Very respectfully, I think your fear for the Jews, shared by many, is for others fear for the Palestinians. According to life experiences or what one has read etc, people are expressing the same reaction of fear but for different people. Your fear may be well-founded, yet so is the fear of those more concerned about the Palestinians. I t…
Very respectfully, I think your fear for the Jews, shared by many, is for others fear for the Palestinians. According to life experiences or what one has read etc, people are expressing the same reaction of fear but for different people. Your fear may be well-founded, yet so is the fear of those more concerned about the Palestinians. I think for me it is the taking of sides to the point of using these fears to justify further acts of violence that switches me off from some commentators' reactions at the moment. I also hear a sense of self-righteousness, of yourself seeing more clearly and being a better person than others, in your writing, which is of course common to many of us, but it's there and makes it hard for me to keep reading you, Karen. I'm maybe not expressing it well, or maybe I'm coming across as disrespectful - I am however attempting to clarify why I felt a deep unease reading this essay. I think experience your authenticity, integrity and passion, as always, and I also experience a bias that sits uncomfortably with me. I don't want you to feel frustrated or take offence - I guess I just want to give honest feedback.
Very respectfully, I think your fear for the Jews, shared by many, is for others fear for the Palestinians. According to life experiences or what one has read etc, people are expressing the same reaction of fear but for different people. Your fear may be well-founded, yet so is the fear of those more concerned about the Palestinians. I think for me it is the taking of sides to the point of using these fears to justify further acts of violence that switches me off from some commentators' reactions at the moment. I also hear a sense of self-righteousness, of yourself seeing more clearly and being a better person than others, in your writing, which is of course common to many of us, but it's there and makes it hard for me to keep reading you, Karen. I'm maybe not expressing it well, or maybe I'm coming across as disrespectful - I am however attempting to clarify why I felt a deep unease reading this essay. I think experience your authenticity, integrity and passion, as always, and I also experience a bias that sits uncomfortably with me. I don't want you to feel frustrated or take offence - I guess I just want to give honest feedback.