Yes, it's the 30's, but not yet the 40's.

I went to a high school with a large Jewish population. I met the parents of many of my friends, and was rigidly educated.

A bunch of us went over to one of my friends' house one day, and while sitting in the living room, she started talking about getting a car, and she wanted a BMW. Her parents were apparently close by and came in and said that if she ever bought a German car, she would, essentially, be disowned. (They said a lot more than that, but I don't remember the details.)

I had only vague knowledge of the Holocaust, and didn't really understand why her parents had erupted like that. I had to have it explained to me afterwards, and honestly I still didn't really get it. In essence, they still viewed Germany as the epitome of evil, a stain upon history that could never be removed, never redeemed.

When I met my friend the next day, she was crying. (Of course, I thought it was about the car, because I'm an idiot.) I asked what was wrong, and she said that her grandfather (who lived with her parents) had sat down with her and calmly, and emotionlessly, explained what had happened to him and his family during the Holocaust. They had not survived.

I never had that same experience, but I met other parents with similar views, and I remember the father of one of my friends explaining that he had turned down a business deal because the other party was German. It was just a non-starter. As far as he was concerned, you don't do deals with Nazis, and all Germans were Nazis, when you really got down to it.

That's what I'm afraid of if Israel keeps down the path it is going. Even if eventually the occupation is ended, democratic rule is established, people are allowed to come home and restitution is made. If things go too far before that happens, forgiveness might become almost impossible, and might take 50 years or more. And even in 50 years, some will remember and not forgive.

The seed of hatred and dehumanization of 66 years has come to "ordinary" people. The whole regime is rotten and there is no other way than replacing it. But who will be in charge of REEDUCATION, so much needed in Israeli society, just as it was necessary in postwar-Germany?

This video is an obvious setup.

Why would anybody start recording the scene without the prior knowledge of what will happen and were it will be posted?

It appears to me that the title is wrong 'Israeli " should be Israeli Jewish or simply Jewish but not plain Israeli given that 20%+ of Israelis are Palestinian

STRANGE FRUIT

"Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood at the leaves and blood at the root.
Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging by the poplar trees.

Pastoral scenes of the gallant South.
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth.
Scent of magnolia, sweet and fresh
And the sudden smell of burning flesh...

(Forget the rest...)"

A story I have heard which may or may not be true is that this poem
was written separately from the music by a New York poet,
a communist. It became an integral part of the music later.

Billie sang in after- hours clubs in Boston. You had to knock to get in
I have been told by an old musician who used to go often himself at
that time.

Billie's disintegrating voice was magnificent even in her last years.

I saw her "live" on a national TV network show. It was not known if she would
be able to perform so another singer (the late Etta James) was asked to
come too, just in case. Billie said to Etta: "I hope they never do this to you...."
She sang beautifully. But Billie did sing and her deep bitter voice went right into
your soul.

It makes little difference. It was originally recorded by Billiie as part
of her "Commodore sessions". No other company would record it.
That would have been in the 1930's.. Commodore having gone out of
business, it may be available elsewhere. Billie recorded it again many
times. I remember one time live as her voice became lower and more bitter.

Whichever, it became HER song like many other songs written for
some other use but became "associated with" Billie. Then they became
hers. ("God Bless the Child Who's Got her Own..." and more....)

A photo of a black body hanging and partially decomposed notes that many
whites came late to the "celebration". They were disappointed that the body
had already been taken down and insisted that it be hung again. It was.

Peter Loeb, Boston, MA