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In reading the article I was struck by the fact that no sports team has named themselves The Aborigines.

[RAY]

"Jews do not have any rights on the Palestinian land!"

Then, one wonders, what lands do the Jews have a right to - and why do the Palestinians have a greater right than the Jews?

[sgtbono2002]

Makes you wonder if all the Jews in New York also belong to this :Jewish Democratic Society,

[WaterDragon]

It's the Stockholm Syndrome -- identification with the enemy.

[impatient]

If people are going to hate Israel no matter what they do, why not be hated for doing something that actually helps the security of the state. Like...

1. Realize that the Palestinians are never going to stop the conflict, so they will never have a stable state anyway, so send them all to Syria and tell them they lost their chance and good riddance.
2. Adopt a stated doctrine by which any ground from which weapons are fired into their borders is henceforth absorbed into Israel proper for all time
3. Remove themselves from any international organization that endorses any group that calls for their extinction, and make it clear to all allies that their participation in that organization is an affront.

...and should be transferred to Canada or to the desert of Arizona

That's silly. In such a situation, Arizona wouldn't remain a desert for very long, and the Palestinians would then want that land as well.

[carrier-aviator]

You must understand. There are Jews and there are Jews. Judaism (Jews, please correct me if I am wrong on this) is at once a religion, a race, and an ethos. The religion part is easy, but the fact is, most Jews aren't very religious.

Then there is the race: the semitic race if you will. A distinct ethnicity. For example, when Hitler tried to kill all the Jews, I doubt he would have wanted to kill a Christian that had converted to Judaism. He wanted to kill members of the Jewish "race," not religion.

Finally, there is the ethos. Jews with roots in Eastern Europe (particularly Russia) became heavily politicized there in the face of pogroms and other persecution. They became radicalized and leaned toward the socialistic mindset that overthrew their main nemesis, the Czar. They emigrated from Europe to the US, Canada, Australia, and many have retained that radical, socialistic bent. That is why Jews are so overwhelmingly Democrat in the US, and why Jews are in the forefront of so many left wing causes.

About the Australian Jew in question: no doubt he is ethnically Jewish (but that is probably of minor importance to him); I doubt he has seen the inside of a synagogue in years (if ever); but, surely he possesses the ethos carried by many Jews of Eastern European origin.

Hard to believe how a Jew could be against Israel or other Jewish causes. Well, this, of course, is becuase there are three worlds of Judaism, and the guy in question identifies primarily with only one of them: the politicized, leftist one, while (self) hating the other two.

[tkathy]

The Jews were in the holy land long before Mohammad was butchering and raping.

[Brian Allen]

Someone aughter introduce this writer to Gerard Jackson and the blokes at BrookesNews. [ http://www.brookesnews.com - brookes@brookesnews.com ]

[Fair Go]

"He told me that he is a social worker and passionately involved in, and personally supports, all Aborigine causes."

I wonder how long before the compassion runs dry?