The French mathematician and philosopher Rene Descartes did
not have to pinch himself to make sure he was awake and alive. He knew he was
because, as he put it: “I think, therefore I am.” In effect then, Descartes was
secure enough to check on his existence inside himself, and discovered the
reality of his existence.
By contrast, the Jews – especially America 's Jews
– are never certain they exist. But if somehow, their existence is established,
they still feel they could be annihilated at any time, thus never bother to
check on the self inside themselves. Instead, they look to see the expression
of the self in others; in people they envisage to be the mirror that may
reflect who they are. Individual Jews think and behave in this manner as they
interact with others in their daily lives. As a group, they also react in that
manner, whether the group is the size of a small congregation or the size of a
country.
But in Israel ,
they are not all the same. For example, the non-English speaking Jews who live
there do not share that attitude with those who come from America and
read such publications as the Jerusalem Post or any of the American
publications. As to the Jews of Eurasian or Arab descent, they are more preoccupied
with making it through the day, and be ready to face tomorrow and the days that
follow. They feel good in their skin, and have no time to waste pondering the
question of their existence.
This makes the American Jews and those who speak English
elsewhere in the world a separate breed; one that lives in a permanent state of
longing for someone to come and make them whole, but never arrives. Until that
happens, these Jews do not feel whole, nor can they be certain they exist.
Still, they seek to claim a place for themselves under the sun by looking for
their reflection in others. Whether they see something or imagine it, they feel
reassured when they can say: we're hated, therefore we are.
You can see this mentality express itself in the article
that came under the title: “Refighting the Six-Day War” and the subtitle:
“Fifty years later, Arabs nurture a fantasy of avenging their loss,” written by
Herbert London, and published on May 31, 2017 in The Washington Times.
It must be said that Herbert London is slightly different
from the American norm – such as Tom Friedman, for example – who knows
something about the Middle East but used to deliberately promote the fake
reality that the Arab leaders spend time and effort telling their people about
a shiny object called Israel .
He used to create this sort of noises to hide the fact that the Arab leaders
have always ignored the existence of Israel , treating it as a happening
that's devoid of any consequence.
London, on the other hand, seems to know very little about
the region, but got the idea to write something about the 50th anniversary of
the 1967 Israeli attack, thus read a few pages on the subject and sat down to
compose his article. Lacking the background to write something that makes
sense, he inadvertently revealed much about the Jewish American insecurity, and
how the Jews of the Continent handle it.
Here is the revealing passage:
“The ghosts of 1967 live in the minds of American diplomats
who still view the Israeli victory with the jaundiced eye of the Arabist angry
at Jewish success. It is often said that history is written by the victors in
war. From June 1967 to the present, we have witnessed a relentless
underdressing of events. In this case, the Palestinians have dominated the
narrative. The bearers of anti-Zionism present their bigotry as social
justice”.
In other words, despite the great Jewish victory of 1967,
the Palestinians who lost it and lost everything with it, have managed to
“dominate the narrative” for the last 50 years, says Herbert London. Why is
that? Because there are American diplomats of the “Arabist” kind who are angry
at Jewish success, thus bear the anti-Zionist label, and engage in presenting
their bigotry as social justice, he goes on to say.
And there is only one thing that can be said about these
people. It is that they hate Jews. But that's okay with the latter because
until the one that will make them whole arrives, they will want to continue
seeing the reflection of themselves in the eyes others. This tells them they are
hated, therefore they are.