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To: puborectalis who wrote (799362)	8/4/2014 1:09:57 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579130

You will never understand the psyche of Israelis because you're not a Jew.Being attacked on our holiest day of the year was abominable. First, you do not have to be a Jew to empathize with Jews and the pain they have experienced through the millennia. However, they are not the only people have been persecuted. And their pain does not justify persecuting another people and that is what's happening to the Palestinians. Like those that have been bullied growing up the Israelis are bullying the Palestinians. Secondly, I know how important Yom Kippur is. I went to a high school that was half Jewish. We observed Yom Kippur as well as the other high holiday, Rosh Hashanah, and learned about the ten days of repentance. We spun dreidels at Hanukkah. As an adult, I became good friends with the descendants of the Finzis and the Continis from the movie: The Garden of the Finzis-Continis. I know very well their history. A number of my friends in LA were ex pat Israelis. So I know well the suffering of the Jews and I believe I understand the Jewish psyche but again, I don't believe getting attacked on Yom Kippur justifies the slaughter of thousands upon thousands of people in the name of Israel. Thirdly, there was another way the Zionists could have taken. They could have continued to live in peace with the Palestinians who were mostly poor ranchers and farmers as they had since the 19th century. But once the Palestinian Transfer was established the attitude of the Zionists changed. They wanted their own country and there were just too many Palestinians. So they conspired to rid the land of Palestinians well before the nation of Israel was formed. Yes, they live in peace now with the Arabs who remain within Israel but the Arabs are only 20% of the population and there are mostly informal strictures on their citizenship. They are free but not free. Once Israel was formally established they could have worked with the Arabs in the WB and Gaza to help them improve their standard of living and to help them leave their refugee camps. Instead, Israel has imprisoned them and slowly taken their land and water. There is no justification for such behavior. (I am not in favor of any new Israeli settlements on the West Bank....) I am grateful for that. Any sympathy I still had for Israel, and there wasn't much after what they did to Lebanon during the Bush years, I lost completely when I saw how the settlements had grown in the WB during the past ten years. I really believe this will not end well for Israel.