Blue, White & Orange...
Tonight amidst a sea of blue, white and orange stood about 15 students holding a sign in Hebrew which read "Jerusalem is the capitol of two countries". The students were wearing blue and white, and had either Habanim Dror or Shomer Hatzair written on their shirts. I want to know why. Why they felt it was necessary to come to the parade celebrating the fact that Jerusalem became a united Jewish city to protest. I want to know why they have to fight for the other side. I want to know why they started arguing with an old lady standing near them who asked them not to block her view of the dancers. I want to know why no one beat them up, but allowed them to march. They did not join in the dancing. They did not join in the singing. How do they feel now? Now that they had the chance to protest the rights of a people who would never stand up for them. They stood against their own people - surrounded by idealists who were just emanating love, happiness and excitement - and fought for what...
posted by 2R at 1:04 AM
13 Comments:
Isn't Israela free country, where people have teh right to say what the feel..whether you agree with them or not...It's not a communist land..I'm sure they feel happy...I'm just glad they didnt hav ebombs strapped to themselves
I'm not saying they did not have the right to be there, I'm just asking why they felt the need to be there.
Why did the rest of the crowd feel the need to dress in orange and yell about gush katif? wasnt the parade supposed to be about jerusalem?
If you've ever watched the GAMLA video you'd understand that Gash Katif is there to protect Jerusalem. As was Masada, and Gamla, as is Chevron, and the Golan, and Galil, and Tel Aviv, and the Shomron....I could keep going...
W/out going into disengagement philosophies, I think it was wrong for them to do that. But, people use whatever means necessary, whether it's appropriate or not, to get their points across. It's disgusting but true.
Side note: Actually, Shu, Israel doesn't have freedom of speech like in America. There are certain things that you can get arrested for.
-OC
2r,
I happen to agree with you, although I think that what the orange groups did wasn't any better. The Day is for Jerusalem, and by you putting you oragne in, you made in Legit. for them to go against it.
At the same time I think they are really digusting people. There was a group in Hebrew U. yesterday that was going on a march against the Day, and held up signs calling to end Occupation, and all the B.S. Why can't people enjoy a holiday?? There is no shrtage of days for us to express our opinion.
i think israel should have a special "express your own opinion" day
Everyday is Express Your Own Opinion Day.
-OC
thank you for emphasising my subtle joke with a sledgehammer, OC
Happy to oblige.
-OC
Do I have to be political when we live in Israel? Can I just live there without an opinion?
vee...i've never known you not to have an opinion!
Veev, NO!
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