Forum Post: Israel vs. Palestine
Posted 11 years ago on Nov. 22, 2012, 2:27 p.m. EST by struggleforfreedom80
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Israel is conducting a brutal and vicious occupation of Palestine. This occupation, which has been going on for many years now, is illegal; it’s in violation of international law, and condemned by the UN and virtually the entire world – except, of course, for the United States and Israel.
Now, when a state is conducting an illegal occupation, the ones who are being occupied have the right to defend themselves – including with the use of arms. In this conflict Israel is the aggressor; the Palestinians are therefore the ones who have a right to defend themselves. This is fully in accordance with international law. It’s called self defense – an obviously logical and reasonable right and principle that must apply to all human beings. It is the ones who are being occupied that have the right to defend themselves against the occupier, not the other way around.
This does not, however, mean that the Palestinians have the right to do whatever they want when fighting back against the aggressor and occupier. Although the crimes and killings done by Israel vastly exceeds that of the Palestinians, Hamas and many militant Palestinians have, during this conflict, committed crimes as well, like killing civilians with rockets, for example.
It is however Israel that has the responsibility and obligation to pull out of the occupied territories, and stop the atrocities. It is Israel that has the main responsibility and must end their illegal activities.
The United States is also an important factor in this conflict. Israel could not have done all these crimes without the support – politically and militarily – of the U.S. Israel is dependent of this support. The United States has the power to stop more or less all Israeli bombing, terror and occupation.
So what must be done? Well, there is a solution that virtually all Palestinians and Palestinian groups and organizations accept. This solution is also accepted and supported by virtually the entire world and the United Nations: The two-state solution based on the 67-borders.
If the state of Israel decides it wants to start accepting international law, and stop conducting illegal occupation and bombing of Palestine, they must withdraw from the occupied territories and accept the 67-borders.
It is the occupation that is the root cause of this conflict; the occupation must end.
Senate unites to back genocide. Big shocker eh?
http://www.texasgopvote.com/issues/restore-families/senate-unites-denounce-hamas-and-support-israel-007312
Have another heaping helping of duopoly suckers.
Consider that - "Palestinians in Gaza Face Acute Risk of Famine, UN Agency Reports"!
And that: "All the 2 million people in Gaza are in crisis … and almost a fourth of these people, or more than half a million people, are in the worst stage of hunger, which is IPC five, which means that people are starving."
caveat actor!
Children are starving to death.
Is MSM finally getting it? This article/new story in NBC News: "In the ruins of Gaza, children are starving to death and there's no cease-fire in sight."
Or at least, partially getting it?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-children-starving-famine-warning-death-destruction-rcna141813
And, "Children starve to death in Gaza, WHO says, as ceasefire deal sticking points remain" 'cause, ya know, ya gotta make the kids starve before you can "agree" to anything.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/04/middleeast/gaza-children-dying-malnutrition-israel-ceasefire-talks-intl-hnk/index.html
The absolute brutality of the Israeli state is beyond words at this point. And, the indifference of the West is just as bad.
"In the north of Gaza, there is virtually no food available. People are resorting to eating animal feed or bird seed to stay alive. For some, there is only grass left to eat. Doctors have been warning for months that the Israeli military’s five-month long bombardment and siege of Gaza would end in hunger and starvation.
"Today, the UN-backed "Integrated Food Security Phase Classification" - has reported that famine is “imminent” and will take hold in the north of Gaza over the coming two months. Half of the population across Gaza now faces catastrophic levels of hunger, nearly twice as many people as reported in November. Children are already dying of malnutrition and dehydration.
"Meanwhile, Israel's government continues to throttle aid at the border crossing into Gaza while the international community watches on. The tiny amount of aid that is allowed to enter - is either being prevented from getting to people, especially in the north, or is being chaotically distributed - leaving people desperately scrambling for whatever they can get their hands on.
"This is stripping my community of its dignity while leaving the most vulnerable without any help at all. Hundreds of people have even paid with their lives trying to get food for their families.
"The UN has warned that the decline in the population’s nutrition status is at a globally unprecedented rate. And still the world does nothing"! - FROM:
"An entirely human-made tragedy is under way as the world looks on. Israel must open the crossings for aid and aid workers now"!
too terrible for latin!
Doctors in Gaza stunned at affects on children.
"An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome impact Israel’s war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children still left them stunned.
One toddler died from a brain injury caused by an Israeli strike that fractured his skull. His cousin, an infant, is still fighting for her life with part of her face blown off by the same strike.
An unrelated 10-year-old boy screamed out in pain for his parents, not knowing that they were killed in the strike. Beside him was his sister, but he didn’t recognize her because burns covered almost her entire body.
Doctors perform surgery on a patient at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, Sunday, March 17, 2024. An international team of doctors has been working the past two weeks at the facility amid shortages of supplies. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)"
From: https://apnews.com/article/gaza-aqsa-martyrs-hospital-health-care-israel-7c7a6117efae29e22a61e82151144613
I put this here so that these children do not die in vain.
So after "six months of war, Gaza’s health sector has been decimated. Roughly a dozen of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are only partially functioning. The rest have either shut down or are barely functioning after they ran out of fuel and medicine, were surrounded and raided by Israeli troops, or were damaged in fighting." FROM YOUR ^ LINK.
"Israel has killed more aid workers in the Gaza Strip than have died in all of the countries in the rest of the world combined in any of the last 30 years, according to a report by the Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD).
"Since 7th October, 2023 ... at least 203 aid workers have been killed in Israeli attacks, the report said. With UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saying the situation is “unconscionable.”
"Last week, Guterres expressed concerns about UN aid workers being continually prevented from carrying out their duties in the besieged Gaza Strip, particularly in the northern part of the enclave.
"On Tuesday, the US-based food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) confirmed that seven of its humanitarian aid workers were killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip a day earlier.
"The workers were nationals of Australia, Poland, the UK and Palestine as well as US-Canadian dual citizen."
AND NOTE ... "US, UK, Australia citizens killed in Israel strike on aid convoy in Gaza"! https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240402-us-uk-australia-citizens-killed-in-israel-strike-on-aid-convoy-in-gaza/
FURTHERMORE: " Ireland withdraws multi-million euro investments from 6 Israel companies"! https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240406-ireland-withdraws-multi-million-euro-investments-from-6-israel-companies/ & ...
