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Related: About this forumThe Holocaust means never having to say you're sorry (Bradley Burston)
In a phrase that rankled many, myself included, Siegman declared that "The Israeli reaction to serious peacemaking efforts is nothing less than pathological the consequence of an inability to adjust to the Jewish peoples reentry into history with a state of their own following 2,000 years of powerlessness and victimhood."
After looking anew at a subsequent exchange of views, I have come to realize that Henry Siegman was right, and that his take on Israeli pathology has everything to do with the apology issue as well.
Whether it be relations with Turkey or Palestinians wronged by the occupation, or Africans subjected to violence and to racist incitement by public officials, Israel has put the world firmly on notice: The Holocaust means never having to say you're sorry.
For this government, diplomacy is not only war by other means. Driven by the idea that 1938 is forever, and so are the Nazis, Israeli diplomatic practice has adopted Israeli military doctrine: We do not retreat. We do not regret. We storm.
http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/a-special-place-in-hell/the-holocaust-means-never-having-to-say-you-re-sorry.premium-1.434501
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The Holocaust means never having to say you're sorry (Bradley Burston) (Original Post)
azurnoir
Jun 2012
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oberliner
(58,724 posts)1. Good article
Makes a lot of sense.
Thanks for posting!
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)2. your welcome it was one of those articles
were it was hard to pick just 4 paragraphs, I changed which 4 several times prior to posting
oberliner
(58,724 posts)3. He's an interesting writer
Like to stir things up.
shira
(30,109 posts)4. Is the entire article available anywhere? n/t
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)5. it is for me at the link
if not google the title you may get something that way