Reply #7: relgious groups

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i have no problems with religious groups....except those of the extreme....which takes and distorts the good parts of religion and uses it as a wedge to cause distances between people.

The Neture Karta are an example of that.

The "anti zionist groups for the most part use the word zionist as a "evil word" a code word if you will for the dismantling of israel, hence it has little place in a serious discussion about bringing peace to the middle east. That is to differentiate between the problems that the zionist movement/establishment of israel has caused-a reasonable topic)

a parrallel in the palestenian world would be to claim that there is no such thing as palesteniains.

would you then agree to a discussion on that (with links)?

As an intellectual exercise, i have no problem discussing the pros and cons of the zionistic movement, what it is, why etc. And at the sametime we can discuss the evolution of the palestenian identity, was is just a PR stunt or is there a real history behind them?

In terms of bringing about peace in the middle east, the "anti zionism" is similar to claiming that there is no such thing as palesteniains: both points are destructive.