Geneigten Hauptes

"Tomorrow, May 15 – the date of the declaration of the State of Israel – is Nakba Day, the anniversary of the Palestinian people’s catastrophe; a day to commemorate its fallen, its lost villages and land. One needn’t be a Palestinian to identify with their pain; you can be an Israeli Jew, or even a Zionist, and respect those for whom your Independence Day marks their tragedy. Nor is there any need to accept the Palestinian historical narrative in order to recognize that the native people suffered a terrible calamity."
Israel solle am Nakba-Tag das Haupt neigen – aus Solidarität und in Empathie mit dem Schmerz eines Fünftels seiner Bürger und in Entschuldigung für das was passiert ist, fordert Gideon Levy in seinem Haaretz-Kommentar (14. Mai) zum Nakba-Tag, mit dem die Palästinenser an die Vertreibungen von 1948 und 1967 erinnern.