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[merig00.livejournal.com]

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[yelena-r0ssini.livejournal.com]

My apologies, I was confused by your phrasing when it came to "not supporting" Israel. I guess you meant not supporting their actions rather than not supporting their right to their state. My bad for misreading.

But part of the reason Israel arguments get framed that way is the fact that there has been opposition to their existence as a state since day one. There are still many nations who refuse to "recognize" Israel as an actual country, and the idea that they have no right to exist isn't totally fringe or laughable.

[mcpreacher.livejournal.com]

which is valid when addressing criticism from, say, iran.

the internet has yet to recognize me as a muslim state.

[merig00.livejournal.com]

well maybe you share Iran's view on the issue :)

[mcpreacher.livejournal.com]

i forgot that all us liberals love ahmadinejad

like that time we

[merig00.livejournal.com]

I should have probably bolded ":)"

But you could choose from any of these countries:

Africa: Algeria, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Guinea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia.
Americas: Bolivia, Cuba, Venezuela
East Asia: Taiwan, North Korea
Middle East: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, United Arab Emirates.
South, Central Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan.
Southeast Asia: Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia

[mcpreacher.livejournal.com]

off the very top of my head indonesia was the first muslim state to recognize israel sooo...

[merig00.livejournal.com]

Nope... you are probably confusing it with Micronesia which has very close ties with Israel.

Only three members of the Arab League have normalized relations with Israel; Egypt and Jordan signed peace treaties in 1979 and 1994, respectively, and Mauritania opted for full diplomatic relations with Israel in 1999. Israel also has diplomatic relations with Morocco.

[yelena-r0ssini.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but that's why it's not necessarily tin-foil-hat-y to assume that if someone is really really critical of Israel, they may well be opposed to its status as a country. The discourse has become so polarized and all.