Israel, freden og Bob Dylan

Sangeren Bob Dylan har meget rammende skrevet sangen "Neighborhood Bully" der beskriver under hvilke forhold Israel søger at overleve, og samtidig har formået at udvikle sig til det paradis i ørkenen det er i dag. Han har også meget rammende beskrevet den naivitet og konsekvensen af denne naivitet som mange lider under nemlig, at Israel skal vende den anden kind til og bare venter på at deres dør bliver sparket ind så historien kan gentage sig selv. Verden burde tænke over hvorfor Israel gang på gang underlægges dobbeltstandarter og udsættes for ensidig kritik, og om det er rimeligt ikke at forlange/forvente noget Af deres modpart. Det var trods alt ikke Israel der sagde nej til en 2 statsløsning og efterfølgende startede en krig med det formål at udslætte"palæstinenserne"/araberne. Teksten kan oversættes via google translate. http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/neighborhood-bully Neighborhood Bully Well, the neighborhood bully, he's just one manHis enemies say he's on their landThey got him outnumbered about a million to oneHe got no place to escape to, no place to runHe's the neighborhood bully The neighborhood bully just lives to surviveHe's criticized and condemned for being aliveHe's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to have thick skinHe's supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked inHe's the neighborhood bully The neighborhood bully been driven out of every landHe's wandered the earth an exiled manSeen his family scattered, his people hounded and tornHe's always on trial for just being bornHe's the neighborhood bully Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticizedOld women condemned him, said he should apologize.Then he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was gladThe bombs were meant for him. He was supposed to feel badHe's the neighborhood bully Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slimThat he'll live by the rules that the world makes for him'Cause there's a noose at his neck and a gun at his backAnd a license to kill him is given out to every maniacHe's the neighborhood bully He got no allies to really speak ofWhat he gets he must pay for, he don't get it out of loveHe buys obsolete weapons and he won't be deniedBut no one sends flesh and blood to fight by his sideHe's the neighborhood bully Well, he's surrounded by pacifists who all want peaceThey pray for it nightly that the bloodshed must ceaseNow, they wouldn't hurt a fly. To hurt one they would weepThey lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleepHe's the neighborhood bully Every empire that's enslaved him is goneEgypt and Rome, even the great BabylonHe's made a garden of paradise in the desert sandIn bed with nobody, under no one's commandHe's the neighborhood bully Now his holiest books have been trampled uponNo contract he signed was worth what it was written onHe took the crumbs of the world and he turned it into wealthTook sickness and disease and he turned it into healthHe's the neighborhood bully What's anybody indebted to him for?Nothin', they say. He just likes to cause warPride and prejudice and superstition indeedThey wait for this bully like a dog waits to feedHe's the neighborhood bully What has he done to wear so many scars?Does he change the course of rivers? Does he pollute the moon and stars?Neighborhood bully, standing on the hillRunning out the clock, time standing stillNeighborhood bully Copyright © 1983 by Special Rider Music At konflikten I mellemøsten er/kan være svær og tit er gjort ugennemskuelig af løgne og direkte forsøg på at manipulere og omskrive historien er desværre noget af det staten Israel er oppe imod. En fastlåst forventning om at vende den anden kind til og følge den skæbne, der var givet jøderne gennem historien som et fordrevet folk på evig flugt, uden hjem og uden rettigheder tillægges stadig og åbenbart forventes at skulle være jødernes lod på jorden. At de i dag har et land, som de med rette kan kalde deres eget og har deres ret til burde være udiskutabel. At verden ikke formår at gennemskue under hvilke vilkår og under hvilken mangel på anerkendelse og sikkerhed mange søger at gennemtvinge en 2 statsløsning er med til at skabe større spændinger, der på kort og langt sigt ikke bringer fred til hverken jøder eller palæstinensere. Hvis verden samfundet virkelig ønsker en real fred må og skal de arabiske og palæstinensiske ledere anerkende jødernes ret til et liv uden apartheid lignede fordomme og had rette mod jøder, altså at jøder har samme rettigheder som muslimer og ikke grundet religiøse forskelle er uønskede Retfærdighed, sikkerhed og anerkendelse må og skal være drivkraften vesten må pålægge de palæstinensiske ledere for at en real fred kan opnås.