Remembering 9/11

Before blaming Israel for being a barrier against the (imaginary) peace in the Middle East, we should never forget the reaction of the peaceful Palestinians after the release of the first images with the fall of the twin towers on 9/11.

Similar reactions were registered all over the area, in the streets where people burned the American - and sometimes Israeli - flags. We should only try to imagine how many years we would need to get rid of the enormous brainwashing those people are exposed to 24/7.

Ten years after the terrific events, nothing changed significantly in the good direction. But maybe we still have 2-3 chances to avoid the worse. Maybe.

Our home

I didn't want to talk too much about what everybody it's expecting to happen in September, when various Arab groups and factions in and outside Israel warned they would proclaim a "Palestinian state". I was extensively trying to figure out how this so-called state will look like, what the political parties will be, the ruling elites, the educational plans, the diplomatic representatives, the budget and how the money will be used (maybe for roads, schools, education). I watched years ago how new states in former Yugoslavia, for instance, were created and how difficult is to create functional states although it was provided the local infrastructure.

Nothing by far in this particular case. Instead, the "leaders" (read it the supporters of various degrees of terrorism) are preaching terror and accusing Israel of their incapacity and, why not, to but it bluntly, idiocy.

Yesterday, they fully showed what they are offering to the world: terror, by killing innocent people - children and civilians - by using all their energies to plan terrorist attacks (dear CNN or WSJ or BBC, there were terrorist without brackets and not militants or other names you called those murders, ok?).

I watched for a while the comments on the online forums: people with various mental troubles and basic education, but free access to Internet, puke their hate against Jews and Israel. Isn't something new and it is how many people are thinking in private. They chew and chew and chew the same nonsensical propagandistic messages refusing to think.

We don't have to expect too much, but to be sure that the perpetrators of all the attacks of the last days will pay the highest price. Yesterday, shortly after the news of the attacks was on air, I've been asked "what's going on there?" I answer calmly that NYC or LA or London could be as or more dangerous than the state of Israel, but that in that case I trust that the situation will be under control and will not last too long.

And if this is how they will prepare to launch their "state", I am convinced that sooner or later the world will realize how fake do they are and how dangerous is to continue supporting them. And how much they depend of their sponsors - Iran and Syria among others - for playing the permanent tension against Israel. I wish that the fine intellectuals crying for the fate of the 5 stars hotels in Gaza will wake up to the reality realizing that the Palestinians aren't welcomed in any other country but in Israel where they could work and go to school and benefit of medical treatment.

Through history, we learned how to remain united and stronger. After the lessons of Tisha B'Av is time to forgot what divide us and be united. The fundings and sponsorships will always be limited, we can't live only with hating each other and we need to reflect upon who we are. And to hurry up going back home. It's about time.

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The Schakal

I avoided for a long time to see the movie about the terrorist Carlos. At any price, I didn't want to give any single cent for going into the theatre for such shame. I had the occasion to see it with some friends, the "short" 3-hour version - the longer is 5, but I thought it is already enough.

The image of the "guy": A rebel "Che Guevara" of terrorism, facing big bosses of crime in the Middle East, being joined by a bunch of "rebels without a cause" from all over the Cold War world. Without mercy with its enemies and impatiently changing women whose revolutionary role he cannot trust. A narcissist enjoying good food, drinks and to admire his body naked in the mirror of the expensive hotel rooms where he prepared his attacks. Traded by those who hosted him, for cheap "geostrategical reasons". It's the apology of his normality, the normality of nothing more than a paid killer. And this is why I disliked it, as much as I dislike the T-shirts with Che Guevara.