Friday, December 02, 2011

Amira Hass

"The problem then is not the sellers but the buyers. The secular Jews who allow or even encourage the expulsion of Arab residents of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, Al-Arakib and Safed, should not complain if tomorrow, theaters and concert halls are required to set up separate sections for the female portion of the audience. And those who spend their holy Saturdays having fun rather than going out to defend shepherds and farmers from skullcap-wearing Salafists should not be surprised if the day after, Jewish fundamentalism even invades their bedrooms."  So is she saying that Israel was nice and king and exemplary in previous years?  When the Arabs were put under military rule?  Some Israelis basically feel that Israel was just perfect until 1977.  Spare me.