Driving While Jewish

West Bank Mama
24 April '11

http://westbankmama.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/driving-while-jewish/

A group of Breslav chassidim tried to drive to Joseph’s Tomb in the early hours of the night and were shot at, some say by the “Palestinian police” (pardon my cynicism, but in my opinion they are just Arab terrorists in a uniform versus the ones without).

One was killed, and two others injured seriously. Why were they shot? Because they were Jewish and in the “wrong” place.

For those of you not familiar with the Jewish holy places, Joseph’s Tomb is located on the edge of Schem (sometimes called Nablus). Which means that it is one of the places where it is dangerous to show your face – if you are Jewish.

Arabs can walk around freely in Jewish cities without fear. Yes, the Arabs living in pre-1967 borders must go through a checkpoint before entering, and then only with a permit, because we are afraid of terrorists. But if they do appear in any city in Israel they are not shot on sight just because they are Arabs.

You cannot say the same for Jews. If we go to the “wrong” place we are in danger of our very lives. The most notorious example of this was the lynch in Ramallah, where two Israeli soldiers mistakenly drove into Ramallah, were surrounded by a bloodthirsty mob and were literally torn limb from limb. (I wish I was exaggerating…).

I was hoping to get through the whole holiday of Passover without a post like this.

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