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To: neolib who wrote (188811)	6/8/2006 11:40:18 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Many people prefer to be immersed in their culture. They don't think an island can be a culture. Can you be a conservative Christian, if the couple next door is gay? Thats the problem I see. Jews in America and are proof that Jews can live (and many choose to live) in a multi-cultural society. And you can form local communities in the US, or even state communities as the Mormons have in Utah. Israel even has some stuff written into its constitution about all people being equal in areas other than immigration. If Israel had been a purely Jewish region for hundreds/thousands of years, then I would have no problem with them making effort to remain that way. That's pretty much how Japan is today. Unfortunately, the Israelis displaced and continue to displace a multi-cultural population (most Muslim) to get their desired cultural immersion. As long as those displaced people exist, and the separation between the cultures is codified in law, you're going to have war.

To: neolib who wrote (188811)	6/8/2006 11:48:49 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

How about this one - let all Israelis who choose to immigrate to the US, make New Jersey or somewhere sensible be the "Jewish state" in the same way that Utah is the "Mormon state", airlift the wailing wall outta there at the same time and put it in downtown Newark, use the money the US gives to Egypt and Israel every year to settle all the new immigrants, and then let those Istraelis that choose to remain fend for themselves. Fin fang foom! The US is no longer significantly involved in the political battles of the Middle East, we just want to buy their oil. The people of the ME no longer have any reason to hate the US since we don't need to meddle in their affairs as long as they sell us oil. The Jews can live together in relative cultural harmony (albeit, in New Jersey) and only those fundamentalists that lay some claim to historical land rights have to stay and defend the land against the other groups that claim the same rights. It's their fight, not Americas. Wonder if any presidential candidates will run on that policy?