An Israeli Blogger Speaks Out

July 27, 2006 - 3:35 PM by

Great interview with Israeli blogger Chayyei Sarah on Iraqi Bloggers Central:

Sarah calls it like she sees it:

Americans — or, at least, American journalists– have an interesting idiosyncracy of always rooting for the underdog, whether they share the same values or not. It is difficult to tell how much of that attitude reflects the ideas of the masses.

Israel has made some grave errors in its policies in Gaza and the West Bank, but in the minds of many people around the world, the only way for Israel to be a good guy at this point is to become the underdog. I think there is some truth to the Jews’ paranoid idea that the only way the world likes us is when we are dying. Give us some power, and they can’t stand us — even if we are right. That may be a paranoid outlook, but that doesn’t make it inaccurate.

I’d also like to say that my own particular position is that I don’t care whether the rest of the world, especially Europe, thinks we are right or wrong — the “rest of the world” are the same people who persecuted us for 2,000 years — but I do care very much whether God thinks we are right or wrong.

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2 Comments on An Israeli Blogger Speaks Out

  1. Gray on Fri, Jul 28th 2006 3:05 PM

    2. “Americans — or, at least, American journalists– have an interesting idiosyncracy of always rooting for the underdog, whether they share the same values or not.”

    Hmm, to me, this sounds more like a British characteristic. And there’s almost nobody in the US MSM rooting for Hizbullah.

    “Give us some power, and they can’t stand us — even if we are right.”

    True. Power is always regarded with suspicion by those who don’t have it. So, how to cope with this psychological problem? Is it a good idea to make a show of power whenever remotely possible, to act arrogantly, to bully the neighbors, to show a blatant disregard of even the most reasonable criticism?

    “I’d also like to say that my own particular position is that I don’t care whether the rest of the world, especially Europe, thinks we are right or wrong — the “rest of the world” are the same people who persecuted us for 2,000 years — but I do care very much whether God thinks we are right or wrong.”

    And this is exactly the root of the problem. How do you want to find a way of overcoming the hatred if you don’t even care about what others think? This way, in the long run really only God can spare you from dire consequences.

  2. Gray on Fri, Jul 28th 2006 3:19 PM

    3. “We are tired of fighting, we are tired of being courageous, we are tired of winning, we are tired of defeating our enemies, we want to be able to live in an entirely different environment of relations with our enemies.”

    Ehud Olmert in a June 2005 address to the Israel Policy Forum in New York

    And yet he’s trying to reach “an entirely different environment of relations with our enemies” by using the same, tired methods that didn’t secure peace for more than 50 years now? This must be a mistake, maybe a namesake. Israeli PM Olmert doesn’t act like he said that.

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