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Zionists out
By Bradley Burston

Talkback comment, in response to When Jihad says 'Kiss, make up, and kill the Jews,' of January 29:

Who are you, and what have you done with the real Bradley Burston? The REAL Mr. Burston surely would have blamed himself - and the rest of us - for today's suicide bombing. Are you feeling ok, man?

Citizen Zero,
Toronto, Canada

_____________________


I decided this week that it was time I outed myself.

I couldn't take it anymore. The sneaking around. The posturing, the covering up.

So this is me, coming out.

I've been this way for as long as I can remember. I kept quiet about it, but it was always there. Even before I knew myself what it was.

It colored my thinking. It affected my relationships. I couldn't talk to just anyone about this thing I was carrying inside.

Were I to come out with it, I thought to myself, I'd be asking to be lumped in with people who are routinely shunned, reviled, quarantined by polite society, spat at by the over-righteous, openly blamed for global ills.

You think, there'll be people who will never look at you, shake your hand, or smile at you quite the same way again.

Then again, there's only so long you can lie to your own heart.

So here it is.

I'm a Zionist.

Go ahead. Take your best shot.

There will be those, and they will be many, who will tell me that it is wrong to love this place, that I have no right to love it, and certainly none to claim it as mine. That by God's law, it will never be mine, it can never be mine.

There will be those who will tell me that it is wrong - in fact, impossible - to love this place and, at the same time, believe that it should be shared with another people who loves this place no less than we. That by God's law, it will never be theirs, it can never be theirs.

Perhaps they'll never want to speak to me again. Perhaps we'll both be better off.

Here's one thing they will not change:

I love this place. Even if it doesn't much care for me. I love it unconditionally. I see its flaws. It is a collection of scars and blemishes, bad behaviors and raw moods and tantrums, guilt trips and passive aggression and active aggression and denial. I don't care. It loves me, it loves me not. I love it nonetheless.

I love the way it looks and smells. Overexposed and overpowering.

I have been this way now, for as long as I can remember. I don't expect this to change materially for as long as I live.

In some ways I was raised to be this way, and in some ways I was raised to be anything but. Ways that no one will fully understand. My being this way hurts my family, old friends, the people I left behind to be this way. And yet, from this remove, I see that this is how it works for everyone, more or less. You must leave your family of origin to start a relationship, a family - a new one, from scratch.

One of the tough parts of being this way is the necessity of making it all up as you go along.

If I came out with it, I'd thought to myself, I'd be lumped in with extremists, people whose outrageous behavior and evident, even brutal, contempt for people unlike them makes an irrationally bad rap that much worse.

So if I'm already out, here's what I have to offer:

I believe that a Jewish country need not be racist. I believe that a Jewish country must not be racist.

I believe that Jews have every right to a state of their own, no less than the Palestinians. I believe that the Palestinians have every right to a state of their own, no less than the Jews.

I believe that if one side denies the other the right to a state, it does direct and permanent harm to both peoples.

I believe that in a world in which there are dozens of Islamic countries, some of which cannot abide the corporeal presence of the Jew, there is room for one Jewish one.

I believe that in a world in which the flags of 13 nations bear a cross, the flag of one nation can bear a Star of David.

I believe that a people at war commits crimes. I believe that a people at war tends to see its own crimes as legitimate. I believe that war breeds racism on both sides, and that racism fuels war.

I believe that the process of dividing and sharing the Holy Land will be agonizing for both peoples. Both peoples have seen what civil war will be like, the Jews in Gaza in 2005, the Palestinians in Gaza in 2007.

I believe that the process of forgiveness will be painful, in some ways cruel. I believe that it will be next to impossible.

I also believe that it will happen.

I believe that a time will come when the sides will come to recognize what each has been saying to the other - often in the worst possible ways - for a lifetime now:

We're here. That's final. Get used to it.

___________________


Recent blogs:

When Jihad says 'Kiss, make up, and kill the Jews'
The silence when Arabs kill other Arabs
Occupation: It's horrid, but it's not apartheid
Leave the U.S. embassy where it is

