Although the question goes to Baruch, I'd like to comment.
That there ARE parallels between the Israeli policies against
Palestinians and the German policies against Jews cannot escape
anybody's eye, unfortunately. Even to the extent that some policies
seem to have directly been "copied" from Germany (massive
reprisals, forced ghettoisation, settlements). But it does not mean
that Tom equates Nazi Germany and Israel!
And I don't see how these parallels make the Israeli-Palestinian
situation a global war. It does have some important global effects,
but it is not a global war, fortunately, not yet at least, and hopefully
never.
Date sent: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 23:22:22 +0100
Send reply to: Gabor Varnai <[log in to unmask]>
From: Gabor Varnai <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: small distinctions?
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> Tom Wengraf wrote:
> >
> and
> > 'highly educated sociologists' should struggle to avoid 'ethnic-tribal'
> > bias especially in times of high-technology state terror against those
> > without a state, such as the Nazi State against the Jews, or the Israeli
> > State against the Palestinians.
> >
>
> So, what do you think, Baruch? Is this really a local tribal war? This
> highly educated somebody says that the Dritte Reich = Israel and the
> Judentum = Palestinians. I think, this is a very, very global war.
>
> G.
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