Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Is Bob Simon A Humiliation?

Eli Hertz from Myths & Facts, asks Bob Simon:

Who is Humiliating Whom?

Bob, you say Palestinian Arabs feel humiliated and harassed

Bob, in Israel, every Israeli is searched numerous times during the course of a single day. Israelis are asked to open their bags and purses for inspection...As a matter of routine, Israelis' car trunks are searched every time they enter a well-trafficked parking lot...

...These ordinary daily humiliations now extend to similar searches when Israelis go to weddings or Bar Mitzvahs. No one abroad talks about the humiliation Jews in Israel are subjected to...

...Bob, these ubiquitous security checks do not exist in Arab cities and towns in Israel (or, for that matter, in Judea and Samaria) because those places are not and never have been targets of Palestinian terrorism...

...Jewish schoolchildren in Israel are surrounded by perimeter fences, with armed guards at the schoolyard gates...Not one Arab village in Israel or the Territories has a perimeter fence around it. Guards are not required at Arabic shops, cafes, restaurants, movie theaters, wedding halls or schools...

...Many Israeli motorists avoid major arteries that pass through Arab areas of Israel, while Arab citizens and Palestinians from the Territories continue to enter Jewish cities and go about their business without peril. Israelis are told, in effect, to disguise themselves when traveling abroad...Arabs who frequent Jewish cities and towns in Israel wear their traditional Arab headgear without fear of being attacked or harassed.

Bob, all this begs the question: Who are the victims and who are the victimizers? Who are the ones being harassed and humiliated? Palestinian Arabs or Israelis?

1 comment:

Iron Chef Kosher! said...

He is certainly a shanda!!!