Anti-Semitism in Europe? It still exist.
Unbelievable in our
modern times. Indeed, to paint
swastikas on Jewish graves visualizes real antisemitism. This is different
from opposing Israel's policies whereby for instance the current PM
Netanyahu suggests a slightly less radical extreme right Jewish party to
fuse with a more extreme one so they can have sufficient votes to be elected
for parliament and with the promise they will receive two ministers in Israel's
next government. And thus each may bow for the other to remain/gain power and
rule the land. One of these parties is so extreme they want the removal of any
Palestinian from Israel and install a Jewish theocracy while the Palestinians
may be the Jews who didn't leave their land after the Jews were defeated by
Emperor Hadrian and later converted to Islam as earlier some Jews converted to
Christianity. Indeed, each society has its extreme right and who consider
themselves as Übermenschen. And as it seems it is prophesied that Israel will
one day become Jewish only, of course Palestinians fear and fight back and so
they become the bad ones. But remember, PM Netanyahu and his broken
promises and policies tired even moderate Presidents Obama (US) and Sarkozy
(France).
Especially the Jews
should know what it is to be hated and what it means to be driven from their
land and later to near extinction. Indeed, they should be the example for the
rest of the world. But when land and rebuilding a temple are idols than people are
prepared to kill and even to die for these gods.
Nie wieder |
And thus, although
you can oppose the policies of the Jews towards the original inhabitants of
modern day Israel, painting swastikas is different because it means people
agree with Hitler's policies to kill people who probably didn't hurt those who
painted these symbols. Then it is hatred towards people they may not even know
as persons and no longer against policies as death people can't be blamed for
Israel's policies. And thus, those who did this should be found and trialled
and people
rightly protests against these anti-Semitic crimes.
But don't be
mistaken, ones the Palestinians are gone, attention from extremist Jews will be
directed to others they don't like, even against their own people when the
extremists consider them to moderate as already
happened. As a reaction against the anti-Semitism, President
Macron seems to equal antisemitism with antizionism. But this is not
although, because of Europe's terrible recent past of genocide of the Jews, it
is difficult to react currently. Still, it is possible to be a Zionist but also
a anti-Semite because Zionism is a policy of exclusion of people who are different
from their own group and to conquer what they consider is the holy land.
Indeed, many websites of far right religious Christian groups describe why they
support Israel's policies towards the Palestinians: it is their ultimate goal
to rule that land themselves. I'm always surprised intelligence agencies allow
these publications. Although I don't know whether they are anti-Semitic, I
think about US
President Trump, Brazilian
President Jair Bolsonaro, and others
will follow, who are all supportive of Israel's policies even when those
policies are unfair whereby they show their support by moving their country's
embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, an extra step the Palestinians fear as it
bring them closer to their removal from Israel/Palestine and towards an ethnic
pure Jewish state. But remember history, Jews start to fight with each other
each time their land is racially pure and a temple is built, and already there are
moments that tensions rise. And thus, at this moment we're probably further
away from a two-state solution than at any moment since the current Israel was
founded. Can we do anything? Europe's position is difficult after the genocide
it committed against the Jews as a people. Still, probably little can be done
because extremists never listen to advice from others, even not if warnings
come from their own God.
Indeed, although
Moses is considered as one of the most important prophets by Jews, they should
not forget that, even when he asked his own God not to kill his own people who
were just liberated from slavery in Egypt (Exodus, 32.11-13), he himself became
so angry that he ordered that thousands of Jews were killed (Exodus, 31.26-29),
probably not only because they built a golden calf but because I think they
were celebrating their old fertility God who very likely demanded the sacrifice
of the firstborn child, something forbidden by the Jews' God when He stopped
Abraham from killing his own son. God also made laws that stated that the
firstborn child was God's child while the people were allowed to slaughter the
firstborn lam for their God as they didn't understand a sacrifice is not needed
(Exodus, 13,11-16). I remember to have read in "Hadrian's memories"
by writer Marguerite Yourcenar that the great Emperor Hadrian said how some
Jews still practised child offerings.
And now thousands of years later, ... . History. Indeed, today this
seems too stupid for words that people fight and kill for land and a temple,
still it happens with consequences throughout the world. And thus, because the
impression of growing anti-Semitism, more Jews will be heading towards the
place where they must be, their promised land so less space will remain
available for their half brothers and half sisters, the Palestinians who will
become even more desperate, so they can be driven away to create an ethnic
clean Jewish land.
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