Lerner: condemn Palestinian terror

[Liza Featherstone]

You're right, Michael! Sorry about that. I completely missed the PPS. But I
do blame my careless reading partly on a legitimate irritation with Lerner:
the friendship and solidarity between these communities seems like something
to foreground, not stick in the PPS of a rant about the need to condemn
terror. In fact, though I don't disagree with him about the importance of
condemning terror and murder, I'd also say that genuine friendship and
solidarity among peoples is a hell of a lot more important.

Liza


> From: Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 23:57:59 -0500 (EST)
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Re: Lerner: condemn Palestinian terror
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> On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Liza Featherstone wrote:
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>> I wish the righteous rabbi would have pointed out that many Arabs in
>> neighboring villages attended the funeral for the victims -- whose
>> (leftist) kibbutz had a close relationship with its Palestinian
>> neighbors -- and did condemn the killings.
> 
> He did actually, he just didn't it write it clearly:
> 
>> P.P.S.  And as Ha'aretz points out in its editorial, there is still a
>> sign of hope. Even at the most difficult times, Metzer members received
>> their friends from the neighboring Arab villages of Kafin and Meisar
>> (whose children attend joint activities with the kibbutz children) and
>> did not alter their opinion that it is possible to have peaceful
>> neighborly relations based on dialogue and agreement.
> 
> "at the most difficult times" means they received them while sitting shiva
> in mourning, which is the important thing for Jews.  The funeral itself
> has to be done before sundown according to Jewish law (and muslim law,
> btw) so it's often necessarily a rushed affair that people often can't get
> to.  The rest of the sentence implies that bonds between Metzer and the
> Arab villages are completely unbroken.  And the Haaretz editorial which he
> appends makes clear that this is the most important thing; it returns to
> end on this note.
> 
> Admittedly, Lerner could have made this clearer and more prominent.  But
> he looks to have written it in quite an impassioned rush.
> 
> Michael
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