tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post4937033878115086722..comments2024-03-27T13:28:18.163-04:00Comments on Balter's Blog: The wrong kind of Jew?Michael Balterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311614050647338141noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-51903540940347148992008-08-08T18:08:00.000-04:002008-08-08T18:08:00.000-04:00"Look at what happened to Czechoslovakia". Religi..."Look at what happened to Czechoslovakia". Religion again! Can we ban it somehow? We'd have a hell of a job defining each belief as being or not being a religion though. <BR/><BR/>Seems different religions lead to more strife than do any other differences.terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-14008913539651171452008-08-05T10:19:00.000-04:002008-08-05T10:19:00.000-04:00A single binational state doesn't work. Look at wh...A single binational state doesn't work. Look at what happened to Czechoslovakia.<BR/><BR/>If Palestinians are brought into the voting process, then that's the end of the exclusive Jewish State<BR/><BR/>When the US finally wakes up to the amount of money and weapons it's putting into this tiny little Levantine state, and how much it costs, and what it's losing in consequences - (think Iraq war) then that's the end of the exclusive Jewish State.Richard Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11726482358889849398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-12401839436279034492008-08-05T09:52:00.000-04:002008-08-05T09:52:00.000-04:00If the descendants of the Plymouth Brothers came b...If the descendants of the Plymouth Brothers came back and claimed my land (actually my mother's) in Devon, England, should I be angry?<BR/>http://www.pilgrims.net/plymouth/history/<BR/><BR/>And then gave me a long spiel about their god-given rights - should I be angry?<BR/><BR/>This is a purely colonial issue, and is going to end in the usual disasterRichard Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11726482358889849398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-90194751014719831692008-08-04T06:25:00.000-04:002008-08-04T06:25:00.000-04:00Many thanks for your comments and the kind words, ...Many thanks for your comments and the kind words, terryt. And I agree with you that a single, binational state is the only just and historically tenable solution. Because of the Holocaust, Israeli Jews got a major pass from the "international community" on setting up a state based on ethnicity; that the Nazis had done just the same thing seemed to have gone unnoticed, and such a notion was also (eventually) rejected during the wars in the former Yugoslavia.Michael Balterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311614050647338141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-52208810143786962812008-08-04T05:44:00.000-04:002008-08-04T05:44:00.000-04:00By the way. I forgot to mention: great blog.By the way. I forgot to mention: great blog.terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-77112733944140103262008-08-04T05:43:00.000-04:002008-08-04T05:43:00.000-04:00"I think the good news in all this is that critici..."I think the good news in all this is that criticism of Israeli government policies is no longer taboo, but has become mainstream in academia. That is good news for Israelis, Palestinians, and Jews in general, because peace can come to the region only if the truth on the ground is acknowledged". <BR/><BR/>Brilliantly put. And without "the truth on the ground" being acknowledged there is the everpresent danger of 'antisemitism' (leaving Arabs out of the definition of Semite) rearing its ugly head again. well, I suppose one could say it already has in some parts of the world. <BR/><BR/>I've long thought the only real longterm solution is a combined state with Jerusalem being an international capital of some sort, even just for the Abramhic religions.terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.com