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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (263)	1/3/2002 3:16:53 PM
From: Paul Kern	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6945

Zeev, Life is much more pleasant if you put Grasso on ignore.

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (263)	1/3/2002 3:18:20 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

I brought up the Israeli flag because in the New Yorker article, the Muslim man made statements, related to we, the readers, by the author, which read in part: ""What is the final goal of Islamic peoples everywhere?" he said. "It is to establish an Islamic state in Palestine, in Egypt, in Lebanon, in Saudi Arabia—everywhere under a single caliphate. There is no role for a Jewish state in this." I questioned what the two blue stripes on the Israeli flag represented in light of the Muslim man's comments about their agenda for an "Islamic" state in Palestine and whether the Zionists had their own agenda for the land, formerly called Palestine. The Star of David (Magen David?) came into the conversation, as an aside to whether the flag was in fact a prayer shawl (Tallit) since the Star of David is not orthodox symbol of Judaism, as would a Menorah be. Many fraudulent pieces of historical Judaism have been discredited because a Shield of David appearing on or in it. As you say that symbol is a recent phenomenon, and may not qualify to be on a tradtional item such as a prayer shawl, thus disqualifying the two blue stripes as being a representation of a Tallit.

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (263)	1/3/2002 4:25:28 PM
From: SFW	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

Zeev, RE: almost every country with a majority of Muslims has the lunar symbol (relic of antiquated paganism?) plastered over it. Actually, only a couple out of more than 50 Islamic countries have a crescent on their flags. As for the crescent being a relic of antiquated paganism, the fact is that crescent is used by some as an Islamic symbol because Muslims follow a lunar calendar. That's all there is to it. Just providing some facts. Regards, Abed