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From: martillo@mit-athena.ARPA (Joaquim Martillo)
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Subject: Re: More Law of Return
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Date: Fri, 7-Sep-84 16:20:06 EDT
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A  further  note  on  the  use  of Kahana as an example of the religious
parties in Israel.  No Torah-Sage (I mean religious  not  this  American
conservative,  reform  or  whatever  dreck)  has  come out in support of
Kahana's position.

I will admit to generally  despising  Muslims  (which  is  in  fact  the
attitude of most non-Muslims who come from lands ruled by Muslims) but I
do not think all the Arabs in Israel (either Christian or Muslim) should
be  expelled.   I  feel  that  the  presence of Arabs within Israel will
discourage the Arab Muslim nations from the use  of  atomics  in  a  war
against Israel if Arab Muslim nations should ever acquire atomic weapons
(most Jews I have know who have actually lived in  Arab  Muslim  nations
disagree with me).

Since  Arab Muslims have a thousand year history of persecution of Jews,
since no Arab Muslims anywhere show any evidence of being able  to  live
with non-Muslims anywhere on terms of mutual respect and equality, since
no Arab Muslim political leader will  admit  to  owing  any  non-Muslims
(including  Jews)  for  centuries of mistreatment, and since Arab Muslim
political leaders persistently call for the destruction  of  Israel  and
periodically  lead  their  nations  in  war against Israel, Arab Muslims
should not have the vote within the Land of  Israel.   Most  Sefardim  I
know  and  in fact many Ashkenazim I know would consider illegitimate an
Israeli government which, in order to come to  power,  depended  on  the
Arab vote or on open or tacit Arab political party support.