Comments by "maslina10" (@maslina10) on "J-TV: Jewish Ideas. Global Relevance." channel.

  1. I really, really did not like this "we are the teachers here" analogy, drawn by the host of the channel (not by Douglas). The very same rhetoric is used by islamists: "we have God's light in our possession and are on a mission to teach the rest of the world." No. Israel wants to be treated like all other states: their right to exist is not universally and constantly questioned; if they are attacked, nobody objects to their self-defense; if they are accused of war crimes, evidence is required. Israel's "chosenness" is extra obligations: follow all 613 Commandments of the Torah (Exodus 19:6), and not just the 7 Noachide laws (a minimal set of barriers to protect the world from being downright destroyed). The rest of the world is under no such obligation, and the Jew is not here to approach and "teach" anyone who didn't ask to be taught, but only to grow and improve the world, starting with oneself. (The most extreme of the Jewish leftist activists are usually those the least well versed in the Torah and Talmud.) Attacks on Israel's military campaign and victories are appalling, not because of the "chosenness" of the Jews, but because they try to hold Israel to much higher standards (some of them just plain suicidal) than any other country is held to.
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  2. Balestinian Broadcasting Corporation, a symptom of Islamization of Europe.
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  3. "Your religion has to have an expansionist element"?! Where is that "expansionist element" in Judaism? Who has ever been approached by observant Jews (the Jewish ones, not the "Messianic" veiled Christians) with a pitch to convert? Nobody. Jewish religious law prohibits proselytization. Converts who do it on their own initiative are accepted, but no converts are sought. The obligations of Kashrut, Shabbat, and other Torah commandments are binding only for the Jews. Jews have no problem with non-Jews enjoying cheeseburgers and shrimp cocktails and shopping on a Saturday morning. Thus, Jewish religious law explicitly blocks expansionism. An Islamist can't understand how to be contented until everyone is either Muslim or subjugated by Muslims. Westerners: pay attention.
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  4. Brendan has hit all the key points. Regarding what the current anti-Israel mobs will have to tell their children and grandchildren, this problem arose some time ago in German schools. The educators decided not to teach the kids certain material, and not to ask the kids to interview their grandparents about it, for fear of putting the grandparents into an uncomfortable or embarrassing situation.
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