A Stamp to Commemorate Gush Katif?
This is just too bizarre. Israel has issued a new stamp to . . . get this . . . commemorate thirty-five years of settlement activity in Gush Katif. It's like someone who rapes and murders his victim and then erects the tombstone. The stamp even features a yeshivah that the government abandoned and was subsequently desecrated by the Palestinians.
Can the Israeli government please make up its mind. Are the settlers engaging in
The kicker is the biblical verse on the stamp: "and they shall never again be uprooted from their land which I have given them" (Amos 9:15).
The stamp, first day cover, souvenir sheet and accompanying English and Hebrew information sheets were scanned in by Jacob Richman. The hattip goes to David S., although the political commentary presented here should not be interpreted as his own.
In sum: I much prefer superhero stamps (click here).
Labels: Israel--Security/Politics
posted by Lion of Zion at 2:53 PM
10 Comments:
Are the settlers engaging in illegal activity that hinders the peace process or are they poster boys for Zionist idealism?
It doesn't have to be either-or. It also doesn't have to be illegal to be seen as hindering the peace process.
eh, what's the difference.
either way the stamp commemorates communities of חלוצים that the government itself destroyed and dispersed under rapid and harsh conditions (which from the government's perspective i can understand) and without due compensation.
STEG:
a friend sent me an email that i think makes the same point. fine. על פי שני עדים יקום דבר. i'll cross out "illegal"
This just goes to show we really have lost our minds.
maybe this is the gov't's way of saying sorry
Shalom all!
I"ll introduce myself: Hadassa DeYoung, 14 year resident of Gush Katif, two in Netzer Hazani and 12 in K'far Darom.
From the moment I heard of the planned stamp I was disgusted by it. First of all, it's important to realize that it was people from Gush Katif who requested that the stamp be issued, which to me is incomprehensible: Why did "we" ask for a stamp from the same people who leveled our homes and destroyed our communities?
The government is not saying sorry. Olmert publicly stated that he would not ask for forgiveness and from his point of view, why should he? The government issued this stamp to try to look a bit better in the eyes of the expellees and seem as if they understood us - without actually doing anything to help us. Anyone who falls for this garbage is desperate. It reminds me of the pathetic speeches made at the first Tu BeShevat planting at the Kissufim Forest. I went only because my kids wanted to and I felt that after everything they'd been through, they deserved it. As I listened to speeches I was disgusted not only by the official governmental representatives, but by our lack of leadership. A neighbor of mine (from K'far Darom) said that with leaders like these it was no wonder that we lost. I felt like we were being given trees in place of our destroyed houses. Not a fair deal. And neither is a stamp in exchange for 21 vibrant, profitable and idyllic towns.
Mordechai Scher is right.
This year, think of what you'll do to prevent the next expulsion. Reminisce about the important events, but please don't spend valuable time wallowing in the past.
Hadassa DeYoung, K'far Darom/Elon Moreh
that israel does contrary things is fairly common. mi ke-amcha yisrael!
Hadassa
"it's important to realize that it was people from Gush Katif who requested that the stamp be issued"
i saw something about this in an article, but i didn't understand it. i was sure i was misreading it or it was a mistake.
ANON:
unfortunately
Shalom!
Lion of Zion, please remember that we were under an incredible amount of stress for years before the expulsion - daily Kassams and other terror, a crazy government set on destroying a strategic and highly profitable region of Israel (We didn't expect them to pay any attention to any mitzvot involved.) and left-wing media bolstering the government. Many decisions were made that can only be understood by realizing that people were not able to think rationally under pressure. Some expellees, especially those who feel trapped in caravilla site, are still very stressed. Of course there are those in the right-wing who are just very short-sighted and/or "mamlachti". It's a curable disease. Include those afflicted when you pray for the sick.
When are you coming back home to Zion? I read about the origin of your webname - maybe it'll encourage your return?
Hadassa
"When are you coming back home to Zion?"
probably not any time soon. the usual excuses, plus some.
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