Poor Melissa Langsam Braunstein, she
reminds me of an Egyptian saying that goes: “She is blowing in a punctured
bag.” It is, in some respects, equivalent of the English saying that goes: “She
is whistling past the graveyard”.
Her reaction to the events, which seem
most important to her, suggests that she metaphorically stands in front of a
pot of boiling water. She looks into it, and every time that someone expresses
a thought she deems incompatible with the infinite love for the Jews and for
Israel, she imagines –– not blobs of boiling water bubbling up to the surface
–– but human beings bobbing up and down as if their feet were trying to escape
the burning bottom of the pot.
This is how things were in her view, but
are no more because the fire to which the feet of humanity were held, is
beginning to die out. It is why she wrote an article to complain about the
current situation. Her article came under the title: “Saying 'Never Again' Means
Nothing If It's Not Backed Up With Actions,” published on January 27, 2020 in
The Federalist.
Melissa Braunstein is so fixated on her
imaginary pot of boiling water, she fails to see, and cannot imagine the
existence of a pendulum that represents the development of human affairs. In
fact, unknown to her, the pendulum has reached the extreme limit on one side,
and has begun to swing to the other side. In the current circumstances, this
means that the world is warming up to the plight of the Palestinians in the
knowledge that the misery inflicted on them, is produced by the Jews and by
Israel.
And so, in her ignorant pursuit of justice
for people that suffered not one iota of pain due to the Holocaust that was
inflicted on the Jews of Europe three quarter of a century ago, Melissa
Braunstein is urging the human race to bless the horror that the Jews of
America are paying and arming Israel to inflict on the Palestinian people as if
they were the ones that inflicted yesteryear's Holocaust on the Jews.
In fact, she, who imagined it would have
been a good idea if today's righteous people had, “taken up arms and resisted
the Nazis” long ago, has condemned the fact that Britain's Prince Charles met
with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority. She condemned that
meeting simply because Abbas is the leader of a people that's under occupation,
and doing nothing worse than resist a form of genocide whose brutality would
have impressed the Nazis.
Not only did Melissa Braunstein express
unhappiness with the Brits for their stance with regard to the Palestinian
issue, she also expressed unhappiness with the Germans for trading with the
Iranians who stayed with the nuclear deal as long as they could, despite the
fact that America had reneged on it. Contrast this stance with Israel that has
violated almost every resolution passed by the United Nations, and you'll
understand why the Germans have refused to stand with Israel at the UN, and why
individual human beings throughout the globe are embracing the BDS movement.
And so, instead of calling on Israel to
make the effort to obey the law, thus become a normal country, which is what it
wants to be, and every Jew wants it to be, Braunstein has condemned the people
who adhere to the BDS movement. She condemned, knowing full well that the
purpose of the movement is only to make Israel comply with the law and
integrate into the community of civilized nations.
If you ask if there is anything that
Melissa Braunstein or those of her ilk will let go without making a fuss, if
only to show willingness that they want to compromise on something, thus start
the process of making Israel a normal country –– the answer is no. There is
nothing that these people will do to get out of their self-inflicted misery or
that of Israel.
A good example of this reality, is what
happened when French President Macron visited a French Church in Israel.
Despite the clear instructions that no person must ever enter the church
wearing a soldier's uniform, Israeli soldiers did just that under the pretext
of protecting Macron. Still, despite his respectful pleas that they leave the
church, the soldiers refused. He then shouted at them to express his anger, and
they left. Look now how Melissa Braunstein reported this incident:
“While in Israel, Macron yelled at Israeli
officers. He insisted they respect the rules and stay outside as he visited a
French Church in Israel. Considering that French Jews have fled to Israel, and
that a French court declined to prosecute a Jewish woman's murderer because he
was high, Macron's behavior felt callous. The French insisted that no apology
was forthcoming”.
It is obvious from this kind of
performances that this case is near to hopeless. It shows no sign of abating or
being reduced in frequency. It means that the Jews are incapable of making even
the first step toward:
(1) reducing humanity's resentment of
them, thus eliminate what they call antisemitism; and
(2) help Israel understand that it will
get no help from them until it learns to get along with its neighbors.
The inescapable reality is that the ‘Never
Again’ pendulum has swung back in the other direction, and the time has come to
hold the Jewish feet to the fire before they get themselves deeper still in hot
water.