[veronica]

I wonder how much Veronica knows about Israel--where the majority positions of Jewish citizens, in polls, fall far to the left of the majority positions of Americans, and where many on the religious right literally believe the State of Israel doesn't have a right to exist.

I know plenty about Israel. I've been there, and I have very close friends who were born in Israel, one who served in the Knesset. There are very few "on the religious right" who don't believe Israel have a right to exist. I know the Israelis voted Arik Sharon into office...:)

And, not to put too fine a point on it, isn't it presumptuous to assume I'm a Jew?

Perhaps. So, what are you? A leftist Christian named Perlstein???

[Nonstatist]

A leftist Christian named Perlstein???

He is an atheist with a Jewish sounding last name.

Virtually all the "Peace Now" Leftist Jews in Israel around as recently as 3 years ago have come to believe that appeasement = death, and that there is no negotiating with the current slew of Palestinian Arabs, who believe that demography alone will make their wish of total victory come true.

Perlstein could give 2 spits about the survival of Israel as it is currently constituted. On that, he is in agreement with Michael Moore, Gore Vidal and the rest of the mainstream Jew-Hating Village Voice left.