Legal Activists of Color: "We don't have..slanted eyes..we are..the white race"- Israeli ambassador

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

"We don't have..slanted eyes..we are..the white race"- Israeli ambassador

From: Michael Shahin <mashahin@gmail.com>
Subject: [NLG] "We don't have..slanted eyes..we are..the white race"- Israeli ambassador
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:22:10 -0700

"Israel and Australia are like sisters in AsiaŠWe are in Asia without the characteristics of Asians. We don't have yellow skin and slanted eyes. Asia is basically the yellow race. Australia and Israel are not - we are basically the white race. We are on the western side of Asia and they are on the southeastern side."

------ Naftali Tamir, Israeli ambassador to Australia (during an interview with Ha'aretz)

Yet, another reason why the inherent racism of Zionism impacts us all. Unfortunately, as has been the case in the past, so-called "liberal" Zionists will surely rush to conceal and defend Zionism itself from condemnation at every turn. Their job is to continue to push the myth that Zionism is compatible with peace and justice.

Indeed, they seek to maintain Zionism by controlling the discourse, normalizing Zionism, focusing people on Zionism presented in the form of "solutions," and insisting that nearly 60 years of occupation, dispossession, racism, and Zionist genocide is an aberration, rather than the norm of Zionism. All while being fully aware that such racism, genocide, occupation, etc is a necessary consequence of Zionism.