Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 09/14 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 29. April – 10. Mai 2014 1. Doppelte Kritik an price tag Attacken Zuhair Bahloul, JED 01.05.14 In den vergangenen zwei Wochen sind vermehrt Is Israel facing a war between religions? öffentliche Gebäude und Privatgeschäfte in “The Arab public − particularly the youth − israelisch-arabischen sowie palästinensischen suspiciously wonders on social media why law Ortschaften mit Graffiti beschmiert worden. Die enforcement’s resourcefulness and speed disappear sogenannten "price tag" Attacken werden von when it comes to Jewish terror. [...] It seems the israelischen Siedlern und extrem rechten Aktivisten Jewish public is unaware of the dangers of a ausgeführt, um Druck auf die Regierung auszuüben, negligent law enforcement authority. The ongoing keine weiteren Zugeständnisse im Westjordanland Palestinian frustration in light of the waves of racism zu machen. and indifference among law enforcement could bring Der anti-arabische Vandalismus inkludierte das about religious war. A few of the thousand or so Aufstechen von Autoreifen, das Einwerfen von people who demonstrated recently at Umm al-Fahm Fensterscheiben und das Sprühen von "Tod den Junction held signs that read, ‘The Israeli Arabern" auf ein drusisches Schaufenster. Eine government is abandoning us, we will defend our weitere Eskalation war der Vandalismus in der holy sites ourselves.’ A law-abiding Muslim or israelisch-arabischen Kleinstadt Fureidis am 29. Christian who sees Israeli law enforcement does April, bei dem Graffitis auf eine Moschee gesprüht nothing to bring justice to lawbreakers could decide wurden. Die Stadt liegt im Norden Israels und gilt als the best way to prevent harassment is to adopt nicht radikal. Hammurabi’s Code – ‘an eye for an eye’. From that Die Reaktionen der Regierung, der Polizei und des point, setting synagogues on fire is not far off.” Geheimdienstes waren anfangs sehr verhalten, was Hussein Abu Hussein, HAA, 05.05.14 in der Öffentlichkeit – von Juden und Arabern – stark kritisiert wurde. Wären diese Aktionen an What will happen tomorrow? jüdischen Gebäuden und Besitztümern ausgeübt “The hate crime epidemic in Israel must be brought worden, wäre die Antwort umgehend und ungleich under control. This has got to stop. It is urgent and härter ausgefallen, hieß es allumfassend. can no longer be swept under the carpet! [...] If it were the other way — Palestinians vandalizing If this continues, there will be murder synagogues and Jewish institutions — the culprits ”Let us begin by refuting the claims that are now would be apprehended the same day! And put in jail being made: 'We didn't know', 'We were surprised', under ‘administrative detention’. [...] The anger is 'These are sporadic incidents', 'The security forces growing. Thousands of Jews and Arabs are are making maximum efforts to catch the beginning to demonstrate against this phenomenon, perpetrators of Price Tag crimes' and 'Noxious but not enough. [...] It is totally incredible and weeds'. Yeah, right.[...] inexplicable that the government of Israel simply They are trying to provoke us, to cause us to lose gives lip service to the fact that law enforcement our cool, and perhaps even our sanity, and the civil should act quickly and forthrightly. [...] Moreover, discipline to which we have committed ourselves. If there is a law in Israel against incitement and this continues, the conflagration will surely come." rebellion. According to Gillon, this law has not been 1 used against these rabbis yet. And it is time to use Speaking at a Tel Aviv event marking his 75th this law, and enforce it!” birthday, Oz said that terms like ‘hilltop youth’ and Rabbi Dr Ron Kronish, Blog TOI 29.04.14 ‘price tag’ are ‘sweet names for a monster that needs to be called what it is: Hebrew neo-Nazis Apply an equal standard of justice groups.’ “It's obvious that the Arab street won't accept price- Oz added that in his mind, perhaps the only tag attacks, and in a place where the police and the difference between neo-Nazis around the world and Shin Bet security agency aren't doing their jobs with perpetrators of hate crimes in Israel is that ‘our neo- a reasonably high level of success, hot headed Nazi groups enjoy the support of numerous civilians are doing no less than taking the law into nationalist or even racist legislators, as well as the own hands, adding to the travesty. But these rabbis who give them what is in my view pseudo- past few days, it seems that the Shin Bet and the religious justification.'” police have started taking action and no longer view Amos Oz, HAA, 10.05.14 price-tag attacks as negligible mischief by bad apples. [...] It's time to make sure that we apply 2. Israel feiert seinen 66. Unabhängigkeitstag an equal standard of justice to all acts of nationalist- inspired revenge, whether perpetrated by Arabs or Das Statistische Bundesamt hat fast zeitgleich zum by Jews.” 66. Unabhängigkeitstag