Shades of Gray
October 21, 2012 15:34 by Pesach Benson
Charlotte Proudman, a blogger at The Independent, addresses Israel’s handling of illegal African migrants after one stole her purse in Tel Aviv. Yes, it’s a hotly-debated issue among Israelis, but three things struck me about her righteous indignation:
1. Proudman never entertains the notion that the Israeli-Egyptian border fence doesn’t just keep out African asylum seekers. It keeps out Sinai jihadis too. Period.
2. Proudman never wonders why — of all the countries African migrants could conceivably go to — they come specifically to Israel. For all of Israel’s faults, the Africans know they’ll still be treated better here than anywhere else.
3. Proudman’s tone suggests that if she were an African migrant, she’d snatch her own purse too. That’s the kind of moral ambiguity trail-blazed by another Indy columnist, Robert Fisk. The only difference is that Fisk was nearly killed and his most infamous column was far more straightforward:
And I’ll say it again. If I was an Afghan refugee in Kila Abdullah, I would have done just what they did. I would have attacked Robert Fisk. Or any other Westerner I could find.
I, along with most Israelis, wish there was an easier way to handle the migrant issue. But the problem isn’t as black-and-white as Proudman makes it out to be.
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8:07 pm
Oct 21, 2012
This ignorant blogger is typical of the parasitic brain worm disease called leftism. They never sway from their agenda even if it makes them say and write things that proves them to be the fools they truly are. How sad.
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Nat Pine
8:33 pm
Oct 21, 2012
As far as slamming Israel, the post itself wasn’t that bad. I do object to the holocaust reference as I see no ovens in the countries these people come from. The author herself admits that Israel is fragile economically and can’t afford to have a lot of illegal immigrants. The US has a similar problem but it’s not as bad as Israel’s as the country is so much larger and can absorb a lot more of these people. And as was pointed out, she pays no attention to the fact that the illegals would rather be in Israel than elsewhere.
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11:58 am
Oct 22, 2012
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David - Pro-Palestine and anti-hamas
3:12 am
Dec 16, 2012
Africans know they’ll still be treated better here than anywhere else.
3. Proudman’s tone suggests that if she were an African migrant, she’d snatch her own purse too.
Miss “Proud”man is miss STUPID SHROUDWOMAN.
I know good Women. well some. well not that many.but I believe that there’s a “SILENT” TOTAL MAJORITY of NON-RACIST non-purse-stealing BLACK AND WHITE GOOD PEOPLE.
to which this SHROWD BOOMAN doesn’t belong to.
she thinks she can CEREAL CORNILY COME WITH HER HEALING BOWLS AND SUDO-HIPPIE SHIT, when the REAL HIPPIE STUFF IS PRO-ISRAEL AND ANTI-CHARLES-MANSON.
REAL HIPPIE = FREE PRO-ISRAEL PRO-JEWS WOMAN OR MAN.
Da’ale, Da’ale ….
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