Re: Exchange With a Zionist

["David Quarter" <davidquarter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

   Well done, Jim!


> 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.
>