OPINIONS
By DOROTHY CARUSO
First of all, neither of us was present to know exactly what Wiesel said, but I do think the Holocaust is unique, as all genocide attempts are, and need to be remembered so they are not repeated, but are whites the next Holocaust targets?
In some of my classes, the Holocaust is exploited for the political agendas of some groups, which stereotype all whites as Nazis and portray their group as victimized Jews in the Holocaust. This gives the impression that all white-skinned people round up everyone else, burn them in death camps, gas them in vans, have them dig their own graves and shoot down their skeletal, starved bodies. It’s offensive. Teachers say nothing and opposition results in ostracization.
In regards to Israel, Hovsepian believes that Jerusalem is “confiscated Palestinian land.” However, if Egypt had not lined up her tanks at Israel’s border, joined by Jordan and Syria and with the support of other Arab nations in 1967, the Six Day War that gained Israel, East Jerusalem and the territories would not have happened. The West Bank would have remained with Jordan and Gaza, with Egypt.
As for Gaza, in 2005, the Israeli government had the Israel Defense Forces evacuate and demolish 21 Jewish settlements in Gaza and four settlements in the northern Shomron. That included 2,530 homes in the settlement of Gush Katif and 270 in Northern Samaria. Synagogues were destroyed too by the Palestinian population that moved.
Thousands of Palestinians lost their jobs. Gush Katif grew unique hot-house bug-free, leafy vegetables and herbs and exported $200 million a year. Terror camps replaced that healthy vegetation.
The Goldstone Report is deceptive. There has never been a sovereign Arab State in Palestine. Peace for peace is the answer for the Middle East and America. We need to talk honestly.
