>Let me get this straight, Doug: one cannot use the phrase "the Jews"
>because it might imply that they are "a homogeneous and powerful force" --
>and that "bears the scent of anti-Semitic discourse"?
>
>I'd suggest that the heresy-hunters here have come up with examples of
>ever more exquisite politico-linguistic sin. The effect is to serve the
>goal announced by Abba Eban long ago: "one of the chief tasks of any
>dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between
>anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all."
And soemtimes it seems like critics of Zionism accept Eban's terms of debate completely. I don't, and wish other people wouldn't. This isn't heresy hunting; it's a matter of trying to stay out of the muck.
Doug