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Bob Rogers <[log in to unmask]>
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The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky
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>> And
>> if I remember correctly, wasn't it Jews who demanded that the British
>> mandate of Palestine be given to them as a country, and not anyone else?
>
>No, sir. It was the Zionists, not "the Jews." People are continually lumping
>"the Jews" together with Zionists into one camp. This is incorrect since the
>majority of "the Jews" choose to not live in Israel, nor even visit. Nor are
>they even religious.

But I didn't say "THE Jews" (the implication being that *all* Jews either
condoned and/or engaged in those actions), I said 'Jews'. And call them
what you will, Zionists, or brutal uncaring bastards, or little green men
from Mars... they were Jews, period!

>Me, my mother, and my grandmother are "Jews"-- we didn't expell anyone.

But folks like you DID exercise their right of 'return'... to a place
they'd never been... to steal the land and homes of others.

>Many "Jews" have fought hard against the existence of an Israeli state
since >day one. Thousands of Jews in Israel are now being called
"refuseniks" as they refuse to show up to mandatory military service in the
Israeli army-- they >do not want a hand in the killing of innocent
Palestinian women and >children.

And believe me, David, I deeply respect and honor those Jews and
refuseniks, and many others, who reject and condemn Israel's actions.

Bob

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