Word: zionism
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Humane Paradigm. Arafat tried to distinguish his respect for the Jewish faith from his hatred of Zionism and appealed to his Jewish listeners to abandon the cause of Israel. "Let us remember that the Jews of Europe and the U.S. have been known to lead the struggles for secularism and the separation of church and state; they have also been known to fight against discrimination on religious grounds. How do they then refuse this humane paradigm for the Holy Land...
...approach to the Palestinian question. "To say, as Rabin does, that Israel will never negotiate with terrorists, is not good enough. Israel must recognize that there is a Palestinian national entity-that the Palestinians have a right to self-determination. But in the process, the government should affirm that Zionism is the national liberation movement of the Jewish people...
PALESTINIAN DISAGREEMENTS. We have had our differences in the Palestinian political field. But you must remember that we are not on a picnic. We are in the midst of a revolution, struggling against vicious enemies: imperialism, Zionism, defeatism. Consequently, we can expect differences to arise...
...recent visit to Cambridge I chanced to see David R. Caploe's review of Susan Sontag's documentary "Promised Lands" (Aug. 9). I am aware that Israel is no longer the liberal cause it was during my undergraduate days, but nevertheless take umbrage at the blatant anti-Zionism of the review...
...also know that there has been great suffering on the Arab side as well, not a little of it inflicted directly on the Palestinians by Zionism. And above all I know that human suffering cannot be quantified, that no side or group can be said to have suffered more than any other group. Yes, six million Jews were murdered by Hitler, but he also murdered as many Russians, and Stalin twice that. Who can say which people suffered more. You may want to talk in percentages--but what kind of perverse scale would that...