Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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The Trouble with Israel

For a long time, I've wondered what the devil was wrong with Israel. Starhawk just explained it with bitter precision; and she is of Jewish heritage, so can say this without being accused of anti-Semitism:

The Israel/Palestine conflict enacts on a mass scale some of the same dynamics as family abuse. Israel is like the abused child who grows up to be an abuser.


yyyyyyeah. Ouch. You can read the rest of her article, "Denied Entry," here.
Tags: activism, life lessons
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  • 5 comments
beckyzoole

beckyzoole

March 18 2008, 03:08:45 UTC 13 years ago

I think PTSD fits the situation more than family abuse.

Starhawk is not antisemitic. But speaking as someone who's lived in the Middle East, she seems oddly naive.
freesprouts

freesprouts

March 18 2008, 03:13:37 UTC 13 years ago

I think she's more idealistic than naive, but I get where you're coming from.
ysabetwordsmith

Hmm...

ysabetwordsmith

March 18 2008, 03:24:40 UTC 13 years ago

... you may be right about PTSD. Can't abuse trigger that, though?

I don't think Starhawk is precisely naive -- she's seen a lot of the world -- but she is very much an idealist.
ayoub

ayoub

March 18 2008, 12:23:23 UTC 13 years ago

That is an amazing article...

Thanks!
anamacha

anamacha

March 19 2008, 21:54:53 UTC 13 years ago

I've always wondered about that.