FINALLY: "Israel Pays a Political Price for Killing Aid Workers – When They’re Not Palestinians"! by Amira Haas: https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2024/04/06/israel-pays-a-political-price-for-killing-aid-workers-when-theyre-not-palestinians/15/
respice, adspice et fiat justitia ruat caelum!
‘It’s death there’: babies and children hit hardest as famine tightens hold on Gaza"
"Estimated 27 children killed by famine, with fears many more will suffer lifelong effects, despite Israel’s promise of more aid"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/15/babies-children-gaza-famine
"“At this age a child should weigh 8 kilos. They weigh 2 kilos … They don’t have thighs yet. At this stage they are supposed to be crawling and preparing to walk. And now you can see the state they’re in,” she said.
“Are these the arms of an eight-month-old child? … It’s death there, death, death. Death in the literal meaning of the word.”
UN-backed food insecurity experts assessed in mid-March that famine n Gaza could set in between later that month and mid-May. Last week, Samantha Power, the head of the US humanitarian and development agency, USAid, became the first American official to confirm publicly that in some areas, famine had already taken hold."
"Almost half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million is under 18, and the effects of starvation may follow those who survive for the rest of their lives: their brains and bodies, without the nutrients needed for growth, cannot properly develop, leading to health problems such as poor eyesight and learning difficulties later in life."
When you consider that half of Gaza's population is under 18 years of age, if you really sit back and think about history, you must consider that the majority of Gaza's population had nothing to do/wasn't around at all during the creation of Israel and the chaotic history that has followed over the decades. Point being - None of this is their fault in any way at all. They were just born into an open air prison.
WARNING - more unbearable photos and sad statistics:
https://english.palinfo.com/news/2024/04/17/317531/
And Also NB: https://youtu.be/gNu_OGbqyWk (50m)
Prof. Michael Hudson on The Truth re. Destruction of Gaza!
Multum In Parvo!!!
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Bumping this as a reminder of the giant elephant in the room: The ILLEGAL OCCUPATION of Palestine.
Israel is a brutal terrorist state that's conducting an illegal occupation. This is the core of the conflict.
Thank you.
Consider: "Messiah Mode" by David Sheen, 97m video:
An essential viewing, "MUST WATCH", important lecture,
for key insights into just how RW Israel has now become.
et fiat lux...
The "Outrage Over Israel’s Human Rights Violations is Fueling the Global BDS Movement"! by Marjorie Cohen:
And, "As Israeli police threaten Palestinians with mass arrests, the push for boycotts, divestment and sanctions gains power."
omnia causa fiunt ...
Journalist shot dead in Israel.
RIP Shireen Abu Akleh
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/11/veteran-al-jazeera-journalist-killed-by-israeli-forces-live-news
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/11/middleeast/al-jazeera-journalist-killed-intl-hnk/index.html
"'We Were Expecting This!' - Says Family . . After Israel Says 'No Criminal Probe' Into Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh"! by Andrea Germanos:
As, "The development came as leading international artists called for "meaningful measures to ensure accountability for the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh and all other Palestinian civilians."
& see https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/19/shireen-abu-akleh-us-lawmakers-demanding-fbi-investigate-killing
and finally, also please try to consider this - https://time.com/5914975/what-to-know-about-bds/
fiat lux et fiat justitia!
"Shireen Abu Akleh; 1971-2022"
requiescat in pace ...
"‘Press Vests Won’t Keep You Safe’ - Journalists recount Israeli army attacks!" by Vera Sajrawi
"After the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh - three journalists share how Israeli forces deliberately targeted, shot, and wounded them in the line of work."
And try to see "KAHANISTAN: how the Jewish far-right remade the mainstream"by David Sheen:
fiat lux; fiat justitia; fiat pax!
"Emma Watson, Desmond Tutu & The Weaponisation of 'Antisemitism'"!
e tenebris - lux?!
Note "After The Nakba — 'The Catastrophe', to Palestinians — Jewish rule was supreme. Hostility in Arab states erupted in wars that Israel, increasingly powerful, won decisively - while abuse of its captive people and serial theft of their land engendered disapproval in much of the world.As Israel evolved from its Socialist Labor beginnings into a massive Corporate Capitalist, militarist state, it strove to justify itself by making “anti-Semitism” - the reason for any challenge of its right to do with Palestinians as it pleased. The dehumanizing terror Israel inflicted on them, created the backlash of 'Intifadas' - which brought only greater violence from the apartheid military tyranny that Israel had become.
"Guilt felt by the vastly wealthy, world Jewish elite for their having escaped Nazi bullets and ovens made them powerful advocates for the establishment of Israel & - they gave enormous sums to promote it and fund Western political leaders - to build influence in their nations.Their money bought slavish support for Israel in American and European governments, and succeeded in painting All Criticism of Israel as “Anti-Semitism”, in spite of its brutal record of abusing, punishing, and killing Palestinian people.
Finally -- "Ever more rightist, viciously racist, and totalitarian in its elected status as a Jailer Society, self-mesmerized by its hoary mantra, “Never Again” - and denying any mercy to its victims, there seems now no other choice for Israel but to take its odious, insane inhumanity to the limit .. though it will break them. Hence, their intent to raze Gaza & annihilate Palestinians, for a suicidal Hamas attack that embarrassed the neo-Nazi Netanyahu regime & showed that Palestinian will to resist cannot be eradicated." .. FROM:
"True Anti-Semites" by Paul Edwards: https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2023/10/21/true-anti-semites/
"Norman Finkelstein on why he won’t be silent about Israeli crimes" : https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2023/10/21/norman-finkelstein-on-why-he-wont-be-silent-about-israeli-crimes/ (2 videos, 3m and 20m) & finally consider:
"Israel’s urge for revenge is aimed at all Palestinians" by Lubna Masarwa: https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2023/10/21/israels-urge-for-revenge-is-aimed-at-all-palestinians/
Noting that --- "As the threat of a second Nakba looms large, the West is shamefully turning a blind eye"!
"Never Again Is Now!
