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To: jcky who wrote (31994)	6/10/2002 12:26:31 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

There's a fine print in the Israeli democracy. And that fine print is that Israel is a democracy as long as a Jewish majority and identity can be preserved. The Arabs have never maintained or claimed to be a democratic society. Yes, the Jews want to keep a Jewish country. When Arabs become 20% or more of France (they're already 10%), you're going to see the same sort of fine print appear there too perhaps. It's all part of nationalism. Of course, the Arabs don't need any fine print, they just reserve the right to deport all minorities any time they like, which why there are no Jews left in Jordan, (or any Palestinians left in Kuwait for that matter), and why everybody assumes that Palestine will be completely Jew-free. But then, Arabs don't believe in human rights for minorities either. When you say, "The Arabs have never maintained or claimed to be a democratic society," it sort of sounds like you are supporting their right to behave like this. Are you? Now, if you don't believe in nationalism, fine, but in that case I would ask you on what grounds do you support the creation of Palestine? The Palestinians didn't even exist as a 'people' before the creation of Israel, they were just Arabs who lived in the region of Palestine, even the word "Palestinian" referred to the Zionists. So why do they suddenly deserve their own country, free of Jews and other Arabs, if not for the cause of nationalism?