Sadly, you are right about the rigid support for apartheid Israel among German officials. Similar to the US, the uncritical support for colonialism in Israel is a must for any official. Many people drink the koolaid because life is easier as a teacher, politician, business leader. The same lack of humanity, rigid obedience to government …
Sadly, you are right about the rigid support for apartheid Israel among German officials. Similar to the US, the uncritical support for colonialism in Israel is a must for any official. Many people drink the koolaid because life is easier as a teacher, politician, business leader. The same lack of humanity, rigid obedience to government rules that made the Third Reich a hellhole for many groups is now employed to ignore the extreme abuses that Palestinians suffer in Gaza, the open air prison, and in the Westbank. Under Hitler, you marched behind that flag into war and genocide. Today, we Germans march behind the Israeli flag. No time to look at the violence metted out by Israeli soldiers. Don't look at the human suffering caused by German politics, then and now. Just close your mind, heart and ears to ignore the screams. Ignorance is bliss.
Martina--As you know, I totally agree about the conditions of Palestinians and the limits on debate in Germany. But I think it's possible--and important--to make those arguments without comparing Israeli behavior with Nazi behavior. Yeshayahu Leibowitz and some other Jews have made the comparison but I think it's deeply mistaken.
Thank you for your response. I really wanted to speak about the German reaction to the Palestinian suffering and their political cause. We are taught to give the needs and rights of Jewish Israelis higher priority at the expense of the Palestinians. This shows that we still defer too much to authority and that we still override our conscience to be "good" Germans.
Sadly, you are right about the rigid support for apartheid Israel among German officials. Similar to the US, the uncritical support for colonialism in Israel is a must for any official. Many people drink the koolaid because life is easier as a teacher, politician, business leader. The same lack of humanity, rigid obedience to government rules that made the Third Reich a hellhole for many groups is now employed to ignore the extreme abuses that Palestinians suffer in Gaza, the open air prison, and in the Westbank. Under Hitler, you marched behind that flag into war and genocide. Today, we Germans march behind the Israeli flag. No time to look at the violence metted out by Israeli soldiers. Don't look at the human suffering caused by German politics, then and now. Just close your mind, heart and ears to ignore the screams. Ignorance is bliss.
Martina--As you know, I totally agree about the conditions of Palestinians and the limits on debate in Germany. But I think it's possible--and important--to make those arguments without comparing Israeli behavior with Nazi behavior. Yeshayahu Leibowitz and some other Jews have made the comparison but I think it's deeply mistaken.
Thank you for your response. I really wanted to speak about the German reaction to the Palestinian suffering and their political cause. We are taught to give the needs and rights of Jewish Israelis higher priority at the expense of the Palestinians. This shows that we still defer too much to authority and that we still override our conscience to be "good" Germans.
No one of conscience should ever be on the side of the Palestinians.