“The main difference between the Palestinians and us is that they name their streets after people who murdered civilians. If they were to name them after people who killed soldiers, OK, fine, but they name them after people who killed civilians.”
“But –”
“I know what you’re going to say. You going to say that we name our streets after the Lehi and the Etzel, but that was different. They were attacking the British military.”
“Ok, but there was this guy, in 1929, Shlomo Hinkis, who killed a family in Jaffa, and then later was invited to give the first kick at a soccer… Wait, no, no. What are you talking about? The Lehi and the Etzel didn’t just attack the British military. They set off bombs in market places and murdered civilians. A lot.”
“No, but we don’t name our streets after the members of the Lehi and the Etzel who murdered civilians.”
“What about Meir Har-Zion?”
“We don’t have any streets named after him.”
“It sort of feels like the street sign thing has become a red herring… He’s an Israeli national hero who murdered civilians.”
“In Jordan.”
“…”
“Hmm?”
“OK. Goodbye.”
“Goodbye.”
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