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Saturday, May 06, 2006
Where the Problems Lie for Israel/Palestine I was relieved to receive the following response from Dorothy Naor, one of the serious peace workers in Israel/Palestine: I clicked on 'Think Israel' thing. It is the ugliest right-wing thinking--the Lieberman style trash. With people like that in the world, one wonders how we'll ever have peace anywhere. But they aren't the majority, and heaven help us, I hope they never will be. Dorothy Pretty obviously there is a contingent on both sides of the Green Line which despises all those on the other side. However, my sense is that there are many others, hopefully a majority, to whom an appeal can be made to work towards truth and reconciliation. Kwame Anthony Appiah has a piece on racisms in which he distinguishes intrinsic from extrinsic racism. The first is resistant to change because it is entangled in loyalties to the purveyor's own ethnic group. The latter can be overcome with facts and appeals to the better nature of those misled by hateful stereotypes about the 'OTHER'. Appiah has a strong record of analysis in this domain. His most recent book, Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers (2006), appeals for mutual outreach and respect among the peoples of the world. -- "A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy cited by Machiavelli) -- Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Israel_Palestine http://BlogByEdKent.blogspot.com/ http://www.bloggernews.net Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Ed Kent at 10:24 AM |
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