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Israel Perspectives - Democratic States, âHellholesâ and Rights
Thereâs a blog called Israel Perspectives: Feeling âRightâ at Home by Zeâev, a Zionist. I once posted to him full of my bluster and he calmly responded point for point. It was a decidedly different approach to the belligerence that I encountered at Rantburg.com or to the intimacy I encountered at My Egypt - My Love. In that brief exchange with Zeâev he made a number of interesting points. Iâll highlight just one. Basically, I paraphrased a quote included in a previous post (Making the Inconceivable Obvious):â⊠in the eyes of many, including Israeliâs and former Israeliâs, the idea of a Jewish State (i.e., Zionism) is the idea of racism, colonialism and unprogressive social laws regarding non-Jews. It is this evolving character of the Jewish State and how it runs counter to the humanistic and progressive views of the liberal democracies (themselves being severely challenged at present) that causes many to seriously question the practical consequences of Zionism.â Zeâve responded: âYou are correct in your assessment that the idea of a Jewish State does not fit in well in a world based on progressive, liberal, secular democracies⊠but does that mean that the Jewish people have less of a right to a State of their own, in their Homeland b/c of it? The right of the Jewish people to a Jewish State in the Land of Israel does not come from the UN, or the US, or the EU, it comes from G-d and the Bible - and without that - we have no right whatsoever to be here⊠â read more at willtotruth.com Posted by: Claper Choluter8856 2005-12-31 |
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