Comments on: Worrying about the soul of the Palestinian state http://www.yourish.com/2009/05/01/7349 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:04:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2009/05/01/7349/comment-page-1#comment-36582 Alex Bensky Fri, 01 May 2009 13:07:48 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=7349#comment-36582 Curious, isn't it? Israel builds supposedly unauthorized settlements and it's a threat to peace and harmony and they must be dismantled before the other side should even be asked to make any sort of concession. But illegal building by Arabs acquires permanence simply by being built. Now, I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason for this--anyone have any idea what it is? As to why Israel is held to a high, nay impossible standard while its sworn enemies are not held to much standard at all, Eric Hoffer pegged it decades ago: "Alone among the peoples of the world, only Jews are expected to act like Christians." Curious, isn’t it? Israel builds supposedly unauthorized settlements and it’s a threat to peace and harmony and they must be dismantled before the other side should even be asked to make any sort of concession.

But illegal building by Arabs acquires permanence simply by being built. Now, I’m sure there’s a perfectly good reason for this–anyone have any idea what it is?

As to why Israel is held to a high, nay impossible standard while its sworn enemies are not held to much standard at all, Eric Hoffer pegged it decades ago: “Alone among the peoples of the world, only Jews are expected to act like Christians.”

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