THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SHAME OR DECENCY! LIVNIS DEAF EARS & A CALL FROM A PROMINENT ISRAELI RABBI AND LAW PROFESSOR FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF PALESTINIANS During the same conference at which Kerry made his remarks [Munich, Germany, Feb. 1, 2014], there was a heated exchange between Tzipi Livni and Saeb Erekat. The heat first rose when Livni told Erekat that the Palestinians refusal to stop calling Israeli cities like Jaffo and Haifa by their Arabic names was what posed an obstacle to achieving peace. In the meantime, Livni readily referred to the Territories as Judea and Samaria, indicating she was refusing to cede an Israeli claim to Palestinian lands based on a Biblical claim. This seemed a particularly incendiary, provocative and tone-deaf argument for Livni to pose in that context. Such a statement would score political points with the Likudist right-wing, but she was in Munich amidst an internationalist audience. Erekat naturally took umbrage at an Israel Jew telling him he should give up the right to see Israel as part of his Palestinian heritage, since Israel was the birthplace of his family and people .... “You are talking about historical narratives?...I am the son of Jericho. Last year I celebrated my citys 10,000th birthday. I am proud to be a descendant of the Canaanites who lived in Jericho 5,500 years before Joshua who burnt Jericho and I will not alter my history ... In Yisrael HaYom, a prominent Israeli rabbi and law professor, Haim Schein (Hebrew), took up the cudgel (Hebrew) on behalf of Biblical Judaism. He said that if Erekat wanted to be a Canaanite, very well then, we Israeli Jews should give him his wish; while remembering the Biblical command to exterminate those tribes which inhabited the land before the Israelites (among them, the Canaanites natch): richardsilverstein/2014/02/02/israeli-columnist-calls-for-extermination-of-palestinians/ By Richard Silverstein https://facebook/richard.silverstein Via Rima Najjar https://facebook/rima.najjar.merriman
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 12:43:02 +0000
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