olocausto

Siccome sappiamo che è bene tenere gli occhi aperti, e che la storia è maestra di vita, ma solo se la si conosce (non hanno inventato per questo la giornata della memoria?) è bene segnalare che i rischi che si ripeta un altro olocausto sono tutt’altro che remoti. Sì perchè se pensavate che la razza umana si è evoluta, e certe forme di razzismo, odiose, detestabili, non sono più possibili, dovete ricredervi: ci sono ancora, proprio oggi, a fine 2013.

Un sondaggio condotto presso un campione di popolazioone ha evidenziato come il 75% di quella popolazione sia favorevole alla deportazione dei propri connazionali di razza diversa. Sono per una deportazione in un altro stato, siano questi concordi o meno.

E in questo stato, dove esistono già leggi razziali (ma come? Non sono state bandite nel consesso delle nazioni civili? No, purtroppo, nonostante l’esperienza triste del secolo scorso, ci sono ancora!) che discriminano cioè gli individui in base alla razza di appartenenza, queste minoranze sono maltollerate, escluse dalla maggior parte della vita civile e considerate alla stregua di esseri inferiori. Lo so che sembra strano, ma è così. E noi, a memoria di quell’olocausto che avvenne il secolo scorso, dobbiamo tenere alta l’attenzione e impedire che tali semi di odio e di razzismo possano germinare e produrre crimini analoghi.

A proposito, lo stato di cui stiamo parlando è Israele.

http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/arab-media/671-israeli-poll-75-percent-favour-deporting-fellow-citizens-netanyahu-favours-birth-control

Israeli poll: 75 percent favour deporting fellow citizens; Netanyahu favours birth control

Israeli poll: 75 percent favour deporting fellow citizens; Netanyahu favours birth controlIsraeli poll: 75 percent favour deporting fellow citizens; Netanyahu favours birth control

By Zuhair Andrew

A survey conducted by the Israeli Knesset channel shows that 75 percent of Israeli Jews are in favour of deporting Israeli-Arab citizens to a future Palestinian state as part of any deal between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority. Almost seven hundred people representing a sample of the Jewish public in Israel were asked if it could be justified to demand the deportation of Arab citizens of the Zionist state as part of a peace agreement with the Palestinians. Twenty-five percent rejected the idea outright; of the 75 percent who agreed with deportation, 28 percent said all Arabs should be deported, 19 percent preferred deportation only from certain areas, while 28 percent said that deportation should be based on a “loyalty test”.

On issues of identity, 50 percent of the Jews surveyed said that they believe that the Arabs in Israel relate first and foremost to Palestinian identity and then identify themselves as Israelis. Forty percent said that Israeli-Arabs relate only to a Palestinian identity, and 1 percent said that they believe that Arab citizens of Israel think of themselves only as Israelis.

While the majority of the Jews who took part in the survey said that Arab citizens’ right to stay in their homes is not a given, 52 percent believe that the Israeli authorities do not discriminate against Israeli-Arabs; 43 percent said that they do discriminate.
The demography of the state of Israel is a major issue and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regards his Arab citizens as a demographic time bomb. In an effort to boost his popularity ratings while those of his political rivals tumble, Netanyahu has launched a media campaign to convince Israelis of his important role in reducing the birth rate among Israeli-Arabs. He believes that this is essential to preserve Israel as a Jewish state. During interviews with a number of television channels, Netanyahu told viewers that when he was finance minister in the Sharon government (2003 – 2005), he reduced state social security benefits to families with many children in an effort to persuade Israeli-Arabs that there was no financial benefit from having large families and so to cut their birth rate. Netanyahu claims that this was a successful move.