I Apologize

By Bianca Schlesinger

August 2005

I apologize to the victims of the Holocaust for having their martyrdom compared with  eviction from occupied territories to Eretz Israel

I apologize to God for the blasphemy of having condemnable and criminal acts  performed and promulgated as  His will.  

I apologize to the people of Israel for having their sensibility exploited by heart   wrenching shows of  wailing settlers, in spite of the fact that their exit is often staged and coordinate with  the soldiers , if walking, or being carried off, etc.

I apologize to my poor, battered country for being compared to Nazi extermination camps, as she is depicted by showing children with raised arms and Star of David on  their lapel  who are now returning to her, the homeland, mimicking those who were  led to  the exterminations  camps.

I apologize with all my heart to the soldiers, who are sacrificing the best  three years of their life, and are  ready to die  for the homeland, and who are now compelled to  do the dirty work left behind by politicians…

I apologize to the settlers who have been cynically exploited by politicians in their  maneuvers to illegally settle occupied territories, or – one should never underestimate  talented tacticians  – in order  to be evacuated at a later stage, as a card to be played in  the dirty game of politics, in order to consolidate  the settlements in the West Bank.

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