Human nature may be human nature. The atrocity in Israel of six Israeli Jews murdering an innocent Palestinian boy reaches beyond what diaspora Jews expect Israel to be.
I have written about the black murders in Chicago extensively. The fact that a disproportionate number of murders were committed by black people meant little. The color of their skin was irrelevant, it was the murder rate that was and still is atrocious.
As a Jew, continuously supportive of the plight facing Israelis, I now find myself disgusted. There is no excuse or explanation any more so than applies to any other group of people. A friend of mine once told me that if Jews don't support each other, no one else will. If this is what the circumstances have brought Israeli's society to, they are no better than any other crime ridden group.
The fact is, just as there are significant problems in minority segments of our population, there is a big problem in Israel. Explanations don't cut it.
I have written about the black murders in Chicago extensively. The fact that a disproportionate number of murders were committed by black people meant little. The color of their skin was irrelevant, it was the murder rate that was and still is atrocious.
As a Jew, continuously supportive of the plight facing Israelis, I now find myself disgusted. There is no excuse or explanation any more so than applies to any other group of people. A friend of mine once told me that if Jews don't support each other, no one else will. If this is what the circumstances have brought Israeli's society to, they are no better than any other crime ridden group.
The fact is, just as there are significant problems in minority segments of our population, there is a big problem in Israel. Explanations don't cut it.
sad state of affairs.
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