Don`t compare - Teil 1

Wie versprochen editiere ich hier einen der Monologe aus dem Theaterstück „3.Generation“ des israelischen Nationaltheaters „HaBima“. Der Monolog wird von einer der israelischen Schauspielerinnen innerhalb des zweistündigen Stückes auf humorvolle weise gesprochen:

„Excuse me, how can you compare? Palestinians are Palestinians, Germany is Germany and the Holocaust is the Holocaust. The Holocaust is a very unique event in the human history. Of course, there were other genocides in the history – like the genocide of the Kurds, genocide of the Armenians, the slaughter in Sudan, in Rwanda, mass murder in former Yugoslavia – but please, don`t compare. The Holocaust is the Holocaust, and Rwanda is Rwanda. It`s a completely different continent.

I hear again and again, from many people, from all kinds of countries, from Belgium; from Switzerland, how can you Jews – after what you´ve been thought – how can you do the same to the Palestinians? And I answer, please, please, please, don`t compare. The Holocaust wasn`t a lesson for the Jews – if anything, it was a laboratory for the whole world. BUT it doesn`t mean that I think that what we are doing to the Palestinians is ok – it is not ok. It is wrong. Very, very, very wrong. BUT – don`t compare. For example, the wall – very bad wall, very very very bad wall – BUT, since there is a wall, there is no terror. BUT for that we need to prison over a million people, BUT we have to defend ourselves from terror, But the wall does not prevent terror; if you are a terrorist you will find your way out. BUT since there is wall, you can`t find your way out, and those poor people – over a million – need to live in this “prison” without sufficient food and medicine supply, which are basic human conditions, terrible. And in the ghettos? It was terrible, very very terrible. But please, please, don`t compare.