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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 12:00 AM

The Israel rules

America's support of the Gaza attack proves once again that our mythical image of Israel has blinded us to its faults -- a myopia with devastating consequences for both countries.
By Gary Kamiya

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  • Wednesday, January 7, 2009 04:59 PM

    Racist Rhetoric

    MerelyMortalMale: "What a pampered, heartless, racist people! Like Nazis, they think one of Theirs worth more than a thousand of the Other's."

    Condemning the people of an entire country as "heartless" and "racist" is racist.

    Neither Israelis nor Palestinians are monolithic entities - they are instead both groups of individuals. And there are many types of individuals in both groups, including, yes, heartless racists. Both groups also have many other types of individuals on both groups too, however, including compassionate non-racists.

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