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A sad day for sure. I lived in Israel for little over a year on and off a kibbutz. I am not a Jew and found the culture and country fascinating. I still firmly believe the best looking women in the world are from there. I also understand the problems Jews have with the Palestinians and vise versa. I ran into many Israelis who did not understand/accept their own history.
Let me give you quick run down due to what today is. After WWII the Jews had no place to go and not many countries wanted them (Even the US). At this point the Jews felt a 3,000-year-old story made Palestine belonged to them. The fact is that Palestine was under British control at the time because it was a British colony that was later turned over to the UN. So technically the Jews took the land from the British not the Palestinians. The Jews ran TERRORIST attacks from Cypress against the British to get the British to recognize them as a separate sovereign nation of Israel. (Does this sound familiar?) When this failed the Jews even blew up the British governor and family in their home. The British planned a counter attack, but the US and other nations stepped in and said it?s just fucking sand and let them have it. The real reason again, was no other country wanted them. The British being them first refused then saved face and gave the land to the UN/ Palestinians on the way out. Then the Jews took it from the Palestinians and that?s how Israel was born.
The sad news. The tactics the Palestinians are using now are the same as the Jews used against the British. After living in Israel (1984) let me explain some of the similarities the Israelis have with the Nazis. All Arabs must have a separate identity card and license plates for their vehicles. All Arabs have a curfew in Israeli towns. All Arabs have a pay structure lower then the Israelis. Meaning there are two forms of minimum wage Arab and Israelis. Arabs can be stopped anywhere and checked with no rights at all. Arabs can be hauled into jail for NO reason for questioning. Arabs can NOT carry large denominations of cash. ($100) Arabs are rejected from most restaurants and hotels. This list can go on from every thing from voting rights to NO health care provided even when they are taxed for it. The point is the Arabs are living under apartheid. I use the word Arabs due to Palestinians are not the only Arabs that live there. The sadist stories we never hear about are the Druze. The Druze where land owners in the north of Palestine. When Israel was born the government seized their land and turned it to agriculture. (Kibbutzim?s) The sad part was I was working on a kibbutz next to an old Druze that actually owned the land before it was seized. What is even sadder Druze are 100% pacifists and believe any form of violence is evil. (Like Tibetans)
I don?t want to get off subject of Holocaust memorial day and feel for the victims, but the survivors in a small way are recreating a possible memorial day for another culture.
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