In this editorial, Tommy Lapid hears Europe’s call for appeasement and gives Europe the finger:
But we can’t forget. We lost Six Million of our people in the Holocaust.
Israel currently has six million Jews living in it. We will not be deterred by the threats of our enemies; nor will we listen to the advice of our friends. We will not rely on anyone else.
For us, that is the most important lesson of the Holocaust.
Read the rest, and think about it the next time Bush calls Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Jordan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Pakistan “an ally in the War On Terror.”
I didn’t realize he was a survivor.
That is one of the best, most powerful essays I have ever read. Thanks, Lair.
Read the comments to the article. Tommy Lapid attempted to destroy the religious community in Israel. He was born in 1931 and went to Israel in 1948, so he can be considered a “survivor”. However, as founder of Shinui (a on note party devoted to destroying any trace of Judaism in Israel) he can be considered one of the enemies of the Jews.
His article can be considered as saying, now that my political party has been wiped out (it got 0 seats in the last election)I will try to make everyone forget what I was and what I did. He is also saying that, Now that what you are doing will affect me, I will object to it. As long as you only tried to wipe out religious Jews, I did not object and tried to help