Re: [Marxism] Israel - Palestine: two peoples one state

[Shane Mage <shmage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 6, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Nasir Khan wrote:

> Israel/Palestine: Two Peoples One State
> By Keith Harvey:"...It is not difficult to envisage a secular, multi- 
> national state which guarantees equal civil and political rights for  
> all ethnic groups, underwriting respect for different religious and  
> cultural traditions...'

No, it's not difficult.  It's just that it's impossible to imagine  
such a state coming into existence in any way but as a voluntary  
federation of two equal and independent states.
(Harvey fantasizes a single state coming into existence through a  
socialist revolution by united Arab and Jewish proletariats--but such  
a revolution even in fantasy would scarcely limit itself to a tiny  
Palestinian state rather than a socialist federation of the entire  
Middle East).

Shane Mage

> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos

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