Israeli rioters chant racist slogans like “death to Arabs”
The recent events in Acre are being exploited both by the media here in Israel as well as by extremists on both sides of the ‘fence’. The message they are sending to us is that Arabs and Jews cannot live together.
The Arab driver of the car that supposedly sparked the riots appeared in the Knesset today to apologise to the Jews of Israel for his ‘mistake’. The Arab man who drove into a Jewish neighborhood in Acre on the eve of Yom Kippur, sparking a series of riots and violent clashes, told the Knesset Committee of the Interior on Sunday that he would “sacrifice his neck” to bring coexistence back to the bi-national northern city.
“If what I did cause this, I am ready to sacrifice my neck right here on this table, on lowered gallows, just to return peace and quiet back to the city of Acre, to bring co-existence back to its place. A report of this can be read HERE.
The man’s remarks sparked debates between the extreme rightist Knesset members and more liberal ones.
In Gaza, Hamas lawmaker MP Mushir Al-Masri insinuated that ‘Coexistence with Israeli enemy impossible after brutal attacks in Akka’. A report dealing with that can be read HERE…
Tonight on the state owned T.V. network, Israel 1, a film was screened immediately after the nine o’clock news. It was called October 2000 and dealt with events that took place at the beginning of the Second Intifada. THIS article deals with those events. But why did Israel T.V. chose to air that film tonight is what I’d like to know… tonight when tensions are high throughout the country because of the events in Acre. Is this the zionist response, a response that is meant to brainwash the nation to their opinion that Jew and Arab cannot live together? Is this their way of justifying the wall of apartheid that separates our two peoples in most parts of the occupied areas?
It won’t work! We CAN live together and we WILL…. BUT, the Palestinian people MUST be granted statehood. Those Palestinians living in Israel must be granted FIRST CLASS STATUS. Hatred is NOT the solution. Apartheid is NOT the solution. Mutual respect and recognition of each others’ rights will lead to a just peace…. THAT IS THE SOLUTION!
Pani said,
October 13, 2008 at 12:33 am
I have met both Palestinians and Israelis and I can honestly say they are among the finest people I have ever met anywhere in the world. And both groups have made so many contributions to humankind. It is not an exaggeration to say that without these contributions, we would not have civilization as we know it. I wonder if the world honored and gave both groups as much respect as they deserve, if that might soften their attitudes towards each other. Certainly, Arabs and Jews can live together. In my Chicago neighborhood, they are many newcomers from Arabic nations, as well as a community of Orthodox Jews. There are no visible problems that I am aware of.
Ray said,
October 13, 2008 at 1:06 am
To suggest that people should be honored for their race is racist. People get the honor they earn and thus deserve.
To suggest that Jews and Arabs have made the world better is pure speculation. These Jewish bankers and Arab oil men have suppressed the free energy devices that are possible for their own benefit. This is what has created the dark ages we live in now.
You can not speculate any more than I can what the world would be with or without them. We are all just people looking after our own interests, some more than others. We are what we are and we will be what we will be. We will be the most and benefit as individuals the most when we work together as one people on one Earth.
Step one is to control birth of the ignorant masses. They tend to be racist, fear based and consume more than they produce.
Step two is to limit the activities of the Wall Street parasites. They produce nothing but paper wealth for the rich at the expense of the poor.
I have a economic plan for the rich bankers: Give them a pick and shovel and let them mine the gold they seek. That would actually solve the greed problem in a New York minute.
Easterling said,
October 13, 2008 at 2:32 am
“The message they are sending to us is that Arabs and Jews cannot live together.”
Had not the Muslims, Christians, Copts, Jews and other religious sects lived side by side in relative peace for a couple thousand years in the so called Holy Land? What changed everything 60 years ago? Hmmmmm …
PS – Many people profit directly from perpetual violence. They are criminals but no court or law touches them.
ksdrover said,
October 13, 2008 at 4:15 am
I hate to even approach ‘religion’ so I’ll put it in a common sense type of reply.
If you teach your children the difference between ‘right and wrong’; does a ‘responsible’ parent model the negative behavior to ‘get the point across’?
My answer would be ‘no’, the consequences of the negative behavior are apparent to anyone that cares to look. I would spend my time constructively teaching my children positive behavior and modeling what I expect them to practice.
Being a parent has helped me to learn this. As a parent, as well as a human being, I cannot expect my children to ‘behave’ in a manner which is foreign to them. If I teach them well they are a ‘blessing’ to those around them.
If I teach then evil they will be the scourge of the earth.
DL said,
October 13, 2008 at 5:18 am
Ray, who gets to say who the ignorant masses who tend to be racist are? Sounds like you favor eugenics, which btw was something also favored by Hitler and is today favored by the powers that be…only they never actually say it. Or do you mean welfare recipients? Or rednecks/white trash (and other hard workers who just happen to usually go against their own self interest for whatever reason). Or do you mean computer geeks who live with their parents into their 40s? You idea for the bankers though is pretty good.
Bubby said,
October 13, 2008 at 6:02 am
In my work I have been fortunate to meet good people from all over. The average person is good. I have met great Israeli’s and great Muslims as well as English and many countries too long to write about. We need to stop fighting each other on behalf of the people who start these fights. The current people in world power are a bunch of cowards and they have respect for no one. The proof is this. Look at how much the world’s average population is getting shafted with this current economic crises. Yet none of the Warmongers, Military suppliers, or Media giants have been affected. They are all still rich. The US population especially is getting shafted by their own leaders. If we really want to make a difference then we need to look at the real cause of all this hatred.
tim said,
October 13, 2008 at 6:11 am
I miss the Neanderthals They gave so much to this world that I really really believe that we would not have the world that we life in now. And Dinosaurs I miss them for with out them looking after the planet for millions of years we would not be here. And that micro second sperm cell squirt that your dad gave your mother well non of us would be here in this world that is sooooo gooood for Americans now that it’s all going to hell in a hand basket. Yes with out Jesus this would would be a better place. No sorry I ment worse no or a well I think better or “What was the question?”
Zimbabalouie said,
October 13, 2008 at 6:11 am
To say that Jew and Arab cannot live together is likened to saying that Man and Woman cannot live together. Each of these is a difficult task that often appears impossible however, to suggest that either is impossible is lunacy.
Physics and politics often differ greatly in what can and cannot occur naturally. Man can and must live with man in order to survive as a species.
Politicians and profits (intentional spelling) speak of people as though there were positive and negative charged humans that are forced to live separately. That we know is utter nonsense.
The only truth to this nonsense is that one man’s opinions will prevent him from living with another man’s opinions if he wills it so. So ultimately the statement should read more like this, “Selfish Jews who practice intolerance can never live with selfish Arabs who practice intolerance.”
Seems simple.
Sim-O said,
October 14, 2008 at 11:08 am
Ray: Step one is to control birth of the ignorant masses. They tend to be racist, fear based and consume more than they produce.
And who do you suggest should be in control of the birth rate of ‘the masses’? You, by any chance?
‘The masses’ tend to be racist and full of fear because they are fed all the rubbish by the ruling classes. And as far as “consuming more than they produce”? You’re having a laugh, aren’t you?