Pro-Palestinian

[Venn Dutch]

If you're pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel, does that automatically make you pro-Islam and anti-Judaism?

[eminusipi]

nothing at all. Conforming, uninformed facist is entirely possiblement.

[Venn Dutch]

Originally Posted by eminusipi

nothing at all. Conforming, uninformed facist is entirely possiblement.

ee cummings haiku?

Originally Posted by Venn Dutch

ee cummings haiku?

Bad troll accent.

Originally Posted by Venn Dutch

If you're pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel, does that automatically make you pro-Islam and anti-Judaism?

That's good question...I say no.

[Malik Shabazz]

Originally Posted by Venn Dutch

If you're pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel, does that automatically make you pro-Islam and anti-Judaism?

Certainly not. The late Edward Said, perhaps the best-known Palestinian beside Arafat, was a Christian. In fact, a small but not insignificant number of Palestinians are Christians.

[Tim><]

Define insignificant.

[Malik Shabazz]

Originally Posted by Tim><

Define insignificant.

I don't know the precise percentages of Muslims, Christians, Druze, etc. among the Palestinians, but it would be incorrect to suggest that all Palestinians are Muslims.

I would be willing to bet that at least 5-10% of Palestinians are Christians. In fact, I would be willing to bet that the percentage of Palestinians who are Christians is significantly larger than the percentage of Americans who are Jewish or Muslim (or both combined).

[Tim><]

Perhaps 5-10% of the population of the West Bank is Christian. I would bet that less than 1% of the population of Gaza is Christian. How are you defining which Christians are Palestinians?

[AfroSoul]

Originally Posted by Venn Dutch

If you're pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel, does that automatically make you pro-Islam and anti-Judaism?

Not necesarily. I think for the rest of the world that is not closley alligned with the Palestibian/Arab cause or Isreali/American/Jewish cause, the conflict boils down to a liberation movement akin to liberation movements we've seen in Africa, Asia, South America etc. For most people, its not about Judeism vs Islam but rather one set of people feeling oppressed and fighting for their freedom with what means they have. And since very many countries were the product of popular revolutions, the Palestinian struggle has particular resonance.