___________________


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  1.   Burston: As phoney as a 57-shekel coin 10:56  |  Yacov 02/02/07
  2.   Bradley You`ve Inspired Me 10:57  |  Yosemite 02/02/07
  3.   Pretty good 10:57  |  Colin Wright 02/02/07
  4.   Physical presence of the Jew 10:58  |  Dror 02/02/07
  5.   closet zionists 11:01  |  Joe 02/02/07
  6.   That says it all Bradley 11:19  |  sh 02/02/07
  7.   You read talkbacks?? 11:29  |  Dror 02/02/07
  8.   YES BRADLEY ITS TIME TO FIRM UP JORDAN AS THE ONLY ARAB STATE 11:29  |  paul harris 02/02/07
  9.   There is nothing wrong with being a Zionist 11:36  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/02/07
  10.   #1 Yakov 11:37  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/02/07
  11.   #4, Dror 11:43  |  Hannah 02/02/07
  12.   Kol Hakavod Bradley 11:45  |  Tim R 02/02/07
  13.   To Bradley Burston 11:48  |  Hannah 02/02/07
  14.   I have a question for you 11:49  |  God 02/02/07
  15.   Yacov #1 11:52  |  Dror 02/02/07
  16.   #1 yacov 12:01  |  reuben jacobs 02/02/07
  17.   ZION. The mount from which God will rule. It is 12:27  |  Virginia 02/02/07
  18.   Ethics 12:28  |  Ethan 02/02/07
  19.   If this is zionism count me in 12:33  |  Skandar 02/02/07
  20.   # 9 God doesn`t ask questions. He has already foretold of 12:38  |  Virginia 02/02/07
  21.   Zionism 12:38  |  Nik Miller 02/02/07
  22.   #8 Hannah 12:39  |  Reuben Jacobs 02/02/07
  23.   This is typical - Bradley 12:45  |  Eckestein 02/02/07
  24.   Burston - not a Zionist, as I would define it 12:51  |  Clickfool 02/02/07
  25.   Arrogance 1 12:56  |  Choni Davidowitz 02/02/07
  26.   Burston: I`m outing myself as a Zionist 13:01  |  Peter 02/02/07
  27.   Symbols are my business 13:01  |  christoph 02/02/07
  28.   Paulo of portugal - part 1 13:03  |  mb 02/02/07
  29.   Arrogance 11 13:04  |  Choni Davidowitz 02/02/07
  30.   #18, Reuben 13:05  |  Hannah 02/02/07
  31.   In other words...Zionism is 13:11  |  Virginia 02/02/07
  32.   Swiss (Dino) #7 13:14  |  Tim R (Tim) 02/02/07
  33.   Frankness and respect 13:15  |  Cord H. Kaldrack 02/02/07
  34.   I agree 13:20  |  Edith 02/02/07
  35.   paulo of protugal part -2 13:20  |  mb 02/02/07
  36.   Yacov #1 13:22  |  sh 02/02/07
  37.   Virginia (no.16) 13:31  |  God 02/02/07
  38.   #4, Dror 13:40  |  Hannah 02/02/07
  39.   Bradley,you`ve taken the Bait 13:42  |  Ronnie Wolman 02/02/07
  40.   Si j`etais president de la republique ... 13:42  |  will 02/02/07
  41.   I used to be a Zionist 13:52  |  Bea Philips 02/02/07
  42.   Some of my best friends... 13:52  |  Joseph 02/02/07
  43.   The Censor Strikes! 13:52  |  Clickfool 02/02/07
  44.   Post Zionism 13:54  |  Maureen 02/02/07
  45.   Reply to #10 in Beirut 13:58  |  Joe 02/02/07
  46.   Burston, you are not a Zionist, and never been one 13:59  |  Antonio 02/02/07
  47.   Hannah about the society that we have been cultivating, 14:00  |  Nadav 02/02/07
  48.   I too am a Zionist, and proud of it. And too believe that comprom 14:01  |  AA 02/02/07
  49.   Come now Mr. Burston 14:03  |  Mark Lincoln 02/02/07
  50.   WHAT CIVIL WAR? 14:03  |  indrajaya 02/02/07
  51.   Another Zionist out 14:04  |  Itamar 02/02/07
  52.   Reply to #15 Bitter pills 14:04  |  Ben Azai 02/02/07
  53.   #7 Swiss...Who`s duty is it to take away fear? I am going to say 14:05  |  Virginia 02/02/07
  54.   #18 Reuben Jacobs 14:12  |  Sherlock Holmes 02/02/07
  55.   Agree with #7-Only EXTREMISTS (from ALL sides) are harmful,but... 14:12  |  Luis 02/02/07
  56.   #5 - Zionists Anonymous 14:20  |  Woodlawn 02/02/07
  57.   Disproportonate response to every violent act is not the way of 14:22  |  Apartheid 02/02/07
  58.   Here is the thing Bradley 14:25  |  Marilyn 02/02/07
  59.   Compromise? NO. Learn to 14:34  |  Virginia 02/02/07
  60.   Bradley, if only most Zionists... 14:35  |  Yaakov Sullivan 02/02/07
  61.   With all due respect, Antonio from Haifa I suggest you and others 14:47  |  Nadav 02/02/07
  62.   I`m amused 14:49  |  peter 02/02/07
