Peretz at the New Republic:
Yes, I know that there is much that they [Palestinians] must
accomplish among their [sic] to really become a nation and have a history as
a people. But, whether we gloat or weep about these deficiencies,
that's not our business. There are plenty of states that rule over
populations that are neither a nation nor a people. I suspect that the
Palestinians won't be the last of this unfortunate formula.
Damn right, it's not 'our' business, but what he means is, oh yes it is, but we must keep our muttering within tight little circles of Islamophobic hatred and racist contempt for 'Arabs'.
RE: "There are plenty of states that rule over populations that are neither a nation nor a people."
But there is only one state that rules over various people under a Declaration Of Independence
that makes all its citizens fully equal part of the nation–the Israeli nation. However, Israel passports do not say "Israeli" under nationality. They merely point to various ethnic groups with the appropriate Letter. And this is a nation like the USA?
http://test.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3592969,00.html
Reading the piece , I was reminded of an earlier quote of Peretz's, pulblished in Ha'aretz on June 4, 1982, in which he advised Israel to administer to the PLO a "lasting military defeat" that "will clarify to the Palestinians in the West Bank that their struggle for an independent state has suffered a setback of many years." Then "the Palestinians will be turned into just another crushed nation, like the Kurds or the Afghans," and the Palestinian problem — which "is beginning to be boring." Those were the good old days, huh, boys? When the Kurds and Afghans were "crushed nations" and "boring."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-alterman/here-we-are-now-entertai_b_53705.html
DON'T FUCK WITH THE JEWS!
RE: "Marty Peretz makes anti-Arab statement with a racist tinge"
MY COMMENT: That's our Marty "Macho Man" Peretz!
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