Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: As support widens for Jewish prayer on Temple Mount, should we fear apocalyptic consequences? [View all]6chars
(3,967 posts)I have been thinking about why some people say in different words "we have to emancipate the world, and we must start by getting the Jews in line." Sometimes - like Stalin - it is because they just don't like Jews. But to be generous, in more civilized quarters, it might be a real interest in human rights combined with subconscious remnants of upbringing in Christian settings. The New Testament and its interpretations are all about the Jews this and the Jews that. This leads to a fetish where people want to save the Jews (from themselves, from their "disbelief" or punish the Jews or hold the Jews to a holy standard, or just follow everything the Jews do with great fascination and be sure to have an opinion on it. While some Jews might enjoy the flattering attention of such fetishists, overall it is bothersome.