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Why Israelis support the Gaza offensive

Israel's post-traumatic war is not just about stopping Hamas rockets, but about repairing reputations -- and erasing the stain of failure.

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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 08:20 PM

    Xanthro re: Tay Sachs

    Tay Sachs is most common among Eastern European Jews i.e. Ashkenazi not Semitic Jews..so, it obviates whatever point you were trying to make about the so called "purity" of the Jewish "race." The whole idea of Jews being a race is pretty sickening--I thought we were beyond THAT, since like the Diaspora... there is no Jewish race... Jews have been inter-marrying and converting--like everyone else--since forever. As humans, we all have equal claim to the planet...and did you know that South Louisiana Cajuns have the same mutation?

    peace

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