Subject: Re: [lpny_manhattan] The moral case for supporting Israel Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:15:49 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong How can a State founded as homeland for a particular religion , with settlers coming from all over the world ( 65% from US ) , making bantustans out of the indigenous populations , with those populations having no vote , separating them from religious enclaves on taken territory expect to win the moral argument ? Even a number of Israeli pilots are now refusing to carry out the homicide raids into these occupied lands . On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:45:39 -0000, Jak Jacob wrote: >=A0THE MORAL CASE FOR SUPPORTING ISRAEL >=A0By Dr. Yaron Brook > >=A0Wednesday October 1st at 8pm in International Affairs Building= (SIPA) >=A0Room 417- Altschul Auditorium >=A0Columbia University > >=A0Since its founding in 1948 Israel has been under= siege=97courageously >=A0fending off hostile neighbors while defending itself against= Arab >=A0terrorists. In a Mideast dominated by Arab monarchies,= theocracies >=A0and dictatorships=97Israel is a free country standing as the= lone >=A0bastion of Western civilization in that region. Yet for= decades >=A0Israel has faced growing international pressure=97often led by= the >=A0United States=97to compromise with its enemies, and act against= its >=A0self-interest. In this talk, Dr. Brook argues that the United= States >=A0should unequivocally support Israel's effort at self-defense;= that >=A0allowing Israel to rid itself of terrorist and foreign= military >=A0threats is in America's best interests. Israel is our only true= ally >=A0in the Mideast, and supporting it is the only moral thing for= the >=A0United States to do. --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Return our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/09/30 3:04:35 PM