Thursday, September 20, 2007

Shoot and cry: Liberal Zionism's dilemma

Ben White, The Electronic Intifada, Sep 20, 2007

"Liberal Zionists desperately wish to "acknowledge" and embrace the Palestinian "feeling" of suffering and dispossession, yet at the same time, help to solidify the Zionist mythology that was, and is, used to justify the Palestinians' dispossession. Perhaps it is not quite strictly accurate to call it a "dilemma," since for the Zionist -- liberal or otherwise -- there is no doubt when it comes to the crunch question of whether to support or oppose the ongoing colonization of Palestine and the dispossession of its people......."

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