Scende in campo Yoram Kaniuk, sulla questione della nakba cancellata dai libri di testo israeliani (quelli per i bambini arabo-israeliani), e sulla questione della legge in discussione alla Knesset che vuole perseguire chi celebra l’anniversario della nakba. Lui quella guerra, quella del 1948, l’ha combattuta e vinta. Proprio per questo sa che dall’altra parte c’erano degli uomini, delle persone in carne e ossa.
A narrative that turns into a myth constitutes more history than any education minister can create; even if Arab children here learn Bialik’s songs and are forced to hoist Israel’s flag over their homes every morning and sing our national anthem every evening, at night, in hiding, they will read Arabic poetry. Because Arabic poetry is them. There’s nothing we can do about it.
While inside the Knesset fortress I thought that maybe it is still possible, before my death, to turn this state into a Jewish State – not one populated by zealous masses called Jews, but rather, Jews like we used to be; a state where we respect those who fought against us and were defeated. When that will happen, we will see the establishment of an Arab state alongside us, and the city of Jerusalem, also known as al-Quds, will become the capital of two states, one Jewish and one Arab. And then peace will come to Israel. Amen.