Diaspora Jews Are Also Paying for Israel’s Debacles
Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan wears a yellow Star of David that reads “Never Again” in honor of those killed in the unprecedented attack by Hamas, which triggered an ongoing war, as he addresses members of the U.N. Security Council at United Nations headquarters Monday, Oct. 30, 2023
Yossi Klein writes in Haaretz
JVL Introduction
In an opinion piece in Haaretz, Yossi Klein spares no one.
Against those who hope for better times when the war is over, believing that Israelis will learn from the catastrophe now unfolding, he has a simple response: “Nothing will change.”
It’s a useful corrective against those – like your webeditor – who assume that one day, soon, Israelis will come to their senses and realise what they have wrought. I still hope so but Klein has made me doubt myself.
He concludes:
“In our neighborhood, human lives do not count. When they marched the Palestinians in underpants, Zvi Yehezkeli, head of the Arab affairs desk at Channel 13 News, rejoiced that we have started to speak in “the language of the neighborhood.” The language of the neighborhood, along with Itamar Ben-Gvir’s militias, will be in control here on the day after, and if Hamas is looking for a victory, that will be it.”
It is incumbent on us to prove him wrong.
You can read his 2022 article “It’s Official Now: Fascism Is Us” here.
This article was originally published by Haaretz on Fri 15 Dec 2023.