Take Two
by
Israel Shamir
April 16, 2001
Today is a beautiful day, a day of new hope and new promise. Two
thousand years ago, the first joust of two spirits, the spirit
of brotherhood of Man and the spirit of Master-Slave domination,
was over. Jesus taught, love your neighbor as yourself, even if
he is a traditional enemy of Jews, a Samaritan. That is why he
was hated by the Jewish supremacists of his time. He said: you
can not worship God and Mammon, the god of greed, you have to
choose. That is why he was hated by supply-side economists and
bankers of his day. They sentenced him to death and the Empire
obliged and carried out the execution, in order to keep peace
with these all-important forces. Our fathers did not dare to
speak against their leaders. The spirit of domination scored a
victory, but the spirit of brotherhood did not vanish.
I received the Easter message of Naim Ateek, a priest from
Jerusalem. He writes, "Here in Palestine, Jesus is again walking
the Via Dolorosa. It only takes people of insight to see the
hundreds of thousands of crosses throughout the land,
Palestinian men, women, and children being crucified. Palestine
has become one huge Golgotha, the place of the skull'.
The Jewish supremacy forces and the greed worshippers united
again to crucify Christ. The US, this New Rome, again gives hand
and agrees to become the executioner. Now it is our turn to
decide.
History gave us an incredible luxury, Take Two, as they say in
the movie production. We can now repeat the mistake of our
fathers and silently connive with the plans of our
self-appointed leaders. We can correct this mistake now, and
stop the crucifixion.
In the Jewish Passover narration we say, each one of us has to
see oneself as if he personally was liberated from bondage. I
say to you, each one of us has to see oneself as is he
personally stands on Via Dolorosa, and decides, whether the
execution will be carried out. If we keep our mouth shut, we
deserve to be called 'Christ killers'. If we stop it, we shall
change history. The scarlet as blood sins of past will become
white as snow.
Two thousand years ago, the spirit of brotherhood rose again, to
give hope for the second joust. If he is defeated again, we all
shall become forever slaves to our faceless masters. They will
destroy the Mother Earth herself, turn her into waste lands of
Mordor. They need this victory to bind us together by the dark
forces of domination. Let us deny them, this time.
Share with me wine and bread of Palestine, my brothers and
sisters, as the sign of new covenant of Brotherhood of Man, as
an oath of our decision: this time, Christ will not die on the
cross.
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