By Gideon Levy : With friends like these
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Title:What did Norman Finkelstein say.....??????
Name:Swiss (Dino)
City: State: Switzerland
"The Germans (Europeans) have not (yet) learned
their lesson from the Holocaust, namely to
ALWAYS speak out against the "evil" in the
world, no matter in which form we encounter
it."

Make no mistake, the only reason why Israel
is not facing much stronger opposition
(in form of sanctions or Int.isolation) by the
world community today, is the still remaining
collective (European) guilt-factor for the
Holocaust.

And that is very understandable indeed.

However, the Israeli people should consider
one thing:

We are only 65 years after the Holocaust now.

And how much this "guilt-factor" will still be
working in a 100 years (and thereby preventing
Western democracies from "punishing" Israel...)
is a very open question.

And that will be an issue of tremendous impor-
tance for Israels future.....