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Next Year in a Shared Jerusalem!

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15 Responses to “Next Year in a Shared Jerusalem!”

Rachael says:

March 28, 2010 at 11:22 PM

A shared Jerusalem is a truly beautiful thought. I hope we all enjoy this soon.

A happy Pesach to you and yours, and many thanks for this blog. :-)

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Elisabeth says:

March 29, 2010 at 3:45 AM

Bradley Burston has a beatiful piece too in a similar vein (on how the root of the Hebrew word for sharing, is the same as that of the word for dividing).

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1159711.html

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Sword of Gideon says:

March 29, 2010 at 4:40 AM

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moses says:

March 29, 2010 at 8:28 AM

well, it was shared before jews got here.

next year, no, tomorrow in brooklyn, the capital of the jews.

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Gene Schulman says:

March 29, 2010 at 12:15 PM

Sad to say, I think those of you who are hoping for a shared Jerusalem are going to have a long wait. About as long as it takes the US to get its ass out of the Middle East.

HolyMoses!

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- mary says:
  
  March 29, 2010 at 3:07 PM
  
  Shared Jerusalem? With Netanyahu in power? Don’t hold your breath.
  
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  - Shirin says:
    
    March 29, 2010 at 5:32 PM
    
    How many Israeli PM’s have been willing to even talk about sharing Jerusalem?
    
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    - mary says:
      
      March 29, 2010 at 5:41 PM
      
      And how many Israelis?
      
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      - Shirin says:
        
        March 29, 2010 at 6:53 PM
        
        Exactly. It doesn’t matter a whit who is in power. This is not about Netanyahu, it is about the fundamental nature of Zionism and Israel.
    - Richard Silverstein says:
      
      March 29, 2010 at 9:22 PM
      
      Israeli public opininon is in favor of it. Now all we have to do is beat it into the pols’ heads & they’ll get it too.
      
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      - bar_kochba132 says:
        
        March 31, 2010 at 9:46 PM
        
        Prove it. I have only seen one poll, that of the Geneva Intitaitive people from about 6 years ago that claims that a “majority” of Israelis want to divide (or to use your Orwellian expression, “share”) Jerusalem.
      - Richard Silverstein says:
        
        March 31, 2010 at 11:21 PM
        
        I don’t have to “prove” it. It was a Jerusalem Post poll & I wrote an entire post about it. Now go find it & next time do some research before you get on yr high horse.
        
        Since when is “sharing” Jerusalem “Orwellian?” George Orwell would blanch at your misuse of the English language & his name.
Kalea says:

March 29, 2010 at 8:16 PM

Obama’s Passover message:

“The celebration of Passover reminds us to fight oppression everywhere, U.S. President Barack Obama said in his annual holiday greeting on Monday, also highlighting the battle against all forms of discrimination.

In a statement released by the White House and signed by Obama, the U.S. president wrote that the story of Exodus taught that, “wherever we live, there is oppression to be fought and freedom to be won.”

“In retelling this story from generation to generation, we are reminded of our ongoing responsibility to fight against all forms of suffering and discrimination,” Obama wrote, adding that by doing so “we reaffirm the ties that bind us all.”

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1159938.html

Mr. Netanyahu, are you listening?? Can Obama’s message be more relevant?

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Dave Boxthorn says:

March 31, 2010 at 6:55 PM

‘The celebration of Passover reminds us to fight oppression everywhere…’

Other than Moses’ slaying of one Egyptian, where else was there fighting in the Passover story?

Fleeing yes. Fighting, well not against the Egyptians.

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- Richard Silverstein says:
  
  March 31, 2010 at 9:32 PM
  
  Neither this statement you quoted nor anything else I’m aware claims anything about “fighting” the Egyptians with physical force. But the actual Passover story is filled with repeated acts of resistance to Egyptian oppression. Or do you believe such resistance can only take the form of overt violence?
  
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