Michael
One thing that I want to make clear is that in my opinion the Jewish people are not victims. We do not have victim status. We do not claim victim status. We do not want victim status. The Jews are not victims. We were at one time, and for a long time, but we are not any longer.
I say this, of course, very well understanding that victim status is a highly prized commodity on the western left and no one is more highly regarded as "victim" than the Palestinian people. The Palestinians are portrayed, and portray themselves, as the foremost victims in today’s political landscape.
I have to hand it to them. It is no mean feat convincing people that after 13 centuries of Jewish second and third class citizenship under the boot of Arab imperialism (dhimmitude), and after almost 100 years of Palestinian and Arab genocidal war against us, that we are their oppressors.
Now that is brilliant work. It has to be the single most profound example of political prestidigitation and propaganda in modern, if not world, history. This Big Lie has succeeded so well that even many Jews believe it, but it only works if you discount Jewish history in the Middle East. And it only works if you ignore the fact that the Palestinians refused offer after offer for statehood.
The truth is that the Palestinians are the victims of their own aggression and their own theologically inspired racism against us... we children of apes and pigs. In November of 1947, directly after the Holocaust, the Arabs of the British mandate (the people whose grandchildren would would later call themselves "Palestinians") launched a genocidal civil war against us and got beat. As a result of that war many of the local Arab population were driven out of the area, just as Jews were driven from Arab lands.
The difference is that Jews refused to make other Jews victims. The Jewish state of Israel took in those Jewish refugees, while the Arab states kept the Palestinians in camps and denied them citizenship.
And, so, the Palestinians remain victims.
They are victims.
They are not victims of the Jews, but victims of their own racist aggression against us and victims of their fellow Arabs.
Sad, but true.
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Gotta disagree here. Jews are victims in my book. When one make a threat to kill, the recipient is a victim. It's just that too many do not want to concede the status to Jews because of what it says about the wrongdoers and their aggression and violations.
ReplyDeleteThe Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power, from 1985, says:
As to Victims of Crime:
1. "Victims" means persons who, individually or collectively, have suffered
harm, including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss
or substantial impairment of their fundamental rights, through acts or
omissions that are in violation of criminal laws operative within Member
States, including those laws proscribing criminal abuse of power.
2. A person may be considered a victim, under this Declaration, regardless
of whether the perpetrator is identified, apprehended, prosecuted or convicted
and regardless of the familial relationship between the perpetrator and the
victim. The term "victim" also includes, where appropriate, the immediate
family or dependants of the direct victim and persons who have suffered harm
in intervening to assist victims in distress or to prevent victimization.
3. The provisions contained herein shall be applicable to all, without
distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, age, language, religion,
nationality, political or other opinion, cultural beliefs or practices,
property, birth or family status, ethnic or social origin, and disability.
As to Abuse of Power:
18. "Victims" means persons who, individually or collectively, have suffered
harm, including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss
or substantial impairment of their fundamental rights, through acts or
omissions that do not yet constitute violations of national criminal laws but
of internationally recognized norms relating to human rights.
http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/40/a40r034.htm