Mud-slinging Zionist
Ralph Seliger does a very good job of taking apart Efraim Karsh's negative review of Sari Nusseibeh's Once Upon a Country .
I'm a half-hearted supporter, by the way, of a one-state solution. I don't see it as equivelent to destroying the Jewish state, simply absorbing it in a liberal democracy that is not exclusive to one ethnicity alone. But I realise that this aspiration is rather meaningless in the shorter term...
Nusseibeh, incidentally, is an opponent of the academic boycott of Israel.
I'm a half-hearted supporter, by the way, of a one-state solution. I don't see it as equivelent to destroying the Jewish state, simply absorbing it in a liberal democracy that is not exclusive to one ethnicity alone. But I realise that this aspiration is rather meaningless in the shorter term...
Nusseibeh, incidentally, is an opponent of the academic boycott of Israel.
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Their mantra of hate and feelings of victimization have been such a huge part of their group pysche, how do you suddenly change that?
And a 'one state solution'... you mention absorbing the Jewish state into a liberal democracy, but how do you blend Israeli democracy with fundamentalist Islam?
It's a very sad situation. But they're very open, now, about their agenda.. I'm sure you've seen the recent info on the Hamas children's show "Tomorrow's Pioneers". They talk openly of Islamic world domination.
Cheers,
And I'm sick of this "boo hoo, poor Palestinians" propaganda.
They're not nice neighbours - they've wanted to destroy Israel for 50 years, ever since Israel was founded. And worldwide Islamic terrorism is part of the same Jihadic project.
The fact that the Palestinians have been suffering means one thing only: Israel is massively more powerful than they are. And Israeli agression is not really surprising, because Palestinians are determined to be their enemy.
I have no hope - not when they teach their children Israeli hatred as soon as they can talk, read and learn - even taking them to scenes of violence to get the education they think they need.
**** those people.
Then again, they already are ***** - and its their own fault.
"Islam, the religion of peace".
But I also think that a one state solution is ultimately the only right solution. An Israel for Jews only is a 19th century idea whose time should have gone long ago, if it weren't for the hatred Jews have experienced (and continue to experience) the world over.
And I also think it is wrong to say "the Palestinians don't want peace". Of course, not enough want peace, but there are many who do, and we need to help them - and help them get heard.
Jews are the superior race.
This is why there is all this hate, and this is why there is anti-semitism.