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Subject: Re: Re: Tutu Makes a DooDoo
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 04:19:13 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 14 04:19:13 1985
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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