spit_me
15.05.08, 16:13
Nie tylko angielskie , te formalnie protestowaly podpisujac petycje
nawolujaca do bojkotu rocznicy , reszta zydowskiej elity w diasporze
olala gremialnie i cos w tym jest ,...
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Distancing from Israel - Jews stay away from conference
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05.13.08 / Israel Opinion
This can be attested to by the list of participants in the
“Facing Tomorrow” conference organized by President Shimon
Peres in Jerusalem. The conference was supposed to bring the
global Jewish elite to Israel for the 60th Independence Day
celebrations, but it didn’t happen: Only a handful of prominent
Jewish figures have confirmed their participation. The intention
to hold in Israel a “Jewish people’s Davos Summit” similar to the
World Economic Forum conference held in Switzerland annually – did
not materialize.
The conference’s professional aspect was well planned by The Jewish
People Policy Planning Institute. In the second part of the
conference – the ceremonial and bombastic part – President Bush and
several presidents and prime ministers from Europe, and particularly
from Eastern Europe, will wish Israel well.
As to the Jews, many of them politely said “thank you” for the
invitation, yet chose to stay away from the display of solidarity
with Israel. They stayed in their countries and there too, by the
way, they did not celebrate the 60th anniversary. The wealthy
Israel, which is overcome by corruption and investigations, does not
attract Diaspora Jews and even arouses a sort of revulsion among
them. The higher our standard of living is, the deeper their
alienation becomes.
And so, we won’t be able to find in the conference the likes of Alan
Greenspan, Larry Summers, Steve Ballmer, Woody Allen, Michael
Chabon, Michael Bloomberg, Adam Michnik, and hundreds of other Jews
involved in science, the humanities, economics, art, and politics.
Their absence from the conference and from the 60th anniversary
celebrations in general is their way of exhibiting their distance
from today’s Israel. This distance should greatly concern both us
and them.
