Irony

A Yehntta reader sent me this

following article in HaAretzand was wondering whether the world sees the irony inthis:Israel is being called apartheid even though:a) it seeks an "end game" in which it lives in peacewith its Arab neighbors while 20% of its citizens areArabs living in a democracy; while b) the Arabs seek an "end game" in which any possiblePalestinian nation would be substantially Judenrein.JoelRosner's article in HaAretz: Was Desmond Tutu comparing Israel and Hitler?1.A plan to invite Archbishop Desmond Tutu to addressstudents at the University of St. Thomas was canceled,after local Jewish community leaders condemned him asanti-Israel and an anti-Semite. The plan was to havehim as a speaker next year, and it was scuttled byuniversity officials who did not want to offend theJewish community over the Nobel Peace Prize laureate'sviews on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Universityofficials confirmed the story to the press).Julie Swiler, public affairs director for the JewishCommunity Relations Council of Minnesota and theDakotas, told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that Tutu'sremarks were "offensive and hurtful to Jews." Whileshe said she did not consider Tutu anti-Semitic, hisspeech "compares Jews in Israel to Hitler" and "inanother section he questions Jewish faithfulness toGod."Doug Hennes, vice president for university andgovernment relations said that "He [Tutu] has beencritical of Israel and Israeli policy regarding thePalestinians, so we talked with people in the Jewishcommunity and they said they believed it would behurtful to the Jewish community, because of thingshe's said". Hennes said the university does notbelieve Tutu is anti-Semitic, but cited a 2002 speechin which he said Tutu criticized "the Jewish lobby."Hennes also said Jewish groups feel Tutu has comparedthe Israeli policy toward Palestinians to how AdolfHitler treated Jews.