So consider: "the dominant information sources that westerners look to for information about the world are propaganda outlets, which work to advance the information interests of the US empire.This means people are kept generally unaware of the cruelty and tyranny of the empire overseas,with their political attention being directed toward inconsequential narrative fluff like Trump’s mugshot." --- FROM:
"As Einstein wrote in a condolence letter, towards the end of his life -- “A human being is a part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe’, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
"This delusion is a kind of prison for us,restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.So our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures & the whole nature in its beauty.Nobody is able to achieve this completely but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation & - a foundation for inner security.”
Further, do try to carefully consider that "It's Okay To Admit You Were Wrong About Gaza"! https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1718389812502413449 (214s) powerful words by Tim Foley &
https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/demand-a-ceasefire-by-all-parties-to-end-civilian-suffering/
also see https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1718135540002795709 [a 12m 40s vid] - as
Dr.Gabor Mate calls Israel’s systematic slaughter of Gaza’s civilian population'the worst thing I’ve seen in my whole life.' Responding to Netanyahu’s propagandistic diatribe, Mate said: “It’s so false, not even the opposite is true.” And finally - please try to closely consider this original - full 84-minute version of...
"The Occupation of the American Mind"! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP0-YohJR-g
& also note this shorter 45 minute version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmoYoiMgpWU
Narrated by Roger Waters, made in 2018, yet totally relevant & applicable to events in Israel/Palestine!
Further, we may say good riddance to this hideous homicidal monster with so much blood on his hands!
HK https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2023/12/01/henry-kissinger-responsible-for-millions-of-deaths-dies-at-100/ &
and also note https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors/
Finally, try to closely and calmly consider, just "How Joe Biden Became America’s Top Israel Hawk"!
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/how-joe-biden-became-americas-top-israel-hawk/
PS: Note https://www.democracynow.org/2024/1/17/israel_october_7_investigations [a 7m video]
fiat lux, fiat justitia, fiat pax ...
Now consider how "AIPAC uncorks $100 million war chest to sink progressive candidates"! from
Note: "Building on a successful playbook from 2022, AIPAC and other aligned groups are picking their targets — many more of them this time." Also further consider this information ...
"Local Papers Across the US Are Refusing to Cover the Movement for Ceasefire": Sam Carliner
https://truthout.org/articles/local-papers-across-the-us-are-refusing-to-cover-the-movement-for-ceasefire/ - as ...
"Throughout the country, organizers for ceasefire are encountering acute bias from local media outlets."
As "The US has shown it is willing to go 'very far indeed' in disregarding international law to defend the Israeli government,said Paul Reichler during a hearing on the occupation of Palestine." And, also ...
Further Chris Hedges plays an ace; on Assange, Palestine, Iran! in conversation with G. Galloway
And NB scholar/activist Norman Finkelstein discusses Israel’s war on Gaza w/Marc Lamont Hill:
Finally: "What REALLY Happened on Oct 7" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mxfnya3ZRc [16m]
A^clear, concise and clinical deconstruction, of the events from 6+ months ago and a precis of this vid:
"'October 7' - by Al Jazeera Investigations"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0atzea-mPY [1hr]
et veritas vos liberabit!
Hamas initiated the recent violence.
As a constructive step towards limiting the violence, both sides should release prisoners and hostages, head off a potential genocide and the humanitarian crisis being suffered by Gazans, and start talking in good faith with the opposing side.
Two aircraft carrier strike groups being sent to the East Mediterranean and the Middle East definitely shows that the West isn't "turning a blind eye."
Global Plutonium Association: Use ethylene/aka ethene to condense enriched uranium hexafluoride gas under pressure to obtain enriched uranium, according to LeChatelier's Principle.
For the very heavily propagandised US population, saying that: "Hamas initiated the recent violence" on 7th October is just as invalid & just as wrong as saying that 'Russia initiated the recent violence' against Ukraine in February 2022! It is not just wrong but is very short-sighted and ignorant (at best) - but wholly mendacious and manipulative in its avoidance of the cold, hard chronology!! However -- I strongly agree with your second paragraph & tho' your para 3 is true too - your strange 4th paragraph is irrelevant here!
Also try to note how the abused going on to be abusers is such an old, sad pattern & consider: "It is one of the most emblematic events of World War Two. On April 19 1943 a handful of Jewish fighters revolted against Nazi barbarism - that had methodically undertaken the deportation and extermination of 400,000 Jews crowded into the Warsaw ghetto since July 1942. Three weeks after the final uprising, nothing had remained of the ghetto & its inhabitants. Only 40 survivors managed to escape through the city sewers."
This ^ happened just over 80 year ago - although any comparisons are often resented in some quarters, however the clear parallels are there to be seen by all - as are the hideous consequences of any and all race based ideologies!
Marek Edelman - was one of the leaders of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, wrote a letter supporting Palestinians, compared them to ZOB, Jewish fighters in Warsaw, opening with the words “Commanders of the Palestine military, to the paramilitary and partisan operations & to the soldiers of Palestine fighting organisations.”
Note: https://twitter.com/taeonu/status/1726825435248431519 &
https://twitter.com/taeonu/status/1726825586293641720/photo/1
https://twitter.com/taeonu/status/1726825586293641720/photo/2
respice, adspice, prospice!
RiP Mr John Pilger, such very sad news and such HUGE loss!
"Palestine Is Still The Issue [2002]" ... by John Pilger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VysTdcRUYc (53m)
& https://johnpilger.com/videos/palestine-is-still-the-issue
Rest in Peace and In Power Mr John Pilger [9/10/39 - 12/31/23]
via: https://twitter.com/johnpilger/status/1741419322449215716
& now finally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erICS5Z5BJQ
fiat lux et requiescat in pace ....
"Edward Said seems like a prophet: 20 years on there's a hunger for his narrative" by Moustafa Bayoumi
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/15/edward-said-palestine-israel-gaza
Edward Said, RIP, was the one who told the truth.
