georgephillip
Diamond Member
"Israeli professor calls for a New Zionism 'It was our nationalism. . .which drew the country into an occupation and settlement of the West Bank. . .
"'None of the leaders of the Labor movement believed that the Palestinians deserved the same rights [as Jews] because none of them believed in universal rights.
"'Pretending, like [Arthur] Hertzberg and other do, that the Occupation and the colonial situation created in the last thirty years was merely the product of the Arab refusal to recognize Israel, is no more than looking for an alibi and falsifying history. . .
'The time has come to say that if the settlements in Judea and Samaria or in the very heart of Hebron are the natural, logical and legitimate continuation of the original intention of Zionism, then we need another Zionism.
"'If a "Jewish State" that does not recognize the absolute equality of all human beings is considered to be closer to the spirit of the founding fathers than a new liberal Zionism, then it is time to say good-bye to the ghosts of the founders, and to start forging for ourselves an identity detatched from the mystical ramifications of our religion and the irrational side of our history.' Israeli professor of political science, Zeev Sternhell, in Tikkun, May/June 1998.
Do you believe in the absolute equality of all human beings?
The Origin...
"'None of the leaders of the Labor movement believed that the Palestinians deserved the same rights [as Jews] because none of them believed in universal rights.
"'Pretending, like [Arthur] Hertzberg and other do, that the Occupation and the colonial situation created in the last thirty years was merely the product of the Arab refusal to recognize Israel, is no more than looking for an alibi and falsifying history. . .
'The time has come to say that if the settlements in Judea and Samaria or in the very heart of Hebron are the natural, logical and legitimate continuation of the original intention of Zionism, then we need another Zionism.
"'If a "Jewish State" that does not recognize the absolute equality of all human beings is considered to be closer to the spirit of the founding fathers than a new liberal Zionism, then it is time to say good-bye to the ghosts of the founders, and to start forging for ourselves an identity detatched from the mystical ramifications of our religion and the irrational side of our history.' Israeli professor of political science, Zeev Sternhell, in Tikkun, May/June 1998.
Do you believe in the absolute equality of all human beings?
The Origin...