PNFPNF@aol.com wrote: > The main problem I am having with some--by no means all--of the comments here > re Israel's (recent) violence is the failure to distinguish between the > Israelis and their government. The distinction should be made -- but the parallels you give are not relevant. The relevant parallels are Europeans and Indians, South Afrikans and Africans, French colonists and Algerians. From what I know (though one would never guess this from the U.S. press) there are more Israelis opposed to their government policy than in the case of the United States ("The Only Good Indian is a Dead Indian"), South Africa, or Algeria. Nevertheless large portions of the Israeli population not only support the government but participate personally and actively in the persecution of Palestinians. (E.g., the armed settlers on the West Bank.) So the distinction is harder to make than in the case of the U.S. invasion of Vietnam -- the populace of the United States was not directly involved, and the line between state action and citizens was more sharply drawn. Carrol
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