If Karl Marx were alive today, he might take a keen interest
in the CLASS STRUCTURE of modern Israel. It would indeed seem to the
diehard communist internationalist - " workers of the world unite! " -
that in Israel - forget about the Palestinians for a minute - some Jews
are more equal than other Jews.
I read on the front page today : " secular residents protest
... military service exemptions for Orthodox Jews who devote themselves
full time to study Jewish law . "
I suspect that there are not a few Jewish atheists even in
Israel who would rather study physics full time than theological rubbish.
Even quite " patriotic " Jews !
Karl Marx would laugh at this irony : working class liberal
minded Jews dying to make Israel safe for the most fanatical Orthodox
Jews - too PIOUS and scholarly to fight and die for their country.
Imagine an atheistic Jewish soldier fighting for something
he does not even believe in: " The Promised Land " !
Working class Jews not having a direct connection to the
Almighty might find oppressed Palestinians to be their true brothers !
Thank God for old fashioned Jewish Communists - like
Karl Marx.
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