Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!edsel!bentley!hoxna!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!harvard!godot!ima!inmet!rosen From: rosen@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Re: Tutu Makes a DooDoo Message-ID: <1883@inmet.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 04:19:13 EST Article-I.D.: inmet.1883 Posted: Mon Jan 14 04:19:13 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jan-85 10:12:22 EST Lines: 42 Nf-ID: #R:fisher:-46600:inmet:22300006:000:1650 Nf-From: inmet!rosen Jan 11 11:14:00 1985 To add to Bill Peter's response to Mike Kelly's uninformed and incorrect assertion about Israel supporting apartheid in South Africa -- Let us not ignore Arab dealings with South Africa. Numerous Arab countries engage in a significant amount of trade with South Africa. And just in terms of amount of goods involved, Israel's trade is close to negligible. And what about the United States dealing with Russia? Does that mean that we support communism (and everything else that goes on in the USSR?) Why don't we look at what is behind Mike Kelly's statement (now that we have refuted it with facts, not blind opinions)? My question is -- Why is Israel ALONE so often judged and condemned for things that -- are not usually true (why can't people look for and at the facts before making judgment calls)? -- are done by many, many other nations to a greater, more visible extent? It certainly leads one to believe that Israel's enemies are not really interested in the issues (be they moral, economic, whatever), but are simply looking for new excuses to justify their unfounded opposition to the country. It is unfortunate (and quite unbelievable to me) that rather than support a country that is based on a moral code and so obviously goes out of its way to live according to that standard on a human level (witness the rescue of the Ethiopian Jews, the rescue at Entebbe, the continuing effort with Soviet Jews, despite the economic problems and the security risks involved), some "humanists" insist on denouncing the country. Carol Rosenstock {ihnp4,harpo,ima}!inmet!rosen