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...course, this view of the political future is only one of many possible outcomes. Other benign, or horrendous, outcomes are possible. What is important is that we should not let our imaginations be captured solely by images of imminent holocaust or by cynical views of the immutability of our dependence upon nuclear weapons, for both tend to stifle the modest efforts we can and should make now so that the next generations have more opportunity to develop a better future...
...first claim is typical of Zionism's apologists. After all, to "understand" Israel, one must first realize "the importance of the Holocaust." How true, both in understanding Israel and in calculating the attitudes of the European nations toward Israel. The Holocaust plays a part in Israeli siege mentality, an attitude without which the disparate Jewish state could not exist. Similar "learning" from the Holocaust becomes evident when one examines Israel's murderous tactics in Lebanon and the occupied territories. What the Arabs lack in regard to the Holocaust is not understanding, but rather guilt. The Arabs are not Germany, which...
Bits and pieces can be found in the 556 pages of text demonstrating that Shipler understands the difficulties Israel faces in trying simultaneously to maintain its security in a hostile environment and to preserve its liberal ideals and aspirations. In describing the lack of awareness of the Holocaust--the basis for the existence of the Jewish state--among Arabs, Shipler captures the underlying tension of Israeli society. But this paragraph, the most important and perhaps the best written in the book, is as isolated in Arab and Jew as Israel is in the Middle East...
Because Arabs fail to try to gain an understanding of the importance of the Holocaust, Shipler writes, "they cannot understand Israel...
Night was followed by several other fictionalized treatments of the Holocaust -- a term Wiesel brought into currency but which he believes has since been "trivialized and vulgarized." Moving to the U.S. in 1957, he became a hypnotic, increasingly popular lecturer and professor, first at the City College of New York and later at Boston University...