  63.   Israel needs more patriots and less anti-Zionists 14:51  |  albert amato 02/02/07
  64.   #26, Nadav 14:53  |  Hannah 02/02/07
  65.   maureen 14:53  |  bev 02/02/07
  66.   Joe from Baltimore (no.10) 15:00  |  God 02/02/07
  67.   To Reuben Jakobs(#18) & Sherlock Holmes 15:01  |  IsraeliArab 02/02/07
  68.   i used to be a zionist NOW IM A ZOOLOGIST 15:08  |  paul harris 02/02/07
  69.   Dear Bea Philips 15:08  |  Nadav 02/02/07
  70.   #31 LINCOLN TRUE ZIONISM WAS SECULAR 15:09  |  paul harris 02/02/07
  71.   Credo 15:10  |  Michael N 02/02/07
  72.   The way Bradley Burston describes it... 15:22  |  Stephen Murray 02/02/07
  73.   Hannah and like minded, the "clear-thinking Palestinians" as you 15:26  |  Nadav 02/02/07
  74.   another reply to 10 from Beirut 15:26  |  Me 02/02/07
  75.   Burston: The day the cat barked 15:27  |  Yacov 02/02/07
  76.   Welcome to the club, Brad 15:28  |  Tosefta 02/02/07
  77.   Bravo! We`re coming home. 15:30  |  Eldar 02/02/07
  78.   hannah 15:30  |  bev 02/02/07
  79.   Zionism redefined! 15:34  |  Abby 02/02/07
  80.   ...HIUPY!!! ...you welcome 15:35  |  abraham...mico 02/02/07
  81.   nadav on the Declaration of Independence #43 15:36  |  Yaakov Sullivan 02/02/07
  82.   bradley burston-welcome 15:37  |  yahn goodey 02/02/07
  83.   marilyn in your world 15:38  |  bev 02/02/07
  84.   I too see no hope for Israel, Hannah # 44 15:39  |  Clickfool 02/02/07
  85.   Counterfeit Zionist 15:39  |  Choni Davidowitz 02/02/07
  86.   Hannah, in your description of Israeli society, # 44, you point 15:42  |  Nadav 02/02/07
  87.   And why not? 15:51  |  David 02/02/07
  88.   stephen muray mohamad 15:53  |  bev 02/02/07
  89.   Mother`s milk, apple pie and vanilla icecream 15:57  |  Clickfool 02/02/07
  90.   Nadav 15:58  |  Gabe1 02/02/07
  91.   #53, Michael 16:01  |  Hannah 02/02/07
  92.   Being a Zionist is just being a nationalist. 16:03  |  Michael 02/02/07
  93.   Tosefta:The Last Line 16:06  |  Ronnie Wolman 02/02/07
  94.   Zionist = Moonie 16:07  |  Tim 02/02/07
  95.   I`m a Zionist 16:07  |  Avi 02/02/07
  96.   reply to #57 16:09  |  God 02/02/07
  97.   Hey Clickfool 16:09  |  FOX 02/02/07
  98.   Y. Sullivan, your American constituion was then, and now is now, 16:10  |  Nadav 02/02/07
  99.   #56, Nadav 16:13  |  Hannah 02/02/07
  100.   Choni and her vision from Hashem #68 16:16  |  yaakov sullivan 02/02/07
  101.   @Yahn Goodey 16:16  |  peter 02/02/07
  102.   #70, Clickfool 16:26  |  Hannah 02/02/07
  103.   #69 CLIKKY THEY SAID ITS NOT POSSIBLE IT CANT HAPPEN 16:27  |  paul harris 02/02/07
  104.   Of course Paul, I know that 16:34  |  Mark Lincoln 02/02/07
  105.   #72, Nadav 16:35  |  Hannah 02/02/07
  106.   Burston is on the right track..but we have a problem 16:36  |  Avrum 02/02/07
  107.   Sullivan #46, israel hasnt done painful actions for peace?!?!? 16:47  |  SHIMON 02/02/07
  108.   Sullivan #46, israel hasnt done actions for peace?(part 2) 16:51  |  SHIMON 02/02/07
  109.   Joe replies to the gentleman from Beirut 17:00  |  Joe 02/02/07
  110.   Nadav 17:04  |  Gabe1 02/02/07
  111.   #10 G.O.D 17:18  |  Itsik 02/02/07
  112.   Judaism is just another religion 17:27  |  Marilyn 02/02/07
  113.   #26 Will 17:43  |  Itsik 02/02/07
  114.   What does love of Israel have to do with Zionism? 17:48  |  Nancy 02/02/07
  115.   Shimon, they had no place being there #80 17:49  |  Yaakov Sullivan 02/02/07
  116.   SHIMON #46.....the self absorbtion you display 17:53  |  Tim 02/02/07
  117.   #9, What kind of genoside are you talking about??t 17:55  |  TOMY 02/02/07
  118.   #10 God, I have a question for you 18:05  |  TOMY 02/02/07
  119.   #94, Hannah 18:08  |  JB 02/02/07
  120.   to Swiss #7, pretty resonable 18:11  |  Dave from Chicago 02/02/07
  121.   #110 Yakov and Germany - bad example 18:13  |  Mike 02/02/07
  122.   Ronnie Wolman...The World MUST ASSUME Israel wants peace 18:14  |  Ibrahim 02/02/07
  123.   Marylin #112 18:15  |  Mickey 02/02/07
  124.   #116, yaakov, no idea what you are saying 18:16  |  SHIMON 02/02/07
  125.   For Paul Harris # 98 18:16  |  Clickfool 02/02/07
