The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117493   Message #2549085
Posted By: CarolC
25-Jan-09 - 06:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: Israel Moves in.
Subject: RE: BS: Israel Moves in.
At this point, I also think it would be useful to point out the fact that Arab does not equal Muslim, and Muslim does not equal Arab. And Palestinian does not equal Muslim, either. There are Christian Arabs, Jewish Arabs, and Muslim Arabs. There are Christian Palestinians, and Muslim Palestinians (and also Jewish Palestinians, although they now choose to call themselves Israelis). There are also secular Arabs, and secular Palestinians. The Christian and secular Palestinians have participated in the Palestinian liberation movement along side of the Muslim participants, including participating in acts of suicide bombing, which is a practice that is not confined to Muslims, by any stretch of the imagination.

It is not, and it has never been, an conflict between Muslims and Jews.