Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site spar.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!spar!baba From: baba@spar.UUCP (Baba ROM DOS) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish,net.politics Subject: Re: Tutu Makes a DooDoo Message-ID: <28@spar.UUCP> Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 16:38:35 EST Article-I.D.: spar.28 Posted: Sat Jan 12 16:38:35 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Jan-85 01:00:48 EST References: <95@mit-athena.ARPA><29@unc.UUCP> Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, CA Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.religion.jewish:1262 net.politics:6834 > Israel does not discriminate. For instance: > > Israel has traded with black African nations > that also repress blacks and asians > (e.g. Ethiopia and Unganda). > > Israel has also traded with nations that oppress white people > (e.g. nations in the Soviet block. They oppress people of > all races.). I believe that accusations of Israeli discrimination are usually directed at domestic rather than foreign policies, not unlike South Africa in that regard. Israel may not be one of South Africa's biggest trading partners, but as two regionally dominant international paraiahs, they have long history of close diplomatic relations and strategic co-operation. I doesn't matter if the persistent reports that South Africa has nuclear weapons courtesy of Israeli technology are untrue. The fact that they are believed in some circles means that Israel and South Africa are so linked in the minds of Tutu's constituency that he was obligated to speak out. Baba