Hey Erin, Quite the story. One little note about Eichmann in Jerusalem. Arendt believed that Eichmann was sincere in his statements that he was just a cog in a machine, just following orders. However, his diaries were later recovered and it was revealed that he was more than willing participant. He was a major instigator. Somehow, it doesn't invalidate the cliche about the banality of evil.
In today's environment, where Jews are attacked for being Jewish regardless of any affiliation with Israel, banal is not a word that I would use to describe the Pro-Palestine lobby.
I didn’t know about Eichmann's diaries, Dave. I agree with you about the pro- Palestine mobs--they are much more openly hostile. It's weird. They are the same people who i used to see, even hang with, at peace marches.
Unfortunately, the left has always had a strain of unrequited authoritarian worship in it. You can look at the worship of Stalin during the '30's or the worship of Che or Castro during the '60's. That authoritarianism is what underlies a lot of the Palestinian worship. Realistically, the Palestinians are just a collection of violent rejectionists. They actually have no view of what they want, aside from removing the Israelis. The reality is that they hate the leftists as much as they hate the Jews and they do not make any attempt to hide it. Stalin and Che would have the same view of them as well.
Hey Erin, Quite the story. One little note about Eichmann in Jerusalem. Arendt believed that Eichmann was sincere in his statements that he was just a cog in a machine, just following orders. However, his diaries were later recovered and it was revealed that he was more than willing participant. He was a major instigator. Somehow, it doesn't invalidate the cliche about the banality of evil.
In today's environment, where Jews are attacked for being Jewish regardless of any affiliation with Israel, banal is not a word that I would use to describe the Pro-Palestine lobby.
I didn’t know about Eichmann's diaries, Dave. I agree with you about the pro- Palestine mobs--they are much more openly hostile. It's weird. They are the same people who i used to see, even hang with, at peace marches.
https://academic.oup.com/manchester-scholarship-online/book/17283/chapter-abstract/174710435?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Unfortunately, the left has always had a strain of unrequited authoritarian worship in it. You can look at the worship of Stalin during the '30's or the worship of Che or Castro during the '60's. That authoritarianism is what underlies a lot of the Palestinian worship. Realistically, the Palestinians are just a collection of violent rejectionists. They actually have no view of what they want, aside from removing the Israelis. The reality is that they hate the leftists as much as they hate the Jews and they do not make any attempt to hide it. Stalin and Che would have the same view of them as well.