Russian Israeli creator Dina Rubina was scheduled for an occasion to debate her books at Pushkin Home in London in collaboration with the College of London.
Earlier than she was “allowed” to talk, nevertheless, occasion moderator Nataliya Rulyova demanded she make clear “her place on the Israeli-Palestinian battle,” saying different invited individuals wanted to “perceive your place on this concern earlier than responding.”
Right here is Dina’s blistering response to the ridiculous request.
Pricey Natalia!
You’ve written fantastically about my novels, and I’m so sorry for the time you’ve wasted, as a result of apparently we now have to cancel our assembly.
The schools of Warsaw and Torun have simply canceled lectures by the great Russian-speaking Israeli author Yakov Shechter on the lifetime of Galicia’s Jews within the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries “to keep away from making the scenario worse.” I suspected that this might have an effect on me too, since academia is now the principle breeding floor for essentially the most disgusting and virulent anti-Semitism, disguised as so-called “criticism of Israel.” I used to be anticipating one thing like this, and I even determined to jot down you an e mail about it… however I put it apart. It’s time for me to publish it.
That is what I wish to say to all those that anticipate from me a fast and obsequious report on my place relating to my beloved nation, which at present lives (and at all times has) surrounded by ferocious enemies who search to destroy it . My nation which is waging a simply conflict right this moment in opposition to a rabid, ruthless, misleading and crafty enemy. The final time I apologized was in elementary faculty, within the principal’s workplace, I used to be 9 years outdated. Since then, I’ve been doing what I believe is true, listening solely to my conscience and expressing completely my understanding of the world order and human legal guidelines of justice.
Natalia, thanks on your efforts, and I personally ask you to ship my reply to all those that are questioning.
On October 7, Saturday, the Jewish vacation of Simchat Torah, the ruthless, well-trained, well-prepared and well-equipped Hamas terrorist regime of Iran, Hamas, which guidelines within the Gaza enclave (which Israel left round twenty years in the past), attacked dozens of peaceable kibbutzim and bombarded my nation with tens of 1000’s of rockets. Hamas has dedicated atrocities that even the Bible can not describe, atrocities that rival the crimes of Sodom and Gomorrah. Atrocities filmed by the way in which, by GoPro cameras, the murderers having taken the horror to the purpose of sending the pictures to their households or on social networks in actual time.
For hours, 1000’s of completely happy, blood-drunk beasts raped girls, kids and males, taking pictures their victims within the crotch and heads, slicing off the ladies’s breasts and taking part in soccer with them, slicing off the infants from the wombs of pregnant girls and instantly decapitating them, tying up and burning the babies. There have been so many charred our bodies that, for a lot of weeks, forensic pathologists couldn’t deal with the big workload of figuring out people.
A buddy of mine, who labored within the emergency room of a New York hospital for 20 years, then in Israel for 15 years, was one of many first to reach within the kibbutzim, as a part of a staff of rescuers and of medical doctors. She nonetheless hasn’t been in a position to sleep since.
Whereas she is an emergency specialist, accustomed to dissected our bodies and corpses, she fainted when she noticed the macabre sight and vomited all the way in which again within the automotive. Among the many Hamas militants, Palestinian civilians rushed in, collaborating in pogroms of unprecedented scale, pillaging, killing, dragging every thing they may get their palms on. Amongst these “Palestinian civilians” have been 450 members of this extremely regarded group UNRWA (United Nations Reduction Company for Palestine Refugees within the Close to East).
Judging by the utter pleasure of the inhabitants (additionally captured by 1000’s of cell cameras), Hamas is supported by virtually the whole inhabitants of Gaza. However the important is there for us: Greater than 200 Israelis, together with girls, kids, the aged and overseas staff, have been dragged into the beast’s den. 100 of them are nonetheless rotting and dying in Hamas dungeons.
It goes with out saying that these victims, who proceed to be mocked, are of little concern to the “educational neighborhood”. However that’s not what I’m speaking about proper now. I’m not penning this in order that anybody will sympathize with the tragedy of my individuals.
Throughout all these years, whereas the worldwide neighborhood has actually poured tons of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} into this piece of land (the Gaza Strip) — UNRWA’s annual funds alone is equal to a billion {dollars}! — Throughout all these years, Hamas used this cash to construct an empire with a fancy system of underground tunnels, stockpile weapons, train schoolchildren from major faculty to disassemble and assemble Kalashnikov assault rifles, print textbooks by which hatred of Israel is indescribable, by which even math issues appear to be this calling for the homicide of Jews with each phrase:
There have been ten Jews, the shahid killed 4, what number of are left?
And now, when lastly shocked by the monstrous crime of those bastards, Israel is waging a conflict of annihilation in opposition to the Hamas terrorists who so fastidiously ready this conflict, who positioned 1000’s of shells in all of the hospitals, the colleges, kindergartens…
The tutorial neighborhood, which was not involved in regards to the massacres in Syria, nor the bloodbath in Somalia, nor the mistreatment inflicted on the Uighurs, nor the hundreds of thousands of Kurds persecuted by the Turkish regime for many years, this very fearful neighborhood, which wears “arafatkas” [keffiyehs], the trademark of murderers, round their necks at rallies beneath the slogan “Liberate Palestine from the river to the ocean”, which suggests the whole destruction of Israel (and Israelis). “Lecturers”, as polls present, do not know the place this river is, what it’s referred to as, the place sure borders are situated.
And it’s this similar public which asks me “to specific a place clear on the difficulty”. Are you actually severe!
As , I’ve been knowledgeable author for over 50 years. My novels have been translated into 40 languages, together with Albanian, Turkish, Chinese language, Esperanto, and plenty of extra.
Now, with nice pleasure, with out selecting my expressions an excessive amount of, I sincerely and with all of the energy of my soul ship to all of the brainless “intellectuals” who’re enthusiastic about my place to go fuck themselves.
— Dina Rubina
