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Steve Elliott's avatar

I am encouraged by the public vote for Israel. It was beginning to look like the whole world was turning anti-Semitic. I am not Jewish.

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Dean V. Williamson's avatar

Neither am I, and I can imagine we wish everyone could commit to constitutional governance of the sort that proceeded from the Scottish Enlightenment, but that experience really does seem to be exceptional.

Relatedly, Islam constitutes its own form of all-encompassing governance. It's not compatible (absent a Reformation of its own) with constitutional governance. So, asking everyone in the Levant (Israel, Lebanon, the "West Bank") to just get along is just a bridge too far.

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LSWCHP's avatar

Some fascinating insights there, thank you.

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