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From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: The "Patria" incident (Really Israel)
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 00:12:49 EST
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> [Tom Keller]
>    Yes, there are "rabid anti-Israeli" people here.  There are also an
> incredible number of people who are unwilling to consider the possibility
> that just *MAYBE* some (or most, or all) of what Israel is/has been up to
> is wrong, or at least questionable.
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Bullshit.  Almost no one (including Israelis) thinks that everything that
Israel does is right and unquestionable.  Even in Israel itself, a sizeable
number opposed the invasion of Lebanon, even before the Israeli casualties
started to mount.  Israeli policy on the West Bank is also highly controversial.
	Most of the pro-Israel traffic in this newsgroup has been confined
to responses to accusations and denunciations of Israel that the responder
feels to be distorted and inaccurate.  I have made many such responses, and
I assure you, I am far from an unquestioning supporter of every Israeli
action.  This was especially true when Likud was in power.
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>    My support for the Israelis has waned considerably.  I am not quite ready
> to write them off, but I have to confess that my faith in them is severely
> strained.
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Personally, I think the Israelis are more interested in their own security
than in your faith in them.
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Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan