'Israel Was Born in Sin. I’m Collaborating With a Criminal Country,' Says Former PM’s Son
Scion to an iconic Zionist family and former member of the Shin Bet, Yaakov Sharett, 95, has become an anti-Zionist who encourages people to leave Israel
In a remarkable political conversion, Yaakov Sharett, the heir to an iconic Zionist family and son of Israel's second Prime Minister, Moshe Sharett, has turned his back on the founding ideology of the occupation state.
"The State of Israel and the Zionist enterprise were born in sin," said Sharett in an interview with
Haaretz. The 95-year-old spoke at length about his journey from a faithful servant of Zionism in the state of Israel to one of its harshest critics.
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Some incredible insight from him:
"Have you seen anywhere in the world where the majority would agree to give in to a foreign invader, who says, 'our forefathers were here,' and demands to enter the land and take control?" Sharett rhetorically asked. "The conflict was inherent and Zionism denied this, ignored it… as the proportion of Jews to Arabs changed in favor of the Jews, the Arabs realized that they were losing the majority. Who would agree to such a thing?"
Lamenting his continued presence in Israel he said that he sees himself as a "a collaborator" against his will.
Sharett also railed against Israel's turn towards religious fundamentalism and ultra-nationalism. "When I see the prime minister with a kipah on his head, I don't feel good," he added. "This is not the Israel I want to see. How did it happen that this new place, that was to have brought innovations, became the blackest place, controlled by the nationalist ultra-Orthodox? How is it that here of all places, there's reactionism and zealotry, messianism, the desire to expand and control another people?"