[1638] in peace2
Re: letter from an israeli student
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jdu@MIT.EDU)
Thu Apr 11 14:39:24 2002
From: jdu@MIT.EDU
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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:34:59 -0400
To: Mohammad Mahdian <mahdian@theory.lcs.mit.edu>
Cc: Ryan R Klimczak <klimczak@mit.edu>, peace-announce@mit.edu,
heather@friscobay.com
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A Jewish response to Mr. Mahdian's comments below:
Well said. Thanks.
And just in case any of my right wing kinfolk are tuned in: No, I'm not a self-
hating Jew. I want Jews to fund and help build a vibrant, democratic Palestine
because it's the right thing to do AND it's in our self-interest.
Hasta la Victoria Siempre,
Jeff
Quoting Mohammad Mahdian <mahdian@theory.lcs.mit.edu>:
> If someone commits a crime, it's he/she who should be punished, not others
> who share their ethnicity with him/her.
>
> By the way, why do you mention the crimes committed by Palestinians, and
> conveniently omit the ones committed by Jews, such as Dr. Goldstein's
> massacre in Hebron, the Jewish Irgun terrorist bombings in 1940's, etc.?
>
> If we want to live in a peaceful world, we should stop labeling people by
> their race/religion, and start to think of them as human beings. Labeling
> a group of people as Arabs, Palestinians, etc., and using parts of history
> to justify their oppression is not the solution.
>
> --Mohammad
>
>
