Re: Palestinian human shields give Israel pause

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From: Rich Corinthian Leather
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:45

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Merlin Dorfman wrote:
> In ba.general Rich Corinthian Leather <inexplicable@mysterious.net> wrote:
>> Merlin Dorfman wrote:
>>> In ba.general Rich Corinthian Leather <inexplicable@mysterious.net> wrote:
>>>> Merlin Dorfman wrote:
>>> ...
>>>  
>>>> Something you conveniently overlook: Jewish destruction of Palestinian 
>>>> infrastructure so they can't get a functional government in place to 
>>>> stop the retribution. It's a vicious cycle!
>>>      In a way I almost agree with you.  First I would point out that
>>> the actions you refer to are "Israeli," not "Jewish," and your use of
>>> that phrasing puts your mindset in question.
> 
>> Given that Israel is a *specifically* Jewish state, the terms are 
>> interchangeable.
> 
>     The terms are not interchangeable, there are many Jews outside
> Israel, and a good number of non-Jews in Israel.  But beyond that,
> you say "Jewish destruction of Palestinian infrastructure," not 
> "...of Muslim infrastructure," though the PA is definitely, in fact
> exclusively Muslim whereas Israel is not exclusively Jewish.

Your semantics will get you nowhere. I'm talking about the actions of 
the nation of Israel. The State of Israel is by definition a Jewish 
State. While the population of Israel isn't entirely Jewish, the nation 
was founded as a homeland for Jews.

Any acts, therefore, carried out by the Israeli state are acts carried 
out by the Jewish state.

RCL

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