tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post6190054113546587705..comments2024-03-12T08:04:47.314-07:00Comments on Naming His Grace: Is an overture for a one state solution looming on the horizon?Viola Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-87838928765582305882009-11-12T09:27:35.622-08:002009-11-12T09:27:35.622-08:00I should have mentioned, in response to your respo...I should have mentioned, in response to your response to John, that the record of the Arab and Muslim world in dealing with their Jewish populations over the last half century (if not for centuries before that) should be proof enough that the one-state solution is a call for Jews to surrender their freedom, if not their lives.<br /><br />David Fischler<br />Woodbridge, VAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-54268187118815490402009-11-12T09:24:27.150-08:002009-11-12T09:24:27.150-08:00Viola: I thought everyone knew. :-)
I grew up in ...Viola: I thought <i>everyone</i> knew. :-)<br /><br />I grew up in a Reformed household in NJ and became a Christian in college. I was challenged to read the Bible to find out what Christians believe, and doing so transformed me. That's one reason among many why I have the high view of Scripture that I do.<br /><br />David Fischler<br />Woodbridge, VAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-17060755105559435322009-11-11T16:22:35.051-08:002009-11-11T16:22:35.051-08:00David,
It never occurred to me that you were Jewis...David,<br />It never occurred to me that you were Jewish. That is great. And as you can tell I agree with you.<br /><br />Viola Larson<br />Sacramento, CaViola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-25187628870542459522009-11-11T16:19:40.698-08:002009-11-11T16:19:40.698-08:00You are right about one thing John, there is no ea...You are right about one thing John, there is no easy answers. But you are also affirming my fear about a future one state overture.<br /><br />You write,<br /><br />" Hysteria as referenced in your words “pogroms or gas chambers and will lead to another Holocaust” is not an option."<br /><br />John I intend to read Morris, at the moment I am reading Sand on the "Invention of the Jewish People." But in the meantime I insist that a one state solution will lead to some kind of awful disaster for the Jewish people. They have forever been the scapegoats of every nation.<br /><br />If that is hysteria it is too bad that more nations during WW II didn’t get hysterical. Perhaps six million Jew would have lived.<br /><br />Viola Larson<br />Sacramento, CaViola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-54476658639936502592009-11-11T14:56:41.933-08:002009-11-11T14:56:41.933-08:00A one-state solution is a certain formula for even...A one-state solution is a certain formula for eventual Jewish dhimmitude, if not worse. To which I and other Jews the world over say, "never again!"<br /><br />David Fischler<br />Woodbridge, VAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-42214882659830674252009-11-11T13:03:40.191-08:002009-11-11T13:03:40.191-08:00A one state solution may be the only alternative i...A one state solution may be the only alternative if Israel continues its settlement expansions on the West Bank. For a two state solution there has to be a contiguous area of land for Palestinians and Israelis, not a patchwork quilt of areas, some Palestinian and Israeli. Israel has annexed East Jerusalem following the 1967 War. So as a democracy, why are the Arab citizens of East Jerusalem also Israeli citizens?<br />The Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) may well be reducing this conflict to a few catch phrases, hardly much different than your efforts to refute them. This area of the globe has a long history which cannot be reduced to easy answers. Hysteria as referenced in your words “pogroms or gas chambers and will lead to another Holocaust” is not an option.<br />As I have recommended to you earlier, please read “Righteous Victims” by Benny Morris, an Israeli historian and an ardent Zionists. He gives the history of the conflict devoid of myths that have grown popular over the years by both sides. One cannot get this kind of information by browsing web-sites.<br /><br />John McNeese<br />Ponca City, OKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com