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KL

Swedish theology student.

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• 'Renowned philosopher' says Jews invented democracy (OK, but what about hummus?)
  • KL June 21, 2010 at 5:20 pm with 4 replies

    In Haaretz's report from the conference, Levy expresses it even more clearly:

    "In regard to criticism over his support of J Call, Levy also said that as someone who was in Israel during the Second Lebanon War in 2006, "I would like people to think twice before imagining that I would be capable of signing a text that is unfriendly to Israel. The Jewish people invented democracy. It is absurd to prevent the democratic ideal from being expressed in discussions on current events – it is pathetic."

    link to haaretz.com

• There is an old American proverb: Put your money where your mouth is
  • KL November 14, 2009 at 9:09 pm with 1 replies

    Burns: "We consider the Israeli offer to restrain settlement activity to be a potentially important step, but it obviously falls short of the continuing Roadmap obligation for a full settlement freeze."

    Indeed. But in the end, a settlement is illegal no matter how many colonists it houses. The land must be returned. This also raises the question: If the world (the U.S. included) cannot even force Israel to stop expanding West Bank settlements, then how are they going to be able to get Israel to withdraw completely from the West Bank?

• Aussie Greens debate... one-state solution
  • KL November 13, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    Right now we have a one-state reality, albeit parts of historical Palestine (Gaza and 40-50% of the West Bank) is not included. But then again, Israel has no fixed borders...

    Further, I do not know of any other state in the world that build societies solely for the benefit of a certain group in the way Israel does for Jews (in the WB as well as in "Israel proper"). An American Jew can move to a WB settlement, a Palestinian Israeli cannot.

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