Listen to these searing words written decades ago, yet which couldn't be more apt for today:
"“But it is overridden or hidden no matter how overpoweringly cruel, no matter how inhuman and barbaric, no matter how loudly Israel proclaims what it is doing. To bomb a hospital; to use napalm against civilians; to require Palestinian men and boys to crawl, or bark, or scream ‘Arafat is a whore’s son’; to break the arms and legs of children; to confine people in desert detention camps without adequate space, sanitation, water or legal charge; to use teargas in schools: All these are horrific acts, whether they are part of a war against ‘terrorism’ or the requirements of security. Not to note them, not to remember them, not to say, ‘Wait a moment: Can such acts be necessary for the sake of the Jewish people?’ is inexplicable, but it is also to be complicit in these acts. The self-imposed silence of intellectuals who possess, in other cases and for other countries, supremely fine critical faculties is stunning.”"
On the day when *Aaron Bushnell, a young US Air Force serviceman died after he had set himself on fire outside the ISR embassy - as he loudly declared ... "FREE PALESTINE!" in Washington DC, in an extreme direct protest action at the ongoing Genocidal Zionist Apartheid Crimes, the Mossad tweeted: "A US Air Force soldier lights himself up on fire to protest Israel. What an idiot"! See more on this tweet:
https://twitter.com/KevinJMaho.../status/1761994034183127452 [WITH CONTENT WARNING] &
also consider this information https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1762196403969728851 +
see - https://killinggaza.com/ documentary film of life under siege by Max Blumenthal. Must Watch Doc.!
"In 'Killing Gaza', independent journalists Max Blumenthal & Dan Cohen documented Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza.
"Yet this film is much more than a documentary about Palestinian resilience and suffering - it is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, featuring direct testimony and, evidence from the survivors"!
This is 2+ years old, however its current relevance is clear & helps to give even more historical context!!
Finally, in the same vein, also consider "Life and Death in Gaza: The Killing Zone (2003) | Full Film": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpkgB3VwICg (48m) + also try to see bw's comment...
here http://occupywallst.org/forum/israel-attacking-gaza-via-land-air-and-sea/#comment-1082782
MULTUM in parvo!
https://twitter.com/johnpilger
still relevant; just scroll down
RiP JP - et désolé!
Consider: New Film Examines American Jews’ Growing Rejection of Israel’s Occupation"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuBnzzGmH7c (19m 30s) via+with DemocracyNow!
Also - "NETANYAHU’S WAR ON TRUTH"! by Jeremy Scahill: https://theintercept.com/2024/02/07/gaza-israel-netanyahu-propaganda-lies-palestinians/
"Israel’s Ruthless Propaganda Campaign to Dehumanize Palestinians" Also consider these vids:
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/7/israel_propaganda_gaza 17m DemocracyNow!
& https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/7/israel_hamas_negotiations_daniel_levy [24m]
also: "The Intercept: New York Times Exposé Lacks Evidence to Claim Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence Oct. 7"!
This ^ is a Totally Devastating Reprise .. by Jeremy Cahill, Ryan Grim and DemocracyNow's Amy Goodman, of Israel's "rape" claims and requires urgent attention of all true journalists worldwide!!
Finally - "What REALLY Happened on Oct 7" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mxfnya3ZRc
A clear, concise & clinical deconstruction of the events from 6 months ago and a precis of this vid:
e tenebris, lux?!
'‘Israel is a Lying Machine, Palestine has the right to defend itself’'! [first broadcast - May 2021]
https://rumble.com/v44cmyr-rip-john-pilger-1939-2023-israel-is-a-lying-machine-palestine-has-the-right.html {28m} - This was rebroadcast again after JP died on the 31st of December 2023.
& as "THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE IT STARTED ON OCT 7", then please reprise this list: https://twitter.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/1777297587986481598
6+ long months on - RIP Mr. John Pilger (1939-2023)
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"New Israeli Regime Moves Toward 'Cleansing' All Palestinians From Palestine"! [Marjorie Cohn]
"Israel’s new fascist government has increased the collective punishment of Palestinians - a war crime."
NB "Last year was the deadliest year in the West Bank since 2006, with 171 Palestinians—including 30 children—killed by IDF forces."
Further note https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-nablus-raid-kill-wreak-havoc &
https://truthout.org/articles/arkansass-anti-bds-law-remains-in-effect-because-scotus-refused-to-review-it/
Finally - Miko Peled: https://twitter.com/mikopeled/status/1631486489883181056 [2m 20s video]
e tenebris - tenebris!
"Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says"
“Intentionally depriving people of food is clearly a war crime. Israel has announced its intention to destroy the Palestinian people, in whole or in part, simply for being Palestinian. In my view as a UN human rights expert, this is now a situation of genocide. This means the state of Israel in its entirety is culpable and should be held accountable – not just individuals or this government or that person.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/27/un-israel-food-starvation-palestinians-war-crime-genocide
"Women, children make up over 70 percent of Palestinians killed in Gaza"!
FROM YOUR LINK, THIS - "Intentionally starving civilians by “depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including willfully impeding relief supplies” is a war crime, according to the Rome statute of the international criminal court. Indispensable objects include food, water and shelter,which Israel is now systematically denying Palestinians. Starvation is a war crime under the Geneva conventions and Rome statute. It was also recognized as a war crime &, general violation of international law by the UN security council in 2018."
"Across Gaza, 95% of households are now restricting meals and portion size - with adults going without to feed small children. Yet the little food people do have, lacks essential nutrients needed for humans to grow and thrive physically and cognitively."
multum in parvo!
"EU warns hunger 'a weapon of war' amid rush to get aid to Gaza"
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0313/1437623-gaza-aid/
Starvation as a weapon of war is absolutely inhumane. There will be no going back, no forgiveness for this behavior by Israel. They should think twice.
NOTE "At least 165 UNRWA employees have been killed since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war in October, the UNRWA statement said.
"More than 150 UNRWA facilities were hit, some totally destroyed, among them many schools"! .. FROM YOUR LINK ^ - and further please consider that ...
"U.S. Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Is a Cynical PR Ploy"! by Jeremy Hammond: https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/u-s-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza-is-a-cynical-pr-ploy/ via this alt
link .. https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2024/03/23/u-s-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza-is-a-cynical-pr-ploy/12/
Furthermore please consider that "Every Person Killed in Gaza Has a Name"! by Gideon Levy: https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2024/03/21/every-person-killed-in-gaza-has-a-name/11/
Finally: "The False Charges of 'Antisemitism' by Apologists for Israel's Atrocities in Gaza"! https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/antisemitism-genocide-israel-gaza by Norman Solomon
"The gist of the trick is to equate Israel with the Jewish religion—and then to equate opposition to Israel with antisemitism."
fiat lux et fiat justitia - ruat caelum!
