B"H
The Edah HaCharedit has opened its war against the upcoming Jerusalem Gay Parade. A few days ago, the Jerusalem police announced that the event is probably taking place (June 21, next Thursday). Municipality and high - ranking politicians are against the parade. Such an event cannot take place in the Holy City of Jerusalem.
The gays, on the other hand, do anything to provoke the religious population. It is their DAVKA - behaviour what upsets the people. They really want to make their point and do not care how. The Jerusalem homosexual organization, the Open House, does not care at all about religion and religious feelings let alone G - d.
Gays can do whatever they want in their private lives but today, it seems to be a kind of fashion to show the outside world any sexual behaviour. No one is ashamed any more. The problem is that so many people do it, and eventually others might think that it is normal behaving in such a way.
Shimon Peres is our new elected president and, as we can read in the papers today, the religious parties only elected him because he promised to cancel the Gay Parade. These days, the Open House is having meetings with haredim in order to find a solution.
In the meantime, the anti - Zionist organization Edah HaCharedit located in Mea Shearim, is striking back. On the day before yesterday, huge demonstrations took place in Mea Shearim. Garbage was burned in the street and stones were thrown onto the police.
It is not only the haredim reacting in a violent way, but also the police. I know this from my own experience, as I was watching a haredi demonstration near the Machane Yehudah Market two years ago. The demonstrators blocked an entrance to a non - kosher store in Agrippas Street. Suddenly cops driving on motor - bikes came and drove right into the demonstration. Baruch HaShem, no one was injured.
Tonight on Leil Shabbat it will be quiet. A friend of mine and me are again going to a chassidic Tish in Mea Shearim. Toldot Avraham Yitzchak and Toldot Aharon.
Shabbat Shalom to all of you !!!
Friday, June 15, 2007
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Israel may not acknowledge "the right of the people peaceably to assemble" (enumerated in the American Bill of Rights), however it is fairly obvious that rioting is criminal behavior in nearly all civil societies. Those who participate in these criminal acts, destruction of public property, and incitement of violence should be arrested and tried for their crimes. Those who are actually the ones advocating and committing violence are those who are responsible. The ridiculous excuses of "they made me become violent by offending my beliefs" are the same ones Islamists use to rape, murder, torture, and mutilate; they are just as invalid no matter who is appealing to this feeble excuse. The one who commits or commands a violent act is directly responsible for it. Are the police doing anything about this? Honestly this makes Israel look really bad to outsiders. It smacks of the aggressive anti-civil riots that occurred in France a couple years ago. It sounds like a fairly anarchist tactic and that these Israeli citizens are taking a page from the growing religious extremist groups which have been increasingly using violent tactics in other countries. Religious sects of Israel are beginning to court these terrorist ideologies. If the government allows this to continue then Israel may become just another unstable state in the Middle East overtaken by a violent extremist minority.
ReplyDeleteThats my two cents.
B"H
ReplyDeleteI can understand your point of view. However, I would not call it anti - civil right riots, as the demonstrations mostly take place when a new Gay Parade is coming up. Which is, by the way, once a year.
Politicians and the Jerusalem municipality are very much against the parade. Let alone the security risk it causes, as also Christians and Muslims are against it. And you never now if an extreme Muslim is not commiting a suicide attack.
It might sound strange to you but, so far, the Haredim mostly burned garbage in the streets of their neighbourhoods. Of course, they blocked the traffic.
But the thing is that one has to understand both sides. Personally I have nothing against the gays, as long as they have their parade elsewhere. Last Friday they had one in Tel Aviv. Isn't that enough ?
Jerusalem is different and the gays should respect the religious feelings of the people.
Coming back to the Haredim:
As long as one does not interfere with their lives, no demonstrations are taking place whatsoever.
They burn garbage and block the streets but the police are throwing water and beat them with sticks. How would you react ?