tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post4128237588803012525..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Nationalism and the Problems of the Middle EastDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1482499641775454832009-01-08T01:15:00.000-05:002009-01-08T01:15:00.000-05:00A Jewish state was not necessary in Release 1.0 of...A Jewish state was not necessary in Release 1.0 of Zionism, which was based on a Jewish homeland in a small corner of the Ottoman Empire. (Herzl might have regarded multinational empires as the natural way of doing things.) That even explains such oddities as the Jewish National Fund or the Histadrut which make sense in a Jewish corner but not in a Jewish state. On the other hand, the Ottoman Empire collapsed and its successor the British Empire proved unreliable.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the best solution is for Israel to become a U.S. state. (The Jewish nature of the area could be guaranteed by the Jewish National Fund.) It will, of course, be necessary to have a religion-friendly Supreme Court.<BR/><BR/>Another possibility is for Israeli Jews to be reclassified as Native Americans and Israel to be reclassified as a reservation. On the other hand, the advisability of such a tactic requires "enlightened," i.e., self-congratulatory, opinion among American political elites to lurch in the right direction.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720409839023747889noreply@blogger.com