"Gaza starvation could amount to war crime, UN human rights chief tells BBC"
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68679482
"The evidence of Gaza's humanitarian catastrophe is overwhelming. Our pictures from the hospital showed children with swollen joints, wasted limbs and dermatitis, all classic symptoms of acute malnutrition."
Brutal, inhmane and criminal Israel.
"Is Israel a ‘democracy’? - An editorial:
multum in parvo!
"Israel: Justice minister says 'Jews are not ready to live with Arabs'"!
"Yariv Levin calls for judges who 'understand' that Jews leave cities where Palestinian citizens of Israel buy property"!
minima maxima sunt!
"'Blatantly Violating International Law': Israel Plans West Bank Settlement Expansion"!
"One Israel-based group asserted the government's new annexation moves 'entrench Jewish supremacy and apartheid in the West Bank.'"
fiat lux et fiat justita!
"Israeli Forces Kill at Least 8 Palestinians ... in Massive Assault on West Bank Refugee Camp"!
"This is how the Israeli government treats Gaza .. and now Netanyahu brought it to the occupied West Bank," said one advocacy group. "We demand accountability: End U.S. military funding to Israel now"!
NB - "As Israel tightens its web of control, Palestinians have become the first targets of monstrous and lethal technologies"!!
"Israel's status as a global leader in the arms industry is overhyped, but it is already weaponizing artificial intelligence to legitimize apartheid."
fiat lux; fiat justitia; fiat pax!!!
"The armed revolt: Why Israel cannot crush the resistance in Palestine"! by Dr Ramzy Baroud
multum in parvo!
US says Roger Waters has long history of denigrating Jews"! by Roger Waters:
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57605.htm
Also see: https://youtu.be/AwIZoJSrIJU (20m 20s vid)
MULTUM in parvo!
So try to closely consider "The Occupation of the American Mind (original 84-minute version)":
Narrated by Roger Waters & made in 2018 however totally relevant and applicable to events in the Levant right now on all our screens!
e tenebris lux!
"The Occupation of the American Mind"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmoYoiMgpWU (the much shorter 45m version)
"What MLK Actually Thought About Israel and Palestine" by David Palumbo-Liu https://jacobin.com/2019/02/martin-luther-king-israel-palestine-occupation
"Some try to paint Martin Luther King as an unswerving supporter of Israel; they're wrong"!!
Q. E. D. !!!
Saying ''ILLEGAL OCCUPATION'' - Or That ''Israel is a brutal terrorist state that's conducting an illegal occupation (& that) This is the core of the conflict.'' .. are the kind of truths that most Americans - even on this OWS forum .. just are not able to compute or register, never mind analyse and digest. So good for you 'sff' for saying that so loud and clearly here, as all we can ever do is try to inform if not educate.
Years and years of deeply one-sided Corporate MSM coverage ; the plethora of Pro-Israeli Think-Tanks {always thinking 'Tanks'?!} ; the undeniable reality of 'The Israel Lobby' [AIPAC, ADL, J-Street etc.etc.+ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_lobby_in_the_United_States] have now left the majority of Americans with a one sided p-o-v of the 'Israel / Palestine' issues, devoid of any history, context or different views.
Maybe - just maybe, Americans hearing that which you say from other Americans or even from Jewish or Israeli sources will possibly have a little more traction on the popular mass consciousness as I think that - as in all things, change can only come from below and by The 99%. Thanx very much for reviving your excellent forum-post & I refer u to our previous exchange & append in compliment, these 18 links :
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/7/15/after_192_killed_in_gaza_is lasting ceasefire possible under Israel Occupation ? - Amira Haas (Ha'aretz) speaking to Amy Goodman [Video] ;
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/7/15/after_palestinian_unity_deal_did_israel spark violence to prevent a new ''Peace Offensive'' ? with Norman Finkelstein talking to Amy Goodman [Video] ;
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/24931-gazas-torment-israels-crimes-our-responsibilities & http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12635-noam-chomsky-my-visit-to-gaza-the-worlds-largest-open-air-prison - both articles written over two and a half years apart by Prof. Noam Chomsky ;
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/07/gaza-israel-palestine by Prof. Avi Shlaim ;
http://www.vox.com/2014/7/7/5877375/former-security-chief-blame-the-israeli-government-not-palestinians -from former Shin Bet Chief for 6 years, Yuval Diskin ;
''Israel's Real Purpose in Gaza Attack? To Kill Arabs'', by Gideon Levy {Ha'aretz} : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39082.htm ;
''Israel’s Incremental Genocide in the Gaza Ghetto'', by Prof. Ilan Pappe : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39087.htm ;
''Tormenting Gaza'', by Prof. Richard Falk : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39091.htm ;
"A One State Solution For All" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcjNJacDvPo by 'Rabbis For Palestine' [ also view : https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsZ2MTGCEAIld2I.jpg:large ]
"The General's Son" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ZfnpN4Dfc by Miko Peled ;
''The Atrocity'', by Uri Avnery : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39069.htm ;
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/24862-incitement-starts-at-the-top-after-arab-teens-murder-israeli-government-accused-of-fueling-hatred [Video & transcript with Amy Goodman, Dem.Now!]
http://mywaytofight.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/a-desperate-plea-from-an-israeli-jew/ Eran Efrati ;
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/24972-in-our-collective-name by David Theo Goldberg ;
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/images/FourMaps.jpg & ...
https://vine.co/v/MxB5AAKwEU0 !!!
fiat lux ; fiat justitia ; fiat pax ...
"Irish MP destroys Israel Ambassador!!" (3m 38s vid.)
MULTUM in parvo!
"We Must Commit Ourselves to Long-Term Solidarity With Palestinian Liberation" - by Nadine Naber:
per aspera ad astra ...
