Showing posts with label West Bank. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West Bank. Show all posts
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Friday, February 26, 2010
Arrogance: chote al' matara?* By far....
According to the newspaper "Haaretz", Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem would both be added to the list of national heritage sites, that the government plans to promote. Netanyau insists:"Our existence depends not only on the IDF or our economic resilience - it is anchored in the national sentiment that we will bestow upon the coming generations and in our ability to justify our connection to the land". "Justify?"Tell me this is a bad translation. This is a speech that can justify just anything. Even another arrogant move, like intruding into the sensitive territories of the West Bank in this manner.
As it could not be otherwise, that produced a big mobilization, that "had to be" controlled by the army.
Once again, as the world tendency is to become more inclusive, the fight for the building of identity as a concept that necessarily involves opposition to the other, is revitalized every day in the Middle East.
Arrogance: one of the sad capital sins of the Israeli representative. Strong enough, as to send these symbolic messages of "exclusiveness" to the Palestinians, and then covering it with a paradoxical "naive" assertiveness that "sacred places" belong to all of us equally: Arabs and Israelis. Well... if they do... how about a joint committee? How about a joined team to do the restoring job...? The point is, not the restoring but the exercise of power. They like it here. They do like power. Now... does it make any sense now? Do we need this provocation -on top of all the rest- now, when the West Bank was going quiet well with Fatah?
Once again, as the world tendency is to become more inclusive, the fight for the building of identity as a concept that necessarily involves opposition to the other, is revitalized every day in the Middle East.
Arrogance: one of the sad capital sins of the Israeli representative. Strong enough, as to send these symbolic messages of "exclusiveness" to the Palestinians, and then covering it with a paradoxical "naive" assertiveness that "sacred places" belong to all of us equally: Arabs and Israelis. Well... if they do... how about a joint committee? How about a joined team to do the restoring job...? The point is, not the restoring but the exercise of power. They like it here. They do like power. Now... does it make any sense now? Do we need this provocation -on top of all the rest- now, when the West Bank was going quiet well with Fatah?
What a stupid political move this is. What a short sighted one.
*Fail the objective: CHET > "sin" in Hebrew
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