In my previous post I bullocked (though quite mildly, I believe) Martin Luckas for suggesting that the Palestinians ought to convert to Judaism in order to resolve the conflict. While theoritically it would work on a local level (i.e. the Palestinian/Israeli part of the conflict) it would only exacerbate the rest of the Arab and Muslim world. But, it's just a humorous comment, so why get my panties in a bunch?
Simple- many in the Arab and Muslim world already believe that Israel wants to take over the Middle East. Since to their version of taking over would include conversion to Islam, just as Christian hegemony included conversion to Christianity, they probably already suspect that Jews want to convert all the Muslims. So, since anything, and everything, in the Arab/Muslim world gets attributed to a conspiracy by Israel, converting Palestinians would probably piss the rest of the Middle East off further.
But that's not the only issue. Martin Luckas is a writer at McGill- a Western University. (in Canada, for those who don't know) Many in that part of the world already believe that the West is merely part of a Zionis
t cabal. So right now, even the suggestion that the Palestinians should convert might be seen as the plans for that conversion. How could people be so naive as to twist Martin's words that far? Well, for starters, they think CNN is pro-Israel. Secondly, if you lived in a world where you thought this the ultimate aim of the Israelis, the suggestion that the Palestinians ought to actively join the Jewish side would just piss you off. And people are already pretty pissed off at Israel. They don't need many more excuses to be.
t cabal. So right now, even the suggestion that the Palestinians should convert might be seen as the plans for that conversion. How could people be so naive as to twist Martin's words that far? Well, for starters, they think CNN is pro-Israel. Secondly, if you lived in a world where you thought this the ultimate aim of the Israelis, the suggestion that the Palestinians ought to actively join the Jewish side would just piss you off. And people are already pretty pissed off at Israel. They don't need many more excuses to be. Just as a side note, Backspin seems to have dropped the link- I'm not sure why.
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