"Outrage Should Be Directed at Those Expressing the Outrage"

The following is an excerpt from the statement entitled “The Time is Now” posted at Z Street:

The outrage hurled against the Jewish State by the current US administration for (1) daring to approve the building of homes for Jews in a Jewish neighborhood, two miles from the holiest site in Judaism, the Temple Mount, and for (2) daring to do so when US Vice President Joe Biden was in Israel, is grossly misplaced and is itself an affront.  The public expression of this outrage is yet another means to pressure Israel’s government unfairly.

Outrage should, more appropriately, be directed at those expressing the outrage. We are especially appalled at those who claim to be supporters of Israel and yet demand that this policy of religious bigotry be enforced with threats of official shunning both diplomatically and in terms of military support. 

Let’s be clear: The only apologies should come from those attempting to bar Jews from building homes and living in any neighborhoods in Jerusalem, and from those who think that if Jews do build in Jerusalem they should do it quietly, and hope that no one notices.

If you agree with this and want to publicly assert your belief in the right of Jews to live in any neighborhood of Jerusalem, you can go to www.ZStreet.org and leave a comment, or email LoriLowenthalMarcus@ZStreet.org and your name will be added to the list supporting the statement.

Also worth reading at this time is the “Statement by Prime Minister Begin on U.S. Measures Against Israel” (December 20, 1981), issued after the U.S. “punished” Israel for its strike against Iraq’s nuclear reactor.

Comments

[renaissance costume]

What wrong with a jew trying to live in any neighborhood in Jerusalem? We are all equal here. Nobody has the right to discriminate other people. May it be a black, a jew or other races!