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In reply to the discussion: Netanyahu Does NOT Speak For Me... [View all]Peacetrain
(22,874 posts)9. Israel is a goverment.. Judaism is a faith
You can be true to your faith.. and not support governmental policies
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Iran is a government.. Islam is a faith.
You can be true to your faith.. and not support governmental policies.
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The United States is a goverment.. Christianity (the most prevalence faith in the US is a faith)
You can be true to your faith.. and not support governmental policies
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and so forth and so on for all religious arenas in any country.
How we got this all mixed up is beyond me.. (And I am talking about all faiths )
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I think they said the same thing about Asians during Vietnam and the Korean War
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jul 2014
#1
I raised mine as you advise. But I feel sadly outnumbered. Listening to Cheney spouting off
maddiemom
Jul 2014
#35
Netanyahu's election was in fact a *ratification* of the assassination of Rabin
villager
Jul 2014
#5
Can someone explain how this is a "war of choice" on the part of Israel or Netanyahu?
George II
Jul 2014
#16
Israel takes land that isn't theirs. Then acts surprised when Palestinians fight back.
randome
Jul 2014
#19
What land is that? This conflict is between Gaza and Israel, who withdrew from Gaza...
George II
Jul 2014
#32