I know it pushes buttons among my fellow Jews for us ever to be compared with Nazis, but these attacks on Israeli anti-militarists deserves just such a scary, offensive wake up call.
"The people can always be brought to the bidding of their leaders. All you have to do is tell them that they are in danger of being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." -Hermann Goering (1893 - 1946)
I wish that were the only parallel that could be pointed out, and I am saddened and sickened that there are other, even more egregious ones (witness Gaza, the open air prison, the maintenance of which violates so many Jewish teachings that I can't believe people in Israel and the diaspora defend it).
I know it pushes buttons among my fellow Jews for us ever to be compared with Nazis, but these attacks on Israeli anti-militarists deserves just such a scary, offensive wake up call.
"The people can always be brought to the bidding of their leaders. All you have to do is tell them that they are in danger of being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." -Hermann Goering (1893 - 1946)
I wish that were the only parallel that could be pointed out, and I am saddened and sickened that there are other, even more egregious ones (witness Gaza, the open air prison, the maintenance of which violates so many Jewish teachings that I can't believe people in Israel and the diaspora defend it).