Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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The Trauma of Israel

This article succinctly explains why Israel is a danger to itself and others.

Based on this analysis, Avigail Abarbanel believes “Israel cannot be reasoned with”, that it “is a traumatised society and it is therefore very dangerous.” Applying family therapy models, she compares Israel to the abusive husband, the Palestinians to the abused wife and the United States to the enabling neighbor.
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  • 5 comments
rafaela

rafaela

August 4 2015, 18:43:12 UTC 5 years ago

I found that this article grossly oversimplifies extremely thorny and knotty issues.

Also, I have found that people on the left by and large castigate Israel for its faults but give Palestinians a pass. Palestinians, who want to exterminate Jews (not just Israelis, but all Jews).

Also also, I spent a long time working for various causes in the Jewish community. I have been to Israel. And you know what?

Israelis feel misunderstood by Americans. I met with soldiers who complained that the American media turned them into monsters. They aren't monsters or genocidal. They want to keep their country safe.

Please take some time to see the other side of this issue. I don't mind if you disagree with me, but I really wish people on the left would take the time to listen to Israel. And understand that when people say Israel has no right to exist, that can legitimately be viewed as hate speech.
mejeep

mejeep

August 5 2015, 07:49:40 UTC 5 years ago

thank you for a short and concise reply.

Some old films have been rediscovered from 1913, back when most folks there considered themselves citizens of the Ottoman Empire. The TV documentary explained how the Israeli/Arab friction started 100 years ago as Jewish refugees formed cities and infrastructure. Yes, refugees from oppression such as Russian Pogroms. WW II, the Holocaust and other anti-antisemitism only reinforced the NEED for a place for Jews to flee when the rest of the world expels us.
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

August 5 2015, 07:55:46 UTC 5 years ago

Jews have expressed a need for a place of their own. However, when they use that to hurt other people, that's not okay. When they replay the specific methods used against them such as ghettos and walls, I find that even more troubling.
cissa

Re: Yes...

cissa

August 13 2015, 23:02:37 UTC 5 years ago

me, too.