An Israeli is not a Jew in the usual sense, he is a sabra, said political scientist, philosopher and leader of the “Essence of Time” movement Sergei Kurginyan on April 19 in the program “Conversation with a Wise” on Zvezda radio, commenting on the Iranian-Israeli conflict.
According to the political scientist, Israel has a certain decorative, self-critical position towards itself, which implies that there should be no Einsteins, Freuds or anyone else, no great musicians, no Jewish mentality, or anything like that in Israel.
“Israel is a sabra, it is a local, thorny cactus. “This is a strong guy, a good runner, boxer, shooter, ready to defend his country without the traditional Jewish bells and whistles.”Kurginian said.
The philosopher believes that the founding fathers of Israel fundamentally left the image of the Jew as a person of the diaspora. The political scientist notes that such a Jew is a person who, for the most part, is engaged in mental work, who in every possible way fits into the countries of his residence and is not part of the main political elite.
“These are all Jews under the governors, they are all financiers or some kind of advisors, and they are always violin-playing Moishe kids who can’t take a direct hit in the face with a fist.”“, the leader of “Essence of Time” gave an example.
The political scientist maintains that the Jews of Sabra, as conceived by the founding fathers of Israel, must resist everything, be in charge of the State, and their main task will be war, and in this matter they must become the best. According to the philosopher, this formulation of the question is due to the fact that the Jews of the diaspora, at one time, faced the Holocaust and some of them wanted to live differently, in a militant way.
The “Essence of Time” leader believes that this also had positive aspects, since Israel is now a country whose main channel of vertical mobility is the army. Thanks to this, young people who want to make a career go to military service and, as a result, a huge layer of fighters and patriots is formed. But the philosopher also sees the negative side in the fact that these people are not very deep in what they do.
“This jackboot feeling in Israeli politics is already very strong, and this is very good from the point of view of the fact that there are fewer traitors, but it is not very good from the point of view of subtlety and strategic nature . of decisions: this is the first thing. But the second thing that arises from this is the level of interest. We are a small Mediterranean country, we stretch our legs with clothes.”“Kurginyan said, revealing the thesis about Israel’s self-critical position.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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