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Date: | Fri, 5 Apr 2002 13:09:19 -0800 |
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At 6:02 PM -0800 4/4/02, trust5235 wrote:
>(I'm assuming that you meant "...I suspect the object is a nation that would
>EXclude Jews...")
Yes, sorry about that.
>Bill...
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>It may be that this kind of Palestinian objective would arise from perceived
>or actual security issues. If so then a such a policy would not be
>religion-based. I think it's reasonable to assume that 30 years of U.S.
>funded terror and occupation, passionately supported across the west by the
>educated classes, is likely to produce security concerns for any future
>Palestinian state. Moreover, if you equate 'zionist' with 'jew', as a great
>many do (just try criticizing fundamental principles of zionism, or better
>yet declare yourself an 'antizionist', then measure the volume of the cries
>of 'anti-semite!'), then perhaps an independant Palestine would have
>legitimate national security issues to base a policy of exclusion on.
Your analysis is arguable. Though it implies an implicit acceptance of of the Zionist/Jewish equation. Anyway, it is a stretch to define that as a "security" issue, rather than a religion-based issue.
What bothers me about this way of thinking is that its underlying premise has to be a notion that Jews represent an internal threat to an independent Palestian state. So they have to be excluded. I really find that repugnant as it virtually amounts to an admission that Hitler was right to perceive Germany's Jewish population as a threat and take steps to banish them. This wouldn't be a very sound basis for a Palestinian state I don't believe.
Bill Bartlett
Bracknell Tas
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