Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Settlements are not the great obstacle to Mid-East peace [View all]delrem
(9,688 posts)"anyone who supports the right of return ...., either wants the Jewish state to not exist or simply ignores the reality that RoR will necessarily end the Jewish state." - aranthus
Because whether or not the incumbent Israeli politicians (and these are mere humans, you know, who *will* be replaced with others having different ideas) recognize the RoR that international law states that Palestinian refugees *ought* to have and so *do* have, this has nothing whatever to do with the fact that Israeli law defines Jewish Israelis to be a *nation* within Israel.
You may not recognize the O'Reilly-like fears expressed in your statement, but perhaps you can recognize that your statement is false and that your fears have nothing to do with the fact that Jewish Israelis compose an Israeli nationality. Like O'Reilly's fears, yours are simply fears of "the other".
PS: I don't like the term "race" to describe groups or communities of people. It isn't a scientific term, and it is easily twisted to just about any rhetorical purpose. For this reason I actually like your focus on the term 'nationality' to describe the status of the Jewish community within Israel, since as such this term is defined by laws and has an exactitude. However, as such it does not apply of the Jewish diaspora at large, except, again, as defined by Israeli laws, which for historical reasons give that community special allowances w.r.t. immigration and route to citizenship. But again, these matters have nothing whatever to do with the internationally recognized RoR for Palestinian refugees (or any refugees from the horrors of war).