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Ask JTF for Sunday, January 4, 2009.
Secularbeliever:
Dear Chaim
Last week you disagreed with my casual use of the term Palestinians. Certainly your argument that it is a contrived nationalism that conveniently came into being only for the purpose of killing Jews is correct. However, in thinking more about it, I am convinced we should use the term.
Certainly there are now a group of people who identify themselves as Palestinians and I don't think acknowledging that fact concedes that they are entitled to rule Eretz Yisrael. There are ethnic groups all over the world that do not have their own nation. In fact I think the sociology of Palestinians is a case study in negative culture. The problem with Palestinians is that they have no purpose in life other than to kill Jews. Even the Nazis were more balanced in that they had an existing German culture on which they were based.
Palestinians are perpetual self identified victims. They have built a sick culture of death. While Jews make advances in medicine, computer technology and other positive aspects, what have the Palestinians built. Their only contributions to mankind are suicide bombers and honor killings. Perhaps this is the result of a culture that is built totally on hatred and self defined victimization.
Sometimes when I read the angry and difficult stories of the Gush Katif refugees an uneasy alarm goes off in my head. After almost 4 years many have not been permanently resettled. They often insist on living together with their old community. My old cousing who was in concentration camps during the holocaust was resettled in the USA in less than 4 years. How many refugees did Israel resettle during its founding? The Gush Katif refugees have complained of their kids turning to drugs and other poor behaviors as a result of their situation. Certainly these people were screwed by an evil government but I believe as Jews they have an obligation to rebuild their lives in a positive manner and provide a good future for their children. I am concerned they are following the path of the Palestinians of finding reasons to be permanent victims.
In summary I believe we should encourage the use of the term Palestinian as a definition of a deranged society that has not earned any nation let alone ours which by the way is ours and not for anyone else.
DownwithIslam:
Hi Chaim, how do you think the current situation in Gaza will affect the outcome of the upcoming Israeli election? Thanks so much Chaim.
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