Jillyvn
12-22-2004, 08:10 AM
Regarding this recent article on salon.com:
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/12/21/settlers/index.html
Some Jewish settlers said Tuesday they will be wearing orange Star of David patches -- similar to those the Nazis forced Jews to pin to their lapels -- in an escalation of protests against a planned Gaza Strip withdrawal.
and
"This withdrawal process will bring us another Holocaust. I want to prevent another Holocaust," said Freiman, who came to Israel from Ukraine as a 4-year-old girl after fleeing her home in the back of a cattle train. She said she lost 30 relatives to the Nazis.
"They want to accuse me of cheapening the Holocaust?" she said. "They have a right to do that? I barely survived."
Now, I'm not in Israel and I can't pretend to understand this protest, but I have to say, I question any possible beneficial effect they might expect? To me, this is the blatant use of a historical tragedy for political noise making. But what does it mean when the victims themselves are exploiting the tragedy?
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/12/21/settlers/index.html
Some Jewish settlers said Tuesday they will be wearing orange Star of David patches -- similar to those the Nazis forced Jews to pin to their lapels -- in an escalation of protests against a planned Gaza Strip withdrawal.
and
"This withdrawal process will bring us another Holocaust. I want to prevent another Holocaust," said Freiman, who came to Israel from Ukraine as a 4-year-old girl after fleeing her home in the back of a cattle train. She said she lost 30 relatives to the Nazis.
"They want to accuse me of cheapening the Holocaust?" she said. "They have a right to do that? I barely survived."
Now, I'm not in Israel and I can't pretend to understand this protest, but I have to say, I question any possible beneficial effect they might expect? To me, this is the blatant use of a historical tragedy for political noise making. But what does it mean when the victims themselves are exploiting the tragedy?