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Orit is a writer and painter who immigrated to Israel from Los Angeles in 1999.
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By Orit
August 6, 2007
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I can't stand Jews sometimes. I really can't.
How is it that such a small nation, which has produced more award-winning doctors, scientists, intellectuals and entertainers relative to its population than any other nation, can't get it right when it comes to building a viable, strong, happy state?
Why is it that so many Jews use their wonderful brains if only to produce fancy arguments against their own nationhood and survival? Only a really smart nation can argue beautifully against its own right to exist in a land they for which they have hoped, dreamed, and longed for centuries.
Jews have led the Zionist movement, but they have also led the anti-Zionist movement and other damaging ideologies: communism, socialism, extreme environmentalism, to name a few.
Before you find non-Jews screaming for the "right" of return of Arabs, you'll find a bunch of liberal, "enlightened" Jews screaming for the dissolution of the Jewish state, pouting about the primitiveness of religious-Zionist Jews (while condoning Islamic fundamentalists), and picketing for the "evacuation" of Jews from their homes in Judea and Samaria.
It is natural that Jews would be the first to import self-destructive ideologies in the land of Israel . We have a history of it--read the book of Kings and you'll find a long list of Jewish kings who imported the best and most vile forms of foreign idolatry. Sometimes I wish we could import leaders from another country who understand what it means to be free.
Memo to self: Next time you get the chance to vote in an American election, vote for the candidate that doesn't have any Jewish advisors.
Jews head-up some of the most anti-Semitic organizations, like Peace Now and B'tzelem, although they like to call themselves "humanitarian"--that is, humanitarian to Arabs and not to Jews.
Jews like to think that just because they hail from a nation that boasts some of the most enlightening, socially driven and inspiring prophets, they should take upon any cause that seems idealistic--doesn't matter how dumb or self-destructive it is. Only matters that the cause changes the world, even, unbeknownst to them, for the worst.
Jews particularly like think that just because they are "Jewish"--half or whole (biologically)--their voice carries weight when it comes to determining and commenting on Israel foreign and domestic policy. Doesn't matter if they've never lived in Israel , have no intention of living here, or even if they've never even visited Israel --if you're a Jew, you think you can blast Jews because you're "one of them."
My mother has always taught me: "Never do business with family." Family members think that just because they belong to the same tribe--because they share blood--they can cheat each other, make late payments, slack off at work, and get other "breaks" with impunity.
In Israel, Jews think that since "we are family" they can rob each other of our homes--as we saw in Gush Katif and northern Samaria; they can force charity via exorbitant taxes; they can demand that someone keep Shabbat or not.
Well, you know what? I'm joining the ranks of self-hating Jews. I'm joining the ranks of all those who clamor against Jewish sovereignty. Because Jews keep screwing it up for themselves. The majority of Israel 's prime ministers have shown that being "Jewish" actually makes one more inclined to undermine Jews and please the rest of the world instead.
I want to live with a nation that shares a common history, heritage, and enemy, in a land upon which the inspiring stories of the Bible have occurred, but not in a collective Jewish dictatorship where Jews think they own each other. Our commonality shouldn't allow for mutual bullying.
I want to live in a state with leaders who just "get it"--who can tell right from wrong, who pursue real justice--who actually understand that a "people" that dreams of Jewish genocide doesn't deserve a state. I want to live in a state where each citizen is a cause and reason unto himself, Jewish or otherwise.
So, should I move to America? No, because Jews are screwing things up there too.
Besides, the battle against Jews is centered in Israel. This is the Jewish frontline. If I want to fight for Jewish survival, I have to fight not the Arabs, but the Jews--not in body, but in spirit.
Jews must realize that just because they are Jewish doesn't give them the more of a "right" to destroy the Jewish people.
I guess that makes me a hypocrite: blasting Jews who think they can blast Jews just because they are Jewish.
Truth is, I just want to survive.
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