Reply #60: I Call It A Holocoust Complex... [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

I grew up with it. As a kid, Israel was the do-all end-all...a small country fighting for its survival against all odds. In the late 60's, I traveled there for the summer...right after the 6-day war and saw for myself the dynamic between Israelis and Palestinians. I was also indoctrinated with the notion that all the areas captured during the war were non-negotiable...part of "Eretz Yisrael"...the Jewish homeland and that this was akin to the Amerian ideal of Manifest Destiny. The issue became more intense with the rise of the PLO in the 70's dividing many Jews. The rise of the Likud with Begin was akin to our right wing take over...and the polarization within Israel and Judiasm has grown over the years.

It's easy to imagine little Mikey Weiner going to Hebrew school and getting the shit scared out of him about gas chambers and evil A-rabs surrounding the last hope for Jews on the planet. Then plug in the xtian fundies who see these people as their tickets to Armegeddon and you get the alliance that brings Liebermann to embrace Hagee. Strange days indeed.

Cheers...