There's No Place in Israel for an Honest Arab
Source: Haaretz, by Gideon Levy
Zionist Union's Zouheir Bahloul dared to say the truth - that anyone who tries to stab a soldier at a damned Hebron roadblock isn't a terrorist - and started an almost fascist stampede.
He wasn’t always like that. All his life he tried to be a good Arab. Only a year ago, he took part in the reality game show “Survivor.” He was still proud of himself for realizing the dream of an Arab boy from Nazareth who wanted to meet Benjamin Netanyahu. On International Women’s Day he chose Lucy Aharish as his heroine. Only two months ago, he participated in a Hebrew language conference in Rishon Letzion. The Israelis rewarded him with affection and even let him into Hagashash Hahiver’s (an Israeli comedy trio) hall of fame. And suddenly, this spectacular flop!
What did he say already? The most self-evident thing. He said that anyone who tries to stab a soldier at a damned roadblock in Hebron – a soldier who is part of a military force intended to make his and his people’s lives a misery and to deprive them of basic rights – is not a terrorist.
He said that someone who does such a thing does it as resistance to the occupation – a resistance recognized by international law and natural justice. He said that there’s a difference between murdering civilians and murdering soldiers. He said that if the stabber is a “terrorist,” then the soldiers who execute him are terrorists.
He said that someone who does such a thing does it as resistance to the occupation – a resistance recognized by international law and natural justice. He said that there’s a difference between murdering civilians and murdering soldiers. He said that if the stabber is a “terrorist,” then the soldiers who execute him are terrorists.
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