We in Israel have to ask the world, What do you want? These attacks on unarmed civilians have got to stop! A 70 year old woman was attacked? Is she a soldier? Doesn't she have the right to go shopping at 5:30pm in the evening? http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/201895#.Vh6ijvmqqko
Many people are scared, but if you are like me you are angry! I have a pepper spray canister and I am not afraid to use it.
But really, what we need if the Arabs really want to live in the same place is to see and feel what peace feels like. Terror is not likely to get the PA what they want. Whenever there is an attack, it strengthens the right wing. More closures, more police, more army, more violence on both sides. Nowadays, with the last few attacks, passerbys don't run away, they jump on the attacker, beat him up until the police can take care of the situation. When the police or the army see an attack in progress, they shoot to kill, and it is this killing that makes international news. This is misleading and unfortunately is what the world sees. They don't see the culture of incitement in the Arab media, or the misleading textbooks that are studied in the PA classrooms.
What do the Arab teenagers have to do in the afternoons? Do they play organized football? Do they learn computer science? Do they do Art? Do they do Cooking class? I really don't know, maybe they learn how to knife people. This is what we see.
Why don't Arabs have National Service? Why don't they help each other? Can't the Arab youth work in the Red Crescent ambulances? Fire department? Can't they learn how to help others instead of harming? It would get them off the street, and help solve manpower problems in the Arab sector and at the same time teach helping skills instead of killing skills.
I'm not afraid to say my name here:
Rachael Alice Orbach - Teacher
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