Some Question Insistence on Israel as Jewish State

[azurnoir]

The more stridently Israel insists on Palestinian recognition of it as the nation-state of the Jewish people, the more adamantly the Palestinian leadership seems to refuse.

As a result, some senior Israeli officials are beginning to question the wisdom of the policy of their prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has made recognition of the legitimacy of the Jewish nation-state a prerequisite for any final agreement with the Palestinians.

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“Of course we are a Jewish state,” Israel’s defense minister, Ehud Barak, told an audience attending a conference on the Future of the Jewish People last week, organized by the Jewish People Policy Institute in Jerusalem.

“But we have to make sure we do not get on a slippery slope,” he continued, “where our justifiable demands become prohibitive obstacles” along the way to a deal, particularly so early on.

Another senior Israeli minister, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not want to appear in conflict with the prime minister, said that the very act of asking for confirmation of Israel’s legitimacy “may raise questions and have the opposite effect” by putting it up for debate.

. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/world/middleeast/25israel.html

[aquart]

1. And some don't.

The disingenuous sophistry of those who do...flights of angels sing you to your rest.

[azurnoir]

2. Is that a death wish for Ehud Barack or anyone else not toeing the Likud line n/t

[ishaneferguson]

3. And the US

The "Dominionists" such as the Texas GOP want the US to be a "Christian Nation", see,

Dominionists believe the federal government should recede into the background. This would be achieved through massive tax cuts. Then the Church would assume responsibliltly for welfare and education. Tax cuts, Faith-based initiatives and school vouchers are the cornerstone of Bush administration domestic policies and recommended in the Texas GOP Platform. These policies are putting the U.S. on the path toward becoming what the Platform calls a "Christian" nation.

---Texas Republican Party Platform

and there are the "Islamic Republics" and "Islamic Kingdoms" with Sharia and dhimmi, and of course the Queen of England is the Anglican "Pope."

[Donald Ian Rankin]

4. You can wish me all the angels you like; the rest will definately not be silence. N.T.