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Banerjee, essentially, complimented Israel and Jews

Reader comment on item: 'Palestinian-ism' is only a Muslim tactic to help destroy the Jewish state
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Submitted by Ted (United States), Jan 4, 2012 at 23:47

Dear Dr Pipes:

Debanjan Banerjee does not possess a lot of logic and none of his arguments can be relied upon but in his recent response to me he inadvertently complimented Israel and the Jews. Banerjee said, "So ultimately Israel's greatest threat comes from within i.e. the historically unresolved dispute between the ultra-orthodox and the secular elites."

Banerjee is right. Banerjee's statement holds not only for Israel but also for almost entire non-Islamic world. You see, in Israel, in the USA, in India, and in most of European countries there are liberal factions and conservative constituencies that fight (yes, non-violent fight; no murders here) with each other and a balance in the society is achieved. Unfortunately, this is not true for the Islamic world. In most of the Islamic countries if a liberal faction as much as takes its first breath, it is murdered (just one example for Banerjee's sake: the murder of Salman Taseer for objecting to Pakistan's blasphemy laws).

So Banerjee may defend the islamists all he wants but then his contradictions and hypocrisy will be impossible to hide.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Dear Dr. Pipes [146 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Debanjan BanerjeeJan 1, 2012 22:44192199
2You were very kind to Debanjan Banerjee [143 words]TedJan 2, 2012 22:27192199
My answer to Mr.Ted [368 words]Debanjan BanerjeeJan 4, 2012 02:16192199
3Are you really going to make such a ludicrous comparison, Mr. Banerjee? [109 words]saraJan 4, 2012 16:44192199
Banerjee, essentially, complimented Israel and Jews [181 words]TedJan 4, 2012 23:47192199
Wish you a happy and prosperous 2012 [75 words]Debanjan BanerjeeJan 5, 2012 01:15192199
Diversionary tactics do not work Mr Banerjee... [203 words]saraJan 5, 2012 19:53192199
Re Palestinians [33 words]Gabby CroftsDec 29, 2011 10:19192129
Palestinian history [131 words]RexDec 25, 2011 19:00192026
1Palestinianism is a response to zionism [112 words]steveDec 24, 2011 19:15192008
Palestinians [4 words]Lujack SkylarkDec 24, 2011 18:41192007

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