Israel is the Jewish State, just like Norway is Norwegian or the UK is British. Granted , there are minorities everywhere, but that does not change the ethnic nature of the state

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The Muslim leaders are beginning to think. [183 words]	Lynn	Oct 2, 2009 08:09
Better Call it a Secular State [133 words]	Abdulkarim Al-Habsi	Sep 29, 2009 01:40
NO SUCH THING AS A 'palestinian'. [250 words]	gordon weare	Sep 17, 2009 18:08
↔ Who are the Palestinians [117 words]	Abdulkarim Al-Habsi	Sep 29, 2009 01:22
↔ The 'palestinian race' propaganda! [137 words]	Gordon Weare	Sep 29, 2009 22:02
↔ Who is the looney? [81 words]	Abdulkarim Al-Habsi	Oct 1, 2009 00:31
↔ Israel A Wasteland if not in Israeli Hands ? YES !! [319 words]	Gordon Weare	Oct 1, 2009 23:09
↔ I have no problme with that [100 words]	Abdulkarim Al-Habsi	Oct 4, 2009 03:30
↔ Oh So Predictable [151 words]	Gordon Weare	Oct 4, 2009 19:39
Denial of Judaism in Israel. [142 words]	Lynn	Aug 20, 2009 13:25
Islamic hypocrisy knows no bounds [67 words]	George	Aug 15, 2009 15:49
↔ Grand Kufar of Infidelistan. [102 words]	Drew	Oct 1, 2009 21:08
↔ What's So great ? [61 words]	drew	Oct 3, 2009 22:44
ALL muslim states are ISLAMIC, Israel deserves equal treatment [399 words]	Phil Greend	Aug 13, 2009 15:46
Reality check [116 words]	Chrisona	May 5, 2009 17:07
↔ Recognize Israel and Burn Arab Charter[or no peace talks or treaty of any kind.] [168 words]	Clarence Puckett	May 8, 2009 01:01
↔ God Mandated Israel's Existence. [250 words]	Clarence Puckett	May 9, 2009 01:10
Rejecting Ireland as an Irish state, and Saudi Arabia as an Arab state. [199 words]	Jgarbuz	Apr 23, 2009 10:51
Does everyone know where Abbas was born? [59 words]	Asher	Apr 20, 2009 16:30
Why does Israel require recognition from the Palestinians ? [w/response] [70 words]	Debanjan Banerjee	Apr 20, 2009 11:27
↔ Because the Arabs want Israel to be Arab and Muslim [120 words]	Reina	Aug 16, 2009 08:25
↔ Don't forget, also. [106 words]	Lynn	Aug 16, 2009 12:01
Basis for Negotiation-revisited [419 words]	Jonathan Williams	Apr 19, 2009 19:34
⇒ Norway [32 words]	Jon Purizhansky	Apr 19, 2009 09:11
↔ IS IT GENETIC ? [164 words]	Gordon Weare	Oct 1, 2009 14:58
↔ Exactly- a good cluster.... [26 words]	Svet	Oct 3, 2009 04:06
Bush should recognize that the "Jewish State" should have included the West Bank and Jordan [170 words]	DrRJP	Jan 14, 2008 10:29
A question about Bush's mixed message [w/response] [21 words]	Pez Dispenser	Jan 13, 2008 04:14
"Recognition" vs "Acceptance" [340 words]	joshua sandler	Jan 2, 2008 12:58
↔ Recognition [94 words]	Debra	Jan 3, 2008 18:03
↔ Not necessarily so [229 words]	Seth Johnston, M.D.	Jan 10, 2008 09:08
↔ Palestinians' Dreams [287 words]	joshua sandler	Jan 27, 2008 02:49
May the hand of G-d fall properly upon Ehud Olmert. [33 words]	Ynnatchkah	Jan 1, 2008 18:46
Annapolis [43 words]	steven L	Dec 27, 2007 17:23
Recognizing Israel as "Jewish" is rather meaningless [93 words]	Charles Martel	Dec 27, 2007 14:03

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