Regina Spektor, a great performer, and brave young Russian Jewish woman posted this defense of Israel on her My Space site:
Friday, January 16, 2009
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Eretz Yisrael
Israel When
i realize how many times i decided not to, before i decided to, write
this - i see why this is such a frightening time.When a Jew who loves
Israel, who has been there, has played shows there, has visited there
with family, with friends, feels this way, you know the fear is in
you . As if Israel- the word itself, is so igniting, so dangerous, that
it is better held inside. There have been times
like this before. Roughly 60 years before. And if people think that now
is any different, they are mistaken. It's just that enough time has
passed. And it seems it is our turn again. But when hasn't it been our
turn... Israel has been shelled. It has been hit
with rockets for years. Years. Manchester, St. Louis, Leon, Munich,
Copenhagen, Detroit, Madrid, Brisbane, Leeds, LA, Tokyo, these cities
are not. But if they were, God forbid, their governments would be
completely authorized and in the right to fight back.There is no
government in the world that would not protect its citizens from
attack. That's unlawful. And it's not sticks and stones, as many of my
friends and relatives who live in Israel know. It's rockets. Is one of
these things not like the other? Are there different laws and rules for
a Jewish government? If you prick us do we not bleed? ... I do not agree with the Liberal Media when it comes to Israel.
I have never seen such one sided reporting in my life. And I've seen
some amazing propaganda growing up in the Soviet Union. I have never
seen a group of people so determined to portray Israeli people, Israeli
soldiers, as blood thirsty, inhumane monsters. I am not a politician. I
am sure there's a great political reason for this kind of reporting.
For this kind of misrepresentation. I am sure there's a great reason
for my hearing on a UK television set, while getting ready to play one
of the festivals a couple of years back, a reporter saying, in a tragic
voice with a tragic face "At this moment Hezbollah is fighting for its
very existence." As if Hezbollah was a kitten that fell down a well,
and not a terrorizing organization, and that Israel was the one who
threw it down there. I'm sure there's a reason. And i think the reason
is fear. And i think the reason is the same reason i was deciding and
undeciding and deciding and undeciding whether to write this. [link |
In 2007 Regina became a huge hit on YouTube. Here is our post.
posted by: jrtelegraph
Ulysses, screaming about "stolen land" is the same as screaming about Jews mixing blood in matzah -- that is an anti-Semitic slur, albeit a popular one. First step for you is to educate yourself, you are fortunate -- this blog gives you an opportunity to learn. Read http://www.jrtelegraph.com/2009/12/did-you-kick-your-settler-today.html and will talk again.
Posted by: jrtelegraph | December 14, 2009 at 08:48 PM
If you occupy another country and build settlements on it, also building a wall(isolation), shouldn't you be aware of the resistance that might occur from the very people you are suppressing and taking land of?
Israel is not defending itself, how could it even be considered as defending? YOU ARE THE OCCUPANTS OF ANOTHER NATION. THEY are the ones resisting. I am not supporting Hamas, I don't like neither them or Israels government, but one thing I do support is the only solution which can be considered as realistic, it is that Israel withdraw to the 1967 border and that peace is uphold by a third part(like United Nations peace forces).
Posted by: Ulysses | December 14, 2009 at 08:40 PM
Well said Eric. I too wonder about such people, as there are many out there with the same mindset.
Posted by: KL | November 18, 2009 at 06:19 PM
It is a good article. What struck me about it, though, is the dichotomy between Regina’s support for Israel and her liberal values on one side, and her desire to support the politicians who are so willing to throw Israel under the proverbial bus. She decided to disable the comments for this article, so I wrote an open letter on my site: http://conservativlib.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/my-letter-to-a-liberal-jew-2/
Eric.
Posted by: Eric | March 11, 2009 at 02:36 AM