Israel Matzav

The Pope finds a Jew he likes

The Catholic Church, which today is busy in fighting the Jewish and free existence of the State of Israel, could not have chosen a better performer than this unfeeling and egocentric "maestro", the cosmopolitan Jew and self proclaimed citizen of the world.

A week before his performance in Rome, Barenboim released an interview to Der Spiegel magazine, in which he attacked "the politicization of the remembrance of the Holocaust in Israel", along with "the alliance of the right and the Orthodox Jews that rules Israel today" and "Israel's strong lobby in Washington".

He not only dismissed the Arab hatred for Israel ("the Palestinians weren't primarily anti-Semitic. They just didn't accept their expulsion"), but Barenboim also refused to be labelled as an Israeli: "What is there to be proud of today? How can you be a patriot in a country that has occupied foreign territory for the last 45 years? One that isn't capable of accepting that there is also another account of the last 60 years."

And the ultimate one-dimensional historic encapsulation: "Yes, the Palestinians could have accepted the partition of Palestine on Nov. 29, 1947, and that was precisely what they didn't do, because they thought the partition was unjust. Why can't we accept that as a historic fact and turn the page? It's just inhuman".

Barenboim: Yes, the Palestinians could have accepted the partition of Palestine on Nov. 29, 1947, and that was precisely what they didn't do, because they thought the partition was unjust. Why can't we accept that as a historic fact and turn the page?

This is Barenboim, the Jewish anti-Semite.

Labels: Daniel Barenboim, Pope Benedict XVI

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:40 PM