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May 25, 2007
Taking up the gauntlet
Editorial
Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for
your country." It was one of John F. Kennedy's most famous
speeches and it applies to us now with respect to eretz Israel.
With Sderot under constant attack from Kassam rockets, Israel's
leadership has retaliated with air strikes on Hamas strongholds
in Gaza. And the world has responded with the usual bile, on blogs
and in newspaper chat rooms.
Some of the most virulent postings have come from Canadians. On
a Globe and Mail message board this week, one of our fellow
citizens referred to Israel's self-defence as "savagery,"
and suggested it was no different to "an armed drug-running
gang shooting people on the streets...."
Another posited that if Israel would only return to pre-1967 borders,
everything would be OK and then wondered aloud why the United
Nations hadn't imposed sanctions against Israel for "their
illegal holding of lands."
These absurd and wholly ill-informed comments were made by ordinary
Canadians and they need to be counteracted by all of us.
It's time to join the debate. Write to the editors of our daily
newspapers, call in to broadcast news shows and post your own thoughts
on mainstream media websites. It is up to us, as Diaspora Jews,
to protect Israel from the ignorance of our fellow nationals.
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