Reality on the ground is, as Shadz66 suggests below, the viability of a two state solution has been overcome by events. Over the years progressively ever more extreme right wing governments in Israel supported by extreme right wing political forces in the U.S. have brought matters past that point long ago. These extreme rightists in all likelihood don't care for any solution of any type as warmongering is their strategy and tactic in of itself. I feel the average Israeli and the average Palestinian can care less what the land is called, or what government reins over them so long as they can be secure in their homes, and raise their children peacefully. The real question is how does one get rid of these right wing extremists who are constantly stoking the fires for war.
Yes, the key to solving this conflict is the US and Israeli population organizing big opposition to the policies their governments are carrying out.
It's not a law of nature that right-wing politicians supporting Israeli crimes are in charge, nor is the illegal occupation. It can all be changed.
So much for ceasefire: https://news.vice.com/article/cellphone-video-captures-gaza-civilian-reportedly-shot-and-killed-by-sniper
Now that Murdoch and FOX have a significant stake in Vice, expect the coverage that is anti Israeli to slowly dwindle to nothing, the same as it is here.
I now believe that the real question will increasingly become (if it has not done so already) - Is The Two State Solution Really Still Viable ? The abject reduction of Palestinians into what can only be called 'Bantustans', leads me and I'm sure others, to wonder as to what would happen if Palestinians dropped all ambitions & pretences towards an unviable separate state & simply demanded their full ., civil, legal, human and democratic rights in the land of their and their forefathers' birth .. in a Binational One State !
multum in parvo ...
Why do you ask that?
Israel should accept international law and pull out of the occupied territories.
I don't think the Palestinians should accept the illegal occupation. The illegal occupation of Palestine should be opposed, not accepted.
I ask the question - "Is The Two State Solution Really Still Viable ?" because I fundamentally believe in the concept of Universal Human Rights - irrespective of colour or creed ; gender or genetics ; race or religion. As you yourself state in reply to bw's fundamental point re. 'simplicity' - "It's not complicated in the sense that we know who the aggressor and occupier is, whose responsibility it is to pull out." - but the truth is not only has Israel failed to pull out - but it still continues to annex, build upon and occupy. The West Bank is not viable as a country as the facts are now on the ground as created by Israel since 1967 and as for Gaza, well I leave it for you and others to consider the following :
"Noam Chomsky ; My Visit to Gaza, the World's Largest Open-Air Prison" : http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12635-noam-chomsky-my-visit-to-gaza-the-worlds-largest-open-air-prison &
"We are forbidden to say this - Gaza is a Concentration Camp", by Arthur Silber : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33077.htm .
We are either for 'Universal Human Rights' or we are not - because any willingness to try to make exceptions makes an utter mockery and hypocrisy of the whole concept as Palestinians and Israelis alike - both continue to 'struggle for freedom'.
ad iudicium ...
I support human rights, and I support the Palestinians getting their land back.
The continous occupation is no law of nature, it can be stopped.
The Palestinians want their land back; Israel must accept the 67 borders.
NC supports the two-state solution, btw.
As we all in our own way 'struggle for freedom', I append for your and others' further consideration :
"Israel and Palestine's leaders - and cheerleaders - have failed them", by Jonathan Freedland : http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/23/gaza-wearying-conflict-end-time?INTCMP=SRCH & ...
"Peace and Freedom Walk Together", by John F. Kennedy : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33120.htm .
I accept all your good points and also know about's NC's views - I just don't totally share his ideas on this matter, tho' I respect and revere his views on many subjects. 'Solidaritet' to you Andy and thanx again for your excellent forum-post, which I just reread.
per ardua ad astra ...
We disagree somewhat on this issue, but in most cases we agree. Thanks for all your kind words. Solidarity!
I don't think we disagree that much and I'm merely musing on 'why not equal rights for all' ? Reaching for an attempt to try to envision new paradigms. Thinking out loud with =======#~~' in my hand, man ~{:-)
I ask you, why couldn’t you reconstitute Israel as a Multiethnic Secular Democracy with completely equal rights for all ? Why not simply erase the Green line, incorporate the West Bank and Gaza, grant full citizenship rights to all persons, and live in peace with non-Jews !
You may say, then Israel would lose its “Jewish character”. I say that it could hardly do so when half the population is Jewish ! Meditate upon this : Why, in this day and age, must you have a 'Jewish State' ? But, you say, the Palestinians will never agree to a single state ! I say that a Multiethnic Secular State is so clearly the most equitable answer in order to move forward and it just comes down then to whether the Palestinian people will accept the name “Israel” for the state they’ve always wanted. I think that they would under the proper circumstances.
But you say, the Palestinians could be in the majority and would impose their will on Jews, controlling education, social policies, government spending, etc. This I'd say, is a specific political disease that affects most countries in the world, but it's most easily prevented by writing a proper constitution for a strictly limited government, the kind of government envisioned by America’s founding fathers maybe but which no longer exists in America. Perhaps you just need an explicit, well-written, libertarian socialist constitution that limits the government to protecting individual rights and property and then allows full and free political association and democratic expression - one that does not allow the majority to force its will on any minority, including the smallest minority - The Individual. You need a constitution that :
Completely and eternally separates religion and The Corporate Controlled State - education and state, charity and state, businesses and state, private behaviour and state ; by enhanced democracy and free association in a libertarian socialist construct.
Prohibits the government from passing any law beyond those needed to define and protect freedom, property, and the environment and basic universal human and civil rights.
Allows all Israelis, Jews and non-Jews, to associate or not associate with whomever they choose, to hire or fire whomever they chose, to educate their children as they chose within the framework of an appreciation of the simple notion of Universal Human Rights.
This 'New Israel' would combine all the best aspects of relatively free and prosperous places but it would go far beyond them to a new kind of freedom and prosperity for the 21rst Century. It could even become a model for all states in our increasingly global society.
dum spiro, spero ...
At this point I think it's important to emphasize two points:
The Palestinians want their land back, and a Palestinian state based on the 67-borders.
The Palestinians have a right to their land back, and a Palestinian state based on the 67-borders.
With these two points in mind, is it really that hard to take a stand on this issue?
