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>I think it goes beyond the means. I find the goal of establishing an
>ethnic/religious state reprehensible. If the Palestinians were struggling
>for a secular, multi-ethnic, equal opportunity state of Israel (e.g. as the
>Civil Rights activists did in this country), my sympathies would be
>different. But an Islamic state or an Arafatesque dictatorship? No,
>thanks.
The overwhelming majority of Palestinians are opposed to an Islamic state. Didn't you read the survey published on this list fairly recently?
jks
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>This, btw, also applies to Chechnya, Basque,
The Basques want a religious totalitarian state? That's news to me.
>Tibet, Kashmir, Kosovo
And the Kosovans? Their movement has many defects, but this isn;t one of them.
>and similar nationalist-separatist movements.
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How similar? For a sociologist you sure paint with a broad brush!
jks
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