The difference between just being and being an Israeli Jew, is a very strong attachment to a culture and a land bestowed by God. Its the unarguable right to dwell on that land that is enshrined in the holy book written and handed down from God to Abraham, Moses and all the prophets of that book. This same God of Abraham is the same God of Jesus and Mohammed. But being an Israeli Jew includes the point of view of divine rights to live on that land and excludes the rights of Palestinian Muslims to live on that same land. What chance of reason and peace to come about in that troubled land when such entrenched views are held?Â
But, wait. look at what has just happened in Northern Ireland. Paisley and McGuiness sharing power. Its not so long ago that hope was growing and peace was on the way in Palestine and Israel. Rabin and Arafat shaking hands in camp David. Rabin suffered the same fate as another man of peace before him, Ghandi. It is time again for the peace loving Israeli Jew to stand up and be heard again. the days of the extremists are drawing to a close.