It is the tale of a lamb who used to wear a wild dog skin. When the wolf comes around, he would jump out wearing the false skin and frighten the wold, who would then inevitably run way, tail down...

But our dear lamb was taken by arrogance, and ended believing that he is the strongest, the most clever and powerful. And as the wolf would try as usual to find out some fresh meat from the innocent lambs, he jumped out as usual, the wolf escaped away as usual, frightened by the appearance of the wild dog he was seeing... Sick of his arrogance, the lamb continued to run after the wolf, until the wild dog skin he was wearing fell and uncovered his true nature: a fearful, weak lamb... The wolf had a good laugh at himself... And you may guess what he did.

Now, Israel behaved exactly as our arrogant lamb. Covered by US weapons and vetos, and by European silence, it ended up believing it was a superpower... US gave their support because of huge manipulation of its public opinion, and Europe because of its sense of guilt coming from WW2.

The trouble is that US public opinion is realizing -almost fully- that Israel is an invader and that in 1948, it perpetrated butcheries. And as if that wasn't enough, US public opinion witnessed itself is direct Israeli massacres in Lebanon, then in Gaza..

The other trouble is that European public opinion if fully fed-up with the disgusting use Israelis and Zionists have been making of their WW2 sense of guilt. Add to that, new European generations do not feel absolutely that they are responsible fo what their fathers or grand-fathers did to Jews in WW2. They have sympathy for victims and so on... But they realize that these victims are Jews who died or are very old by now, and they are surely not the current Israelis.

So, this new American and European state-of-mind is expressed in many ways: some years ago, in a famous poll, more than 60% of Europeans declared that the worst threat to peace in the world was: Israel.

Obama is a product of this new US generation: usually people that you cannot easily fool, who surf Internet and have miscellaneous sources of information. He is trying -in order to satisy those who voted for him- to find out a real solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

He asked the MINIMUM that can be asked to Israel: stop the new colonies.

What is the answer of the arrogant lamb: 900 colonial units will be built in East-Jerusalem...

Well: Can you guess the rest of the tale?

Salaam

Ouadoud

Originally written by Abdelouadoud El Omrani on November 20, 2009 1:10 PM new European generations do not feel absolutely that they are responsible fo what their fathers or grand-fathers did to Jews in WW2. They have sympathy for victims and so on... But they realize that these victims are Jews who died or are very old by now, and they are surely not the current Israelis.

Six million Jews were killed during WWII. Does anyone remember about the remaining 90% of the WWII casualties, i.e., 54 million people?

A vicious circle as usual....

Jacek

Originally written by Jacek K. on November 20, 2009 4:09 PM A vicious circle as usual....

A vicious circle indeed. And it still makes me think of the bad guys and the good guys, whereas in Gaza, the situation is really, really critical. Using the term humanitarian crisis wouldn't be exaggerated at all, I even find it too light. I won't stop whining about Gaza until things begin to move, be it here or on any other community on the net.

Two important events are coming up that some of the readers of this thread might be interested to join, in order to show some solidarity, in a way or another:

1. Eid al-Adha is approaching. The time before the eid is supposed to be a generous one, where people who are more well-off give to the needier. Among prayers and fasting, of course. Not much is demanded. If each one only gives 10 $, it will help gather the aimed money for the campaign. If you're interested, join the campaign and donate.
2. Join the Gaza Freedom March, initiated by Norman Finkelstein (a Jew!). It's a peaceful and non-violent march, that is supposed to break the siege on Gaza, only through as many people as possible, gathering and marching from Rafah to Gaza, and from Gaza to Israel.The meeting begins on the 27th of December, in Egypt and is supposed to end on the 2nd of January, in Palestine, after having visited the Eretz crossing in Israel.

Ann-Christine