Chemi Shalevs last sentence in this paragraph is a classic ... It all makes for the depressingly insular, self-righteous, with-us-or-against-us mentality that is delineating Israel and many of followers abroad as an island unto themselves. In this cloister, the only benchmark for judging the worth of anyone - countries and institutions, newspapers and opera companies, artists and authors - is whether they accept or reject the Israel-good, Arab-bad narrative. By this standard, the bible itself, with its constant harping on Israel’s bad ways and the Lord’s displeasure would probably be blasted from Brooklyn to Beit Shemesh today for its negative portrayal of Jews.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 05:33:27 +0000
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