(November 25, 2013 at 5:21 pm)MarxRaptor Wrote:(November 25, 2013 at 10:21 am)pocaracas Wrote: You know guys... Israel is no saint of a nation...Actually there is a big difference because Israel is a secular, pluralistic, democratic nation while the Arab states are despotic (mostly) theocracies that still teach the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as fact to school-children.
It's not on paper, but in practice, at least where the relations with close (muslim) neighbors is concerned, it's a theocracy... jews hate the muslims.... muslims hate the jews... not that much of a difference, is there?
A neligible difference next to the impact of occupying land that is not yours by any generally applicable standard and attempting to hold their occupants in abject poverty and decidedly unwilling submission.
