Posted on 02/19/2017 10:46:55 AM PST by Olog-hai
… Before I moved to Jerusalem, I was very pro-Palestinian. Almost everyone I knew was. I grew up Protestant in a quaint, politically correct New England town; almost everyone around me was liberal. And being liberal in America comes with a pantheon of beliefs: You support pluralism, tolerance and diversity. You support gay rights, access to abortion and gun control. The belief that Israel is unjustly bullying the Palestinians is an inextricable part of this pantheon. Most progressives in the US view Israel as an aggressor, oppressing the poor noble Arabs who are being so brutally denied their freedom. […]
It wasn’t until the violence became personal that I began to see the Israeli side with greater clarity. As the “Stabbing Intifada” (as it later became known) kicked into full gear, I traveled to the impoverished East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan for a story I was writing.
As soon as I arrived, a Palestinian kid who was perhaps 13 years old pointed at me and shouted “Yehud!” which means “Jew” in Arabic. Immediately, a large group of his friends who’d been hanging out nearby were running toward me with a terrifying sparkle in their eyes. “Yehud! Yehud!” they shouted. I felt my heart start to pound. I shouted at them in Arabic “Ana mish yehud! Ana mish yehud!” (“I’m not Jewish, I’m not Jewish!”) over and over. I told them, also in Arabic, that I was an American journalist who “loved Palestine.” They calmed down after that, but the look in their eyes when they first saw me is something I’ll never forget. Later, at a house party in Amman, I met a Palestinian guy who’d grown up in Silwan. “If you were Jewish, they probably would have killed you,” he said. …
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I don’t know which word he meant to use, but “pantheon” was used incorrectly here.
But I am glad this man has grasped the truth about the “palestinians”.
Obama is a Muslim who takes the Muslim side
Why he became so enthralled with Shiites after bowing and scraping before the Sunni keeper of the Cube only ValJar knows
Aaaaaahhhh! Reality .. it has a way of running up behind you and slapping you in the head.
WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD.
“I guess, at least, I can say that, no matter how socially unacceptable it was, I was willing to change my mind.”
It’s only socially unacceptable to the socialists you hang with. Change your circles of friends and you’ll find it socially acceptable.
The guy has made a first step but he’s got a long ways to go yet.
When they’re taught self-centeredness from a young age, it’s the only way to get through to them.
Reality bites!
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