Published: 9 July 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
For Wiesel, loving Jerusalem superseded loving in Jerusalem. ‘After representing so eloquently the victims of history’s injustices in Nazi and then Soviet Europe, Mr. Wiesel would surely, we assumed, turn to the injustices perpetrated by his own people, and cry out against the tragic occupation and dispossession of the Palestinian people.’ Imagine if, the Jew that he was, he had.
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And see:
Elie Wiesel’s moral imagination never reached Palestine – Hussein Ibish – Foreign Policy 04.07.16
The great writer’s humanitarianism knew no bounds — except where it met his nationalism.
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Remembering Elie Wiesel means recognizing Palestinian suffering even if he never could - Simone Zimmerman & Jacob Plitman – Haaretz 05.07.16
We wish we could explain to Wiesel and others who choose to look away that we listened deeply to their stories.
Elie Wiesel z”l 1928-2016 July 2, 2016
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