The Seven Pillars Of Jewish Denial

The path from this troubled awareness to my later ability to be critical of Israel has been long and complex. Over the years I have spoken with other Jews who have traveled this same path, and to many more who haven't. In each of us I have detected mental obstacles that make it hard, sometimes impossible, for us to see what is there before our eyes. Our inability to engage in critical thought aboutour troubled homeland is entangled by crucial questions about Jewish identity. Why do American Jews find it difficult to be critical of Israel? Here, setout in linear form, are seven obstacles to a Jew's ability to be critical of Israel. Seven Obstacles: 1. A conviction that Jews are always in danger, always have been, and therefore are in danger now. Which leads to: 2. The insistence that a criticism is an attack and will lead to our destruction. Which is rooted in: 3. The supposition that any negativity towards Jews (or Israel) is a sign of anti-Semitism and will (again, inevitably) lead to our destruction. Which is enhanced by: 4. Survivor's guilt. Which contains within itself: 5. A hidden belief that we can change the past. Which holds: 6. An even more hidden belief that a sufficient amountof suffering confers the right to violence. Which finally brings us to: 7. The conviction that our beliefs, our ideology (or theology), matter more than the lives of other human beings. http://www.rense.com/general29/seven.htm

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