Suffering from blindness

The problem is that this thesis, on the connection between the Palestinian problem and Jihad, is quite common among “progressive” circles. Jimmy Carter, for example, claimed shortly after the murder in Charlie Hebdo that “one of the origins for it is the Palestinian problem.” It used to be “look at the Jews for blame,” now it’s “look at Israel for blame.”

 

This nonsense is also plaguing us. As I write these lines, there is a conversation on Army Radio about the arrest of Bedouin teachers caught spreading ISIS dogma. Most of the conversation revolved around the distress the Bedouin suffer under Israeli rule, which leads them, the poor things, to support jihad. When this is what is being broadcast on Army Radio, how can we judge Carter?

 

John Kerry also raised a similar claim in the past. The jihadists, according to this foolish theory, are actually activists. Why is it, damn it, that there are no Kurdish terror attacks across the world, despite dozens of years of Turkish oppression? And why is it that there are no attacks done by poor Africans across the world, despite the poverty and oppression prevalent in Africa, and despite the fact the poor in Africa can only dream of being in the Palestinians’ situation? And why it is that it’s only Islam that manufactures this terrorism? And mostly, why is it that common sense and facts elude people who are supposed to be serious? And why is it that they always find excuses to understand and explain, and sometimes even justify, terrorism?

 

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