What do u think of slogan “no Arabs=no terror”
By Stephen Plaut
Freedom of speech in Israel just took another bullet. The Leftist First Amendment, under which anti-Israel leftists and Arabs are entitled to the protection of freedom of speech for everything they say but no one else is, made a comeback this week. The Israeli dual court system also struck back.
Neria Ofan was convicted this week of racism by a Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court. He was convicted of driving with an insensitive bumper sticker on his car. This is not a spoof. It really happened.
Ofan’s felony? Ofan, who lives in the West Bank, had a bumper sticker on his car that reads, “Where there are No Arabs, there is No Terror.” That, fatwa-ed the court’s judge Shulamit Dotan, constitutes racism.
Another Jews was similar convicted in criminal court six months back for wearing a Tee shirt containing the same slogan.
Now what does NOT constitute racism or incitement in post-democratic Israel? Arab students chanting “Death to the Jews” does not. Waving PLO and Hamas banners on campuses does not. We know that merely calling for Jews to be exterminated and for Israel to be annihilated also does not.
The Supreme Court ruled just before the last election that two Arab parties whose platforms call for Israel’s annihilation should be allowed to run and to sit in Israel’s parliament. We know that Holocaust revisionism is protected speech, or at least that is what an Arab woman judge in Nazareth court wrote in one of her better known verdicts. We know that cheering on terrorist murders of Jewish children is not racist. After all, there are scores of leftist faculty members at Israeli universities who do THAT all the time.
Dotan was one of the judges who had earlier “convicted” Moshe Feiglin of “sedition” because he had blocked a traffic intersection in the 1990s with a group of protesters against Oslo. Blocking traffic intersections for other things, such as for the demands of the Histadrut or when students want lower tuition, is democratic and permitted. Among Dotan’s more notorious acts of bias was this: she was the lead judge in the trial over the indictment of Israel’s ex-President Moshe Katsav, accused of sexual molestation and rape. Except that it is looking more and more like Katsav is innocent and the prosecutor is right now proposing that the case be thrown out (see http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3654005,00.html ). It seems that Judge Shula held deliberations on the punishment sentence to be handed to Katsav even before his trial began!! See this: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3554711,00.html
As for that slogan, “Where there are no Arabs, there is no Terror,” it is very close to being an empirically verifiable statement, although one can, I suppose, find terror here and there in places where there are no Arabs, like in Sri Lanka. But racism? I mean, if the court had accused the driver of perpetrating a slight empirical exaggeration, perhaps it might have a case.
It actually turns out that the slogan and bumper stickers were first the invention of an operator of a bed and breakfast on the Golan Heights, who handed them out during the 2000 intifada violence in the Galilee. Its point was that the Galilee is dangerous, but the Golan, where there are virtually no Arabs, is safe, so come on up for the weekend.
The sticker was then picked up by others, perhaps with a different agenda.
I personally prefer the bumper sticker that reads, “Where there are No Leftists there is no Treason,” and I am prepared to go to prison for having one on my car if anyone can get one printed up and sent to me.
(For more on this, see
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130126 )
That’s the real problem — the courts in Israel should be coming down as heavily on those inciting Arabs (and their Meretz supporters) as they did on the Amona residents.
“No Arabs = No Terror” is not a true statement, but it certainly is an understandable slogan for a country at war with the Arabs (who utilize terror as their main weapon). I agree with the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, that it should not be publicly displayed. This is because not only do the Bedouin serve as border patrollmen for Israel, but the Druze have actively participated over the years in Israel’s defence. It’s foolish to antagonize friends, just because they speak the same language as enemies.
Comment by BlandOatmeal — February 25, 2009 @ 10:04 am
Friends or 5th column?