  126.   Nancy #114 18:21  |  Mickey 02/02/07
  127.   #84, Choni 18:23  |  Hannah 02/02/07
  128.   Clickfool 18:25  |  Sarah 02/02/07
  129.   AMAZING JEWISH PEOPLE PERSEVERE WITH ALL THIS PAIN 18:25  |  Smadar 02/02/07
  130.   Ibrahim: The Lease of the Problem 18:29  |  Ronnie Wolman 02/02/07
  131.   Grounds for divorce (Ronnie Wolman #88) 18:34  |  Tosefta 02/02/07
  132.   marilyn 18:38  |  bev 02/02/07
  133.   One Flaw 18:41  |  Israeli 02/02/07
  134.   #58 Marilyn`s definition of Judaism 18:42  |  Yonatan 02/02/07
  135.   21st CENTURY ZIONISM 18:43  |  Jacob 02/02/07
  136.   yacov ashkelon I feel bad for you 18:45  |  Omar 02/02/07
  137.   Tosefta: What is reasonable,reactionary 18:50  |  Ronnie Wolman 02/02/07
  138.   Bradley Your Column Proves My Point 18:50  |  Yosemite 02/02/07
  139.   NAME ONE THING THE ARABS HAVE DONE FOR PEACE!! 18:50  |  SHIMON 02/02/07
  140.   response to 114 Nancy 18:51  |  Cat 02/02/07
  141.   nadav, care is not blind #98 19:02  |  Yaakov Sullivan 02/02/07
  142.   The truth about zionism 19:02  |  the cohen brother 02/02/07
  143.   Yacov - THE JUDGE OF ZION 19:05  |  Stephen Connor 02/02/07
  144.   zionism 19:06  |  Israel Zwick 02/02/07
  145.   To Shimon 19:10  |  Frank 02/02/07
  146.   # 2 Yosemite 19:19  |  Psalm 02/02/07
  147.   burston sees truth 19:21  |  drew 02/02/07
  148.   re:# 101 peter ref. nile to euphrates 19:23  |  yahn goodey 02/02/07
  149.   BURSTON and OLMERT ARE BOTH ANTI- ZIONISTS 19:25  |  DAN ROSENTHAL 02/02/07
  150.   #143 Stephen wrong 19:29  |  Psalm 02/02/07
  151.   # 32 Tim (?) 19:38  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/02/07
  152.   # 53 Virginia 19:42  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/02/07
  153.   the cohen brother and "the truth about zionism" 19:43  |  JB 02/02/07
  154.   Clickfool # 125 - The Only "Storm" Is The One In Your Mind 19:45  |  Phinias Whoppy 02/02/07
  155.   # 55 Luis 19:47  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/02/07
  156.   response to Marylin 19:50  |  Cat 02/02/07
  157.   58# Marilyn:Franzy,Irrational and Trash. 19:52  |  Akram Zekaria 02/02/07
  158.   # 120 Dave from Chicago 19:52  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/02/07
  159.   Frank....resisting peace doesnt bring peace...it brings murder 20:02  |  SHIMON 02/02/07
  160.   "Ich bin in ein Zionist"! - Part 1 20:11  |  Alicia 02/02/07
  161.   #58, Marilyn 20:26  |  JB 02/02/07
  162.   Clickfool 20:36  |  David Israel 02/02/07
  163.   To Mr. Bradley 20:37  |  TonyL 02/02/07
  164.   "Ich bin ein Zionist"! - Part 2 20:39  |  Alicia 02/02/07
  165.   Bradley you baked a cake.................... 20:43  |  Kath` 02/02/07
  166.   Dear Marlyn & Hannah... 20:45  |  Chachmeister 02/02/07
  167.   "God" from Beirut 20:46  |  sg 02/02/07
  168.   Thank you Bradley 20:47  |  sg 02/02/07
  169.   To JB # 153 - I Think You Just Defined Zionism 20:53  |  Phinias Whoppy 02/02/07
  170.   Said perfectly 20:57  |  Adam 02/02/07
  171.   # 131 Tosefta.re: R.W etc........... 20:58  |  Kath` 02/02/07
  172.   Marlyn 21:00  |  Chachmeister 02/02/07
  173.   Frank re: Shimon #145 21:20  |  CHGODMK 02/02/07
  174.   Dan Rosenthal # 149 - I Must Respectfully 21:23  |  Phinias Whoppy 02/02/07
  175.   If being Zionist means supporting the right for the Jewish people 21:24  |  Marwan مروان خوري 02/02/07
  176.   A Laughable Debate - There Is No Generally Accepted Definition 21:28  |  chet 02/02/07
  177.   #61 Nadav from Jerusalem, and I suggest 21:32  |  Antonio 02/02/07
  178.   What Is All the Excitement About 21:36  |  Phinias Whoppy 02/02/07
  179.   The Definition Problem - Part 2 21:41  |  chet 02/02/07
  180.   Ronne Wolman...The Problem lies with Both Sides. 21:50  |  Ibrahim 02/02/07
  181.   Hannah - so eloquent, yet so far from fact 21:53  |  Reality Check 02/02/07
  182.   Here`s the thing Marilyn #58 22:05  |  bbl 02/02/07
  183.   #165 hey, we are in the 21st century 22:36  |  ballistic 02/02/07
  184.   Marilyn #112 (Part 1) 22:39  |  Tim R 02/02/07
