""One of the topics [on the show last week] was the murder of women in the Arab sector, what is referred to, unfortunately, [...] as 'honor killing' and has nothing to do with [anything worthy of] honor. The guest in the studio was a woman who had 20 years of experience working for the sake of those same women who die for no good reason, a woman whose everyday job was a holy work for the sake of thousands of Arab women who need a voice that will shout out and cry out their cries. After she had accused the government and the police and everyone of incompetence, I asked her, in a somewhat aggressive manner, as it were, '[...] Where are we in all of this? Where are we Arab women to teach and discipline our sons that a man has no right over a woman? [...]' During the commercial break, she got up and told me that I had to learn how to talk to Arabs because the tone that I adopted and the things that I said were said to gain approval from Jews. So I've come to tell you today that I haven't come for approval from you; that I haven't come for approval from anyone; and this is the message that I want you to digest very, very well. In my life I have been accused of many things: that I am the fifth column; that an Arab will always stay an Arab, no matter how liberal he may look; that I bring shame on my family for being in a relationship with a person outside my religion. I've received threats after asking Palestinian residents live on the show why they don't go out against Hamas men, who use them and bring them to their slaughter; I've been attacked on Yom ha-Shoah and Yom ha-Zikaron that the managers at Arutz 2 dared to put an Arab on a show such as that as the host on a day such as that; I've been told that I make Arab women stray off the path of proper behavior; and that I've forgotten where I come from being an 'Ashkenazified', 'Judaized' Arab. So they blamed and they talked—as if that, in itself, made them right."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lucy_Aharish
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Lucy Aharish
4 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Lucy Aharish →
Related Quotes
""We have other things to get over besides the occupation and discrimination. We are fighters and don't give in. If yo…"
"What's more important for me is the brand name Lucy Aharish. The Arab sector does not pay me a salary. My national id…"
""Right now, in Halab, Syria – just an eight-hour drive from Tel Aviv – a genocide is taking place. You know what, let…"
"You're entitled to your own opinion but you cannot be entitled to your own facts."
"...as AI evolves, the responsibility to regulate and innovate must be handled with extreme care. We don’t know where …"
"In Kenya, we have the highest per capita use of digital financial services in the world,"
"It’s about how am I applying this technology to my everyday life based on the infrastructure that I currently have."
"For every 3,500 people, there’s one doctor... With AI, there is the potential to provide better healthcare services, …"
"What we need to do is put measures in place to protect human dignity and human lives, but on the other hand, allow fo…"
"When AI becomes practical, when it’s not just a hype word, that’s when we will truly see the impact of this technolog…"