Until Benjamin Netanyahu or someone representing him gets on
the podium at the United Nations and kisses the picture of Hitler – proclaiming
that he loves the man despite what he did to the Jews – those who accuse others
of hating the Jews prove themselves to be the very definition of hate.
This, in fact, is what Cal Thomas did when he wrote an
article under the title: “Will we ever learn?” and the subtitle: “Mahmoud Abbas
talks peace but still teaches hatred.” The piece was published on May 8, 2017
in The Washington Times.
Cal Thomas gave himself away through the act of
demonstrating how easily he tossed out the most fundamental precept of
Christianity – the willingness to forgive – so as to accuse Mahmoud Abbas of
harboring hatred for the Jews and lying about it. Thomas is supposed to be a Christian fundamentalist tied to the movement calling itself Evangelical, and yet
he is confused about the differences between hate and resentment. This could
have happened to him only because he's so full of hate, he is unable to
distinguish between two very different sentiments and incapable of learning.
Day in and day out, no matter who we are, we go through life
resenting one thing or another – more like resenting a thousand something or a
thousand other things in the course of a single day. We may, by force of habit,
even say that we hate this or that but in reality, this is not the kind of
hatred that Cal Thomas harbors toward the Palestinians, or the kind of sentiment
he is expressing.
The Palestinians are a people suffering under the most
hideous and most resented kind of occupation the world has ever known, and they
have every right to be resentful of what's happening to them; it is only human.
What is hate – in fact, hate of the most evil kind – is not what they feel or
express; it is what Cal Thomas is saying about them. It is the inability to
empathize with human suffering that puts him out of step with Christian life if
not human life. Thomas failed the empathy test and in so doing, has proven
himself to be not of the human species but something that defines hate itself.
Because an ongoing occupation is an ongoing act of war, to
seek the end of occupation is to seek peace. When the President of the
Palestinian Authority assured the President of the United States that he and his
compatriots raise their children in a culture of peace, he affirmed the desire
of everyone to see the occupation of their land come to an end. In fact, that
was an exchange which took place between the two presidents. It is also the
event that prompted Cal Thomas to do with it what the Jewish Hate And
Incitement Machine (JHAIM) does with every innocent utterance – spouted by
others – it uses to invoke hate and promote paranoia.
Look how Cal Thomas did that: “The Koran allows Muslims to
lie in pursuit of a kingdom ruled by their religion. An example occurred when
Mr. Abbas met with Mr. Trump. Abbas said, 'I affirm that we are raising our
children in a culture of peace.' That is a flat-out lie.” No, that was not a
lie because the truth is that no such passage exists in the Koran. The lie has
been to invent false sayings and attribute them to Islam in an attempt to make
Judaism look better than the horrific image it projects of itself.
In fact, unlike the Jewish Old Testament which commands the
Jews to forever celebrate as Passover the night they murdered the babies of Egypt , looted
the homes and temples of the nation and ran into the desert, the Koran – like
the Christian bible – preaches peace, tolerance and above all forgiveness. This
is something that is alien to the Jews and to those, like Cal Thomas, who come
under their influence.
We don't have to wonder if that influence is good, bad or
indifferent. It is clearly bad because it robs its victim of the will to think
independently, and the ability to learn. As a journalist Thomas has all that he
needs to educate himself on what happened in history, and what is happening
now. Had he done this, he would not have written the following: “The difference
[with Muslims] is that Christians and Jews do not have world domination as
their goal and violence as their method”.