Walid Shoebat vividly remembers the tumultuous days of June, 1967, when Israel and its Arab neighbors were at war. For six days and six nights, Walid and his family hid in the bathroom of their home in Jericho, as fighting raged outside. Walid was taught to hate Jews.
"On the sixth day, everything went quiet," Walid told BBC News Online. "My father was listening to Arab radio and the news said: 'We cleansed Jerusalem of the Jews'. Then we opened the door and there was this Israeli tank with the Star of David flag standing in our street!" Less than a week after the war began, Jordan had been repelled from the West Bank, Israel had taken over and the map of the modern Middle East had been redrawn.
A humiliating defeat for the Arabs, the Israeli victory spawned a new generation of young nationalists determined to restore lost pride, vanquish the enemy and establish a Palestinian state.
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Salaam aleikum Walid!
ReplyDeleteFirst heard him on Tovia Singers's radio show a few years back.
It is amazing how religion can be used to create hatred against the "other". People or groups of people of all religions have at times been guilty of this.
Walid is an exception or an example. Which?
His change seems to hinge on the fact that the woman he loved was a Catholic. Then he chose to investigate.
All individuals have to be judged with fairness (i.e. mitigating circumstances, cultural conditioning).
BTW above post was me.
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ReplyDeleteYour encounter made me think of Walid, hence the post.
I absolutely adore this guy, he is wonderful.