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Kerry: Israel Cannot be Both Jewish and Democratic


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Our secretary of state might want to review the constitutions of Iraq and Afghanistan before lecturing Israel. Our ineffable secretary of state, John Kerry, delivered another parting shot at Israel today, offering the Obama administration’s “vision” for a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. There are many things to be said about it — not least that Kerry’s speech, like last week’s venomous, Obama-orchestrated United Nations resolution on which it builds, is something “pro-Israel” Democrats make sure to do after Election day.

For now, I just want to highlight one gem (noted by Michael Warren at The Weekly Standard).
 
Kerry did not mention that Jordan was never subjected to international pressure to grant the Palestinians their own state during the 19 years that Jordan occupied Judea, Samaria, and East Jerusalem; nor did he acknowledge that the Palestinians would long ago have had their own state if they had recognized Israel’s right to exist and abandoned jihadist terror. Leaving all that aside, Kerry accused the Israeli government of undermining any hope of a two-state solution. In this context of claiming that Israeli policy was “leading toward one state, or perpetual occupation,” Kerry admonished: “If the choice is one state, Israel can either be Jewish or democratic. It cannot be both.” Presumably, Kerry was referring to the fact that Israel has a significant Arab-Muslim population. He conveniently did not mention, since it must never be mentioned, the vow of Mahmoud Abbas (the Palestinian leader Kerry sees as Israel’s “peace partner”) that, “In a final resolution, we would not see the presence of a single Israeli — soldier or civilian — on our lands.”
 
Implicitly, of course, if Kerry is saying that a country with a Muslim minority cannot maintain its Jewish character and still abide by democratic principles, then neither can the United States maintain its Judeo-Christian character and still abide by democratic principles — notwithstanding that our Judeo-Christian character is the basis for our belief in the equal dignity of all men and women, a foundational democratic principle. It is a principle one does not find in classical Islam, the law of which explicitly elevates Muslims over non-Muslims and men over women.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443390/john-kerry-speech-israel-jewish-democratic-one-state-solution-islam

 

 

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The modern definition of Democratic includes a requirement that the state favor no religion.  If anything, Israel is the only state that anyone exempts from that requirement.  Therefor the West (America, Canada, western Europe) have been busy cleansing Christianity from their governments and culture, to be good "Democracies".   

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Since neither Obama or Kerry will be relevant in a few weeks, nor will anything they have tried to build, these last desperate acts, to me, look like they are attempting to get recognition and acceptance of other world powers, especially those of Muslim nations, maybe their future ambitions are global and no longer wish to represent America, unless it is to help undermine America?  Because the current focus seems to be to stir the pot if international tensions as much as possible. 

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1 hour ago, Jacobson said:

The modern definition of Democratic includes a requirement that the state favor no religion.  If anything, Israel is the only state that anyone exempts from that requirement.  Therefor the West (America, Canada, western Europe) have been busy cleansing Christianity from their governments and culture, to be good "Democracies".   

That's not what being Democratic means.   Israel is both Jewish and Democratic and always have been.   To say they cannot be both is defiance in the face of current reality and history.

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As a nation, we should be praying the Lord doesnt give us a smackdown for the curses our current leaders are spewing at israel. 

 

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25 minutes ago, ayin jade said:

As a nation, we should be praying the Lord doesnt give us a smackdown for the curses our current leaders are spewing at israel. 

 

I agree.  God doesn't take it too well when people mess with Israel.

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10 hours ago, ayin jade said:

As a nation, we should be praying the Lord doesnt give us a smackdown for the curses our current leaders are spewing at israel. 

 

we do at our house at least once a day.

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