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If they don’t, they should. Both of them indicate ethnic cleansing.

Don’t make any mistakes—I dislike Netanyahu as much as most people here, both as a politician and as a man, but this isn’t about him, it’s about words and their appropriate use.

Since the Palestinians have denied any historic connection between Jews and Israel as part of their manifesto, going to great lengths to destroy and contaminate archeological evidence from the Temple Mount under the guise of “renovations”, the demand that no Jews be allowed to live in what may eventually become a Palestinian state is nothing less than making it “Judenrein”—obliterating all traces of Jews in its history.

What were the actions of Jordan between 1949 and 1967, if not the same policy? The destruction of 58 synagogues (and no, I’m not religious), the destruction of tens of thousands of Jewish headstones, carted off to be used as road paving, sidewalks and even as floor panels in public toilets, were all part of a concerted effort to obliterate historic evidence of the connection between Jews and Jerusalem.

There are areas of the West Bank (and the Gaza Strip) where the Jewish ownership of that land predates the establishment of the state, and in some cases, even predates the British Mandate. Even Jimmy Carter admitted that he can’t see the Etzion Bloc ever being anything but Israeli.

“The Guardian” is one of the most biased papers in Europe today, and taking offense at the use of a negative word when describing Palestinian demands is typical of their bias.

Much as I dislike Netanyahu and much of what he stands for, this time he committed a rare act as a politician—he called a spade a spade.]]> Gil, I also use the word in various posts in different forums—does that mean that I also use “Nazi language”? What difference does it make if you say “Jew-free” or “Judenrein”? Don’t they both mean the same thing? Don’t they both have the same “corrosive meaning”?



If they don’t, they should. Both of them indicate ethnic cleansing.



Don’t make any mistakes—I dislike Netanyahu as much as most people here, both as a politician and as a man, but this isn’t about him, it’s about words and their appropriate use.



Since the Palestinians have denied any historic connection between Jews and Israel as part of their manifesto, going to great lengths to destroy and contaminate archeological evidence from the Temple Mount under the guise of “renovations”, the demand that no Jews be allowed to live in what may eventually become a Palestinian state is nothing less than making it “Judenrein”—obliterating all traces of Jews in its history.



What were the actions of Jordan between 1949 and 1967, if not the same policy? The destruction of 58 synagogues (and no, I’m not religious), the destruction of tens of thousands of Jewish headstones, carted off to be used as road paving, sidewalks and even as floor panels in public toilets, were all part of a concerted effort to obliterate historic evidence of the connection between Jews and Jerusalem.



There are areas of the West Bank (and the Gaza Strip) where the Jewish ownership of that land predates the establishment of the state, and in some cases, even predates the British Mandate. Even Jimmy Carter admitted that he can’t see the Etzion Bloc ever being anything but Israeli.



“The Guardian” is one of the most biased papers in Europe today, and taking offense at the use of a negative word when describing Palestinian demands is typical of their bias.



Much as I dislike Netanyahu and much of what he stands for, this time he committed a rare act as a politician—he called a spade a spade.

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