Kesher Talk

European leftists speak out for Israel. The ever-brave Oriana Fallaci led the way in the spring with her biting The Rage and the Pride, castigating the intellectuals of Europe and especially her own beloved Italians for romanticising the Palestinians and demonizing the Israelis. Now a Spanish intellectual, Pilar Rahola, takes up the fight with an essay "In Favor of Israel":

The goal of our book is to launch a debate about Judeophobia in Spain. We are convinced that the current view of the conflict, so Manichaean—with the good, always the Palestinians, and the evil, always the Israelis—has deep roots. It comes from an ancient anti-Jewish feeling that exists in Spain and that also explains the history of Spain. . . . this is a provocative book in the face of totally pro-Arab thinking in Spain, that is completely uncritical of the mistakes of the Arab world in general and of the Palestinians in particular.

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posted by Judith @ 12/05/2002 10:13:24 PM