I concur with the idea of a "state based on the 67-borders", as does Hamas - according to the 'Jerusalem Post' :
Thus again - "as you yourself state in reply to bw's fundamental point on this thread, re. 'simplicity' - "It's not complicated in the sense that we know who the aggressor and occupier is, whose responsibility it is to pull out." - but the truth is not only has Israel failed to pull out - but it still continues to annex, build upon and occupy. The West Bank is not viable as a country as the facts are now on the ground as created by Israel" - and neither is Gaza.
I agree with your two points and have taken my stand with you - it's just that Israeli Extreme Right-Wing Uber-Nationalism & Militarism is making this scenario evermore impossible. What further compromises can one side or the other make here ? Who holds all the cards but still can not close the game ? How long can this go on for without recourse to new paradigms ?
ad iudicium ...
This "Israeli Extreme Right-Wing Uber-Nationalism & Militarism" can be stopped if people rise up and demand it. It's especially important that the US and Israeli population do just that.
You have a good heart and I agree with much of what you say (as indeed does Khalid Mashaal re. 1967 Borders, as evidenced above) but the facts on the ground as defined solely by Israel, increasingly make a 'Two State Solution' more and more unlikely, tending towards 'impossible' :
This is why I say that "I now believe that the real question will increasingly become (if it has not done so already) - Is The Two State Solution Really Still Viable?" as South Africa continually comes to my mind.
fiat lux, fiat pax, fiat justitia ...
Also note "Targeted by AIPAC Ads over support for Palestinian Rights, Omar vows 'No Level of Harassment Will Silence Me'!" by Jake Johnson:
alea iacta est ...
what makes you think arabs have a right to the 67 borders? they set out to obliterate israel. perhaps you have forgotten but israeli's have not.
I'm sorry, but you're making no sense. The 67 border two state solution shouldn't be controvercial; it's also the solution that's supported by the vast majority of Palestinians.
i make perfect sense.
that all sounds well and good except that you do realize you are dealing with muslim fanatics don't you? you think these people can be reasoned with? obviously you are not paying attention to what is going on in the rest of the world. muslims can't even get along with themselves let alone other people. you think they can be integrated into a secular democracy?
What an outrageous statement! I have read some of your other good posts and comments on this forum but your comment above is so biased, prejudiced and pig-ignorant, as to be beyond the pale. Are all muslims 'fanatics'? Are there Christian, Jewish, Hindu or even Buddhist 'fanatics'?
Millions of muslims live integrated into 'secular democracies', including our own pseudo-democracy, but your bias won't let you see or accept that, right? Have you ever met, spoken to or socially interacted with any muslims? Are you lumping together and claiming overarching knowledge of 1.5 Billion people? Have you become poisoned by mideast's lunatic comments on this thread? Sad and disappointing!
oh did i offend your liberal sensibilities with reality, my bad. obviously there are liberal and secular muslims but they make up a minority of the population. yes hamas and islamic jihad are fanatics. sorry reality offends you. and yes i have known quite a few who i would call my friends. so the riots in europe were cause they were integrating so well okay got it.
'OccupyWallStreet - The revolution continues worldwide!' - is what it says, qm - reflect upon it, please.
People all over the world want the same thing for themselves and their children - peace, safety, prospects & happiness. Their supernatural beliefs are here and there and too often these are an impediment to social progress. Majority muslim countries need the same things we do, so meditate on ... 'worldwide'!
Rightwing chauvinism, religious or nationalistic is the problem, so stop pushing hate and fear here qm.
Never Give Up On Love! Occupy Your Heart!! and http://occupywallst.org/article/right-here-all-over/
sorry i like reality. not fairy tales.
Global Occupation By Bankers is a reality ... you like that too? Reality 'ain't all that' as my kids say, so Keep Occupying Your Imagination! Never Give Up Trying To Imagine A Better Tomorrow - for everyone :)
I have, many times. I really don't like them, especially the Pakistanis. And they don't like us. Their most frequent complaint here in the US is that we afford our women too much freedom; women, they believe, belong in the home. Period. I'm not big on 5%ers, either.
Don't like who? Which 'them'? Pakistanis? How do you know they don't like us? If so, anything to do with us bombing them and invading other countries? http://occupywallst.org/article/right-here-all-over/
Never Give Up Trying To Find Your Brain and Heart!! Occupy Love!
Nah, this was long before that. We have a lot of Pakistani immigrants. And again, what they find most disturbing is the freedom we permit women. The longer they stay, the more they see of immorality, and the less they like us. I don't like them, either.
Please try the video on the link. It is from the the top right hand of the site front page - http://occupywallst.org/ - Occupy Your Heart & the Real Issues! Peace.
I don't think you're going to have much luck re-acculturating me; without getting totally offensive - albeit true - I really don't like Pakistanis.
I think that because people have been taught to consider themselves Jews or Palestinians first, or defined as any other group, instead of as human beings, this distorted vision is what allows and justifies the most heinous crimes to be committed in the name of their group.
Borders may be moved, walls erected, and people relocated, but as long as our sense of justice is limited to a person's nationality instead of their humanity, conflict will continue.
I really think that your comment and Shule's comment below have real value and I appreciate your reply. Further, I draw your attention to the two items copied to 'sff80' above and append a short article from an arguably unlikely source :
From the article :
fiat lux, fiat pax, fiat justitia ...
The one state solution worked very well in the Arab world.
How many Jewish temples or Christian churches are in Yemen or Saudi Arabia?
When Israel was formed in 1948, 600,000 Jews were forced out - to create a "unified" state.
May 2009:
hristian families have long been complaining of intimidation and land theft by Muslims, especially those working for the Palestinian Authority.
Many Christians in Bethlehem and the nearby [Christian] towns of Bet Sahour and Bet Jalla have repeatedly complained that Muslims have been seizing their lands either by force or through forged documents.
In recent years, not only has the number of Christians continued to dwindle, but Bethlehem and its surroundings also became hotbeds for Hamas and Islamic Jihad supporters and members.
Moreover, several Christian women living in these areas have complained about verbal and sexual assaults by Muslim men.
Over the past few years, a number of Christian businessmen told me that they were forced to shut down their businesses because they could no longer afford to pay "protection" money to local Muslim gangs.
While it is true that the Palestinian Authority does not have an official policy of persecution against Christians, it is also true that this authority has not done enough to provide the Christian population with a sense of security and stability.
