Friday, February 10, 2006

In response to the Open Ceremony Keynote by Prof. Israel Aumann




Prof. Aumann, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, gave this Keynote Address in the 6th Herzeliah Conference, 2006:
http://www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/_Articles/Article.asp?ArticleID=1394&CategoryID=215

Well, I am not one of those who demand to revoke the Nobel price from Prof. Aumann because of his racist views. But I think that his case is an evidence of my claim, that there is no problem of anti-Semitism in particular, but anti-Semitism is part of a wider problem of racism. And racism is a sickness that we suffer from as well.
Prof. Aumann says that the "refugees" are not law breakers? Come on. They broke every law in the book, they had 1000 chances to leave and get all the compensation and alternative housing, but they refused. Sorry, I'm no mother Theresa so I cannot feel mercy for them now that they are living for 6 months is hotels, while most Palestinians who suffered because of those criminals, would love to trade their poor houses for those hotels.Prof. Aumann was asked a question relating to mathematics. Instead of saying: "sorry, this question is not relevant to my profession", he gave a propaganda speech which was completely out of the scope.Never say again that the Europeans are all anti-Semitist, because this racist man got the Nobel price (with full just I assume), which proves that the world is not against us, but we are being criticized on a to-the-point basis for our crimes against the Palestinians.

Wednesday, February 8, 2006

In response to "Anti-semitism Now," an article by Irit Linoor




Irit Linoor, a very articulate and ex-Leftist Israeli journalist and a public figure, published this in Ynet:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3212503,00.html

Here is the Hebrew version:
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3211771,00.html

I don't agree with Linoor, although she makes very good points. I didn't think about some of the points she raised (the suits being inspired by Tarantino, or "the last supper"), but they are very good points.
But the main theme of her article is wrong, I think. What difference does it make if it's a Palestinian movie or not? Is a Palestinian who lives in Holland any less Palestinian than we are Israelis?
The suicide bombers are criminals, but not Nazis. The movie is not anti-semitist, it's a great movie about the tragedy of the occupation. Linoor has decided long ago that there is no partner, and this is her right. But I don't agree that you can't sympathies with terrorists. I can sympathize with Dan Halutz or GW Bush... who are far worse than any Hamas terrorist.
But I admit that I cannot compete with her expressions skills.