By Paul Katz: Breaking ranks with U.S. Jewish 'establishment' on the occupation
Talkback
Title:To Mr Katz: Hasbara to save lives
Name:Altalena
City: ParisState: France
is not promotion of Israel image abroad but explaining the rights & needs of Jews to their own state; Arabs have 22 states given to them by France & the UK after WW1. You do not seem to realize how destructive & unfair is one-sided critics. If you want the world to improve why not start with the real offenders: Hamas, Hetzbollah, Iran. Israel is an example of fight for survival not of oppression / occupation. The military service for all in Israel is a necessity because of this fight for survival. To describe the black side of any situation is not, contrary to what you claim,looking for improvements. I believe that you should be positive and try to help, not negative, trying to improve one side only when people in Sderot and elsewhere in the country live under fire & risk their lives. Ask Hamas to stop terror as we all know that this will bring quiet; if the IDF stops we all know that this will not bring any quiet on the contrary it will bring more rockets.