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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:07 PM Original message |
What prevents peace? |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Zionism as a pejorative is just a code word for hatred of Judaism. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No, that simply isn't true. |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. really? how will a non-Jewish Israel be accomplished via peaceful means? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It won't be, in the forseeable future. |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Apparently, you don't understand what self determination means. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Then what about French Jews? n/t |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. If they want to live in a Jewish state, |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Another question |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. you're confusing Judaism as a religion with a state for Jews (who can be atheists if they wish) |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. You are confusing |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Crickets having a problem with the "solution"? n/t |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. No, because Muslim is not a nationhood. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Since when has Jewish been a nationality? n/t |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Since the beginning of Judaism. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. No, Jewish isn't a nationality like Australian, French or British is... |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Correction. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You didn't say it, but you included Jew alongside French as though it was a nationality... |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. It's a state for Jews - maybe that works better than Jewish State |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. There's no such thing as a Christian state... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 03:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. There are plenty of states that are 'Christian' in the same sense that Israel is Jewish |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 04:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. No, they're not. The UK isn't a Christian state... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Good Friday, Easter Monday, and Christmas Day are National Holidays in England |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That doesn't make the UK a Christian state like Israel is a Jewish state.... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Indeed not |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I don't think it's correct to call it a Christian state... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. The Israeli Meretz site is in Hebrew but Meretz USA is in English |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. I think you are confusing two issues |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. That's quite wrong... |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. hiccup n/t |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
48. It's a problem with the terminology. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 04:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. By you, self-determination means having the right to be a strutting, arrogant conqueror |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
50. You've completely misunderstood and misrepresented what I wrote. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Because that's a very clever piece of linguistic trickery. |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. There's no trickery at all. |
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Vegasaurus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Why do Muslims have a right to 22 states? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. It is also a synonym for racism |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 03:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. How do you explain the existence of Jewish anti-Zionists? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. There are certainly Jewish anti-Zionists... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I'd agree that some people, not a majority, not even a large minority |
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Vegasaurus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. That's the million dollar question that people ignore |
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ArabInIsrael (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. people need to remember |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 04:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Give me a break. You're not an "Arab in Israel" No Israeli Arab would write anything like that. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Heh, they were in the US and I doubt they were what they claimed they were... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #35 |
45. I can't quite figure out why they were banned. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Perhaps something else was a violation? n/t |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Well Iasked them to clarify their |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:31 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. still, crickets won't usually get you 'stoned. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:27 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Maybe it was someone who'd been on the board before under a different name.. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
36. Most Palestinians support a two-state solution... |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
16. What's the problem with Israel being a state for all its citizens, regardless of ethnicity? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 04:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Deleted message |
Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. They do live in 2 out of 3 of those places... |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
55. Depends on how you mean that. |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. "The Aboriginal language" |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I stand corrected as to the number of aboriginal languages, |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. The obvious distinction is... |
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aranthus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. It's a false distinction. |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. You're not quite getting this... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. This is yet ANOTHER demand that the world unquestioningly back Israel against the Palestinians |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 05:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. and that was yet another mindless Ken Burch post |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
60. +1 |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
61. Plenty of blame to go around, but 1948 is NOT the beginning of Occupation |
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IDFbunny (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Yes it is. The Nakba was '48. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. The rejectionists on the Palestinian camp and the Zionists on the Israeli side are the problem |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-24-09 02:16 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Entirely agree..though people who support Israel's right to exist within the 67 borders are Zionists |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
63. War? Militarism? |
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