  185.   A Zionist too 22:56  |  Allan 02/02/07
  186.   Swiss (Dino) #151 23:02  |  Tim R 02/02/07
  187.   #154 Phinias--you have a lot more confidence 23:10  |  ballistic 02/02/07
  188.   Burston bullshit 23:12  |  clearthinking 02/02/07
  189.   Bradley You Are a Neo-Zionist 23:27  |  Klaudia 02/02/07
  190.   To Clickfool, and others who don`t get it. 23:33  |  DJM 02/02/07
  191.   Moral Relativism = Neo-Zionism and the End of Israel 23:53  |  Klaudia 02/02/07
  192.   Great, Brad, THANK YOU!! 00:07  |  Simone 03/02/07
  193.   Marilyn 00:15  |  Sam 03/02/07
  194.   # 161 JB. The Nevermind Marilyns of this world................. 00:18  |  Kath` 03/02/07
  195.   #103Paul Harris. "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." 00:26  |  Maureen Ann 03/02/07
  196.   Nail this on the Doors 00:29  |  heinz 03/02/07
  197.   Marlyn 00:30  |  Chachmeister 03/02/07
  198.   #165 Dear chachmeister. 00:45  |  Maureen Ann 03/02/07
  199.   Klaudia: Amazing #183 00:48  |  CHGODMK 03/02/07
  200.   Zionism-Post-Zionism...a Woody Allem movie... 00:48  |  soldier 03/02/07
  201.   To Ibrahim (an honest apeal to reason) 00:49  |  Chachmeister 03/02/07
  202.   Klaudia: Once Again #191 00:52  |  CHGODMK 03/02/07
  203.   #176 ballistic 00:53  |  Avi 03/02/07
  204.   WHAT DOES TANAKH SAY ABOUT ZION,ZIONIST,ZIONISM ?? 00:54  |  Bill. 03/02/07
  205.   Klaudia: I Meant #189, Not 183 Re: Burston Being A 00:58  |  CHGODMK 03/02/07
  206.   Dear Maureen Ann 01:05  |  Chachmeister 03/02/07
  207.   TO Marilyn on Human Rights 01:08  |  Alicia 03/02/07
  208.   My Zionism 01:23  |  Jane 03/02/07
  209.   DJM #190 01:28  |  TonyL 03/02/07
  210.   #180 Ibrahim: The vision,the quest 01:36  |  Ronnie Wolman 03/02/07
  211.   a tarnished zionism, and hello Ibrahim 01:47  |  david 03/02/07
  212.   Ballistic 01:48  |  Chachmeister 03/02/07
  213.   # Dear Chachmeister,...and Israel would not exist... 01:57  |  Maureen Ann 03/02/07
  214.   Zionists 02:00  |  Abe 03/02/07
  215.   # 95 Maureen Ann 02:02  |  ChanahS 03/02/07
  216.   # 198 Maureen - do you read the tripe you 02:08  |  ChanahS 03/02/07
  217.   # 165 Maureen Ann - and another thing 02:10  |  ChanahS 03/02/07
  218.   Klaudia #191 02:10  |  TonyL 03/02/07
  219.   Maureen Ann - one of your silliest .... 02:17  |  ChanahS 03/02/07
  220.   #9 Swiss (Dino) 02:20  |  schafe82 03/02/07
  221.   Outing the Zionist 02:22  |  Fed up 03/02/07
  222.   Marilyn-##58-you don`t know what you`re talking about 02:31  |  Daniel Leopold 03/02/07
  223.   ChanahS #215 re: Maureen Ann 02:36  |  TonyL 03/02/07
  224.   God in Beirut 02:39  |  schafe82 03/02/07
  225.   #217 ChanahS, ever heard of the freedom of choice... 02:45  |  Maureen Ann 03/02/07
  226.   for Marilyn : about history 02:47  |  Nicolas 03/02/07
  227.   # 223 - TonyL 02:52  |  ChanahS 03/02/07
  228.   you can share the Holy Land without dividing it 02:57  |  Pssd Off American 03/02/07
  229.   Ibrahim, Ronnie is right 03:02  |  Tulip 03/02/07
  230.   Re: the truth abut Zionism 03:09  |  the cohen brother 03/02/07
  231.   to Marilyn : about THE JEWS 03:10  |  Nicolas 03/02/07
  232.   # 220 schafe 82 03:11  |  Swiss (Dino) 03/02/07
  233.   Maureen # 225 03:17  |  ChanahS 03/02/07
  234.   Chris # 10 03:19  |  Philippe 03/02/07
  235.   Chris # 10 ctned 03:23  |  Philippe 03/02/07
  236.   Marwan # 175 03:27  |  Philippe 03/02/07
  237.   #70 Paul Harris "True Zionism" Which would that be? 03:27  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  238.   ballistic # 187 - I Don`t Know What You Are 03:32  |  Phinias Whoppy 03/02/07
  239.   Swiss Dino #9 03:45  |  Danite 03/02/07
  240.   Good for you Bradley 03:47  |  Danite 03/02/07
  241.   To all Zionists... 03:48  |  Ant 03/02/07
  242.   Marilyn 03:54  |  Danite 03/02/07
  243.   Maureen Ann, Marilyn, Hannah etc. 03:56  |  Phinias Whoppy 03/02/07
  244.   "Hannah =Khalid 03:59  |  Danite 03/02/07
  245.   Zion...the City of David... BELONGS TO 04:15  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  246.   Dear ChanahS #233- Wonderful Post 04:16  |  Phinias Whoppy 03/02/07
