Wednesday, August 13, 2008

What it's all about

I met two spanish people. the woman was nice, the other guy not talking too much. they kept asking me about Israel's policy of expansionism. I didn't know what she was talking about, explaining her that Israel has only given land in the last 25 years. she was very surprised.
The other guy started talking at some point, and told me that he doesn't understand what the hell we are doing there. "you are an anomaly", he said, "like the apartheid". he is a teacher in madrid and has some administrative job at the madrid educational commity. exactly the right guy to say these things, reminds me of the region maps in the palestinian schools.
He then said that we should let the palestinians have a country and leave them be, because they have been there for centuries.
"where will the jewish people go then?", i asked, "where is my country?"
"you should not have a country", he replied without blinking.
and that, actually, is the heart of the matter.
The guy was being perfectly honest, which i appreciate.
The Jews are a problem, have always been a problem.
It's important to know that there are teachers like that, and politicians like that, even in enlightened europe.
This is yet another reason to be strong and to not be ashamed. they are a fake, it's not about "poor palestinians", it's about "damn Jews".

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