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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (203)	7/11/2002 11:37:30 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

One question, if it's okay for the Palestinians banding together to keep the "intruders" out, why is it "racist" for the Israelis to consider a law permitting towns to keep Arabs out? Why do you always judge Arabs and Israelis by a double standard? And why are Jewish immigrants "intruders", while Arab immigrants are not? Whose homeland was it first, anyway? Nadine, I have never understood the formation of Israel, a nation formed for people of a specific faith. Nations are formed for people of a specific race. History is replete with instances where nations formed on the basis of religious faith have not survived. Take for example Pakistan. During its formation, the last British viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten had said that the nation of Pakistan will not survive because at the time of its formation it consisted of two entirely different races with a common religious belief. And the nation broke apart in 25 years. Now if we see Israel, you have people from different countries/cultural background. The Russian Jews, the Ethiopian Jews, the Fillipino Jews, the European Jews, the American Jews and so on. Each have a distinct culture. When the driver for unity, which is the existence of a common enemy (the Arab world), goes away, it would be interesting to see how there various cultures play out and whether the faith in the Jewish belief will still continue to be a cementing force.