> my solution to a fundamentally religious problem/dilemma .... was to get away from the cause of the problem, namely religion.
And here is the problem spelled out --- in all its glory.
workingforchange.com
>>>"The ties between Christian fundamentalism in the United States and Jewish fundamentalism in Israel are growing rapidly, with potentially serious consequences for U.S.-Middle East policy and for the people of that troubled region."
While Powell was in the Middle East, a group of hard-core pro-Israel/anti-Palestinian homeland right-wingers was putting the finishing touches on plans for an Interfaith Zionist Leadership Summit, scheduled for this coming weekend (May 17-18) at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
The aim of the Summit is to stake out a firm position against the Road Map plan for Middle East peace -- a plan stitched together by what's being called the Quartet, a group consisting of the Bush Administration, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations.
Sponsored by Zionist House (a Boston-based group founded in the late 1940s) with the National Unity Coalition for Israel, the Interfaith Zionist Leadership Summit is co-sponsored by a number of predominantly Christian-based groups that includes Americans for a Safe Israel, American Values, Apostolic Congress, Battalion of Deborah, Bridges for Peace, Christian Broadcasting Network, Christian Coalition of America, Christian Friends of Israel, Christians Israel Public Action Campaign, Christians for Israel-U.S., Christian Friends of Israeli Communities, Episcopal-Jewish Alliance, FLAME (Facts and Logic About the Middle East), Freeman Center for Strategic Studies, Friends of Israel, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, Jewish Action Alliance, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, PRO ISRAEL, Religious Roundtable, and the Zionist Organization of America. <<<
The mind boggles. |
