Once again, the Israeli discourse shows itself to be far more open than the American one, why? Because of diaspora Jews’ presumed responsibility to guard Israel from all criticism in front of the goyim. Here is Israeli poet Natan Zach, quoted in Ynet: Israel is an apartheid state and “I don’t want to live in such a state.” And this:
“If I were a better swimmer, I would swim to Gaza. There are things that need to be done, like the release of Gilad Shalit, but we have boosted the jihad with our refusals” he said.
Zach further explained that in his opinion, the only possible solution to the current situation is to see “the Israeli people wake up, the current government falls, and a government of peace is established in its place – to save ourselves, not the Arabs. I don’t care much about the Arabs. How can we take on the entire Arab world for eternity?” he said.
In response, Knesset Member Miri Regev (Likud) called for Zach’s poems to be removed from Israel’s high school exams if he does in fact participate in a flotilla to Gaza.
