Did you hear that the president of Israel said Israel is a “sick society”?
Reuven Rivlin, a Likudnik, said this over the weekend. There’s been lots of
coverage in Israel, but as Sullivan points out, the declaration hasn’t gotten
much attention stateside. I should think it would be viral.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s report:
“It is time to honestly admit that Israeli society is ill – and it is our
duty to treat this disease,” Rivlin told the Israel Academy of Sciences and
Humanities on Sunday at a conference titled “From Xenophobia to Accepting the
Other.”
“The tension between Jews and Arabs within the State of Israel has risen to
record heights, and the relationship between all parties has reached a new low,”
he said. “We have all witnessed the shocking sequence of incidents and violence
taking place by both sides. The epidemic of violence is not limited to one
sector or another, it permeates every area and doesn’t skip any arena. There is
violence in soccer stadiums as well as in the academia. There is violence in the
social media and in everyday discourse, in hospitals and in schools.”...
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