By Israel Harel, Haaretz Correspondent: Israel is bullied because it acts like a doormat
Talkback
Title:Why is Israel reacting defensively?
Name:Lane
City: T.A.State:
When interviewed on the international media, its spokesmen answer questions as if talking to their domestic media, instead of taking a pro-active, aggressive approach . They should see their job as educational, putting the facts out. Why don`t we react to distortions of facts? Why don?t we denounce false and vulgar propaganda? We are a nation of lawyers, for Heaven`s sake, yet we are all struck dumb! Why don`t we tell them simple basic truths such as that the Jews are the only ones who ever had a nation-state here, and that in 1920 the world recognized our national rights to this land, and that 800,000 Jews were expelled from Arab countries, etc. The answer is that Israel, believing it has no choice but to accept the world`s position, allows itself to be boxed into a corner. We should defend our unquestionable, elementary, legitimate rights and tell the truth as presented at : http://xrl.us/berwte