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Arab-American Executive Lee Habeeb
Maybe, just maybe, Arabs can break out of their self-destructive hatred and envy...most anti-Semitism anywhere in the world has its origins in envy.
To the dismay of Arabs around the world, Jewish people turned an ancient piece of real estate in the Middle East into a thriving oasis of intellectual, political, religious, and commercial activity, where people are free to do as they please. One of the oldest places on earth a place where Abraham walked Israel is as thoroughly modern as any place on earth, with a functioning government that respects religious and economic freedom.
A young person in Israel can choose to work in some of the best high-tech companies in the world, or can pursue a life dedicated to Talmudic studies. A woman has an equal right to pursue any career she likes, and people of different sexual orientations are not driven underground or worse.
The fact is, the God-given talents of the people of Israel are allowed to flourish in ways Arabs should want to emulate, and replicate.
Despising Israel the way Israel is despised in much of the Arab world is all about anti-Semitism. And most anti-Semitism anywhere in the world has its origins in envy.
Benjamin Netanyahu once gave a speech in which he pointed at a map of the Middle East. He rattled off many of the countries in the region, and the relative size of those nations to Israel. Jordan is four times the size of Israel, Iraq 20, Egypt 46; Saudi Arabia is nearly 90 times the size of Israel.
Big countries, he said. But small accomplishments.
He then went on to describe Israel, which is just slightly bigger than one of Americas smallest states, New Jersey.
Little country, he concluded. But big accomplishments.
And there you have it, in one perfectly formulated binary.
Arab Like Me - Lee Habeeb - National Review Online