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Originally Posted by Livia

With respect, Nedusa, many Palestinians live and work quite happily alongside the Jews in Israel. What's more, I'm at a loss to know why being a semite means you have no grounds for being a racist. Anyone of any colour and any creed can be racist.

I quite take exception to the suggestion that people who condone Israel are showing show extreme ignorance. In my eyes, people who've never been to Israel and experienced it first hand and who never even consider there may be another page in the book, and yet make massive, sweeping generalisations are maybe the ones showing ignorance.

I fully agree, I am stunned at some of the comments posted on this thread actually.

You are of course right too in that Palestinians and Jews do work fine together in that area.
I don't think you are even trying to defend the indefensible,you would never need to, you are only stating truth and truth you have experienced and know 100% about too.