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Originally Posted by Abcdxxxx
By "IDF Brass" do you mean the military leadership itself, or the PM of Defense and the Knesset itself?
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I think it was Shaul Mofaz who really rubbed me the wrong way in that recording. But then again, if I were a military man in his shoes, I'd probably think I was wasting my time talking to people my intelligence agency identified as two-faced terrorists.
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My main concern is that you're applying your belief that all nations are trouble, and all states indulge in forms of racial oppression, to one tiny nation which is often made to be the scapegoat.
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But I don't mean to make Israel the scapegoat. I don't want ANY scapegoat. I want to see honest, accountable acceptance of whatever degree of fault from BOTH sides and, more importantly, progress toward a peaceful, equitable solution. I don't know how true it is that "being Palestinian has become all about war with the Jewish State" but I hope you're incorrect, and that there is something else to it, though if you are correct, then violent border and indentity disputes are another example of inherent flaws of nationalism.
I almost hate to ask this, but in referring to "the mythology" of the Palestinian identity, are you saying you believe those people who call themselves Palestinians don't have the right to a state? Or even the right to a Palestinian identity? Or am I reading too much into your choice of that word?