Sarit Michaeli, photo by Active Stills
Writes Ofer Neiman:
B’Tselem spokesperson, Sarit Michaeli, holds a rubber coated bullet, taken out of her leg, Shot by IOF in Nabi Saleh.
I’m told Michaeli is recovering well. Of course many Palestinians have been shot in Nabi Saleh during protests of the taking of the village’s land, and Rushdie Tamimi and Mustafa Tamimi were killed by Israeli soldiers. But Israelis and westerners typically get more attention. Like NYT reporter Ben Ehrenreich, briefly detained by soldiers. When some Palestinians are detained for years.
As far as the Israeli military is concerned, B’Tselem is a danger to Israel’s security.
Play with fire you might get burned…
The problem with B’Tsalem is that they are selective. They choose to select the few “moderate” Palestinians who are in the minority (those who have accepted that there can and should be an independent, secure Jewish State between the Jordan and the sea), and they project these so called moderates as representing the Palestinian people. When in reality these so called moderate are useless, impotent and have no real influence on how the future will play out. It’s the radicals who dictate events and B’Tsalem needs to carry on with what it does but also allow in the element of perspective and balance that has always been missing in action with this group. They would lose legitimacy if they did this, so we know with whom we are dealing. In the end they help neither the Palestinians nor the Israeli’s.
On second thought, I am also not sure that the so called moderates are ready for a secure Jewish independent state. They won’t give you answer on this, if you dare to ask. Secure means the following: physical, heritage and historical security.
RE: ” Secure means the following: physical, heritage and historical security.”
You mean like the Palestinians have had under Israel’s control for so many scores of years?
Why do you suggest the ball’s in the Palestinians’ court?