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Re: Israel and the Palestinians ( WasRe: When is a website "independent" and when is it "part of"?
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Sun, 22 Oct 2000 19:42:44 GMT
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I won't reply to all this because Me-2'ing Larry is just not something I like
to do ;-)... and I really agree with pretty much everything he says. Just
wanted to add some small things.

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
[...]
Israel is a democratic country with a
rule of law and it is far better to be an Muslim in Israel than it is to be a
Jew in any Arab country you'd care to name, even Jordan, or even in Arafat
administered territory.

Funny, isn't it? What's more, though, is that being an Arab in Israel is
better than being an *Arab* (not a Jew!) in an Arab country.

So drop the line that says that Israel is some sort of bad guy in this latest,
it won't wash. The bad guy is the US for forcing Israel to negotiate with
terrorists and thugs. Do you normally negotiate with your assailant and tell
them that it's OK to carve off your finger and your ear but would they mind
not carving out your heart? Seems laugable, doesn't it?

Mmm-hmm. Very laughable. Hahaha.

-Shiri (who is surprised she actually agrees w/Larry on a point)



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  Re: Israel and the Palestinians ( WasRe: When is a website "independent" and when is it "part of"?
 
(...) I also agree all of the points made, but I say a strong YES! to this. No, for the clueless, Turkey is not an Arabic country, and I'm not an Arab, but I really know what is like living in *any* Arabic country. I also know very well the look of (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Israel and the Palestinians ( WasRe: When is a website "independent" and when is it "part of"?
 
(...) Which, the Me-2'ing or the particular target? :-) I didn't know we were in DISagreement all that much, actually. (...) I guess I find this a bit surprising... I after all said that I didn't think Israel should have been created in the first (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) Are you comparing Barak, a democratically elected leader of a democratic state that tolerates dissent and has a free press and the rule of law, and mechanisms to carry out investigations of wrongdoing and a justice system that administers (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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