nference on Racism:Jewish Caucus Statement

Johannes Schneider Johannes.Schneider at gmx.net
Fri Sep 7 07:01:48 PDT 2001


Dennis wrote:


> The cry that "all states must
> go" is nice to the ear, but empty, banner-waving rhetoric.

So let's return back from the empty rhetoric to the starting point of the debate:

The problem is the exclusively Jewish (or Zionist) character of the state of Israel and the teritories it has occupied, its expansionist nature (as expressed in the growth of the settlements) and the deportation of the indigenous (Palestinian) population.
>From this the solution should be clear: A secular state on the teritory of
Palestina and the right of return far all refugees. Some might argue now that the return of millions of refugees would result at best in chaos. But Israel has accepted millions of immigrants in recent years and secondly a just solution must include the opening of border of the western states for those Palestinians who do not want to return to Palestine, for those citizens of the state of Israel who do not want to live in a secular state with an Arab majority and for those Jews are fleeing anti-semitic prosecution.

Johannes



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