Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!paulb From: paulb@ttidcc.UUCP (Paul Blumstein) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Jews and Israel Message-ID: <699@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 11:13:45 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.699 Posted: Wed Aug 21 11:13:45 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 20:32:31 EDT References: <332@sol1.UUCP> Reply-To: paulb@ttidcc.UUCP (Paul Blumstein) Distribution: net Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc. (CitiCorp), Santa Monica Lines: 33 Summary: In article <332@sol1.UUCP> s252@sol1.UUCP (s252) writes: >As Jews, is it our first responsibility to oppose the unjust regime of >apartheid and all countries who are a party to it *or* to stand by the >policies of the State of Israel? > >To take it a step further, do we have the right to "oppose" policies of >the State of Israel as non-Israelis? First of all, the USSR is several times worse than South Africa ever was when it comes to human rights. The world is busy harrassing S.A. & ignoring Russia for the simple fact that its safer to pick on a small country rather than a large one---one of the major reasons that the world picks on Israel. A general principle is to clean up your own neighborhood before you worry about cleaning up other neighborhoods. As Jews, we should be concentrating on getting Jews out of Ethiopia & the Soviet Union. No-one worries about the fate of Jews-- we must before we become extinct!!!!!! About opposing Israel. Israel is a democracy & a democracy supports many opinions. However, Israel must live & we are doing no good by criticizing it in public. We should count on the internal politics and democratic actions within Israel to straighten themselves out. Additionally, from this distance, most of us do not see all sides of every issue. It is one thing to criticize from the grandstands, but quite another to be a player. -- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Paul Blumstein "I may be drunk, but you're ugly. Citicorp/TTI Tomorrow, I'll be sober." 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. W. Churchill Santa Monica, CA 90405 (213) 450-9111 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!paulb