On Jun 29, 2006, at 9:34 PM, Michael J. Smith wrote:
> On Thursday 29 June 2006 18:34, Doug Henwood wrote:
>> Is the state of war too much a part of Israeli identity
>> to stop?
>
> Do we need to wonder about "identity" -- isn't it just
> a matter of political purpose?
Identity in the sense of national political coherence, and avoiding some kind of civil war. As i recall, Joel Schalit made that argument on my radio show.
Doug