IP: Learning From Israel and Its Mistakes

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
>
> November 25, 2001
>
> Learning From Israel and Its Mistakes
>
> By TOM SEGEV
>
> When I accepted a one-semester teaching position at Rutgers
> University's Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, I hoped to
> get away for a while from the tense atmosphere in Israel; I was
> looking forward to a quiet academic fall. The fall has been
> magnificent indeed, but I arrived in New York on Sept. 10. Instead of
> finding relief, I've been much reminded of life back home.
>
> The first responses to the attacks sounded quite familiar to me.
> America, it was said, was attacked not as a result of anything it had
> done but simply because of what it is. Globalization, cultural
> domination and support for oppressive regimes were not immediately
> considered plausible causes for the attacks. In the same way, many
> Israelis ignore the causes that lead Palestinians to wage a war of
> terror against them, choosing instead to argue that they have been
> attacked not for anything they have done but simply for who they are.
>
> ...
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/25/opinion/25SEGE.html


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