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Nations built by ethnic cleansing: the U.S. and Israel.

Publication: Catholic New Times
Publication Date: 30-JAN-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Nations built by ethnic cleansing: the U.S. and Israel.(World)

Article Excerpt
Some years ago I was visiting a progressive newspaper in Tel-Aviv and said something to the editor about the mistreatment of the Palestinians by the state of Israel, a criticism with which I had reason to think he would agree.

The editor replied to the effect that "But that is what you did to the American Indians. Why don't we have the right to do it?"

I was stunned by this answer and have thought ever since about how to respond to this parallel between Israel and the United States.

On the one hand, I agree with the similarity between how the United States treated the American Indians and how Israel is treating the Palestinians. Both nations have built themselves through a concept of racial-religious "chosenness" and exclusive "right to the land." Both are...

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