Free Middle East.com
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12 October 09
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder that causes repeated unwanted and intrusive thoughts. An OCD sufferer will engage in repetitive behaviors (compulsions) aimed at reducing anxiety caused by these thoughts (obsessions). OCD is a chronic or long-term illness that can take over a person’s life, hurt relationships, and limit the ability to work or go to school[1].
Scientists have proven that OCD is caused by one part of the brain being unable to receive information from the other.
In the past 20 years the 24/7 cable news, internet and social networking sites have revolutionized the way we receive information. In the shadow of this information revolution lays a disease that has surprisingly not yet received an official diagnosis. The cause is also a restriction of information. The disease is called Obsessive Compulsive Israel Disorder or OCID.
For a country that is thousands of miles away, has a population of just 7 million and speaks a completely different language, the world is obsessively and compulsively focused on Israel.
In January 2009, when Israel launched operation Cast Lead, to root out rocket fire from the Gaza strip, the media covered every minute. There was no shortage of information that often presented Israel as the aggressor and perpetrator of all the violence in the region. Just like OCD stops the flow of information from one part of the brain to the other, OCID, stopped the flow of the rest of the important events going in the world.
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While our population might be small and our land smaller still, I think the fact that the Jewish people have excelled in virtually every endeavor we've ever attempted (including survival)in reverse proportion to our numbers is what irks others the most. Perhaps the majority of the world's people hate success stories. Maybe they envy us. On the other hand, this doesn't explain why so many Jews are ALSO negatively obsessed with Israel. Addressing them, I would suggest that their problem is more complex, stemming from the need to always be a victim. Such people are in such great need of attention that they will actually injure themselves to gain it. This explains why organizations such as B'tzelem and J-strasse will go to such great lengths to join the ranks of Israel's enemies.
ReplyDeleteTy Cheryl. Well written as usual.
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