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> Dear Ms. Kates,
>
> I think you are a remarkable woman. You are neither an Arab
> nor a Jew, you do not study the Middle East, or any associated
> subject, and correct me if I am wrong, you have never visited
> this region.
>
> Therefore I am somewhat astounded at your expertise and
> to your comments on Israel being an "Apartheid" state.
>
> I have lived in Israel for many years and I would be delighted
> to take you on a little virtual tour of our country. Let me first give
> you a couple of minor points. Israel occupies 0.1% of the landmass
> of the Middle East and it is the only Jewish State, not only in this
> region, surrounded as we are by 22 Arab states, but in the world.
>
> Let us begin your virtual tour!!
>
> You have already been through immigration at Tel Aviv Airport
> with your boyfriend, whom we shall call Ken. You will have filled
> out a visitors form. This form will not ask you, as it will in many
> of the countries that surround us, what is your religion, and it will
> certainly not ask you, as they do in Saudi Arabia, for a "certificate
> of religion".
>
> The day is Sunday! You will want to attend a church service.
> No problem in the Apartheid State of Israel. We tolerate and freely
> allow worship for all religions. This is more than can be said for
> nearly all of the surrounding 22 Arab nations. In fact many of them
> would not even have a single church, let alone a synagogue.
>
> After a lovely service you and Ken would head for a leisurely
> lunch, maybe at one of the lovely beachfront restaurants in Tel
> Aviv. You would most likely have returned to your hotel and put
> on a very casual outfit, as fitting the very hot Israeli summers.
> This could be a pair of shorts and a tight fitting skimpy t-shirt.
> No problem in the Apartheid state of Israel.
>
> In Israel we allow freedom of dress, especially for women, who
> are not made to wear bulky long robes, a veil to cover their face,
> and, wouldn’t it be a pity if you had to cover that lovely coiffed
> hairdo, s you would probably have to in most of the surrounding
> 22 Arab states.
>
>
> During lunch Ken could gaze lovingly into your heavily painted
> eyes, complete with a good application of black mascara. He
> would be free to lean across and kiss your lips, finely painted
> with lip liner, 2 shades of burgundy lipstick and gloss. People
> would probably think you were in love, especially as Ken has
> proudly displayed a good wine on the table. Public displays of
> affection and consuming alcohol in the Apartheid state of Israel
> is nothing unusual and its not even scorned upon. That’s more
> than can be said for most of the surrounding 22 Arab states,
> where your glossy lips would be considered whorish and alcohol
> is forbidden. But, Ken being a little flirtatious pinched one of the
> young waitresses while you went to reapply your lipstick. It was
> harmless and luckily for the young girl in the Apartheid State of
> Israel, her father and 6 brothers will not take her to the family
> pool in the evening and drown her, as they would in some of the
> surrounding 22 Arab states.
>
> After lunch you and Ken drive around. You are even allowed to
> drive. It is not forbidden in Israel. You stumble across a
> kindergarten. The children are running around and enjoying
> themselves. They are not made to sit for hours reciting by rote,
> pages from religious books. Their games are in the sand pit or on
> the swings. They are not infested with hate or told the only honor
> to their lives will be in death. In the Apartheid state of Israel
> we rejoice in life and living. We do not promote murder and
> violence by brainwashing our children with hatred, as they do in
> many of the surrounding 22 Arab states.
>
> By the end of the day you and Ken come across a political rally.
> Many thousands have turned up. In the Apartheid State of Israel,
> all the citizens, men, women, Jew, Arab and Christian are free to
> vote. We are allowed to openly criticize the government and our
> media, including the T.V. and newspapers, offer, without
> prejudice, a choice of opinions. Every person has the right to
> openly agree or condemn the government. This can certainly not
> be said f</st2:personname>or most of the surrounding 22 Arab states, ruled as they
> are by oppressive dictators, where any dissent is met with dire
> consequences.
>
> Of course, most of the 22 surrounding Arab countries can’t offer
> you a good old-fashioned homicide bombing as a tourist attraction.
> This can only happen in the apartheid state of Israel, surrounded
> as we are, by so many hostile countries, determined, as you are
> to wipe us of the face of the earth. Where else can you get on a
> crowded bus, often packed with children and come face to face
> with some poor, plighted Palestinian ghoul who thinks life isn’t
> very jolly, having been fed and brainwashed by evil organizations
> like Hamas, to believe that the only way forward is to murder
> innocent people. This dehumanized creature will have been fed
> on a 24/7 diet of lies and hate incitement, he will have been
> coaxed with the reward of 72 vestal virgins waiting for him in
> Paradise. His demonic mother will be dancing in the street
> waving her $10,000 check.
>
> While Israelis are scraping their dead children off the sidewalks,
> the Palestinians will be lighting fireworks and dancing in the
> street, to honor this mass murderer as a hero, often to their
> children who are being systematically nurtured to be the next
> generation of mass murderers.
>
> The Apartheid state of Israel. Forgive me Ms. Kates but you
> seem somewhat confused as to the meaning of the word. It usually
> refers to segregation. Its funny isn’t it that a large section of the
> Jews who live in this apartheid state had to flee for their lives
> from nearly all of the surrounding 22 Arab states. These countries
> not only have no tolerance for Jews, they refer to anyone who is
> not a Moslem as an Infidel and an enemy. I find it somewhat
> curious that you find nothing "apartheid" about these countries.
> Maybe you should do a project on how many churches there are
> in Saudi Arabia. Let me help you – there are none. It would not
> be tolerated.
>
> I am proud to live in this Apartheid State. In 55 years we have
> become one of the most technologically advanced nations on this
> planet, with many innovations that have made Israel a true leader
> in many fields. It is tragic that we have to live in a region that
> feels threatened by our achievements. Israel is not an apartheid
> state and it is appalling that a so-called intelligent and
> thinking person like you can go around finding feeble excuses for
> mass murder. Ms. Kates there is no justification, in any society,
> for getting on a crowded bus, often packed with children,
> detonating an explosive belt, often packed with nails and shrapnel
> and destroying innocent lives. This is not a freedom fighter, or a
> person seeking justice, but a chronically and irreversibly evil
> human being.
>
> I can only assume that one day in the near future Ms. Kates,
> you will chip off that heavy layer of make up and discover your
> conscience.