Getting to Know Renowned Israeli Author Amos Oz

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Amos Oz, one of Israel's most renowned authors, had this to say...

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Amos Oz, May12, 2014

I have been talking about the occupation and the settlements from the moral aspect for almost 50 years now. On Friday, during an event at Tzavta (a cultural center in Tel Aviv), I wanted to say something about it from the godly aspect.

If there will not be two states very soon, there will be one state – and it will be an Arab state. And if there is an Arab state, I feel no envy for the Jews who will live in it. It will be one of the most difficult exiles.

Get off Benjamin Netanyahu's case. He is not in control of the government. The Likud's Knesset faction is a faction of radical settlers. Netanyahu is nearly the most leftist person in the Likud's Knesset faction.

The real government in Israel is controlled by the rabbis of the territories, and there is one person to blame for this situation. His name is Yair Lapid, and he has the power to bring this government down whenever he pleases.

The names "price tag" and "hilltop youth" are embellished names. We must look the monster in the eye and call it by its name. We wanted to be a nation like all nations. We hoped that one day there would be a Hebrew thief and a Hebrew prostitute.

We also have Hebrew neo-Nazi groups. There is nothing the modern neo-Nazis in Europe are doing that these groups are not doing here.

The only difference may stem from the fact that our neo-Nazi groups enjoy the support of quite a few nationalistic, perhaps even racist, lawmakers, as well as a few rabbis who provide them with a foundation which I see as pseudo-religious. This is, in my opinion, the great difference between the Jews and the Jews' words.

I considered the comments I made at Tzavta carefully. When I address an audience, I plan for hours and think about every word. I am a man of words. This is my profession.

Esser Agaroth (2¢):
Let's examine some of the statements of Amos Oz, point by point, in order to get know this renowned, Israeli author...

"The Likud's Knesset faction is a faction of radical settlers."
I only wish this were true!

"Netanyahu is nearly the most leftist person in the Likud's Knesset faction."
Possibly, but irrelevant. Like most politicians, I believe that Netanyahu is neither Leftist nor Rightist, but Netayahuist.

"The real government in Israel is controlled by the rabbis of the territories..."
 Once again,... I wish this were true! ...well,...some of these rabbis, the ones who put Torah before the State, and no, not all of them do.

"We wanted to be a nation like all nations." 
Not I! However, Oz does state quiet accurately, the unfortunate truth regarding the Western, assimilationist, Labor Zionist, Ashkenazy, secular elite, a proud segment of the Erev Rav.

"We also have Hebrew neo-Nazi groups. There is nothing the modern neo-Nazis in Europe are doing that these groups are not doing here."
Hmm...if Jews who write graffiti on buildings and other structures, then I wonder what Amos Oz calls the Arabs who murder Jews, and call for the annihilation of Israel?

PA President Mahmud Abbas and his fantasy map!

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