Freedom-loving Tunisians demand Death to the Jews.
We are constantly being told that Arab Muslim governments use Jew-hatred as a means by which to redirect the anger of their people; a classic strategy of blaming the Jews for all the ills of the backward Arab Muslim world.
And it is undeniably true that Arab regimes, from Tunisia to Gaza to Jordan, foment Jew-hatred.
But perhaps the corrupt Muslim regimes are simply reflecting what their people already believe.
Maybe, just maybe, it’s the Arab people who are steeped in Jew-hatred and their governments are just along for the ride.
This kind of thinking is, of course, heretical. It posits the theory that the Arab people are, at the core, a genocidal yearning collective.
It’s much easier and, natch, politically correct, to blame evil regimes and view the Arab street as a bunch of attractive, freedom loving tweeters.
However, as various Arab Muslim countries rebel against their totalitarian regimes, Jew-hatred boils to the surface drowning out the adorable but hopelessly naive bloggers, Tweeters and Facebook hotties.
Let me tell you a little secret that one of my Los Angeles Persian friends recently confided:
“A tweet is a joke compared to a Basij thug armed with an axe or a Kalachnikov.”
Indeed, common sense informs us that pathological Jew-hatred arises from the Arab Muslim street; it’s the Koran-soaked people who are the problem, their tyrants merely symptoms.
As we have previously observed regarding the march of freedom in the Arab Muslim world, there is nothing as democratic as a lynch mob.
And events in Tunisia are horrifyingly instructive:
Protesters demanding the ouster of their new unity government in Tunisia are also now calling for ‘Death to the Jews.’
A local source who spoke exclusively with Israel National News on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution warned this week “the situation is not getting better for the Jews,”
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Members of the Jewish community are meanwhile staying out of sight, the source said. “Jews are very afraid, and trying not to show themselves.”
Two days earlier, on Friday, a smaller group of dozens of Islamists held an anti-Jewish rally outside the country’s main synagogue shouting, “Jews wait, the army of Mohammed is coming back. “We’ll redo the battle of Khaibar!” – a reference to the slaughter of Jews in what is now Saudi Arabia at the hands the founder of Islam.
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Ariel Chaim Avrech, ZT'L, May His Righteous Memory be a Blessing.
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It’s a shame so many people on this planet see any advancement for Muslim people as an immediate and violent threat to Israel. You trade fear and dictatorships – for what? For more fear, for more hatred. You preach Islamophobia in the name of saving your own skin. You preach Islamophobia on a daily basis, utter it so easily and never see the correlation between the hatred shown your people for the sickness you preach now.
The Christians that came out to protect and support their fellow Egyptians in Tahir Square? They must have been fools, right?
I stumbled upon your site so randomly and was touched by your personal story of loss. I’m truly sorry you and your people are so afraid of people across this planet seeking their own freedom.
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Yes, it comes from the street, yet dictators add to it to displace the people’s anger from their own rule. Looking at the Western experience as a parallel – France, the U.S., Britain – I estimate it may take two decades before the majority of Arabs cotton on to how they have been manipulated, re-examine facts, contexts, and hearts, and then move to actively embrace Israel. A period I hope can be shortened to a minimum via active engagement. Tweets, Facebook, blogs, forums, etc. may help.
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Thomas:
Thanks so much for visiting our little corner of cyberspace. We greatly apprciate your kind words about our son, Ariel Chaim.
It was a bit lonely, being a Conservative in Hollywood, but I’ve come to understand that the mindless liberal conformity demanded by my Hollywood friends is simply a moral bridge too far.
Through Seraphic Secret Karen and I have met hundreds of like-minded individuals, Jew and non-Jew. We cherish these friendships that are based on shared values and the comprehension that America is unique, that radical Islam is a mortal threat to Western civilization, and big government is also a mortal threat… to individual freedom and free markets.
Do stay in touch.
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I’m so sorry for the loss of your son. My siblings and I just lost our mother from a sudden illness. I agree that time does not necessarily ease the pain … it may ease the shock, but not necessarily the pain.
I’m so happy to have found your blog. (Legal Insurrection has it as the “Blog of the Day.”)
I just started my own blog … it will be baby steps until it’s fully operational, if ever.
It’s always comforting to know their are fellow conservatives in the LA area (we are in Santa Monica). I’m a lonely (but proud) pro-America, pro-Israel conservative gentile on the westside … an oddity, really.
Keep up the good work. Hope to see an increase in conservative values and viewpoints coming out of Hollywood. You must really feel lonely there!!
And once again, I’m so sorry for the loss of your son. May it not be “Goodbye,” but rather, “Until we meet again.”
All the best,
Tom
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reg, you are right about a prompt and solemn condemnation from the UN.
They will quickly condemn Israel because that’s the automatic macro their computers have.
Robert, Beck mentioned the Wright/Libya connection today. I’d forgotten that issue from the 2008 campaign.
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not to worry, if there’s a big slaughter, the UN will pass a solemn resolution stating never again.
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Johnny:
Oddly enough, Barack Obama’s 23-year spiritual mentor, Jeremiah Wright, paid a visit to Libya in 1984 c/o his buddy Muhammar Khaddafi. Seems that Wright and the Libyan mass murderer were BFF for years and years.
So of course, we Jews feel snug as a bug in a rug knowing that Obama and the UN are, um, watching.
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But Obama said yesterday that the world is watching so the Jews in the ME have that going for them.
And we all know how fair the UN is when it comes to dealing with Israel.
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