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Abbas: We won't recognize Israel as Jewish state

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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin8/29/2011 4:11:49 pm PDT

re: #5 JohnCarroll

That doesn’t make it any less weird to American ears, a nation that, at least notionally, was founded on the principle of separation of church and state. For AMERICANS to respond favorably to the notion of a Jewish state is rather discordant.

No, it isn’t. Plenty of other countries have different church/state relations than ours. Nobody ever complains about that, least of all those who complain about Israel being a Jewish state.

re: #7 JohnCarroll

It’s a very strange notion, a “Jewish” state. At least, strange to this American’s ears.

It shouldn’t be. Whether ethnic or religious by designation, Israel is not the first or last “state” to stipulate a state religion, or right of return for whatever ethnicities they want.

Right of return from wiki link:

2.1 Armenia
2.2 Belarus
2.3 Bulgaria
2.4 People’s Republic of China
2.5 Croatia
2.6 Cyprus
2.7 Czech Republic
2.8 Diego Garcia’s Chagossians
2.9 Finland
2.10 France
2.11 Germany
2.12 Greece
2.13 Hungary
2.14 India
2.15 Iraqi Kurdistan
2.16 Ireland
2.17 Israel
2.18 Japan
2.19 Lithuania
2.20 Norway
2.21 Palestinian territories
2.22 Poland
2.23 Romania
2.24 Russia
2.25 Serbia
2.26 Spain
2.27 Taiwan (Republic of China)
2.28 Ukraine
2.29 United Kingdom

You should check that “state religion” link above. Dozens of countries do it. There is no vaild reason to deny Israel the same right other countries have.