re: #82 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

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.

Fine, at least you are being explict about the religious component of being Jewish. I would note that most Americans find the Iranian theocracy weird, and the British Anglican church an anachronism.

As for right of return for Jews, that’s something to be decided AFTER they have made peace with the people who were displaced (and made a diaspora) as part of the establishment of the state of Israel.

Israel is far from doing what it should on that, with the biggest problem being ongoing settlements on land that is a key part of any peace agreement. And as I said, the very notion of insisting the displaced agree to describe their former homes as a Jewish homeland is ridiculous if you REALLY want to talk to the Palestinians…

…which the current government in Israel clearly does not.