The dreadful and the trivial: A response to Paula Schmitt on Palestinian refugees

[aris2chat]

The dreadful and the trivial: A response to Paula Schmitt on Palestinian refugees
972mag.com/the-dreadful-and-the-trivial-a-response-to-paula-schmitt-on-palestinian-refugees/87061/
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In giving voice to Palestinian refugees, journalist Paula Schmitt inadvertently strengthens the Zionist narrative.

By Danny Orbach

American author Scott Baker once wrote, “men generally possess no inkling of what their actions portend. This problem is not, as one might suppose, a result of man‘s blindness to the consequences of their actions. Rather it is a result of the mad way in which the dreadful turns on the trivial when the ends of one man cross the ends of another.” This quote came to mind when I read Paula Schmitt’s article about Palestinian refugees, published recently in +972. Like so many other pro-Palestinian activists and journalists, Schmitt appears to have very clear intentions: righting the wrongs done to the Palestinians in the Nakba of 1948, preferably through a combination of full compensation and a “right of return.” She even tries to emphasize the peaceful intentions of the refugees, who, as she writes, are ready to “live together” with the Jews once the crooks are made straight.

However, when reading Schmitt’s article, it was interesting to see how the “dreadful turned on the trivial” at the moment her interviewees were allowed to speak for themselves. Their own opinions, when carefully listened to, rather confirmed the fears of most mainstream Israelis. As Schmitt herself wrote, “more often than not, their answers would include the end of Israel.” Even those who admitted – usually in private – some kind of consent to live in peace with their Jewish neighbors conditioned it with full acceptance of the Palestinian narrative. And as most Israelis think rather differently about history than those Palestinian refugees, the article strengthened the notion that mass return may herald bloodshed and constant civil war, detrimental to both sides.
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[irosie91]

“men generally possess no inkling of what their actions portend. This problem is not, as one might suppose, a result of man‘s blindness to the consequences of their actions. Rather it is a result of the mad way in which the dreadful turns on the trivial when the ends of one man cross the ends of another.”

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gee----that's a keeper............ I am damned impressed------the words
should be inscribed on the walls of the UN

 

[MJB12741]

How funny it is that the Palestinians want a "right of return" BY ISRAEL when it was the surrounding Arab countries, who know Palestinians best, that booted them out of their indigenous homelands & to this day still refuse them any right of return. Thank goodness for Palestinians giving us something to laugh about these days while radical Islamists are killing us infidels all over the world.



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The dreadful and the trivial: A response to Paula Schmitt on Palestinian refugees
972mag.com/the-dreadful-and-the-trivial-a-response-to-paula-schmitt-on-palestinian-refugees/87061/
+972 Blog

In giving voice to Palestinian refugees, journalist Paula Schmitt inadvertently strengthens the Zionist narrative.

By Danny Orbach

American author Scott Baker once wrote, “men generally possess no inkling of what their actions portend. This problem is not, as one might suppose, a result of man‘s blindness to the consequences of their actions. Rather it is a result of the mad way in which the dreadful turns on the trivial when the ends of one man cross the ends of another.” This quote came to mind when I read Paula Schmitt’s article about Palestinian refugees, published recently in +972. Like so many other pro-Palestinian activists and journalists, Schmitt appears to have very clear intentions: righting the wrongs done to the Palestinians in the Nakba of 1948, preferably through a combination of full compensation and a “right of return.” She even tries to emphasize the peaceful intentions of the refugees, who, as she writes, are ready to “live together” with the Jews once the crooks are made straight.

However, when reading Schmitt’s article, it was interesting to see how the “dreadful turned on the trivial” at the moment her interviewees were allowed to speak for themselves. Their own opinions, when carefully listened to, rather confirmed the fears of most mainstream Israelis. As Schmitt herself wrote, “more often than not, their answers would include the end of Israel.” Even those who admitted – usually in private – some kind of consent to live in peace with their Jewish neighbors conditioned it with full acceptance of the Palestinian narrative. And as most Israelis think rather differently about history than those Palestinian refugees, the article strengthened the notion that mass return may herald bloodshed and constant civil war, detrimental to both sides.
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