I wrote: > > Why should I care if they are Israeli or not? There are plenty of > > Israeli fools too.
And John Marchioro replies: > No doubt. There are plenty of them in the US too, as you have demonstrated > here again and again. But these two "fools" happen to be highly > accomplished academics, one at Tel Aviv University and one at the Hebrew > University of Jerusalem. There are also plenty of fools in academia, as you have demonstrated very ably here yourself. > > AS: > > I am not only talking about the plank that calls for the destruction of > > Israel. I am also talking about the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the > > Lions Club and other garbage straight out of a comic-book version of a > > bad International Jewish Conspiracy novel. > > > > The people that wrote the Hamas Charter were either fools or anti- > > Semitic demagogues or both. > > > > Are these the people with whom the negotiation or diplomacy is to be > > conducted? > > Well, Aaron David Miller, who served as one of key negotiators about two > decades, under both Democratic and Republican administrations, believes so. > And I would trust his credentials, experience and instincts over yours any > day. > > You should be aware that racist sentiments are not a monopoly of Hamas, > Alan. It is a staple of Israeli public opinion about the Arabs. You appear to be guilty of applying a double standard here. You demand a high standard for academic rigor in someone that dares to express an opinion opposed to your own in an email conversation, but you have no criticism at all of Hamas for including in their Charter references to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a known forgery, fraud, hoax and clear case of plagiarism. Is it just because you agree with them that you do not hold them to the same high standard? And the justification for your lack of criticism is "other people do bad things too." I'm sorry, but it does not fly. At least, my mother would not let me get away with it. Maybe yours did. Regards, Alan Siegrist Orinda, CA, USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
