From Max Blumenthal at a pro-Israeli rally in New York City on January 11, 2009:
My title by the way is a direct quote from one woman at the pro-Israeli rally whom Blumenthal interviewed. The complete statement she gave Blumenthal follows:
Nothing good is going to come of it unless they [Israel] keep fighting all the way with it till they wipe them all out.”
Here are some other quotes from people who are presumably New Yorkers, and I assume most of them are American citizens:
Older woman: “There’s only one way to deal with a cancer. You either burn it out or remove it.”
Middle Aged man: “They [Hamas? Palestinians in general?] are forcing us to kill their children to defend our children, yes.”
Young, long haired man: “We [yes, he said “We”] try to minimalize [sic] casualties as much as possible — civilians. We have advanced technology.”
First woman (of two): “Wherever there is terror you have to get them out …”
[Blumenthal interjects here: Even in a school?]
First woman: “Wherever there is terror …”
Second woman: “Even in a school. You have to get them out. Otherwise no peace. No peace. We have to fight them.”
Young Orthodox Jewish man: “I can tell you one thing: Don’t mess with the Jews cuz we kick butt. Bang!”
Young woman: “It’s a repeat.”
[Blumenthal: A repeat of the Holocaust?”]
Young woman: “Yeah.”
[Blumenthal: How?”]
Young woman: “Um — We’re being persecuted, again. For the trillionth time ever.”
Woman with glasses: “The reason why more Israelis haven’t been killed or wounded is sheerly by the grace of God, because God has just been performing miracle after miracle.” … “Those who are dying [Gazans?] are suffering God’s wrath, but we also believe that when the Angel of Death comes out he takes everyone in his path.”
Man with hat: “If Hamas could not differentiate between … civilians and Army, we don’t need to either. I think we should go with all force and just go in and get them all.”
I think their words speak for themselves, don’t you? A rather horrifying revelation that so many people are so callous toward the plight of the people in Gaza. I know that this doesn’t represent the views of all New Yorkers or all American Jews. I know that many Jewish Americans would be appalled by the views expressed in this video. Nonetheless, its clear that a significant number of people view the lives of the Palestinians in Gaza as worth less than the value of Israeli lives. They also seem to believe that the collective punishment of innocent civilians in Gaza, including the deaths and injuries sustained by children as a result of the attacks by the IDF is morally justified, and that the Jews in Israel are the only real victims of this conflict. And that is simply horrific.
It is as if these individuals have learned nothing from the history of the Holocaust and all the other genocides carried out in the last century except one thing: Better them than us. I can’t tell you how ashamed I am that people in America support the slaughter of the people of Gaza based on such heartless, cruel, selfish and immoral beliefs.
Perhaps they should study the Talmud a little more, before they express such evil thoughts and desires:
Jews are compassionate children of compassionate ancestors, and one who is not compassionate cannot truly be a descendant of our father Abraham.
-Talmud, Beitzah 32bThose who have the capacity to eliminate a wrong and do not do so bear the responsibility for its consequences.
-Talmud, Shabbat 54bOne who destroys a single life is considered to have destroyed an entire world, and one who saves a single life is considered to have saved an entire world.
-Talmud, Sanhedrin 4:5
