood but really about the destruction of the Jews and the only Jewish state on earth?
The writer is chief rabbi of South Africa.
(Jerusalem Post)
South Africa's apartheid history is often invoked against Israel both internationally and in South Africa. But what if the real apartheid of the Middle East is the one directed against the Jews? And what if Israel is more akin to the African National Congress (ANC)?
In South Africa, the ANC was always ready to talk peace. Like the ANC, the Israeli government has always been ready to talk peace but has been forced since the birth of the Jewish state into an armed defensive struggle...
What if Zionism is not colonialism but rather an ancient people's deep connection to their native, historical and covenantal land? What if the real colonialism is Arab expansionism?
What if the dispute has never been about Palestinian statehood but really about the destruction of the Jews and the only Jewish state on earth?
The writer is chief rabbi of South Africa.
(Jerusalem Post)
1 comment:
Bruce,
Israel is the thorn in the worlds rear end put there by God, Himself. When all nations abandon Israel you will then see the Glory of God over the land as in the days of David and Joshua. I wouldn't want to be it's enemy then.
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