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		<title>By: Richard Witty</title>
		<link>http://mondoweiss.net/2008/12/are-we-witnessing-ethnic-cleansing.html/comment-page-1#comment-42570</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard Witty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Mearsheimer&#039;s observations are accurate (two-state solution necessary but impossible with the current Israeli political consciousness - he neglected the role of the Palestinians which is alternately accepting and violently hating), but old, and not all that informative. Good, to be reminded though.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;His most relevant comment is why aren&#039;t American Jews commenting?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One reason:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1. There is no obvious good alternative.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The oft-stated assertion by the left is that in the absence of injustice, justice will emerge.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But, Israelis and American Jews hear of (accurately) of not justice in response to injustice, but of injustice in response to injustice.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And, in that formula &quot;never again&quot; is better than opening one&#039;s doors to terror.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Hamas shelling towns in the southern Negev is not perceived of as resistance to a blockade, but as terror on civilians.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sderot is not only the home of Sharon&#039;s ranch (and the ballsiness it represents). Its also the home of the Israeli open rock scene. American anarchists don&#039;t know that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The ART of dissent, rather than the muscle of dissent, is in designing a path that yeilds peace, not a pendulum.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mearsheimer&#39;s observations are accurate (two-state solution necessary but impossible with the current Israeli political consciousness &#8211; he neglected the role of the Palestinians which is alternately accepting and violently hating), but old, and not all that informative. Good, to be reminded though.</p>
<p>His most relevant comment is why aren&#39;t American Jews commenting?</p>
<p>One reason:</p>
<p>1. There is no obvious good alternative.</p>
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The oft-stated assertion by the left is that in the absence of injustice, justice will emerge.</p>
<p>But, Israelis and American Jews hear of (accurately) of not justice in response to injustice, but of injustice in response to injustice.</p>
<p>And, in that formula &quot;never again&quot; is better than opening one&#39;s doors to terror.</p>
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Hamas shelling towns in the southern Negev is not perceived of as resistance to a blockade, but as terror on civilians.</p>
<p>Sderot is not only the home of Sharon&#39;s ranch (and the ballsiness it represents). Its also the home of the Israeli open rock scene. American anarchists don&#39;t know that.</p>
<p>The ART of dissent, rather than the muscle of dissent, is in designing a path that yeilds peace, not a pendulum.</p>
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		<title>By: nitwit</title>
		<link>http://mondoweiss.net/2008/12/are-we-witnessing-ethnic-cleansing.html/comment-page-1#comment-42571</link>
		<dc:creator>nitwit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;But, Israelis and American Jews hear of (accurately) of not justice in response to injustice, but of injustice in response to injustice.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yes, Arabs only understand and respect power. An argument with a long tradition that needs to be repeated over and over again. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As they are not only Israel&#039;s enemies but plan in fact to take over the planet. Where again, have we heard this before?&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>But, Israelis and American Jews hear of (accurately) of not justice in response to injustice, but of injustice in response to injustice.</i></p>
<p>Yes, Arabs only understand and respect power. An argument with a long tradition that needs to be repeated over and over again. </p>
<p>As they are not only Israel&#39;s enemies but plan in fact to take over the planet. Where again, have we heard this before?</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Witty</title>
		<link>http://mondoweiss.net/2008/12/are-we-witnessing-ethnic-cleansing.html/comment-page-1#comment-42572</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard Witty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Nitwit,&lt;br /&gt;
Show me an alternative. Something that Israelis that seek peace can derive some hope and path for.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Absent that, you are just confirming my point.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nitwit,<br />
Show me an alternative. Something that Israelis that seek peace can derive some hope and path for.</p>
<p>Absent that, you are just confirming my point.</p>
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		<title>By: donsmith7777</title>
		<link>http://mondoweiss.net/2008/12/are-we-witnessing-ethnic-cleansing.html/comment-page-1#comment-42573</link>
		<dc:creator>donsmith7777</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Hamas brought this on themselves.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hamas is one one that wants to see Jews ethnicly cleansed from the Middle East.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The author of this blog is obviously a Hamas sympathizer.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hamas brought this on themselves.</p>
<p>Hamas is one one that wants to see Jews ethnicly cleansed from the Middle East.</p>
<p>The author of this blog is obviously a Hamas sympathizer.</p>
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