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Postcard from ... Tel Aviv

Despite all the self-righteous and hypocritical comments from most of the critics of this article (who are so brave to identify themselves), I found it to be lighthearted and well meaning. Not everything written about israel (the only democracy in the Middle East) is hateful. It may come as a shock to such biased detractors, but Israel does offer vibrant and electrifying cosmoplitan centres (such as Tel-Aviv) which not only Israeli Jews can enjoy but also Israeli Arabs (who make up a fifth of its polutation and have equal rights and liberties). We could go into a whole debate about the rights and wrongs of the Middle East (at the end of which an objective observer would come to the view that the Palestinains' predicament is as much their doing as anyone's else - if not more) but that would defeat the purpose of this column. If the persons who expend so much negative energy and hate (as some have done on this postcard) would channel and focus that energy into positive acts of reconciliation, what a better - and more lighthearted - world we would have. Thanks Natalie for the light humour and colourful description of what I agree is a great place to visit.

15-Apr-2010

3:45 pm