Druze in Israel are loyal to the state as the Druze of Syria are loyal to Syrian and the Druze in Lebanon are loyal to Lebanon. More and more the young Druze and northern Bedouin are becoming more radicalized and Loyalties are shifting to the PLO or Hamas. Most of our local Arab acts of terror come from these two non Jewish sectors as is rape. Only the Northern Bedouin serve in IDF. Negev Bedouin don’t. There aren’t that many to be concerned about in any event and the slogan is relevant no Arabs=No Terror, This was a Kahane slogan by the way.
Comment by yamit82 — February 25, 2009 @ 11:57 am
On second thought Lets keep the terrorist Arabs and get rid of all the leftists especially the Judges. It’s only a matter of deciding which group is more harmful and dangerous.
Comment by yamit82 — February 25, 2009 @ 12:09 pm
I like Steven Plaut’s slogan, “No Leftists, No Treason.” Let’s see Israel’s leftist police, prosecution and courts go after that bumper sticker. There is no right to free speech in Israel, when it happens to be speech of which Israel’s Left disapproves. That’s why Neria Ofan was “convicted” for the insufferable “crime” of harboring a political viewpoint one leftist woman judge felt offended her. That’s what passes for the Leftist First Amendment in Israel:
Thou Shalt Not Offend The Left!
Comment by NormanF — February 25, 2009 @ 1:07 pm
It’s simple: End the Occupation. Arabs out.
Comment by JonnyGee — February 25, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
I don’t like a slogan that dehumanizes all Arabs, because many are peaceful and productive individuals.
How about “No Hamas, no terror?” or “No Islamic supremacists, no terror?”
Even better, a circle and red line through the silhouette of a militant “Muslim” with the caption, “Stop Terrorism” or “Save Civilization?”
Comment by Bill Levinson — February 25, 2009 @ 4:23 pm
So what! No Arab should be allowed even passing through privileges. This view has nothing to do with racism. I don’t care what color they are. It is first and foremost Halacha ( Jewish Law ) then it is rational self defense measure. Then it is that we have an obligation to the wellbeing and physical safety of other Jews before we even consider their superficial rights. My right to live in safety supersedes any transitory rights that change with time culture and circumstances. I don’t believe there is an Arab citizen of Israel that would not want to see a Jewish state replaced with an Arab Muslim State and who have a closer affinity culturally,familial and religiously with their brothers and cousins now in Jordan and the areas known as Judea and Samaria. Those individual reasons and all together are sufficient cause to deny them residence or place in a Jewish State.
Comment by yamit82 — February 25, 2009 @ 5:42 pm
Yamit, you have committed a thought crime! If you are ever hauled in front of Judge Shula - off to prison you go!
Comment by NormanF — February 25, 2009 @ 5:46 pm
Yamit: The year 2009 is not 1809. We are living in a post colonial era. The world Now does not tolerate the deportation of people deemed to be I N D I G E N O U S. Especially if the people doing the deporting are also dependant (up to their eyeballs) on outside forces. When Israel attains complete independance, then Israel can do as it wishes. Until then just forget it. Even if that ex pimp should attain power , it aint going to happen.
Comment by h peskin — February 25, 2009 @ 9:54 pm
peskin
Ex?, did you say ex? Rumour has it he is still peddling pussy, on the side. Would do you expect from a far Right Winger?
Comment by palworthy — February 25, 2009 @ 10:14 pm
palworthy:
Did someone ring?
Comment by philo-clitoreum — February 25, 2009 @ 10:23 pm
Just to show if not prove how obtuse the above 3 stooges are they are dumping on the one in Israel(in or near center of power) that most closely reflects their world view. Pimp or not he is a soul brother of the stooges and their fascist world outlook. You all have bought into the leftist hype without considering the real substance, that’s normal for you deviants and rodents.
Comment by yamit82 — February 26, 2009 @ 1:51 am
Clitoreum
Laura:
Would you not like you contibute on this topic? Seems to me it is RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY.
Comment by h peskin — February 26, 2009 @ 3:20 pm
Peskin you don’t have to prove your lack of male testosterone by the use of sexist really off color and topic remarks.
Comment by yamit82 — February 26, 2009 @ 7:42 pm
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