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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Netenyahu, Hegel and the Jewish Spirit




PM Netanyahu was quoted by the Israeli Ynet last week saying that the “whole of Israel would be surrounded by a fence eventually”. According to another report he said “there will be no choice but to fence Israel in on all directions”. What Netanyahu means by ‘fence’ and ‘all directions’ may be left open for the time being. However, PM Netanyahu has managed to bring to light an Hegelian interpretation of the notion of ‘Jewish spirit’ as a relentless inclination towards segregation and isolation. It is the tendency to keep oneself apart that determines and shapes Jewish collectivism. Whether it is the Zionists and their walls, the Orthodox and their Kosher universe or even Jewish anti Zionists and their racially segregated miniature activist cells, somehow every form of Jewish political engagement is there to set the Jews apart.'

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1 comment:

  1. Pretty sad commentary on their general spirit towards the world.

    That is another reason they had their ghettos. THey claim they were forced to live in them, and in some cases it was true.

    It also kept the common folk isolated so that the rabbis could control them more efficiently.

    And here is reason #3. Too good, too special, to mix with the rest because you have also alienated everyone.

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