Does this ring a bell to you? It does to me. As a little child growing up in Israel under Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan, all I heard was that the Arabs are monsters who want to throw us into the sea, they understand only force, and since our wonderful IDF has won the Six Day War, they know not to mess with us any more—or else. And, of course, we must keep the "liberated" Territories to ourselves, because there's no one to talk with. Then came the 1973 war, and for a child of 7 it was the perfect proof that indeed the Arabs want to throw us into the sea, and what a great opportunity it was for our glorious IDF to teach them a good lesson.
这些话你听起来耳熟吗？我听起来是的。在果尔达•梅厄夫人和摩西•达扬领导下的以 色列长大的我，听到的都是阿拉伯人是想把我们扔进海里的魔鬼的论调：阿拉伯人只懂得暴 力，但是自从我们了不起的以色列国防军贏得“六日战争”之后，他们知道不能再和我们瞎闹了，否则不会有好下场。当然，我们必须保留那些被我们“解放”的领土，因为我们没有可谈判的对象。之后，1973年，另一场战争来了，对一个7岁的孩子来说，这的确是证明阿拉伯人想把我们扔进海里的最好证据。这也是我们伟大的以色列国防军好好教训他们的一个大好机会。