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Re: Conflict in the Middle East
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:04:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> > richard marchetti wrote:
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> > This is what makes the ME such a mess. I think most people accept that
> > the Israeli people need someplace to call home. The same is true for the
> > Palestinians. The question is how to resolve the conflicting claims.
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> Most people might agree. Why do they need a homeland? I'm leaning toward
> believing that the very notion of 'homeland' is a divisive instrument. Maybe
> we should seek to eliminate that idea globally.
The interesting point about a Jewish "homeland", is that at the turn of the
last centaury a large tract of Argentina was being considered seriously.
Scott A
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| (...) Most people might agree. Why do they need a homeland? I'm leaning toward believing that the very notion of 'homeland' is a divisive instrument. Maybe we should seek to eliminate that idea globally. (...) I think that terror is a tool (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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