Friday, June 01, 2007

It must a great learning experience to study the Arab world at an Israeli university. Take this for example: "He was speaking at a conference on the empowerment of Arab women at the Hebrew University's Shasha Center for Strategic and Policy Studies, which he now heads." Do you know who he is? The person who was invited to speak on the empowerment of Arab women? It is none other than "Ephraim Halevy, a former head of the Mossad and the National Security Council." But he is rather modest here when he said: "Halevy said Arab women were doing "spectacular" work [Oh, thank you so much, Mr. Halevy. You have no idea how much Arab women like to be patted on the back by a former head of the Mossad. In fact, for Arab women, it is the ultimate honor to obtain the approval of the Mossad.] and said, "It is not the role of Israel to become a beacon of wisdom to Islam." Why not a "beacon of wisodm to Islam"? Oh, come on. I think that Israel is a beacon of wisdom to other planets too. Don't be modest here again. " But, I do think we are performing a service by highlighting alternative and moderate aspects becoming [increasingly] present in Islamic society." Yes, indeed. You have performed a great service to those who wish to colonize an inhabited homeland, and to uproot its population. You also perform great services to armies that shoot at school children. You give lessons in that regard.