Theos-Talk Archives (June 2002 Message tt00135)

Frank: Thanks for the post. I searched and found a very comprehensive 
article by Prof. Ramakrishnan which is very informative about Mahatma 
Gandhi's views. One needs to keep in mind that his approach based on 
non-violence resulted in India getting Independence from Great Britain, in 
spite of the hands off approach taken by the western powers in the matter 
of Indian Independence.

mkr

It is most interesting to note from the article that there were intense 
lobbying on Gandhi which did not change his views for 20 years.

http://www.twf.org/News/Y2001/0815-GandhiZionism.html

mkr

At 02:29 PM 6/24/02 +0200, Frank Reitemeyer wrote:
> Here are the main sentences in paraphrase of what Mahatma Gandhi wrote in
> the Indian "Harijan", November 1938 (from my German translation):
>
> 1. I don't like the call of the Jews for a national home very much.
> 2. They draw the rationale from the bible.
> 3. Why should they not, as every race on Earth, make this land as their home
> in which they are born and live?
> 4. Palestine belongs to the Palestines as England belongs to the English and
> France to the French.
> 5. It is wrong and inhuman to force the Jews onto the Arabs.
> 6. What today happens in Palestine, is not justified by any moral code.
> 7. It is a crime against humanity to give Palestine as a whole or in parts
> to the Jews.
> 8. I have no doubt, that their way is wrong.
> 9. The Palestine of the Bible is no geographical area, it's in the heart.
> 10. You cannot do a religious deed by bombs.
> 11. They can only settle there when first the Arabs agree to it.
> 12. They should rather try to turn the hearts of the Arabs.
> 13. The same God who rules the hearts of the Jew, rules also the hearts of
> the Arabs.
>
>
> What do the political correct Nazi hunters say to this? Is Mahatma Gandhi a
> Nazi, too?
> Frank