tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post7791349386601804694..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Many Motives, One WorldDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-89376520327454183692012-07-09T12:02:16.364-07:002012-07-09T12:02:16.364-07:00I'm very pro Israel staying around, even more ...I'm very pro Israel staying around, even more pro Israel staying around as a Jewish, democratic state. As has been pointed out time and again, Israel can be Jewish, democratic, and in control of the West Bank and Gaza -- pick two. That's an easy "pick two" for me, since I'm a Zionist and thus am committed to Israel's preservation as a Jewish democratic state. Non-Zionists (whether because they reject democratic values or the existence of a Jewish homeland) make different choices.<br /><br />All the bleating about Jordan-as-Palestine doesn't change the fact that there are people in the West Bank who don't have the right to vote. That's acceptable <i>if</i> the territory is being held temporarily (as in an occupation). It's unacceptable if you're claiming it as a permanent part of Israel. If it's a permanent part of Israel, then everyone in it needs equal rights.David Schraubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-22413210656255285542012-07-09T11:35:12.839-07:002012-07-09T11:35:12.839-07:00There ==is== an Arabic-language monopoloy on power...There ==is== an Arabic-language monopoloy on power in the partitioned-Palestine. Everything East of the River Jordan ==is== in Historical Palestine. If you don't like that the regime currently calls its territory "Kingdom of Jordan".... tall that's required is for ==one== family (which was carried up from Saudi by ==colonial== British troops in 1953!) to disappear from the Palace in Amman. Then there will be a nation called "Palestine" in Palestine.<br /><br />What's ==not== going to happen is that the only Hebrew-speaking homeland will have to share its sovereignty with foreigners. <br /><br />Get used to it. It's here to stay, as surely as the Aztecs are gone and as surely as California is no longer Amer-Indian territory.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160350570530717935noreply@blogger.com