Saturday, November 28, 2009
Larry Derfner: Mouths filled with hatred
I've only read Larry Derfner, from the Jerusalem Post, once. He's the author of that amazing piece that I posted a while ago about how Israel reacting to the Goldstone report still saw itself as a hopeless victim. An article which, in its time a month ago, caused a huge stir( some reactions to it here and here.. Published in the JP, this was, for me at least, a huge surprise as the Post is VERY far right wing. This week, an article (thanks vza) about this despicable practice those ultra religious Jewish wackos bred in Yeshivas schools of hate, indulge into whenever they see a Christian passing by..Well pardon the pun but really, a spitting image of Israel today.
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ReplyDeleteIn fairness, it should be noted that those who were interviewed felt this was a Jerusalem problem not with the country as a whole.
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EVERY CHRISTIAN cleric interviewed for this article stressed that they weren't blaming Israeli Jewry as a whole for the spitting attacks; on the contrary, they said their general reception by Israeli Jews, both secular and religious, was one of welcome.
"I keep in mind that for every person here who's spat at me, there are many more who've come up and said hello," said Father Athanasius.
"I studied at Hebrew University for seven years and the atmosphere was wonderful. I made a lot of friends there," said Pazzini.
"My class members at ulpan visited our convent, they couldn't have been more warm and friendly," said the nun in east Jerusalem. She recalled that a group of boys in a schoolyard near the ulpan once threw stones at her and another nun, and two ulpan teachers saw it, became outraged and went straight into the school principal's office. "The kids never threw stones at us again," the nun said.
"I don't want to cause troubles for Israel - I love Am Yisrael," said Manougian, adding that he felt completely unthreatened and at ease when visiting Tel Aviv, Haifa and other parts of the country. The problem of belligerent Orthodox Jews spitting at Christian clergy, added Rossing, is evidently confined toJerusalem.
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