  247.   Aira Haas lies. Gideon Levy lies. Bradley Buston lies. 04:16  |  Mr. Ami Goldman 03/02/07
  248.   #243 Phinias Whoppy, that`s O.K. we understand your difficulty... 04:37  |  Maureen Ann 03/02/07
  249.   On Zionism and Spiritual Maturity 04:47  |  Harry D 03/02/07
  250.   Response to #17 04:49  |  Harry D 03/02/07
  251.   #24 Clickfool--WHAT??!! 05:04  |  Gretch 03/02/07
  252.   #233 ChanahS, Israel, behaves like the... 05:28  |  Maureen Ann 03/02/07
  253.   Maureen Ann # 248 - Darn I Am Good 05:43  |  Phinias Whoppy 03/02/07
  254.   Maureen Ann #248 05:49  |  Tim R 03/02/07
  255.   is citizen zero comment a trap , & is Bradley a racist 05:51  |  Joseph E . 03/02/07
  256.   re #3 `Pretty good`...and now to continue 06:03  |  Colin Wright 03/02/07
  257.   Okay, The Land Belongs To The Jews But... 06:23  |  Yosemite 03/02/07
  258.   To Yaakov Sullivan #60 06:31  |  Liam Roth 03/02/07
  259.   Maureen Ann 06:36  |  Yosemite 03/02/07
  260.   #89 Clicky Again 06:38  |  Yonatan Netser 03/02/07
  261.   Maureen Would Be Zionist 06:38  |  Anton Habiru 03/02/07
  262.   #94 To Timmy 06:43  |  Yonatan Netser 03/02/07
  263.   253ChanahS, yes, but empty words unless practised. 06:45  |  Maureen Ann 03/02/07
  264.   #115 Yak-Yackety Yak, don`t talk back 06:51  |  Liam Roth 03/02/07
  265.   Bradley, This took real courage 06:59  |  Yonatan Netser 03/02/07
  266.   Claim your g_d given racial heritage 07:08  |  keith 03/02/07
  267.   #Alicia, "2000 year absence." 07:21  |  Maureen Ann 03/02/07
  268.   Whoops! Phinias Whoppy. My last post, is for you. 07:29  |  Maureen Ann 03/02/07
  269.   256Colin Wright, One-State solution for INDIA/PAKISTAN? Kosovo/Se 07:48  |  Logician 03/02/07
  270.   Hannah`s history of Eretz Israel, post 99: 1) Sphardic Jews have 07:58  |  Nadav 03/02/07
  271.   Hannah, post 105, you asked for a dialog and I have accepted the 08:05  |  Nadav 03/02/07
  272.   Maureen Ann # 263. Zionism Was the Movement to Assemble the 08:12  |  Phinias Whoppy 03/02/07
  273.   Gabe 1, the Jewish people`s historic homeland does include places 08:16  |  Nadav 03/02/07
  274.   I believe two States for two People Israel and Jordan 08:23  |  e.m 03/02/07
  275.   Y. Sullivan, once again, Israel Declaration of Independence is a 08:27  |  Nadav 03/02/07
  276.   #265, Yonatan Netser 09:05  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 03/02/07
  277.   Maureen Marlyn Ann Hannah... whatever 09:22  |  Chachmeister 03/02/07
  278.   # 239 Danite 09:24  |  Swiss (Dino) 03/02/07
  279.   the cohen brother, again 09:28  |  JB 03/02/07
  280.   the cohen brother, again 09:28  |  JB 03/02/07
  281.   #49, Mark Lincoln 09:39  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 03/02/07
  282.   #11, Hannah 09:45  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 03/02/07
  283.   ChanahS #227 09:48  |  TonyL 03/02/07
  284.   e.m #274 09:49  |  Chachmeister 03/02/07
  285.   The Jews of Israel? Sharing the Holy Land? 10:12  |  Clickfool 03/02/07
  286.   Colin Wright, My Old Friend from Richmond 10:17  |  Eli 03/02/07
  287.   Klaudia 189 191 10:22  |  An Australian 03/02/07
  288.   You`re a Zionist? Go out and prove it. 10:34  |  Tzfonit 03/02/07
  289.   sorry but.... 10:54  |  bisbiso 03/02/07
  290.   #Phinias Whoppy, and the wealthy Jewish bankers... 10:54  |  Maureen Ann 03/02/07
  291.   Psalm 11:28  |  Stephen Connor 03/02/07
  292.   Klaudia - Reexamine your history 11:39  |  Stephen Connor 03/02/07
  293.   Klaudia 11:41  |  Stephen Connor 03/02/07
  294.   MAUREEN ANN,MARYLIN,HANNAH THOSE WHO NEVER SLEEP 11:51  |  gabriel 03/02/07
  295.   #282 MAUREEN MANAGES TO CONTRADICT HERSELF AS USUAL . 11:59  |  paul harris 03/02/07
  296.   Pissed off American and Nadav 12:03  |  Stephen Connor 03/02/07
  297.   Harry D 12:04  |  Stephen Connor 03/02/07
  298.   TO Maureen Ann #267; that´s right! You have a problem with it? 12:08  |  Alicia 03/02/07
  299.   "Spiritual Maturity" Now there`s a term.... 12:13  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  300.   the cohen brother, again 12:14  |  JB 03/02/07
