Sunday, February 12, 2006
A must read in today's Telegraph by the proprietor of the site Arabs for Israel, Nonie Darwish:
We were brought up to hate - and we do
My father was killed as a result of the Fedayeen operations when I was eight years old. He was hailed by Nasser as a national hero and was considered a shaheed, or martyr. In his speech announcing the nationalisation of the Suez Canal, Nasser vowed that all of Egypt would take revenge for my father's death. My siblings and I were asked by Nasser: "Which one of you will avenge your father's death by killing Jews?" We looked at each other speechless, unable to answer.
In school in Gaza, I learned hate, vengeance and retaliation. Peace was never an option, as it was considered a sign of defeat and weakness. At school we sang songs with verses calling Jews "dogs" (in Arab culture, dogs are considered unclean)...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2036284,00.html
Why should we laud a Muslim self proclaimed philo semite whose father was a terrorist Jew killer for realising killing Jews is not a good thing? Why do Westerners give Muslims special recognition and support just because they are acting like human beings instead of rabid sociopaths? It's appalling how ex terrorists (and their offspring) are making a lucrative cottage industry out of publicly proclaiming why they do not hate Jews even though, as in the case of Darwish,her father killed them. People like Nonie Dawish and ex terrorist Walid Shoebat are raking in thousands of dollars for from Jews who want to hear them talk about how they had a 'change of heart' and decided that Jews do not deserve to die after all. This may fill ex terrorist's (and their family's) bank accounts,but does little for counter terrorism.
On the contrary, it could lull listeners into a false sense of security thinking that all Muslims can become philo semites if Jews can just prove to them how nice they really are!