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Netanyahu Ducks Mandela Memorial as Gideon Levy Calls Israel a S. Africa 'Twin'
One of Israel’s national moral compasses, Gideon Levy, says Israel is a ‘twin’ of Apartheid South Africa, while Netanyahu has reversed course and will skip Nelson Mandela’s memorial, ducking the opportunity to begin a journey toward becoming an Israeli De Klerk.
Neither Peres nor Netanyahu have any right to eulogize Mandela; both are responsible, more than any other statesmen in the free world, for undermining his legacy and establishing the (nonidentical) twin of the regime he battled.
If the South African analogy is applied to Israel, Netanyahu plays the De Klerk role. He can continue being the bloody ethnic warlord with a powerful army at his disposal or he can overcome the atavistic tribalism of his background and undergo what De Klerk described in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech as “a process of introspection, of soul searching; of repentance; of realization of the futility of ongoing conflict, of acknowledgement of failed policies and the injustice it brought with it.”
As De Klerk said in the same speech: “The question that we must ask is whether we are making progress toward the goal of universal peace, or are we caught up on a treadmill of history, turning forever on the axle of mindless aggression and self-destruction?”
“Repression, injustice and exploitation are inimical with peace. Peace is gravely threatened by inter-group fear and envy and by the unleashing of unrealistic expectations. Racial, class and religious intolerance and prejudice are its mortal enemies.”
The choice is Netanyahu’s.
Apparently, Netanyahu has made his choice: he’d rather squander public Israeli funds on multiple private homes, scented candles, flowers, and ice cream than attend the memorial service of arguably the most important world leader to die in the past four decades, canceling his trip at the last moment.
Last week, it was revealed that taxpayers dished out 3.3 million shekels ($940,000) in 2012 to maintain Netanyahu’s three residences – 1.2 million shekels (about $340,000) above budget.
Considering mandela said "I cannot rest until palestine is liberated" is it any wonder netty refuses to attend the funeral? Heheh...
EVERY WORLD LEADER (or rep) WILL BE THERE, Netyahoos absence will be painfully obvious raising the question of "why" and the spectre of israel's apartheid state.
Is he that stoopid?
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