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mmausner


we have enough problems...

it's a classic psychological symptom of the martyr complex when someone feels the need to help ALL the suffering people of the world, and neglects themself.

It's unhealthy and unrealistic, and is likely to perpetuate problems for both the helper and helpee, in many cases.

Jews have our hands full with our own problems.  Do we so quickly forget that we had one million refugees of our own only one year ago?  Seeking refuge from Katyushas, Israeli residents of Israel's north had to run for it while the monsters of Hezbollah rained death down indiscriminately on 'the zionist entity', even killing many arab israelis-- remember?  or did everyone forget already? 

Israel is still struggling to absorb the tens of thousands of Ethiopian immigrants-- some essentially refugees as well.  And so many million other Jewish israelis were made refugees from their homes in the Arab world or in Europe-- scars which in some cases never heal. 

And we are surrounded by the problems generated by the insane 60-year perpetuation of the Palestinian refugee problem, the decisions made by both enemies and friends to allow the initial population exchanges of the '48 war to fester and grow malignant, to turn a temporary human tragedy into a permanent one.

It's a big, big world and Israel has many more problems than most other countries.  One can go on and on about absolutes, but just about damn near any other country on earth is in a better position to help Darfur than Israel.   





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