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Zionism
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One thousand prosecutors at The Hague cannot stand even for a second against this pure truth pronounced by llana Buskila," Netanyahu insisted, "against the justness of our moral path." Such statements can best be understood as a kind of theology.
Israel is righteous by definition. Its war in Gaza remains moral even when its crimes are documented for all to see. More than sixty years ago, Hannah Arendt warned that Jewish nationalism contained this danger. "The greatness of this People was once th
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― Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
― Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
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I am frequently asked if I have visited Israel, whereas yet, it is simply assumed that I have. Well, I don’t travel. I really don’t, and if I did, I probably wouldn’t visit Israel. I remember how it was in 1948 when Israel was being established and all my Jewish friends were ecstatic, I was not. I said: what are we doing? We are establishing ourselves in a ghetto, in a small corner of a vast Muslim sea. The Muslims will never forget nor forgive, and Israel, as long as it exists, will be embattle
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― Asimov Laughs Again: More Than 700 Jokes, Limericks and Anecdotes
― Asimov Laughs Again: More Than 700 Jokes, Limericks and Anecdotes
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