On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Liza Featherstone wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Liza Featherstone wrote:
> >
> >> 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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