Being Right is Not Wrong » Good http://politics.sheldonkotyk.com Politics from a fiscal and social conservative Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:12:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Palestinian Thinks Jews are Good People http://politics.sheldonkotyk.com/2008/01/10/palestinian-thinks-jews-are-good-people/ http://politics.sheldonkotyk.com/2008/01/10/palestinian-thinks-jews-are-good-people/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:51:48 +0000 Sheldon Kotyk http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/10/palestinian-thinks-jews-are-good-people/ Continue reading →]]> It’s not something you’d find on the pages of the Star or headlining The National but its worth a headline here.

I almost thought better of it, but I had to ask: “Have you ever been to Israel, Tom?�

“Yes!� he said, beaming. “It is my country. It is beautiful. I have family there. The first time I went to Israel, after the 1967 war, I was afraid the Jews might eat my flesh. But they were so nice to me in Haifa. They welcomed me into their homes even though I am Palestinian. We hated them, you know, after all that had happened. But I was welcome as a Palestinian. The Jews are good people. Like you.�

Of course, saying something like that is going to make him a target.

Tom is a 60 year old Palestinian who lives in Jordan, and his real name isn’t Tom. He, like all the other interpreters I’ve met in Iraq, goes by an American name to conceal his identity. There is a chance he could be hunted down by terrorists and murdered in Jordan if he could be traced.


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