"The violent energy that nourishes us exists everywhere. We have a violent discourse that comes from a need to cultivate hatred of the Arabs. Let’s admit it: we have apartheid here. We ar"
That is the last paragraph or what appears to be the last paragraph in a long story in today’s In Haaretz, written on the 40th anniversary of The War of Attrition and ends, in its online edition in mid-sentence, as if the speaker, Yeshayahu Liebowitz, has been silenced as he about to give us an even more revealing truth. CORRECTION: Apparently the speaker is Mori Arkin, though Haaretz leaves some confusion about this matter.
“The violent energy that nourishes us …”
When Elie Weisel promoted this energy, nobody had the courage to speak out. Now more and more people are paying the price.
“Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate–healthy, virile hate–for what the German personifies and for what persists in the Germans. To do otherwise would be a betrayal of the dead.” (Elie Weisel, “Appointment with Hate”, Commentary, 1962)
First they came for the Germans, and I did not speak out. Then they came for the Arabs, …
The speaker is an Israeli named Arkin. I hope Haaretz completes the piece, it’s fascinating.
Yes, it was Mori Arkin, a former business partner of Haim Saban who according to the article was forced to sell his shares in the business by Saban, who combines being an openly Israel Firster with his equally proud role of being the major funder of the Democratic Party.
Not only is the article cut off at the end, but also an earlier sentence that provides Arkin’s first name which I had to go to Google to find.
What this quote reveals is something that other Israeli journalists have more than hinted it. What Israel is razing is its own version of the Hitler Youth.
This would have comes as no surprise to the late Yeshayahu Leibowitz or to his good friend Israel Shahak who frequently commented on the spread of what Leibowitz appropriately described as “Judeo-Nazism” in Israeli society nearly 30 years ago.
“by Saban, who combines being an openly Israel Firster with his equally proud role of being the major funder of the Democratic Party.”
Oy, that line soured my stomach.
Too much hate going around.
It need not be escalated by the right or the left.
Yes, Witty, because the left should always be blamed for what the right is doing.
You confuse description for blame.
The term is “far left” anyway, indicating fixation and fanaticism, in contrast to reasoned discussion and actual intellectual argument.
Re: far left or left.
It really doesn’t make a difference as such labels are often rendered meaningless.
If the right hijacks agenda after agenda and drives an entire nation down a path of radical far rightwing nuttery, then any push back to the center, seeking equilibrium, can be viewed as radical leftist.
It’s like trying to bring +12 of any measure back down to zero. You need -12 for that to happen. If one takes the -12 out of context, then it can easily be labeled as “radical”. I suppose it can be used both ways although I see such tactics used by the right more so than the left. NeoCons vs. progressives. Propaganda vs. facts. Cheney vs. Kucinich.
The entire left-right paradigm should be abandoned. It just confines people into unthinking positions.
Maybe Shmuel can look up the Hebrew edition.
Sorry, couldn’t find Ziffer’s article in the Hebrew edition. Maybe it will appear tomorrow. Will keep my eyes peeled.
Found it! I’m not quite sure how it got tacked on to Ziffer’s article, but it’s from a long interview with Arkin that appeared in Ha’aretz’ financial magazine, The Marker, on 16/10/09. Here is my translation of the rest of Arkin’s words on this subject:
For those who read Hebrew, here is the link to the original interview:
link to themarker.com
Aw, Truman and Ike should have listened more to Morgenthau. That way Israel wouldn’t be sailing around in German-made nuclear armed submarines, it’s sailors’ monthly checks paid for by German reparations over sixty years old.
Jeffrey Blankfort would be more credible if he condemmed Arab hatred against Israel.
Its all on Pal Media watch and Memri. Jeff knows full well about all the hatred in the Arab media and Mosques but will never say one word about this.
Why don’t you try Daniel Pipes, too? I’ll bet you’ll find lots more anti-Arab hate on his site. You can always find it if you go looking.
Yeah, because going straight to web sites funded and maintained by operatives in the Israeli military and intel is such a great way to get factual information about the people that Israel is oppressing!
That’s the thing about Israelis, they’re such delicate plants. And we were hoping for a new Jew, a tough Jew, a brave man, a cave man. Cause thet “Arab hatred” just makes Israelis wither and die, just shrivel up like a roach under a blow-dryer.
And what on earth, what conceivable act in the catalogue of Israeli geneorousity and fairness, merits such unmitigated hatred? After you’ve given them the very milk and honey of your kindness!
I don’t know, Nomi, I don’t think that stuff is gonna play any more. Did I ever tell you about that amazing invention “television”?
Jeffrey Blankfort, here is your Israel Shahak exposed as a liar about Israel.
www.wernercohn.com/Shahak.html
Here’s a precious little gem from Cohen’s site:
“Left-wing writers often accuse others of using this standard. But it is these writers who are in the wrong ”
Fancy that. We should trust a Jewish neoconservative because they were so right about Saddam Hussein’s yellow cake shopping spree in Niger, huh?