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To: skinowski who wrote (99043)	5/24/2003 3:46:12 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

From Damian Penny's blog: The middle east is a playground, where no kid wants to play with the Jew. (And the teacher says, "that's your friggin' problem, yid") When it comes to the Israeli-Arab conflict, the militant terror groups are not the real problem. I'm dead serious. The real problem stems from the Arabs' absolute refusal to accept the existence of a Jewish state in the Middle East. A despressing example comes from the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, where Saudi and Yemeni players forfeited their matches rather than compete with an Israeli: [Gay] Elensky lives in Nantes, and normally plays in the French national league. This was the 19-year-old's first go-round at the world championships. Yemen's Hani Al-Hammadi showed up at the table for his qualifying match Monday, but walked away when he saw Elensky waiting. The next day, Saudi Nabeel Al-Magahwi refused to play the Israeli. As the automatic group winner, Elensky advanced into a playoff, where he got beat in straight sets by Shu Arai of Japan. He didn't blame his lack of sharpness on the lack of competitive matches, or even his Arab opponents. "All I wanted to do is play," Elensky said. "I'm disappointed, but I don't think it's the fault of the players." Indeed, the Arab players might have been responding to pressure from their respective governments. Witness what happened to poor Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan's top tennis player, who partnered with an Israeli player for the doubles competition at Wimbledon. He made it further than any other Pakistani player in a Grand Slam event - and was nearly banned by his country's tennis federation. (This was Pakistan. God only knows what the Saudis would have done.) You see things like this all the time. An American diplomat calls for a minute of silence for Israeli, as well as Palestinian, civilian victims at a mock UN in Bahrain, and attracts widespread protests. State-run television in Egypt - a country at "peace" with Israel, but which pointedly renamed the street on which the Israeli embassy sits after Mohammed al-Dura - broadcasts a miniseries based on The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The Arab League's most prestigious think-tank publishes Holocaust denial. These aren't the actions of Hamas or Islamic Jihad. This is what the fabled 'Arab Street' wants. And it's a sign of a culture that does not want peace with a Jewish state, regardless of the circumstances. A culture driven to madness by its obsession with 'Zionism'. A culture that would keep on hating the Jews, even if Israel gave the Palestinians a state with no strings attached. And if there's ever going to be peace, that has to change. (via Pejman) damianpenny.com