On Wednesday, June 19, 2002, at 10:03 AM, Justin Schwartz wrote:
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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?
not only that, but it turns out that there is substantial support for a single binational/multiethnic state among palestinians, according to the poll from march (iirc).
j