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Its strange that you would say Israel is under no outside threat.
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that's because i didnt say what you impute to me.
i responded directly to your question.
i do not think that the official lines of any number of militant organizations mean very much substantively--they may be useful in mobilizing support--but they do not translate into any actions, any series of actions or any series of potential actions that poses anything like a threat to israel's existence.
there are obviously conflicts that israel is involved with--for the most part, israel itself is the motor of these conflicts.
kadima is sharon's party.
let's not play stupid games.
personally, i think that if there is a basic driver to all this trouble, it is the fact that most israeli political organizations are geared around the notion that israel must be a specifically jewish state. it would be easier for everyone if israel could become secular, dont you think? for example, that would undercut the basis for the oppression of the palestinians, yes? it would undercut any and all objections to the right of return, yes? it would not necessarily preclude anything--but it would remove religion, and ways of thinking about conflict rooted in religion, from conflicts.
just saying...