tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post1320540090455504195..comments2024-03-24T11:22:15.548+00:00Comments on Lustig's Letter: Ken Livingstone: a grotesque, offensive disgraceRobin Lustighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00578195216460807588noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-62123308854284637892017-04-08T15:57:28.095+00:002017-04-08T15:57:28.095+00:00Robin , thank you for your reply. I'll read yo...Robin , thank you for your reply. I'll read your book as I hope it will help me clarify my thoughts. Meanwhile, can you please read my first comment again, paying a little bit more attention to its content? Mar Lizarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468016037897533396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-38550938128391278712017-04-08T13:45:05.008+00:002017-04-08T13:45:05.008+00:00Mar Lizaro: Don't put words into my mouth. I s...Mar Lizaro: Don't put words into my mouth. I said I am not a Zionist because I am not a Zionist. If I were anti-Zionist, I would have said so. I said I believed the establishment of the state of Israel, in retrospect, may have been a mistake. I did not say, and I do not believe, that the state of Israel should be destroyed. Whether it should remain a 'Jewish' state is another matter. If you are seriously interested in what I think, I would urge you to read my book, where I explain my views in more detail than I can here.Robin Lustighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00578195216460807588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-18202134596693871042017-04-08T13:39:58.019+00:002017-04-08T13:39:58.019+00:00You say you are not a Zionist. I believe that is a...You say you are not a Zionist. I believe that is a nice way of saying you are anti-Zionist and I gather that by this you mean that the establisment of the state of Israel was a mistake. While this might be so I believe that,to a lot of other people,anti-Zionism' has a very different meaning, namely that the state of Israel should be destroyed (to make room for a Palestinian state) or else to be 'moved to the USA'. This meaning of anti-Zionism is genocidal. This is why if anyone declares himself/herself to be anti-Zionist, it is wise to ask him/her what exactly does he/she means by it. <br />Livingstone probably thinks he has a receptieve audience and probably he's right. Unfortunately for him, however, this audience is not very large.Mar Lizarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468016037897533396noreply@blogger.com