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  •  Yes, and no (0+ / 0-)

    Israel is the Jewish state. If there were more Jewish states, Israel would be one of the Jewish states.

    But as I noted above, "implicate" is a weaselword. It is so ambiguous and elastic that it can apply to almost any relationship. Your use of it is a fudge.

    The people who are "implicated" by Israel's actions are its citizens, or at least those citizens who supported the government that took those actions.

    The People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan) both claim to be the Chinese state. Do their (often incompatible) actions "implicate" all overseas Chinese, or all Americans of Chinese descent? Of course not.

    Nevertheless, we are asked to believe that any right-thinking person lays a guilt trip on every Jew in the world because of Israel's actions. It follows, we are told, that any Jew who disapproves of those actions has "a duty to do [his/her] best to prevent it from committing oppression". Other diarists have provided information on a large number of organizations in which Jews, or Jews and Palestinians working together, are doing their best to change Israel's actions. Compared to them, the sterile squabbling over I/P diaries by a handful of dKos regulars is hardly a significant contribution.

    Since you are likely to insist on having the last word, let me leave you with a question. I have never believed that all criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic, but now you make me wonder:

    If all Jews are implicated by Israel's actions, isn't criticism of Israel's actions a criticism of all Jews?

    Democrats: Members of the Democratic Party working to advance democracy; Republicons: Members of the Republicanist Party working to advance Republicanism

    by word is bond on Sun Jan 27, 2008 at 06:34:42 PM PDT

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