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ISRAEL should not be free from critical examination, but it also should not be censured for exercising its right as a state to keep order within its territories. Obviously the Palestinians have a valid claim to an independent state on the West Bank and in Gaza, and I hope that they get it. However, these areas currently belong to Israel, and as much as the Palestinians have a right to protest against Israeli rule, the State of Israel has a right to impose order...
After decades of fighting the Arab nations to survive, Israel won--but now in the light of its success, finds itself as the oppressor. The recent crisis has dramatized the plight of Palestinians living in the occupied territories and their valid claims for statehood. Liberal Jews watching West Bank scenes on TV can't help but sympathize with the Palestinians, and wonder why they should exempt Israel from the standards they hold for the United States...
...most common argument against pardoning the Iranscam defendants is that their actions are too serious to forgive without repentance. "A pardon would say that the democratic process is only a valid one sometimes, and that highly committed patriots can set it aside -- like Dr. Strangelove," notes Ethicist Josephson. He adds, "It would send a message that there are times when we will permit high-level Government officials to lie to Congress. How could we trust anything afterward...
...sociologists agree that the trend reflects a change of thinking, a rejection of traditional roles. Jerome Skolnick, a professor at the University of California law school at Berkeley, describes the increased gun ownership among women as a "gender revolution. The notion that only men protect is no longer valid." Agrees Teryl Jansons, a Massachusetts attorney: "People are less apt to take advantage of your situation, since you don't look like you're afraid -- because...
...addict with AIDS to be a teacher or youth pastor." Some mainstream religious groups scoffed at these fears as chimeras. Even most Republicans seemed less impressed by the evangelical broadsides than by the dangers of voting against anything called a civil rights act in an election year. Moreover, however valid Reagan's technical objections might be, they were undermined by his reputation for indifference or even hostility to civil rights enforcement...