At last - a 'tell it like it is' contribution from a jewish thinker. The Palestinian people have been on the receiving end of an ever increasingly brutal occupation and land squeeze since the Balfour declaration. Driven by the various christian right factions, previously centred in Britian but now in America, the on-going violence in Israel et al is, in the final analysis, a result of one thing only - the nonsensical expectation among right wing christians of the return of Jesus, and the eventual fullfilment of alleged biblical prophecy. This outrageous rubbish has been the downfall of the Palestinian cause.

this religious nonsense plays a role, but the key element of the establishment of the zionist bandits was the '48 elections in the usa: harry truman needed a big jewish turnout, and got it by allowing usa jews to support the zionist cause with money and guns. only fair, i suppose, since allowing irish catholic americans to support the ira was a continuing factor in usa politics.

there was nothing moral, fair, or just about the establishment of israel. murder in retail and wholesale lots was the tool, hamas learned all they know from irgun.

the notion that jews in israel deserve any sympathy seems very strange to me, they are getting what they gave, and the account is still a long ways out of balance.

Yeah...you have to hate those repressive expansionistic Israelis who gave Gaza back and have been defending themselves from Arab attacks ever since they were granted a state....
The bastards just don't know when to roll over and just take it....

For a race of people whose inhuman treatment by the Nazis created such seemingly enduring sympathy for them from the bulk of the Western world, it is a pity that they became so arrogant over such a short historical period.

No doubt America should share much of blame, made worse by letting the Jewish Israelis go militarily nuclear in almost double-quick time.

It was Immanuel Kant who swore after Napoleon's double-cross of Enlightenment Reasoning, that from now on not one nation nor one person should ever control this world alone. Better a Federation of powerful nations, what we now call multipolarism.

What we have instead is a unipolar US which has ruined Israel's future in the eyes of the world, by using her as a nuclear-armed outpost in the Middle East - and which in the future will most likely cause war with Iran and with Russia and China possibly moving in to help Iran - proving how right Immanuel Kant was to warn the world against the imperialism of the elitist unipolar.

Regards - BB, WA

Keep plugging away Antony. Sooner or probably much later, the religious right will realise that the "Promised Land" is just an illusion and "do unto others" applies equally to Zionists as it does to Palestinians. The development of nuclear weapons in Iran may make them change their attitude toward their Palestinian brethren.

David

Welcome to Anthony Lowenstiens world of paganism.

OH.. but where does he live ? In Sderot where Missiles from the newly 'given back' Gaza are lobbed with monotonous regularity ? Nope.. he lives far from all the trouble in Australia, and it's SOOOO easy to yap away about 'human rights' when you can be sure that the only disturbing thing in your life will be an 'abusive phone call' from a fellow Jew.

I refer ALL READERS to the thread "West Bank Settlers" for a discussion of this issue from another perspective.

Human Rights ? ROFL extended to Palestinians as well as Jews?

This has to be the joke of the century.. Mr Lowenstien may as well climb to the top of the Shrine of remembrance and hold up a HUGE sign saying "I don't have the slightest clue about either human nature or history".. and he would be absolutely right.

Here we are... just 60 years since the last major world conflict in which we participated... and "Oh..Human Rights will solve everything" ..

Where DO they find these loonies? If one reads the 'Kings' or Chronicles in the Old Testament.. there were plenty of 'break times' between major conflagrations of 60 yrs.. but during the 'peace' times all countries were re-arming, re-populating, and rePLANNING how they could either get out from under someones jackboot or PUT others under theirs.. and frankly..NOTHING has changed !

But.. the Oracle.. Anthony, and his leftist bedfellows... have finally after all this time.. "FOUND THE TRUTH"... yep..and its called 'Human Rights' (choke)

If it was not so patently transparent that he really means the rights which HE PREFERS due to his political position, it would be worth arguing against, but at this point.. mockery is probably all his piece deserves.