I hate to admit it, but for a fraction of a second, I thought CNN was going to be balanced. It was just for a fraction of a second, honestly.
I happened to turn on the tv for a minute and I was flipping throught the channels, when I stumbled upon CNN. And they were talking about the Israeli assault upon Gaza, and I thought I would listen for a minute, just so I could know what a person who only listens to CNN would think about this story.
So the woman was saying that she had interviewed someone who was working with the "Palestinians", and in the interest of balanced reporting, she would now show an interview she had featuring the Israeli point of view. I was skeptical but I thought I'd watch. It was during this moment before she said who the interview was with that I thought (foolishly) that CNN was actually going to attempt some balanced reporting. Then she introduced the person she had held the interview with, A KIBBUTZNIK!!! And I said something like "Oh for crying out loud! A kibbutznik represents the Israeli side of things? (Actually, I think my language was a little more off colour).
And I changed the channel. So I flipped a few more channels angrily. Then I thought (again foolishly) maybe not all kibbutznikim are crazy. So I flipped back. Need I tell you what he was saying? Need I tell you? Oh, the "Palestinians" want peace, and we want peace, and the world wants peace, and we have to call on the politicians ON BOTH SIDES to stop THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE...
Shame on me for even hoping that I might be pleasantly surprised. Rabbi Kahane was absolutely right when he called the kibbutznikim a bunch of spoiled brats. They are nothing but a bunch of spoiled communist children with no sense of right and wrong and no sense of justice and no sense of Judaism--none.
And it gives me no joy to say this because I was born and lived on kibbutz until we moved to Canada.