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Why do you persist in spreading Zionist lies, Ms. Charen? People who are against Zionism are not necessarily against Israel or against Jews. People have to be so careful these days because anything they say can, and will, be used against them and construed as being anti-Semitic. Descendents of a diaspora that occurred almost 2000 years ago don't have a "right" to return to their homeland that hasn't actually been their homeland for 2 centuries. They don't have a "right" to practice apartheid, but expect reparations and apologies for the Holocaust. The facts are that the Palestineans were forced out of their homes; Zionists have withheld aide to refugees; they confiscated land that was not originally partitioned to them. The Arabs don't treat the Palestineans any better than the Zionists do, unfortunately. The Palestineans are just political pawns used by other regimes to disenfranchise the Israeli govt. Neither side is willing to protect the interests of the people who were truly affected: the Palestineans.

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I think its about time Israel accepts the truth about its history.....not this hogwash.....Ask any israeli with any form of con·science and they will tell you the truth......Much of Modern day Israel (with the exception of Tel Aviv) is built on the foundations of palestinian cities/villages that were "wiped off the map" even before the 1948 War,,,which was not a real war but a joke of one. Please stop dispelling this crap.......say the truth or be quiet For the real truth check Ilan Pappe's (A israeli historian ) work . He has a book called "the ethnic cleansing of palestine" http://www.amazon.com/Ethnic-Cleansing-Palestine-Ilan-Pappe/dp/1851684670 also go to his website @ http://www.ilanpappe.org/ Finally try to get your hands on a copy of the documentaries "occupation 101" http://www.occupation101.com/ and "Peace Propaganda and the promised-land" http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaRaceAndRepresentation/PeacePropaganda If you do a search for these docs on youtube and google video you'll probably find snippets on them there Enough Lies! Enough Manipulation!

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This is a typical piece of Zionist revisionism. Charen aligns herself with Dershowitz, one of the world's leading sophists, and dissembles history with meaningless statistics. Murder is murder. Genocide is genocide. There is no defense for Israel against the truth. Three words for them: REMEMBER DAR YASSEIN!

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charen's citing of dershowitz makes it immediately obvious from where her historical "facts" on the subject are derived, because she's parroting his propaganda. by midway through the second paragraph, it's already quite apparent this is a pro-israel/anti-palestinian opinion based on bias, and by the time his name is mentioned, the all-to-familiar rhetoric is clearly recognizable. the writer is free to believe whatever she chooses to believe; but i'd recommend that she seek out objective sources on the subject before publishing an opinion in which she speaks "authoritatively" based on a source who is KNOWN for his extreme bias and vindictive nature.

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It is truly unfortunate that Ms. Charen, or shall we say, her editors, felt it necessary to be apologists for the racist Apartheid state known as "Israel". Israel has much in common with the U.S. - it's a rogue state, with corrupt leaders, that is antagonistic and brutal towards Muslim nations. We Americans need to remember, however, that Israel is a parasite on the United States, which spies on us, steals our military secrets (and then sells them to our 'enemies'), and even knowingly attacked us! (Don't believe me? Please google "USS Liberty"). And yet... Americans send billions of our tax dollars each year to Israel, and we are forbidden to criticize Israel or corrupt Jews - in large part BECAUSE they're Jews. If you dare to criticize it/them, you're denounced/slandered as an "anti-Semite" - an overused, inaccurate slur (it's not only Jews who are Semites, after all, right?). This censorship, this 'thought control', is possible in America largely because Jews control much of our nation's mass-media. We Americans are being taken for SUCKERS - our nation acts against the best interests of most Americans when it acts as Israel's big, stupid bodyguard - constantly covering for Israel's internationally-condemned actions - and yet WE get to pay for it! Pretty cool, huh. Although there is *lots* one could say about this article, just two specific comments for now: 1) "... Israel is not considered a normal country." ---> Perhaps because "normal" countries have established borders and a constitution? Or maybe because "normal" countries do not carry out Apartheid-like policies at the expense of a plurality of its citizens? 2) I wouldn't believe everything Mr. Dershowtz says, if I were you. Dershowitz apparently LIED when he promised, “I will give $10,000 to the PLO...if you can find a historical fact in my book that you can prove to be false.” The book Dershowitz was referring to was "The Case For Israel." Well, he got the reported numbers of Arabs who fled their homes wrong by a HUNDRED-FOLD, and yet (to the best of my knowledge) never sent the PLO the promised check. Please see: www.rense.com/general42/finkl.htm "Norman Finkelstein Calls Professor Alan Dershowitz's New Book On Israel A "Hoax" " Transcript by Democracy Now! (see the end) 9-25-3 AND, www.rense.com/general42/admits.htm "Dershowitz Admits Plagiarism" By Rashad Daoudi 10-3-3 FYI, I highly recommend checking out: www.wrmea.com (for REAL news on the Middle East) www.freegaza.org/ 2008: Sixty Years On www.ameu.org/ State of Denial: Israel, 1948-2008 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW1-_JmXQt0 "Video Israel Doesn't Want You to See" www.normanfinkelstein.com www.thejerusalemfund.org www.whatreallyhappened.com/cat_israel.html and/or www.whatreallyhappened.com/cat_israel_defies_un.html and/or www.whatreallyhappened.com/cat_israeli_spying.html ----------- Ms. Charen, you wrote some rubbish in this piece, but we all make mistakes. The violent, failing theocracy named "Israel" (it's HARDLY a democracy, as many of its residents are not represented) has not shown it "deserves" to exist. (Of course, this is true for the USA, too, but that's another story). Humanity demands justice, and Zionism is turning probably otherwise good Jews into racists and bigots. They can be better, and America should demand better - of itself and of its surrogate in the Middle East. For peace and justice, StrivingForJustice AT Yahoo DOT com

