To my fellow Israelis: We can stop this
Jonathan Ofir
An open letter to my fellow Israelis:
This is probably a culmination of nearly a decade’s
reviewed study of our history. At some point, beyond the singular
stories, cases and arguments, I feel something unequivocal and very
generally encompassing needs to be said about our Israeli “miracle”, the
manifestation of the Zionist “dream”.
reviewed study of our history. At some point, beyond the singular
stories, cases and arguments, I feel something unequivocal and very
generally encompassing needs to be said about our Israeli “miracle”, the
manifestation of the Zionist “dream”.
I will not write this in Hebrew, although that would
probably have been the most direct idiomatic tool to reach your minds. I
will not do so, because I have had enough of dirty laundry recycled
amongst us “self-understanding” Israelis. Whilst I write to you, my
hopes of change coming from within us Israelis have regrettably declined
in the years – and thus, I am also, if not more so, placing my bets
upon the involvement of the international community – whose help we need
so badly – not for more cash, weapons, or apologetic “understanding”,
but rather for its intervention in what we are apparently unable, and
mostly unwilling, to fix. The attitude which I thus exhibit here is an
extremely unpopular one in Israeli and Jewish culture. It is the vein of
the “moser” – the one who “snitches” against the “Jewish nation”
towards the goyim.
probably have been the most direct idiomatic tool to reach your minds. I
will not do so, because I have had enough of dirty laundry recycled
amongst us “self-understanding” Israelis. Whilst I write to you, my
hopes of change coming from within us Israelis have regrettably declined
in the years – and thus, I am also, if not more so, placing my bets
upon the involvement of the international community – whose help we need
so badly – not for more cash, weapons, or apologetic “understanding”,
but rather for its intervention in what we are apparently unable, and
mostly unwilling, to fix. The attitude which I thus exhibit here is an
extremely unpopular one in Israeli and Jewish culture. It is the vein of
the “moser” – the one who “snitches” against the “Jewish nation”
towards the goyim.
Well, get over it. There are far more serious issues at hand.
