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“Richard Goldstone’s repudiation of the eponymous blood libel he authored last year provides a number of lessons about the nature of the political war against the Jewish state and how we must act if we are to defeat it. Learning these lessons is an urgent task as we approach the next phase of the war to delegitimize us. […] Goldstone’s admission Friday that his report’s central conclusion – that Israel committed war crimes in its campaign against Hamas in Gaza – was wrong is a case study in how we must contend with difficult political challenges if we are to emerge victorious in the political war. The fate of Goldstone and his report hold several vital lessons for our leaders. […] The final lesson of the Goldstone experience is found in the fact that the publication of malicious slander did not paralyze [Israel]. The IDF continued to strike Hamas targets. Fear of more lies from Goldstone and his Israel-bashing associates did not convince the government to stop defending the country. The lesson is that we must not allow the misdeeds of others to deny us our rights. Rather, we must assert them in the face of condemnation and wait until the condemners realize they cannot defeat us. Israel is being challenged by a political war that escalates every day. But we are not powerless in this fight. As we prepare for the Palestinians’ UN gambit, we must keep in mind the lessons from Goldstone. If the government remains faithful to the truth and to our rights, it will empower our supporters throughout the world to rally to our side. If we are good to our friends and bad to our enemies, we will know how to reward our friends and punish our enemies. And if we boldly assert our rights even in the face of international condemnation, we will see that in the fullness of time, the rightness of our position will carry the day.” [emphasis added]
— Caroline Glick, 2011/04/04 (townhall.com)
Supporters of Israel's right to exist and defend itself against numerous enemies should take note of Goldstone's so-called "stunning" reversal. But do not take too much heart from it, for there are two wholly different reasons for being stunned by his reversal. While Israel's friends are stunned that an Israel-basher would make such a public admission of his own mendacity, Israel's enemies are more enraged than stunned that one of their own would betray their consuming hatred. If you read some of the obnoxious comments appended to Caroline Glick's article (excerpted above), you will see that the Jew-hating vermin are roaming the web with their vitriolic spray-cans in hand.
The important lesson to take away from the Goldstone travesty is that such travesties will continue to be perpetrated by the indefatigable Jew-haters of the world. This war has been ongoing for millennia, not just for centuries, let alone generations. It is mind-numbingly ubiquitous. It truly has a life of its own. There are two kinds of people in this world: Jew-haters and everyone else. And I am not sure which group is more populous.
Some people may very well conclude that the fight against Jew-hatred is hopeless. There is every reason to believe that it will never end, unless every last Jew is murdered. But if that is, God forbid, how it does end, I am convinced it will not constitute the end of hatred. It will just be the beginning.
First they came for the Jews ...
Post 1,600 The Rightness of Our Position
In his short story,“I Am Not a Jew,” John Biguenet illustrates to powerful effect the reason that there are, as you say, two kinds of people in this world.
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“How was that a lie? I’m not a Jew.” He was tired of talking about it and cross with her for bringing it up. “Ich bin nicht Juden.”
Ellen stared at him over the bed. “Wir sind alle Juden,” she whispered… “We are all Jews…After Hitler", his wife explained almost tenderly, “what choice do we have? We have to be Jews, all of us."
— John Biguenet, “I Am Not a Jew.”
Denis O'Hare gave a quite fine reading of the story, which was featured on the February 27th episode of Selected Shorts.