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In the spirit of non-confrontation, I'll just point out that the interviewee makes the point that there is no special relationship, no special need, but sometimes that non-specialty needs reiteration: "..Do you feel a responsibility to speak in such situations? I don't think that the citizen to be consulted about the deeds of Israel has to be Jewish, as you also imply in your question. Expecting that a Jewish citizen will think differently from an Assyrian, Moslem or Zoroastrian citizen in the face of the savagery used by Israel is only a result of thinking that all Jews have a special relationship with Israel. I don't have any relationship with Israel. As a result I sometimes get very upset when asked for my opinion. But again, I'm not stupid; I know what is expected and I can see why. Even though I get upset I do meet this situation with understanding. ...Even though we know your thoughts and feelings on Israeli policies, already expressed in speech and writing, does the need still arise to state again that you are "another kind of Jew"? No, there is no such need because the newspapers or TV channels which call me know, more or less, what I am going to say. But yes, I do feel a responsibility. I think it's good to remind readers and viewers: Not all Jews are Israelis, they do not even necessarily support Israel. In the West there is no particular need to do this because everybody is aware of it; there are many anti-Zionist Jews there, well known to the public. In Turkey, however, the border between enmity to Israel and enmity to Jews can sometimes get blurred; it becomes more urgent to redraw that border and make it appear clearly..." Eli and Nestor argue that there is indeed a special relationship and a special need, which reminds me of my dear departed mother, her of the machine gun/typewriter sending high-muzzle velocity letters to various editors, stating that "Jews have to be extra careful, extra honest, extra good, extra better" because the world is just looking for an excuse to "hate us." It's like arguing Jews have a special obligation to denounce Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs because of their origins as Jewish merchant banks. Ah yes, if only WASPS felt any special need to denounce Merrill Lynch, Moody's, Morgan... etc. To her credit, I know she would have chased down Bernie Madoff with a baseball bat. Hell, she chased me with one once just for spilling some paint. "The carpet! MY carpet!" And to her credit, she was an atheist, with a hedge, [not edge]: "I don't believe in god," she told me on her deathbed, "but if there is one, he's going to get a piece of my mind." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Néstor Gorojovsky" <nmg...@gmail.com> ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