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Ms Charen, you really need a real history lesson instead of basing your column in myths and lies. Next thing you will say is that the Stein gang and the Haganah were house remodellers instead of the murderers and war criminals they were for killing and driving out of their houses thousands of Palestinians. Yes, PALESTINIANS who had been living in that land before they were evicted or killed by these murderous gangs of zionists. Untill when are you going to insists in the zionist myths that the most strategic swath of land in the planet "was empty before the zionists arrived". Please, this story doesnt stand to scrutiny. Its is false, a lie, and you are a dupe for believing it.

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MS. Charen, I wrote one thing negative about Zion and after almost 10 years publishing my opinions in Louisiana every two weeks, I have been blackballed. Freedom of speach no longer exists. You are allowed to promote your agenda because you say what the Liberal Media wants you to say. Of the 432 essays, in this particular nespaper, only one mentioned Zion. I write abour the BSA, and local politics, but I'm silenced! Never been to Israel, but to Saudi and Tunisia. Never once did I ever hear a person saying they wanted to nuke Israel, but that they wanted the Church-State of Zion to fall. With our tax dollars we have helped this government to the point of threatening to use a hydrogen bomb, that we gave them, if they are threatened. These are secular Jews...actually, I'm going to put here a response that will never get published in my local paper, owned by Ganette. Here it is,,, The New-Zion explored in the taboo of Israel The more taboos in society, the less freedom of thought there is, and mentioning Israel is a case in point. Any reference sets a barrage of mixed emotion for a place so dear to our collective hearts. We speak of Israel these days as a Zionist Jewish State, and so it appears to be. But I use the word ‘appear' to indicate that Israel means different things to different people, and not all of it is good. The problem is that the original benign concept of what Zion envisioned has changed. Stigma and fear, with intentional media erroneousness, is contributing to the possibility of WWIII, and we Americans had better see past the smoke. The beauty of Judaism comes in many richly colored coats and facets, with considerations of it being a race or religion the primary factor for confusion. A secular Jew, agnostic and non-practicing, is still considered by most a Jew. Secular, to some, means Godless, with other suitable adjectives like skeptic, or atheist. Still, there is no such thing as a secular Christian or Muslim, and that's the rub. For centuries a Jewish homeland was considered, and at the turn of the century the great majority of both religious and secular Jews thought Israel the perfect place. The difference was the method of acquiring it. Originally a Zionist ‘homeland' inferred not disturbing indigenous populations, where gentle incorporation agreed with ancient textual revelations inferring a Jewish homeland would be given freely. In this way many religions could call Israel a homeland, as all Persian religions got their start in the area. It is indeed inconceivable that true Muslim believers would nuke their own precious sites in Israel, and the world expects a secularist to press that button. From inception, America advocated separation of Church and State, but here we are with a secular warrior ally who is both. They deny the tolerant Jewish spirit with a biased yellow media and a threatening atom bomb in their back pocket. The New-Zion is thought invalidated by the rewritten Belfour agreement of 1948, secretly ratified. Hezbollah are the ruminants of those originally exiled, still living in tent cities. Palestinians think themselves occupied, and they deny the New-Zion State's right to exist. The Ideologies of the new secular Zion are duplicated here, dominating America's far left, where liberal secularism is nurtured and thrives, the bane of our Republic. When confronted, liberal-secularists may cry “anti-Semitic,” validating the taboo, but the truth is this: one can be anti-New-Zion, and not anti-Semitic, and this one resounding truth might finally inspire us to live in peace.