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Mar 11th, 2003, 11:45 PM
Pub - It's my family history, and it's a topic I've concerned myself with for the past 23 years. My family were refugees, they speak arabic as well as hebrew, and I have dual citizenship to Israel. I know people who fought for the State, donated money, were politically active. I know sabras with family lineage tracing back hundreds of years and I've talked with them. When I meet Jews the topic comes up, and I am constantly disgussing it with all sorts of people. My Uncle ran the NY office of Peace Now and still makes a living speaking around the world for Palestinian rights. I've had plenty of talks and debates with Palestinians, and Islamic Arabs on the subject. It's not one of many world events I concern myself with, it's THE issue I concern myself with the most. I've also taken the classes and read the books too. These credentials simply explain why I can see through the second hand academic rhetoric.
Burbank - Care to elaborate on this Nazi like behavior? I'd appreciate a point by point comparison, suggesting a corralation between specific IDF activities and those practiced by Nazis. If you're speaking simply of a mindset towards one group out of racial hatred, then how do you explain the climbing number of Arabs happily living as israeli citizens without persecution ?? Perhaps you're not aware of recent clashes between the Israeli Government and settlers in their cinder block trailors? So what the hell are you talking about?
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