I'm not really saying there's symmetry. I'm saying that the people who currently live in Tel Aviv, by and large, don't see Palestinians as animals and squatters. They're afraid of them, yes, because if you're a 25-year-old Israeli who wasn't even born during the Nakba or any of the rest of it, you just know tha…
I'm not really saying there's symmetry. I'm saying that the people who currently live in Tel Aviv, by and large, don't see Palestinians as animals and squatters. They're afraid of them, yes, because if you're a 25-year-old Israeli who wasn't even born during the Nakba or any of the rest of it, you just know that there are people out there who hate you. Some of whom are willing to blow themselves up to kill you. And you've been raised within a system that aggressively teaches you, at best, that their reasons for hating you are baseless. Not to mention, uses the holocaust to justify any and all wrongs Israel is guilt of.
I'm the kind of guy who loves neat (and above all, fair) solutions to problems. But I truly think that's impossible here. I don't think that 25-year-old kid should have to leave his or her home. As I say in the article, I think Israel does exist and will continue to exist. I understand the asymmetry and unfairness of what has happened to the Palestinians. But I think the only way forward is to put that aside and deal with what is
"I don’t see the symmetry."
I'm not really saying there's symmetry. I'm saying that the people who currently live in Tel Aviv, by and large, don't see Palestinians as animals and squatters. They're afraid of them, yes, because if you're a 25-year-old Israeli who wasn't even born during the Nakba or any of the rest of it, you just know that there are people out there who hate you. Some of whom are willing to blow themselves up to kill you. And you've been raised within a system that aggressively teaches you, at best, that their reasons for hating you are baseless. Not to mention, uses the holocaust to justify any and all wrongs Israel is guilt of.
I'm the kind of guy who loves neat (and above all, fair) solutions to problems. But I truly think that's impossible here. I don't think that 25-year-old kid should have to leave his or her home. As I say in the article, I think Israel does exist and will continue to exist. I understand the asymmetry and unfairness of what has happened to the Palestinians. But I think the only way forward is to put that aside and deal with what is