From: utzoo!decvax!watmath!jcwinterton
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Re: Israel
Article-I.D.: watmath.2860
Posted: Tue Jun 29 02:56:18 1982
Received: Tue Jun 29 07:17:28 1982
References: genradbo.258

The Palestinians are the people who were living in the British trust mandate
territory of Palestine and who chose to leave after the partitioning
declaration made by the U.N. in 1948.  In any case, that was one generation
ago, so now they should have been absorbed into the countries into which they
fled except that these countries kept them in concentration [oops, I mean
refugee] camps.  If the Arab peoples of the Eastern Mediterranean did not want 
to have their brethern as citizens of their country, they probably had good
reason other than the obvious anti-Zionist one.  I believe that Arabs are
relatively territorial people (even the Bedouin tribes have limited territorial
routes).  With respect to giving a big slice of Palestine to the Jews as an
act of conscience on behalf of the most concienceless monster to ever live on
the face of the earth, I am afraid that I have reservations as to the moral
right of doing so.  The Jews who "returned" to Israel have not lived there
for nearly 2000 years.  What gives them any claim on the territory better than
that of the Caananites that they displaced?  Do we now need to concern ourselves
with the plight of the disinherited Caananites?  Do we care?  If not, why not?
Shall we, as Canadians, grant a separate and sovereign state to the Inuit?
the Quebecois?  Will the people of the United States give the State of Florida
to the Seminoles?  etc., etc.
	There is too much "cause"ism in the world today, when we should be
looking to set up a single world government for the benefit of mankind as a
species to look after the life support system of space ship earth.  All this
ridiculous family squabbling must stop, or we will all be destroyed.
End of sermon.