Moonhead
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ORIGINAL: luckydawg quote:
The blind monolithic allegiance of the Diaspora for current Israeli policy is being shattered by organisations like J Street and Jewish Voices for Peace. Zionism is being openly questioned and often rejected by younger generations who retain a commitment to both supporting the existence of Israel and human rights, justice and peace. This sentance is utter nonsense. If one rejects Zionism, they no longer support the existance of Israel. By definition. Which is of course what Tweak, Hertz and Termny want. Israel tends to have zionist governments. It doesn't follow from that that it's very existence is dependent on zionism, though. You could have a non zionist Israel quite happily*. The assertion that Israel is by definition a zionist entity seems to be very popular with the more lunatic elements of the Arab world. The thought that the Americans they want to see just as dead as every man woman and child in Israel agree with that notion is a bit depressing, really. I'd have thought the unscheduled demolitions in 2001 might have been a bit of a hint that these people aren't on your side, and haven't been your enemy's enemy since the collapse of the Soviet Union. *(Whether such an Israel would have survived the six day war is a whole other matter, of course...)
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