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To: xJones
How could they turn down "such Israeli superstars as Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zuckerman, Yitzhak Perlman, and Zubin Mehta"?

Not to mention Dana International!

9 posted on 01/19/2003 6:57:57 PM PST by Alouette (Who the hell is Dana International?)
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To: Alouette
We should remember that Judaism is a religion. Israel is a political state.

According to http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/is.html#People

the political state of Israel is composed of the following ethnic groups:

Ethnic groups:
Jewish 80.1% (Europe/America-born 32.1%, Israel-born 20.8%, Africa-born 14.6%, Asia-born 12.6%), non-Jewish 19.9% (mostly Arab) (1996 est.)

If this "issue" is going to be debated in a logical manner, THE issue needs to discussed and not some OTHER issue.

Anti-Semitism is not only non-PC, but clearly wrong.

On the other hand, I believe the issue at hand has nothing to do with Judaism. It has to do with the politics of the state of Israel.

In the words of Friedrich Neitzche, "He who fights monsters should look into it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze long into the Abyss, the Abyss also gazes into you."

Alternatively, one Jewish proverb state that if God lived on earth, people would break his windows.

Let's stick with the issue and not allow others to divert us from the real ISSUE under discussion.

Marc M. Harris





10 posted on 01/19/2003 8:29:48 PM PST by Marc M. Harris
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