http://blog.sjjp.org.uk/index.php/2006-11-24/gilad-atzmon-in-edinburgh/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:04:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.sjjp.org.uk/index.php/2006-11-24/gilad-atzmon-in-edinburgh/#comment-32977 Sharon Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:54:21 +0000 http://blog.sjjp.org.uk/index.php/2006-11-24/gilad-atzmon-in-edinburgh/#comment-32977 So Gilad Aztmon is beyond the Pale but it is okay to support one nationalist movement while denying the validity of another nationalist movement? And Jews who immigrated to Israel before one discovers that Zionism is bad are okay, but Jews who immigrated later are not? Personally I prefer to live by a more consistent idea - either nationalism is legitimate and therefore Zionism is just as legit as Palestinian nationalism, or nationalism is not legitimate, in which case neither Zionism nor Palestinian nationalism are legitimate. This seems more consistent. So Gilad Aztmon is beyond the Pale but it is okay to support one nationalist movement while denying the validity of another nationalist movement? And Jews who immigrated to Israel before one discovers that Zionism is bad are okay, but Jews who immigrated later are not? Personally I prefer to live by a more consistent idea – either nationalism is legitimate and therefore Zionism is just as legit as Palestinian nationalism, or nationalism is not legitimate, in which case neither Zionism nor Palestinian nationalism are legitimate. This seems more consistent.

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