Jewish tolerance limited

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Jewish tolerance limited
Arab Israelis may discover that tolerance to anti-Jewish sentiments could disappear
Uri Orbach
Published: 03.11.08, 00:33 / Israel Opinion
Matan Vilnai was not being nice recently when he said that the Arabs could bring a holocaust upon themselves if they keep on shooting at us. It would have been better had he chosen the word “disaster.” Effie Eitam was also not being nice when he threatened that we will expel Arab citizens of Israel who have been out of control at protest rallies and in the Knesset. The citizenship rights of Israeli Arabs are not conditioned on anything.

However, it should be noted that the words uttered by both Vilnai and Eitam did not cause great shock around here. This is not because most of the Jewish public thinks we should expel the Arabs, bur rather, because most Jews are simply fed up with the conduct of the Palestinians in Gaza, and most Jews are unwilling to tolerate Arab Israelis joining the waves of hate on occasion.

Jewish citizens are unwilling to tolerate a moment of silence for “victims on both sides” at a northern college. Jewish citizens are also unwilling to tolerate an Arab lecturer at the bombarded Sapir College who tells an IDF reservist to leave the classroom because he is wearing an army uniform. We happen to like our IDF uniform.

Jewish citizens, and this includes even absolute leftists, are unwilling to tolerate “death to the Jews” chants at a demonstration led by Knesset members. Our tolerance certainly has a limit, and if Knesset Member Zahalka thinks that one can be both a citizen with equal rights and an Israel hater he is making a grave mistake.

Arab Israeli leaders think that the Jews have completely lost their national feelings, but they are wrong. We, the Jews, have no intention to commit suicide and lose our Jewish State in the name of our democratic values.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3517548,00.html

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1. I think the idea of "not committing suicide"

is an important one for people to consider.

The Jews are not giving up their national homeland, no matter what Hamas, Hezbollah, the Iranian lunatic, or anyone else, says.

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2. Could it be that Palestinians are also not giving up their homeland?

Hmmmm :think: