Exchange With a Zionist

["Craven, Jim" <jcraven@xxxxxxxxx>]

One of my students, a self-described "ardent Zionist", in a brief exchange,
asked me why I was concerned about the slaughter of Palestinians by the
Israeli forces but said nothing about the "terrorism"--and victims--of the
Palestinians. I responded "Could I answer your question with a question or
some questions?" This student said go ahead. I asked if this student knew
that in addition to the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and the uprising at
Treblinka, there were other uprisings by Jewish and non-Jewish partisans who
routinely killed not only nazi soldiers but also German settlers who had
been brought in to create and hold "Lebensraum". The student said he was
aware of that fact. I asked how many nazi soldiers or German settlers were
killed by partisans. The student said he did not know. I asked the student
if he cared how many nazi soldiers or German settlers had been killed by
partisans and he said "no, I do not care." I asked if it was likely that
some children of nazi soldiers or German settlers had also been killed and
he said it was likely. I then asked if he thought the partisans should have
ceased their resistance to nazi occupation given the prospects that some
children might also be killed and he said of course not.

I then noted that in answering my questions he had also answered the
question he had posed to me.

Jim C.

James M. Craven
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