The modern day Fascists has a bit of a dilemma when it comes to Jews. The Fuehrer of old told him he should hate the Jews, but the Fascists also despises the Arab Muslim, an enemy of the Jews. Then there is the question of "whitness", some appear white as snow, like Josh Freidenberg, but some are as black as this chaps hat, no doubt the only black thing about him. You do know some upperty blacks are impersonating the now dearly departed, her gracious majesty QE2, and heaven forbid Winston Churchill as well! But rest assured this chaps reliable sources indicate that only a mere 27% of the population identify as coming from non white shitholes. Ain't we luck to have such white, black hat wearing chaps in Australia.

If we see injustices being done we should speak up
no matter who it may offend.

And watching events in Israel against the Palestinian
people has given rise to violence against Israeli graves,
shops, synagogues.

Miriam Margolyes - the actress puts is so well when she
says:

" So much energy has been focused on the concept of Israel,
the return to Zion, the "Homeland" and when people are trying
to destroy you- and not just trying but succeeding in destroying
you - you cling on to the chance of life and hope and a
continuation of the family and the people and the nation."

" But when Zionists reclaimed Israel they didn't take into account
the Palestinian people who were already living there. What were
they supposed to do ? Were they supposed to disappear?
That's where as a people we Jews fell down. And where Hitler
won. He changed us from being a compassionate nation into a
destructive, uncaring, and inhumane one. The tragedy of the
Palestinians is just as much the tragedy of the Jews.

I think that life is a learning process.

I remember all the biases and prejudices we were
taught growing up. I was raised as a Catholic -
and simply believed what I was taught. The Church
at that time did blame the Jews for killing Christ.
It was only later that the Vatican changed this.

I also remember in the Lithuanian community that Jews
were associated with communism and were not to be
trusted. I'm sure that in the Jewish communities the
feelings against Lithuanians were also not too kind.

And so the biases thrive. It was only after we moved
to Los Angeles that my eyes were opened and that when
we got to mix with Jewish people - that our education
truly began and I as an adult began to question what
I had heard in my youth.

I think that's how to get rid of biases - through education,
through getting to actually know people that you may be biased
against - and find out that we're not so different after all.

Just a thought.

"There appear to be Jews & then there are Israelis".

Being an Israeli is just like being an Australian: it's a nationality, not a culture or a religion.

About a million Israelis are Muslims. Some of the are even in the Knesset. Ten of them at the moment.

Most Jews, 51%, live in the US. Only 30% of the world's Jews live in Israel.

I actually agree with ttbn, Israel is a country occupied by Israelis, Jews are members of a religion, Judaism. The target of conversation Josh Freidenburg, Josh is an Australian of the Jewish religion, which would involve him in some cultural practices associated with Judaism.

Also interesting to note that prior to WWI, the Ottoman Empire had ruled over the Levant for 400 years.

When the British moved up from the Suez Canal through the Sinai, into Palestine and eventually Syria, they were fighting the Turks.