Moses and the Philistines

by donkylemore | January 8, 2009 at 06:13 pm
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I don't know how far in history you wish to go back; Moses possibly. ? Ok . lets settle for that . And now lets ask ; where were the Israelite s led out  of Egypt TO  ? and who lived there before the Israelite s fled there .
I venture to say it was the Palestinians - from philistine - or non Jews (Israelites)
But let me put this another way.
If your front door was barricaded from your farm by a 20 meter high wall, and the round trip to the school your children went to now comes to say a 20 mile round ; and lets also say that your power and gas were dispensed at the whim of someone else; and lets just suppose you wished to leave home and flee ; and lets imagine that you had difficulty doing so at the border on another whim.
And now lets suppose you then decided you wished to fly ,or take a boat , or a train And anything to escape the war , And now lets suppose it was really you ; just suppose it was you.Yourself.

You who could not leave , or access your farm or go across the road , or down your back garden .
Suppose it was your child who sought medical assistance not in the middle of the night but now , anytime , and suppose further not only could your child not get medical treatment ; neither could or your siblings nor your parents.

Now I wont suppose. I'll tell you something for free. . I was that doctor at the other end of midnight , providing that care when it was denied to Lebanese , Palestinians , when the barricades went up,and the medical staff were denied access to their hospitals ; and the patients denied access to both their doctors and the hospitals .
And I did this for 3 years of my life as medical officer (doctor ) with UNIFIL.

Tell me that the wall doesn't exist . Tell me it was my imagination which colludes with the weary Arab who showed me what he could of his mutilated holding ( farm)

Tell me how happy you would be to live under the oppressive circumstances I've described.
And before you reply , consider that I also treated , and dare say saved lives of Israelis .
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If you have not lived there , you really should be more reserved in your judgment .But perhaps you have . Perhaps you have helped to build that separation wall.

Then you will know how today the civilized world will judge you.
I will not . And if you listen to the right TV stations and cocoon yourself from world opinion you will be content, and you will fill your seelf satisfied soul with further sellf rightestnous.
But you will be alone . Your Nation , or the one you seem to support will always be alone.
Europe did not inflict the Holocaust on Jews ; A crazed German dictator did.
Europe is no more to blame for the Holocaust than it is to blame for the Irish Famine.
But let me return to you Texas - to quote the Beatles .

" What do you do when you turn out the light"
What do you see in the dark of your soul .
You have a robust opinion ; now at least humour me ; tell me you've been there , never been there , are going there .
Oh and about the wall . You've seen it I presume . when You do go there I'd be interested to hear about your access to doctors, airports, boats, trains , border crossings,

I am always interested in authoritative opinion. It always sounds as if it is given with considered authority. So what is yours? Your authority. George Bush perhaps- the most reviled US president of all time .
PLease tell me. The world awaits direction from more wise men , now at this perilous time.
I'll leave you with this thought - Its from the same Bible GWB reads;

At least Moses could flee.
The Palestinians can not.

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Paschen

Yes, Moses could flee and settle in some one else's land as the Story said they did conquer it by force. The Palestinian are stuck and trapped. Not bad as analogy.

I do wonder what did ever happen to the ten Commandments? Was there not the comment "You shall not kill." actually this can be fund in all 3 religion.


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donkylemore

.. thy shalt not steal.. Thy shalt not covet ..

there was an 11th but Moses dropped it .

Anyone guess what it might have been ?



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