tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873837983794172904.post1525573994746758920..comments2023-10-15T07:25:13.077-07:00Comments on BRUMSPEAK: Incontrovertible 'Right to Exist': Israel at 3,060David Brumerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290621672310065155noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873837983794172904.post-19474593974480953442008-05-31T15:59:00.000-07:002008-05-31T15:59:00.000-07:00In 1947, Palestine was one-third Jewish. The UN d...In 1947, Palestine was one-third Jewish. The UN decided to split the country in half, and the Arabs rejected a state. They rejected it again in 1967 with the Three Noes of Khartoum. They rejected it again at Taba in 2000.<BR/><BR/>They could have a state today, although not as big a state as they could have gotten in 1947 or even in 1967. If they did so, the world would shower them with money. They could have both independence and wealth. But they are thoroughly idealistic. They can't be bribed with their own rich nation. They have to do what is just, in their opinion--to die in a jihad while killing Jews. The world loves them for their selflessness.Lao Qiaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295030239306528508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873837983794172904.post-45104594263628966402008-05-31T15:15:00.000-07:002008-05-31T15:15:00.000-07:00The problem with saying that "Israel has a right t...The problem with saying that "Israel has a right to exist" is the unavoidable implication that the displacement of Palestinians is justified. The British were being generous with Arab land when they helped establish Israel--and declarations celebrating Israel, without acknowledging the dept the country owes to Western colonialism and implicit racism (screw the Arabs) are morally bankrupt. Moreover, Israel's crimes aren't merely a matter of history but ongoing--the country keeps three hundred thousand of its residents in the West Bank, and then indignantly whines about terrorism when the Palestinians lash back. To celebrate Israel is to celebrate this unavoidable double faced nature of the country. The Arabs, therefore, have every right to resent and object to its very existence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873837983794172904.post-9154554018973969582008-05-05T12:16:00.000-07:002008-05-05T12:16:00.000-07:00Right to exist? Have Jews ever had the right to e...Right to exist? Have Jews ever had the right to exist? As the Haggadah says, "In every generation they rise up against us to destroy us." The Holy One, blessed be He, makes sure that no more than one-third of the Jewish population is killed per century.Lao Qiaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295030239306528508noreply@blogger.com