Fine, but then your statement that you are ok with Israel is purely a semantic obfuscation. Israel isn't Israel in any meaningful way if it isn't Jewish. It's simply Palestine by another name.
I believe in the separation of church and state.
Israel would still be Israel. Labelling it a Jewish state is not just semantics, but implies that it's a state run by, and for, Jews, to the detriment of those who don't fit this semi-racial category.
It should be a secular state that happens to have a Jewish majority.
Fine, but then your statement that you are ok with Israel is purely a semantic obfuscation. Israel isn't Israel in any meaningful way if it isn't Jewish. It's simply Palestine by another name.
I believe in the separation of church and state.
Israel would still be Israel. Labelling it a Jewish state is not just semantics, but implies that it's a state run by, and for, Jews, to the detriment of those who don't fit this semi-racial category. It should be a secular state that happens to have a Jewish majority.
i feel the same way. but then the way the state is run would have to be more even handed, and i do not know how to make that possible.
that would be like the U.S. declaring itself a christian state to the detriment of non christians. much like what is happening in israel, it would never work for all people here..
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I believe in the separation of church and state.
Israel would still be Israel. Labelling it a Jewish state is not just semantics, but implies that it's a state run by, and for, Jews, to the detriment of those who don't fit this semi-racial category.
It should be a secular state that happens to have a Jewish majority.
i feel the same way. but then the way the state is run would have to be more even handed, and i do not know how to make that possible.
that would be like the U.S. declaring itself a christian state to the detriment of non christians. much like what is happening in israel, it would never work for all people here..
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