[lbo-talk] Law Student With a History of Taking Left Turns

[Nathan Newman]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad DeLong" <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU>
>So attributing ethnic clensing-- the official policy of parties within the
>ruling Israeli government -- to Palestinians and their supporters is just
>inaccurate.  Some Palestinian groups are anti-Jewish and want their
>expulsion, but it is not the official policy of almost any Palestinian
>groups.
>
>-- Nathan Newman


>I *know* that you are not as much of an idiot as this post suggests...

I so love being a moderate on the issue of Israel-Palestine.  I get
denounced as a Zionist and an anti-semite for supporting a two-state
solution.

But the unmistakeable reality is that the OFFICIAL position of the rightwing
parties in the present Likud government is "transfer", while the OFFICIAL
position of the main Palestinian groups is either two-state solutions, or, a
single state where Jews are welcome to stay as individual citizens.

Most Israelis do not support transfer, but since it is considered a
politically acceptable position in Israeli society, it would seem bizarre
that merely advocating a single state without expulsion of the Jews would be
unacceptable, even if a non-starter for negotiations with Israel.

-- nathan Newman