Zionism is the problem

Los Angeles Times by Ben Ehrenreich | Mar. 16, 2009 (Opinion)
The Zionist ideal of a Jewish state is keeping Israelis and Palestinians from living in peace.

... it is no longer possible to believe with an honest conscience that the deplorable conditions in which Palestinians live and die in Gaza and the West Bank come as the result of specific policies, leaders or parties on either side of the impasse. The problem is fundamental: Founding a modern state on a single ethnic or religious identity in a territory that is ethnically and religiously diverse leads inexorably either to politics of exclusion (think of ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Mar 16, 2009 - 10:00 PM PDT
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 by Walter Cox - Mar. 17, 2009

A finely crafted piece that only a person of primary Jewish heritage could write--though I am certain that even author Ben Ehrenreich will suffer charges of "self-hatred" and anti-Semitism for his pains. With the achievement of nuclear capability among Israel's enemies, resolution of this 60-year-old problem must be viewed as long overdue: Are we really willing to risk worldwide nuclear conflagration to defend the idea that past oppression justifies Israeli apartheid?

My mother is of Jewish heritage, which would have entitled me to repatriate to Israel had I exercised that option at an earlier time. Her second ... More »

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 by Gerald Zuckier - Mar. 21, 2009

another polemic, skimming over the depths of the issues.

" Founding a modern state on a single ethnic or religious identity in a territory that is ethnically and religiously diverse leads inexorably either ... More »

“The white South African regime, for all its crimes, never attacked the Bantustans with anything like the destructive power Israel visited on Gaza in December and ... More »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 17, 2009

Ehrenreich speaks strongly and with insight.

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 by James Canning - Mar. 18, 2009

Very fine piece, arguing that Israel as a Jewish state has become an ever-larger problem and that a unitary Israel/Palestine is the solution. The author believes the illegal colonies of Jews in the West Bank make an independent Palestine impossible.

Israel needs to abandon the "Greater Israel" fantasy, and accept the pre-1967 borders as final boundaries (subject to minor revisions). Israel ... More »

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 by Kaizar Campwala - Mar. 16, 2009
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 by Evan Langhorst - Mar. 18, 2009

The author is right, speaking against a zionist state has been blasphemy. And his vision of a secular state is the only thing that is fair.

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by Morton Kurzweil - Mar. 22, 2009

Where in the twenty first century is there a State in which Jews can live as equals among equals? Tolerance is the worst form of bigotry. Trust is ... More »

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