Saturday, April 02, 2005
Leap of faith. posted by Richard Seymour
John Rose has an excellent article recommending "a post-Zionist leap of faith" :Does the religious and historical attachment of so many Jews to the "land of Israel" justify the Zionist project? The idea of a Jewish homeland continues to pose two problems. The first is the denial of Palestinian rights, especially the rights of the dispossessed refugees, who see an Israel built on their homeland. And the second is what "homeland" means for the Jewish majority that lives outside Israel...Read on.