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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:
>>>> 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.

     ...and therefore the terms "Jewish" and "Israeli" are not
interchangeable as you asserted.

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

     ...and those directed against the Palestinian areas are 
directed against Muslims.  Therefore, again, why not "Jewish
destruction of Muslim infrastructure?"  Or "Destruction of
Palestinian Muslim infrastructure by the Jewish state?"