  301.   Bradley, Klaudia , Hannah (and Zionism) 12:21  |  S 03/02/07
  302.   Give me your tired, your poor,. Your huddled masses yearning ... 12:21  |  Stephen Connor 03/02/07
  303.   #286 BALLISTIC IS IN TEARS YOU LEFT HER OUT G. 12:31  |  paul harris 03/02/07
  304.   TO #225 Maureen: if the Pals stop, the Israelis will stop! 12:32  |  Alicia 03/02/07
  305.   Another REAL good place to find "best lessons" is 12:42  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  306.   One Logical State - logician 12:45  |  Stephen Connor 03/02/07
  307.   Zionist out 12:54  |  another one 03/02/07
  308.   i am outing myself as a zionist 13:04  |  flashman 03/02/07
  309.   248 Maureen Ann 13:10  |  ChanahS 03/02/07
  310.   # 233 Maureen - more meaningless 13:12  |  ChanahS 03/02/07
  311.   #284, Maureen Ann 13:16  |  JB 03/02/07
  312.   Colin Wright # 256 - Wrong 13:18  |  ChanahS 03/02/07
  313.   Yonatan Netser 13:19  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 03/02/07
  314.   # 263 Maureen Ann 13:23  |  ChanahS 03/02/07
  315.   From A Palestinian 13:27  |  Omar 03/02/07
  316.   # 283 13:31  |  ChanahS 03/02/07
  317.   # 295 Virginia 14:01  |  ChanahS 03/02/07
  318.   237 Virginia Doted the i`s and crossed the t`s . 14:02  |  Akram Zekaria 03/02/07
  319.   Zionism is Israel, Israel made by Zionism 14:03  |  Mose Klein 03/02/07
  320.   Tell you what I can`t bear Bradley 14:19  |  Marlene 03/02/07
  321.   Bradley, go back into the closet 14:24  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 03/02/07
  322.   To Eli from Berkeley 14:24  |  Oh please 03/02/07
  323.   Regarding "Spiritual Maturity" KNOW 14:28  |  Who do you think? 03/02/07
  324.   #305 ChanahS I`ve never seen one. Is there 14:37  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  325.   To Omar#303 Sharing our part of the world 14:54  |  Tzfonit 03/02/07
  326.   #320MARLENE FORGETS THE CRUSADES 14:55  |  paul harris 03/02/07
  327.   Akram Zekaria Thank you for making the choice so clear. 14:57  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  328.   # 324 Virginia 14:58  |  ChanahS 03/02/07
  329.   To Dror designating who are "traitors" No.15 15:12  |  Marleme 03/02/07
  330.   Being Jewish, Marlene, means being a member of a religious group, 15:12  |  Nadav 03/02/07
  331.   Nadav 15:21  |  Sarah 03/02/07
  332.   ChanahS, Gotta love Google! What I.ve learned is Horrifying!!! 15:39  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  333.   Zionism is Racisim! 15:53  |  Mark 03/02/07
  334.   I agree Bradley 15:59  |  Syrian Jew 03/02/07
  335.   To Brad. 16:01  |  Jose Marcio 03/02/07
  336.   Burston is 1000% right here 16:02  |  B`Galil 03/02/07
  337.   Let`s help Marlene 16:06  |  former lefty 03/02/07
  338.   HOW TO DEAL WITH A CLICKFOOL 16:06  |  B`Galil 03/02/07
  339.   bracha/tzfonit #325 16:08  |  Gbae1 03/02/07
  340.   Margie in the UK #321- HYPOCRITE 16:15  |  Gabe1 03/02/07
  341.   Margie in the UK #321 FRIENDS 16:18  |  Gabe1 03/02/07
  342.   Zionism 16:23  |  Tom C 03/02/07
  343.   Yonan Netser in Metulla #260 16:30  |  Gabe1 03/02/07
  344.   #329 mark decries ALL MUSLIM COUNTRIES 16:31  |  paul harris 03/02/07
  345.   Mark #330 16:50  |  Gabe1 03/02/07
  346.   On being Jewish No. 330 16:55  |  Marlene 03/02/07
  347.   to Omar, Palestinian #315...Look who is speaking II (movie) 16:55  |  UGY the she camel 03/02/07
  348.   Colin Wright`s one-state solution 17:08  |  Yonatan 03/02/07
  349.   Finally, What took so long for you to say it ? 17:09  |  Dave 03/02/07
  350.   to Mr Clickfool..... 17:10  |  Mr Hatred 03/02/07
  351.   Bradley, very bad Zionist you are and... 17:26  |  Karl 03/02/07
  352.   Clickfool and Hannah are conspicuously absent 17:26  |  Yonatan 03/02/07
  353.   The real Bradley Burston 17:31  |  citizen zero 03/02/07
