Man who saved Jewish boy in Holocaust acts to save Israel from ‘racist… quagmire’

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://mondoweiss.net/2014/08/holocaust-racist-quagmire.html

But Mr Zanoli returned his prize to the Israeli embassy in the Netherlands after hearing that six of his relatives had been killed during an attack on their home in Gaza.

Here are excerpts of the great letter from Zanoli to the Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands (available at the Times). Note that Zanoli describes the “ethnic cleansing” at Israel’s foundation, and says the only way out of the “racist… quagmire the Jewish people of Israel have gotten themselves into” is for Israel to give Palestinians equal rights

I understand that in your professional role, in which I am addressing you here, you may not be able to express understanding for my decision. However, I am convinced that at both a personal and human level you will have a profound understanding of the fact that for me to hold on to the honour granted by the State of Israel, under these circumstances, will be both an insult to the memory of my courageous mother who risked her life and that of her children fighting against suppression and for the preservation of human life as well as an insult to those in my family, four generations on, who lost no less than six of their relatives in Gaza at the hands of the State of Israel…

After the horror of the holocaust my family strongly supported the Jewish people also with regard to their aspirations to build a national home. Over more than six decades I have however slowly come to realize that the Zionist project had from its beginning a racist element in it in aspiring to build a state exclusively for Jews. As a consequence, ethnic cleansing took place at the time of the establishment of your state and your state continues to suppress the Palestinian people on the West Bank and in Gaza who live under Israeli occupation since 1967. The actions of your state in Gaza these days have already resulted in serious accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity…The only way out of the quagmire the Jewish people of Israel have gotten themselves into is by granting all living under the control of the State of Israel the same political rights and social and economic rights and opportunities.

I wonder how the kings and queens of hasbara will spin this.

[Purveyor]

1. Certainly you don't think there isn't a 'script' already prepared? Just

a few clicks of the mouse and voila. The only question is who is 'working' tonight.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

2. Perhaps the court jesters can post a few "poor me" articles

to drown out the impact of Dr. Zanoli actions.

Maybe he can even be labeled as a hater just for kicks.