die neuesten Zahlen des Dan Margalit, IHY 07.05.14 Landes veröffentlicht – nun wird einerseits diskutiert, wie man mit den steigenden Bevölkerungszahlen Good news, bad news on 'price tag' attacks umgehen soll. Andererseits gibt es immer klarere “The good news is that there are indications of Kritik an der politischen Richtung, die Israel substantial progress toward the integration of einschlägt. Israel’s minority populations into the fabric of Israeli society. The bad news is that sectarian vandalism It’s going to get crowded directed against Israel’s minority populations “Last year, Israel’s population increased by 157,000, continues almost unchecked, greatly overshadowing a 2% increase, which is much higher than in other the futile debate over who was responsible for the developed countries. [...] Population growth is breakdown of the negotiations between Israel and unfamiliar territory to environmental groups in Israel. the Palestinian Authority. [...] Here’s the good news: The topic is sensitive, raising religious and cultural The number of draft-age Arab teens volunteering for issues. Anyone dealing with it gets caught up in a national civil service is increasing from year to year geopolitical mess involving an Israeli-Palestinian [...] Most impressive of all is the fact the majority of competition to achieve demographic dominance. [...] the volunteers are female. [...] Far more serious than A document called ‘Sustainability Outlook for Israel the opposition of some of Israel’s Arab politicians to 2030’ recognizes that the projected population Arab national civilian or military service are the acts growth will impact the environment, but lacks any of vandalism perpetrated by Jewish youths against proposed strategies to deal with the matter. The Muslim and Christian places of worship and the document states that “Israel in 2030 will be a state property of Arab citizens. These gangs of hooligans providing economic prosperity, social strength and — it does not matter whether they are called personal safety within diverse communities. [...] This terrorists or neo-Nazis — have the same aim as is indeed a lovely vision, full of promise, which, some of the Arab politicians, namely to prevent the however, cannot be fulfilled in a society integration of Israel’s Arab citizens into Israeli experiencing the current rate of growth. Only a society. The potential damage here is less to Israel’s combination of a consistent damping of population international reputation than to Israel itself.” growth with a marked improvement in planning the Moshe Arens, HAA 12.05.14 distribution of built and open areas will enable a reasonable quality of life [...] The Palestinians will Amos Oz calls perpetrators of hate crimes have to do their share, although at this stage there is 'Hebrew neo-Nazis' little chance of their doing so. On the contrary, they, “The writer and Israel Prize laureate Amoz Oz said like Israelis, are obsessively trying to win the [...] that those responsible for hate crimes against demographic struggle [...]” Arabs and Christians are "Hebrew neo-Nazis." Zafir Rinat, HAA 07.05.14 2 How Zionism became a dirty word rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, “As soon as Zionism became a figure of speech of race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, the settler-right movement, as soon as conscience, language, education and culture; it will dispossession and occupation received a Zionist safeguard the holy places of all religions …’ If the seal of approval, I began to cringe at the term and answer to the question is that the two cannot the implications that came with it. [...] coexist, Israel becomes the state of all its Jews, with Terms like “Judaism” and “national homeland” have all that this implies. Jewish, yes, but a lot less been part of the language of Labor movement democratic; much more ethnic, far less civic. But leaders throughout the generations, and something perhaps, despite everything, a positive answer is traumatic had to happen for a Zionist like me to end possible – one that allows for a joint, mutually up feeling this way. respectful existence, which esteems and When MK Yariv Levin (Likud) and his cohorts say accommodates both narratives, the one happy, the that legislation is needed to prioritize the Jewish other sorrowful, side by side. It’s clear that Israel over the democratic, I feel that Judaism is being and the Israeli way are in dire need of a completely weighed against a value that, for me, is equally different path from the one that has been staked out important – democracy – and I know what the here for nearly seven decades. The Nakba must be hidden intentions of the idea’s proponents really are. absorbed into the Israeli mainstream Their Judaism is an imperialistic Judaism, one that consciousness.” is dismissive of the Arab minority that lives in Israel. Avraham Burg, HAA 05.05.14 And Avigdor Lieberman, who does not come from a religious-Jewish background or motivation, openly 3.