Reply #48: I wasn't talking to you, I was speaking to the op & to the forum. [View All]

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And I am NOT singling you out because you're British. We use the example of the British because so much common law throughout the Western world depends from British common law, and in this case because there are similarities between what happened in Northern Ireland and with this situation. We share a language and are familiar with each other's history. Israel itself is a child of the British Empire, in a sense, and its history has been affected by English history. There is no question but what discourse on Israel and the Arabs has been and is being, affected by thought, speech and action in the UK. So it is hardly inappropriate to discuss Britain in relation to Israel.

Also I suppose Pelsar and I ARE trying to use examples of things you, as an English person, might be able to relate to in an attempt to create some empathy. The Israelis are human beings, not demons, they're in a difficult position, they make mistakes - sometimes horrible ones. What they do NOT deserve, however, is the endless isolation, marginalization, attempted delegitimization of their nation and their history and their purpose, that is such a feature of thought both in the Middle East and in factions of the Left - ESPECIALLY in Europe. So we're trying to build some bridges.