Comments on: Have any lessons been learned from Rabin’s assassination?

By: Picture of the week: The long goodbye to Rabin | ISRAELITY

Picture of the week: The long goodbye to Rabin | ISRAELITY — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:33:34 +0000

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By: Sigfrido Samet

Sigfrido Samet — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:36:10 +0000

Rabin was a great man. He was not killed by an arab or palestinian. His murderer is a fanatic jew (who couldn’t bear peace). How could he be so near Rabin? Of course he was not alone; there are many fanatics. This is the dilemma: fanatism or democracy; “left” and “wright” have nothing to do here.
Zionism is an ideology. You can support Israel as a State, without being zionist.

By: David-Joe

David-Joe — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:44:43 +0000

Lessons?

That faith and force is synomymous is one lesson that must be learnt and separating it from politics is required – gosh where has that been heard before? OMG!! The Framers of the US Constitution realized it!

And that the liberal equivalent of mystical humanism leading to a pacifist midset is equally evil.

Where is Zionism? It is not taught and it is not spoken of.

Maybe we should all discover that in Jewish history it has been civil strife that has ultimately collapsed Jewish States.

And forgetting Zionism is forgetting why Israel exists.

Rabin had become a pacifist. Trusting the Arabs and singing songs. Perhaps in his old age he had become feeble.

But he was a great soldier and defender of Israel in his time and the act of assasination was an evil act made even more awful because it was done by one of “US”.

Israelis have to become Zionists again. Otherwise? Otherwise there is nothing.