Comments on: Eretz Yisrael: I exist, therefore I am http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:49:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: aunursa http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542/comment-page-1#comment-10755 aunursa Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:45:41 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542#comment-10755 I'm not sure what your point is. What is wrong with Pipes' reasoning? Were Israel's enemies to acknowledge her right to exist, it would bot validate her right to exist ... since such a right is not contingent upon her enemies acknowledgement or acceptance. Rather, acknowledging her right to exist would mean in effect that Israel's enemies RELINQUISH THEIR DREAM of destroying the Jewish state. That would be a good thing. Thus, the purpose of the acknowledgement is not a matter of validation, but a matter of moving toward a lasting peace. It's along the same lines as the embassy-in-Jerusalem issue. I’m not sure what your point is. What is wrong with Pipes’ reasoning?

Were Israel’s enemies to acknowledge her right to exist, it would bot validate her right to exist … since such a right is not contingent upon her enemies acknowledgement or acceptance.

Rather, acknowledging her right to exist would mean in effect that Israel’s enemies RELINQUISH THEIR DREAM of destroying the Jewish state. That would be a good thing.

Thus, the purpose of the acknowledgement is not a matter of validation, but a matter of moving toward a lasting peace. It’s along the same lines as the embassy-in-Jerusalem issue.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542/comment-page-1#comment-10753 Meryl Yourish Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:48:53 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542#comment-10753 Daniel Pipes is not infallible. He's wrong on that one, IMHO. Daniel Pipes is not infallible. He’s wrong on that one, IMHO.

]]> By: A Blog For All http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542/comment-page-1#comment-10752 A Blog For All Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:29:59 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542#comment-10752 <strong>Deep Thoughts on Gaza Crisis...</strong> In sum, the blame for this situation rests with Hamas, Fatah, and the Palestinians themselves. Israel is doing what it must do to defend itself from the ongoing terrorist threat.... Deep Thoughts on Gaza Crisis…

In sum, the blame for this situation rests with Hamas, Fatah, and the Palestinians themselves. Israel is doing what it must do to defend itself from the ongoing terrorist threat….

]]> By: Brian of London http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542/comment-page-1#comment-10746 Brian of London Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:36:54 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542#comment-10746 We sang that song at our wedding... in Israel. We sang that song at our wedding… in Israel.

]]> By: aunursa http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542/comment-page-1#comment-10745 aunursa Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:22:03 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542#comment-10745 Even the Hamas Charter acknowledges Israel's existence, stating, "Israel exists and will continue to exist only until Islam will obliterate it". Even the Hamas Charter acknowledges Israel’s existence, stating, “Israel exists and will continue to exist only until Islam will obliterate it”.

]]> By: aunursa http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542/comment-page-1#comment-10744 aunursa Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:19:06 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542#comment-10744 <a href="http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/616" rel="nofollow">Daniel Pipes addressed this issue in a recent blog entry.</a> Daniel Pipes addressed this issue in a recent blog entry.

]]> By: Li'l Mamzer http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542/comment-page-1#comment-10743 Li'l Mamzer Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:01:55 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542#comment-10743 At this moment in history, making Ismail Haniye swing by his feet from a Gaza lamppost, covered in pig's blood, would be an eloquent and proper way to say Am Yisrael Chai in the local Gazan dialect. I think the rest of the Gaza barbarians would get the message. Hope springs eternal............ At this moment in history, making Ismail Haniye swing by his feet from a Gaza lamppost, covered in pig’s blood, would be an eloquent and proper way to say Am Yisrael Chai in the local Gazan dialect. I think the rest of the Gaza barbarians would get the message.

Hope springs eternal…………

]]> By: The Golden Gate » Meryl Yourish Has a Request http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542/comment-page-1#comment-10742 The Golden Gate » Meryl Yourish Has a Request Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:47:54 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542#comment-10742 [...] You can see the rest of it here. [...] [...] You can see the rest of it here. [...]

]]> By: Woland http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542/comment-page-1#comment-10741 Woland Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:19:01 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/29/1542#comment-10741 Couldn't agree more. Couldn’t agree more.

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