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Finkelstein is too straight for most people to be able to understand, in the sense that his thought proceeds in absolutely straight lines, whereas for most of us, thought is curved, like light in relativity theory.
It is rather a trivial question to ask, whether Walt and Mearsheimer are zionists. They aren't Jewish, and they certainly aren't Christian zionists either. They are 'zionists' in the weak theoretical sense, of accepting the legitimacy of the idea of a Jewish state. But I wouldn't call that zionism in the proper sense, because to me 'zionism in the proper sense' is a roaring passion, as are most practical nationalisms when in crisis, as zionism perpetually is.
