I only just now discovered Vargas Llosa’s long-standing and painful relationship with Israel, and I’m shocked at how similar it is to mine. It’s rare that I don’t get disappointed in a writer when I learn of his political engagements, but Vargas Llosa is that exceptional case.
I agree with the writer that it is devastating to see how Israel is canceling out its indisputable and great achievements because of its quite deranged need to engage in violence, persecution, hatred, and propaganda. Vargas Llosa is 80, yet he is still working hard to bring the truth about the occupation to the world. This is admirable. And the value of what he’s doing is enormous because everybody knows he’s not an anti-semite and his criticisms are not inspired by a knee-jerk dislike of everything Jewish.
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I apologize, I’m not managing to link it. But the article basically describes how Llosa was a great admirer of Israel but then he started visiting the occupied territories and the horrors he saw there, the raw, needless suffering of the Palestinians shook him to the core. He is now doing all he can to make the world aware of what is going on and change it.
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“Israel is canceling out its indisputable and great achievements because of its quite deranged need to engage in violence, persecution, hatred, and propaganda.”
Careful, Dreidel might just call you a Hamas supporter.
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Unlike some posters on this website, Clarissa has never stated her support for the anti-Semitic BDS programs designed specifically to destroy the Jewish State of Israel.
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