  354.   Margie #321 Why be so harsh to a brother? Who should be closeted 17:37  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  355.   Maybe Margie, "pride" is something 17:39  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  356.   Karl #348 Don`t sit down!!! :) No rest for you. 17:46  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  357.   Mark - Zionism is Racisim! 17:47  |  Stephen Connor 03/02/07
  358.   Margie in the UK #313 and Yonatan Netser 17:49  |  GABE1 03/02/07
  359.   291 IS PSALM THE MULLAH? 17:57  |  Stephen Connor 03/02/07
  360.   306Steven Connor, Question was: India/Pakistan back to 1 State? 17:59  |  Logician 03/02/07
  361.   Maureen Ann #248 18:01  |  Mickey 03/02/07
  362.   Gabe has issues 18:02  |  Rachel the gossip 03/02/07
  363.   With Zionists like that, who needs Hamas? 18:09  |  Paul Henzen 03/02/07
  364.   Gabe 1 #339-341 and "Patricia" of late 18:09  |  Tzfonit 03/02/07
  365.   Bradley, what is this? 18:12  |  Olof Gralvik 03/02/07
  366.   # 333 Mark - So Pakistan is racist? 18:15  |  Paul Henzen 03/02/07
  367.   On being Muslim 18:22  |  Yonatan 03/02/07
  368.   Nadav 18:25  |  Danite 03/02/07
  369.   #315 Omar - It cannot happen 18:27  |  Yonatan 03/02/07
  370.   Stephen Connor 18:28  |  Danite 03/02/07
  371.   zionism = JUSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 18:29  |  Chris 03/02/07
  372.   Nadav Shalom 18:30  |  Danite 03/02/07
  373.   Stephen Connor re#357 18:32  |  Danite 03/02/07
  374.   # 353 J.Rajsky a.k.a citizen zero @ toronto / Canada 18:35  |  Joseph E . 03/02/07
  375.   Marilyn #58. Why you`ve been accused being anti-semitic 18:39  |  Bruce 03/02/07
  376.   Sarah from Kfar Sava 18:41  |  Nadav 03/02/07
  377.   Marilyn #58 18:46  |  Bruce 03/02/07
  378.   Bradley, a nice column; but I`d always assumed you were a Zionist 18:46  |  liberal Zionist also 03/02/07
  379.   Marlene 18:48  |  Danite 03/02/07
  380.   Marlene, I suggest you to travel outside NYC 18:51  |  Bruce 03/02/07
  381.   # 352 Yonaton...why Clicky and other bigots are silent. 18:56  |  albert amato 03/02/07
  382.   Marlene #346 19:01  |  Bruce 03/02/07
  383.   Nadav 271 19:02  |  Cat 03/02/07
  384.   Zionism isn`t racism UNGA resolution 4686 December 16, 1991, 19:10  |  Joseph E . 03/02/07
  385.   Hannah, Marylin, and Maureen Ann: 19:12  |  Cat 03/02/07
  386.   Can we set a time, say 7:30 Israel time to 19:25  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  387.   EVERYDAY @ 7:00 pm Israel time. 19:34  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  388.   Half a Zionist is better than none 19:34  |  Shalom Freedman 03/02/07
  389.   For Yonatan # 352 19:36  |  Clickfool 03/02/07
  390.   re #286 `Colin Wright my old friend...` 19:40  |  Colin Wright 03/02/07
  391.   Hello, Danite, you may be very right. Read the note I wrote Sarah 19:48  |  Nadav 03/02/07
  392.   Re #348 `Colin Wright`s one state solution`(II) 19:54  |  Colin Wright 03/02/07
  393.   A heartfelt thank you to all who united in prayer. 19:55  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  394.   Bullseye Klaudia ,2 to 0 against Bradley & ctizen zero 19:56  |  Joseph E . 03/02/07
  395.   Kol haKavod! 19:56  |  Reuven Carmel 03/02/07
  396.   Shalom to you Shalom, do you 19:58  |  Virginia 03/02/07
  397.   not true zionism 20:01  |  Yonathan Zahav 03/02/07
  398.   Cat # 385 - Don`t Let Humor Mislead You 20:01  |  Phinias Whoppy 03/02/07
  399.   ARE JEWS THE RIGHTFUL OWNERS OF THE LAND? 20:03  |  Muhammud al-Swain 03/02/07
  400.   TO Mark; I guess the same goes for the wealthy Arab world? 20:28  |  Alicia 03/02/07
  401.   Re #386 `Can we set a time...` 20:28  |  Colin Wright 03/02/07
  402.   Some bad news for B`Galil # 338 20:30  |  Clickfool 03/02/07
  403.   # 352 Yonatan.(from Kefar-Sava. YESTERDAY I EXPECTED TO SEE YOU, 20:34  |  Kath` 03/02/07
  404.   #371 Chris in Johannesburg 20:40  |  ballistic 03/02/07
  405.   #384 Hey Joseph; that is some vote, er 20:43  |  ballistic 03/02/07
  406.   traveling outside of NYC is irrelevant No. 380 20:52  |  Marlene 03/02/07
  407.   Nice one 20:52  |  I Like A lot 03/02/07
  408.   Notice your terminology of people 20:59  |  Marlene 03/02/07
  409.