I asked Peter to write this blog post because I felt I wanted a bigger non Israeli audience.
My gripe is about the Israeli public image with the Gaza war waging on.
The urge to write about this subject came from two opposite directions:
1. Israeli complaints about the one sided pro Palestinian view of the current war.
2. People comparing Gaza to the Warsaw ghetto etc...
I do not want to argue about facts at all, I just want to point out one thing:
If you are loved/popular/sympathized by the world - it means that you are in deep shit!
A few examples:
Animals on the brink of extinction.
Jews after world war 2.
Tibetans.
People from Darfur.
Gazans.
Yuval Drori
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4 comments:
Yuval-
My wife and I live in NYC and the news here does not appear to be too anti-Israel. I think the problem is that in the implied mandate for PC in America, people think there needs to be a two-sided approach to news coverage. Personally I think its bullshit. The good news however is found in a recent survey that said about 60%of Americans think the war in Gaza is justified. Only about 13% of Americans think it is not. The rest are undecided. In NYC I speculate that the percentage supporting Israel would be way way higher.
The reason I did not want to delve into facts or arguments is to get out of this "who is right" or "who looks better on TV".
I just wanted to point out a fact - if the world loves you at a certain point in time, it is usually a bad sign for you.
Hallo Yuval (same as blackwifeo?),
Interesting statement, sure, but I am not convinced that nations that project a friendly image are in deep shit.
What about the Scandinavians, the Dutch, the Belgians or the Indians, the Brazilians, the Argentinians etc. The list is endless. Writing these names of countries, I would say most of them - exception for some Muslim states - live on a positive or neutral image abroad.
Can't help thinking that the idea that a nation has to show ruthlessness and disregard for others - nearby or far way - is more a statement about yourself than about others.
Georg
You are putting words in my mouth - nowhere did I write that you should be ruthless.
The only statement I made is that if you are loved you should be worried.
There are exception to this rule as you mentioned and believe me I would love to have Israel be more Scandinavian. Maybe in a few hundred years.
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