Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Ishmael Khaldi risponde ai boicottatori

Ishmael Khaldi è un musulmano beduino, nato da una famiglia di pastori
ed attualmente è il console israeliano a San Francisco. Ecco come
risponde a chi propone azioni anti-israeliane nelle Unviersità
americane
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/04/EDRP168GMT.DTL&hw=ishmael&sn=001&sc=1000
Lost in the blur of slogans
Ishmael Khaldi
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
For those who haven't heard, the first week in March has been
designated as Israel Apartheid Week by activists who are either ill
intentioned or misinformed. On American campuses, organizing
committees are planning happenings to once again castigate Israel as
the lone responsible party for all that maligns the Middle East.
Last year, at UC Berkeley, I had the opportunity to "dialogue" with
some of the organizers of these events. My perspective is unique, both
as the vice consul for Israel in San Francisco, and as a Bedouin and
the highest-ranking Muslim representing the Israel in the United
States. I was born into a Bedouin tribe in Northern Israel, one of 11
children, and began life as shepherd living in our family tent. I went
on to serve in the Israeli border police, and later earned a master's
degree in political science from Tel Aviv University before joining
the Israel Foreign Ministry.
I am a proud Israeli - along with many other non-Jewish Israelis such
as Druze, Bahai, Bedouin, Christians and Muslims, who live in one of
the most culturally diversified societies and the only true democracy
in the Middle East. Like America, Israeli society is far from perfect,
but let us deals honestly. By any yardstick you choose - educational
opportunity, economic development, women and gay's rights, freedom of
speech and assembly, legislative representation - Israel's minorities
fare far better than any other country in the Middle East
So, I would like to share the following with organizers of Israel
Apartheid week, for those of them who are open to dialogue and not
blinded by a hateful ideology:
You are part of the problem, not part of the solution: If you are
really idealistic and committed to a better world, stop with the false
rhetoric. We need moderate people to come together in good faith to
help find the path to relieve the human suffering on both sides of the
Israel-Palestinian conflict. Vilification and false labeling is a
blind alley that is unjust and takes us nowhere.
You deny Israel the fundamental right of every society to defend
itself: You condemn Israel for building a security barrier to protect
its citizens from suicide bombers and for striking at buildings from
which missiles are launched at its cities - but you never offer an
alternative. Aren't you practicing yourself a deep form of racism by
denying an entire society the right to defend itself?
Your criticism is willfully hypocritical: Do Israel's Arab citizens
suffer from disadvantage? You better believe it. Do African Americans
10 minutes from the Berkeley campus suffer from disadvantage - you
better believe it, too. So should we launch a Berkeley Apartheid Week,
or should we seek real ways to better our societies and make
opportunity more available.
You are betraying the moderate Muslims and Jews who are working to
achieve peace: Your radicalism is undermining the forces for peace in
Israel and in the Palestinian territories. We are working hard to move
toward a peace agreement that recognizes the legitimate rights of both
Israel and the Palestinian people, and you are tearing down by falsely
vilifying one side.
To the organizers of Israel Apartheid Week I would like to say:
If Israel were an apartheid state, I would not have been appointed
here, nor would I have chosen to take upon myself this duty. There are
many Arabs, both within Israel and in the Palestinian territories who
have taken great courage to walk the path of peace. You should stand
with us, rather than against us.
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"la mia intenzione era di usare la detta signature esclusivamente su
it.politica.internazionale". (Luca Logi / rodewalder / Golda Meir)
http://raionim.blogspot.com/2008/12/retromarce.html

 Ishmael Khaldi è un musulmano beduino
l'equivalente dell'amico ebreo dell'antisemita. Sei lo specchio del
tuo nemico...