re: #10 Eclectic Infidel

Hamas and their ilk deserve to be dehumanized. I will NEVER apologize for taking this stance.

take away message? theocratic nationalism sucks (Muslim extremist or hardcore Zionist). there IS a difference between Israel & Jews and making this distinction is not racist. Israel is a government with an army , couple hundred nukes, an extremely effective/deadly intelligence agency and not much tolerance for the people (Palestinians) who live in the territory they occupy (since ‘67). and of course said occupation is ILLEGAL under international law. i vote we ‘dehumanize’ the Israeli government for their crimes against humanity.

there is a vibrant peace movement in Israel that decries the atrocities committed against the Palestinian people. the contrast between these compassionate humans and the oppressive actions of their government could not be more pronounced. Israel is not Judaism. Judaism is not Israel.