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The issue isn't 'occupation'Saturday 01 Feb 2003
author: Alan Goldstein (alan52@earthlink.net)
While the reality of the 'occupation' draws attention, the real issue is simple- partition weakens the country and equal civil rights should be the number one concern. Those who lend support either for dominion or a two-state, separate but equal resolution are not furthering any sort of justice, or by extension, the promotion of peace.
Micah, chapter two begins:
1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
Is this the legacy of Zionism? Though I am no true believer, these lines are very appropriate today. Such is the sovereignty of Herzl's dream.
So it is time to change the direction of your fight. The issue is not occupation and hiding behind the ghetto walls of a separation fence. It is not dominion and the pleasures too many get from exercising the prerogatives of the "Zionist fist". The issue is a unity of spirit and effort that rises above the pettiness of religious divisiveness.