I don't think this is a useful discussion. Israel has no more right to exist than any other state, and certainly no more than any other half-democratic-state. But it's not special that way. No doubt it would be a boon to thew orld were the Israeli proler=tariat, Jewish, Arab, whatever, rise up and smash the Israeli state and replace it with a socialist secular multinational republic. But that isn't very likely to happen. In the mean time, Israel is not going to go away either. There is less than no point in making idle declamations that can only enrage people without changing anything. The problem now is to get a semi-stable Palestinian state going in the West Bank (sans settlements) and Gaza. Isn't that enough of a job? jks
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>From: "joanna bujes" <joanna.bujes at ebay.sun.com>
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>The "existence" of Israel derives from the military support of Britain and
>the United States, who reserved the right to draw the map of the Middle
>East. That's all....leaving Biblical myths aside.
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>No- the existence of Israel derives from a vote of the United Nations, as
>part of the "mandate" system established at its founding. In that sense,
>Israel is one of the only countries whose existence is NOT derived from a
>specific military campaign, secession or unilateral carving out of colonial
>empires.
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>-- Nathan Newman
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