dreamdancer 0 #51 June 10, 2011 QuoteUnfortunately for the ruling right, the parameters of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal were set many years ago, and they have been etched deeply into the Israeli and international consciousness. The current French initiative is just an expression of the European consensus, if not the global one. This means that Israel has only two options: willingly accept the finality of the situation as it was the day after the state's establishment, or reach the same point only after being forcibly dragged to it, while becoming a pariah and an object of revulsion along the way. But the question of borders is only one aspect of the failure to recognize the War of Independence as a fundamental turning point; it also has a civic angle. The anti-democratic legislation that the Knesset has enacted over the past year, which targets basic civic equality and which borders on racism even if it is not actually racist, is a way of declaring that the essence of the state is that it belongs to Jews alone. At bottom, this view stems from seeing Jews as the sole owners of the Land of Israel. This means the state doesn't exist to guarantee democracy, equality, human rights or even a decent life to all; it exists to guarantee Jewish rule over the Land of Israel and to make sure no additional political entity is established here. Everything is deemed permissible to reach that end, and no price is considered too high. That's essentially what former Mossad chief Meir Dagan was warning us about as well. And for that reason, no previous government has ever posed as great a danger to the public as Netanyahu's government does. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/netanyahu-s-tidings-of-destruction-1.366888stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #52 June 10, 2011 QuoteQuoteUnfortunately for the ruling right, the parameters of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal were set many years ago, and they have been etched deeply into the Israeli and international consciousness. The current French initiative is just an expression of the European consensus, if not the global one. This means that Israel has only two options: willingly accept the finality of the situation as it was the day after the state's establishment, or reach the same point only after being forcibly dragged to it, while becoming a pariah and an object of revulsion along the way. But the question of borders is only one aspect of the failure to recognize the War of Independence as a fundamental turning point; it also has a civic angle. The anti-democratic legislation that the Knesset has enacted over the past year, which targets basic civic equality and which borders on racism even if it is not actually racist, is a way of declaring that the essence of the state is that it belongs to Jews alone. At bottom, this view stems from seeing Jews as the sole owners of the Land of Israel. This means the state doesn't exist to guarantee democracy, equality, human rights or even a decent life to all; it exists to guarantee Jewish rule over the Land of Israel and to make sure no additional political entity is established here. Everything is deemed permissible to reach that end, and no price is considered too high. That's essentially what former Mossad chief Meir Dagan was warning us about as well. And for that reason, no previous government has ever posed as great a danger to the public as Netanyahu's government does. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/netanyahu-s-tidings-of-destruction-1.366888 Hey I am sure the rest of Israel is waiting for the collective creshendo of loud sucking PLOOOOOPS from the defeatist appeasement crowd at Haaretz. I am quite sure the same ilk was saying similar tripe in the early 1930's in GErmany... look how well that turned out for the jews. Fortunately... MOST Israeli's do not subscribe to the same attitudes that got millions of them butchered the last time. Haaretz can fool some of the people some of the time but they can fool many many fools most of the time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #53 July 14, 2011 QuoteBeginning this September, Jewish nursery and kindergarten teachers will be required to open the week with the raising of the Israeli flag and the singing of "Hatikva," in accordance with new directives issued by the Education Ministry. The preschool teachers will also be required to teach the children the state symbols once a week. According to the Education Ministry, the directives will not be implemented in the Arab sector. "We are conducting discussions in the Preschool Department to see how we can adapt [the directives] to this sector," the ministry said. The new instructions, first reported Wednesday by Maariv, include an "output index" that will be the responsibility of the Pedagogical Authority, which relates to the number of preschool teachers dealing with the national symbols in every district. The new directives are part of the ministry's plan for the coming school year, which was sent to all school principals in April. The ultimate goals of the plan are to strengthen the pupils' Jewish and Zionist values, and to improve their scholastic achievements. The plan does not refer to education toward democracy or citizenship. "It looks like a competition between members of the Likud to see who can push us faster into the arms of fascism," said Prof. Gabi Solomon of the University of Haifa, an Israel Prize laureate for education. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israeli-kindergarteners-now-have-to-sing-the-national-anthem-every-week-1.373094stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
