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| Israel: An Arab-free Jewish theocracy? |
| 2010-10-12 |
| [Arab News] THE powers that be within Israel are showing their true bigoted racist colors. On Sunday, the Israeli Cabinet agreed to a new law obliging new non-Jewish immigrants to first swear allegiance to Israel as a "Jewish and democratic state." The concept is certainly original when one of the building blocks of democracy is equal rights for all citizens irrespective of their ethnicity or religious beliefs. Instead, the oath should surely read "a Jewish and theocratic state." Moreover, the law is discriminatory in that it presupposes that all Jews are inherently loyal to Israel, which is far being the case. Members of the orthodox Naturei Karta sect believe Israel's very existence is a sin while a large proportion of the most influential pro-Palestinian activists are Jews. Norman Finkelstein, a Jewish political scientist and author, was barred entry to Israel because of his views and the Jewish Israeli conductor pianist Daniel Barenboim was awarded a Palestinian passport for his support. In recent weeks, an all "Jewish boat" has made an attempt to break the siege of Gaza. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 From the sentencing of the Times Square bomber: The Judge asked, "Didn't you swear allegiance to this country when you became an American citizen?" His response was, "I did swear, but I did not mean it." He concluded his remarks with "Blessed be" Osama bin Laden. (via Ed Koch column) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-10-12 12:53 |
| #4 Glenmore: There might actually be some there, there. "The oath requires new citizens to pledge allegiance to a "Jewish and democratic" state." While a Muslim could lie and say, "sure", that matters less than the idea that a Muslim could *ever* agree to the idea recognizing that Israel exists in the first place, at all, even if they were lying. That is, he can lie as an individual, but if he takes an oath to Israel, he is acknowledging, as a Muslim, that Israel both exists and he is recognizing this fact. That it is not just an occupation of Muslim lands by "somebody or other with no claim." And even if he is lying, which he would be, it wouldn't matter. He would be doing something intolerable to Muslims. Very crafty. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-10-12 12:21 |
| #3 Of what value is such an oath of allegiance from a Muslim to a Jew? Isn't there some Koranic principle that tells Muslims to lie under those circumstances? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-10-12 09:03 |
| #2 Arab News (website ArabNews.com) is a Saudi English-language daily newspaper published in Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam. |
| Posted by: Omaing White7048 2010-10-12 08:48 |
| #1 Hurts when infidels are not as stupid as you'd like them to be? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-10-12 06:15 |