[IMC-Editorial] Letter to the Editor: The difference between the Israeli and the Palestinian cultures

[ARI Media]

A fundamental difference between the Israeli and the Palestinian
cultures was highlighted this week.

On the one hand, Israelis celebrated a new hero, Ilan Ramon, the first
Israeli astronaut to venture in space. Ramon’s flight symbolizes the
limitless heights a human being can reach in pursuit of his dreams.

On the other hand, Palestinians celebrated an old “hero”: a suicide
bomber who murdered 29 people and injured many more in an Israeli hotel
last year. The
occasion for the Palestinian celebration was the opening of a soccer
tournament in the bomber’s honor.

The Israeli astronaut symbolizes man at his best. The Palestinian
suicide bomber, man at his worst. In their choice of heroes, the two
cultures
reflect their basic difference: one values life and achievement, the
other death and destruction.

David Holcberg
Writer for the Ayn Rand Institute
2121 Alton Parkway, #250
Irvine, CA  92606
United States
949-222-6550 ext. 226
davidh at aynrand.org

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