In addition, Christians continue to complain about discrimination when it comes to employment in the public sector. Since the establishment of the Palestinian Authority 15 years ago, for example, not a single Christian was ever appointed to a senior security post. Although Bethlehem has a Christian mayor, the governor, who is more senior than him, remains a Muslim.
As a Muslim journalist, I am always disgusted and ashamed when I hear from Christians living in the West Bank and Jerusalem about the challenges, threats and assaults that many of them have long been facing.
The reason why I feel like this is because those behind the assaults and threats are almost always Muslims.
For decades, the delicate and complicated issue of relations between Muslims and Christians in the Holy Land was treated by Palestinians as a taboo. Most Palestinians chose to live in denial, ignoring the fact that relations between the Muslim majority and the tiny Christian minority [about 10%] have been witnessing a setback, particularly over the past 15 years.
On the eve of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the Holy Land, a Christian merchant told me jokingly: "The next time a pope comes to visit the Holy Land, he will have to bring his own priest with him pray in a church because most Christians would have left by then."
Indeed, the number of Christians leaving Bethlehem and other towns and cities appears to be on the rise, according to representatives of the Christian community in Jerusalem.
Today, Christians in Bethlehem constitute less than 15% of the population. Five or six decades ago, the Christians living in the birthplace of Jesus made up more than 70% of the population.
True, Israel's security measures in the West Bank have made living conditions more difficult for all Palestinians, Christians and Muslims alike. But to say that these measures are the main and sole reason for the Christian exodus from the Holy Land is misleading.
If the security fence and the occupation were the main reason, the Palestinian territories should by have been empty of both Muslims and Christians. These measures, after all, do not distinguish between Christians and Muslims.
On the other hand, it is also incorrect to assume that the Christians are leaving only because they are afraid of their Muslim neighbors. Christians are leaving because of the poor economy, and because they no longer feel secure in their homes. But they are also leaving because most of them, if not all, find it easier to merge into Christian-dominated societies in the US, Canada, EU and Latin America, where many of them already have relatives and friends.
In fact, Christians began leaving the Holy Land long before Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967. But the number of those moving to the US and Canada has sharply increased ever since the Palestinian Authority took control over Bethlehem and other Palestinian villages and cities. When the second intifada erupted in September 2000, Christian leaders said they were "terrified" by the large number of Christians who were leaving the country.
Ironically, leaders of the Palestinian Christians are also to blame for the ongoing plight of their people because they refuse to see the reality as it is. And the reality is that many Christians feel insecure and intimidated because of what we Muslims are doing to them and not only because of the bad economy.
Your abject ignorance, specious twaddle and blatant bigotry will not go unnoticed or unchallenged by me and you really should have grasped this "fact" by now.
Above, you only wrote three paltry lines before you simply copy/pasted an unlinked, unsourced and unreferenced piece from we know not where.
You wish to utterly ignore the "fact" that Jewish people lived throughout the Muslim world for many, many centuries, in relative peace, prosperity and safety. Indeed, there were synagogues across the contiguous Muslim regions, from Casablanca to Karachi and Kabul.
You wish to ignore the "fact" that nothing like what was visited upon European Jewry, intermittently for over a thousand years, from Russia to England - culminating in the monstrous industrial slaughter of fellow human beings by the Nazis, ever happened to Jews in the Muslim world.
You wish to twist the organised Aliyah ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyah ) which happened in haste after 1948 and that too inter alia, shows you 'bensdad', for what you are - as a nationalist, chauvinist, vulgar propagandist and a hysterical shill for Israel who even wants to deny the very existence of the Palestinian People in your own 'land without a people for a people without a land' delusions.
Now let's see if you can get your hot and empty head around the words of a Christian Palestinian, who you may have heard about, regarding recent events :
Consider my reply comment here 'bd', as extremely mild in comparison to what will be forthcoming in the face of your utterly one-sided propaganda in future.
multum in parvo ...
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Thanks, sff, for laying it all out there so succinctly. It's really not as complicated as everyone would like to make it.
Thanks.
It's not complicated in the sense that we know who the aggressor and occupier is, whose responsibility it is to pull out. We also know how this conflict should be solved.
It's very important that the U.S population and the Israeli population organize big opposition to the foreign policies conducted by their governments. They can play a huge role in stopping this conflict, which has destroyed so many lives on both sides.
Do you actually believe that if a two state solution was implemented, that rockets would cease to be fired over the border at Israel? One was in effect in 1948 and was attacked by 4 Arab armies. Israel took part of the Palestinian land. But instead of a Palestinian state being created with the remainder, Jordan took control of the West bank and East Jerusalem, and Egypt took control of Gaza. Weren't Egypt and Jordan occupying forces just as much as Israel was then?
If Israel withdrew and accepted the 67 borders, the number of rockets launched would decrease enormously. As in any other areas in the world, we'd of course never have a 100% guarantee of 0 rockets fired into Israel.
What matters now are current events. Israel is now occupying Palestine. The occupation must end.
why can't it be guaranteed? every nation in the world guarantees these kind of basic conditions.
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When an Arab government occupies an Arab land, nobody complains. When a Jewish government occupies an Arab land, everyone complains.
The problem isn't occupation, it's racial hatred.
An illegal occupation is unacceptable no matter who conducts it. The amount of complaining that's done in regards to other conflicts doesn't change the fact that Israel is conducting an illegal occupation of Palestine, and therefore is obligated to pull out.
Just like most other critics of Israeli occupation, I despise antisemitism.
how many rockets in the past month ?
Too many.
I heard 2 myself that idiots launched
how many isreali rockets ?
Not sure what you mean?
I've only heard about 2 rocket attacks against israel cities recently like the past month
I head isreal bombed like a thousand targets or something like that
don't know
no longer care to look
So what you're saying is that you are unaware of the numerous of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza last week?
No, couldn't decipher his question, "how many rockets in the past month ?"
His reply "I heard 2 myself that idiots launched" when hundreds were fired made no sense.
What are you talking about?
Perhaps what he meant was that only two really caused significant damage or casualties even though hundreds were fired. Rocket attacks from Gaza on Israel went on for a long time but we seldom heard of them here in the U.S., probably because there were no casualties.
Unfortunately, if you mentioned Middle East and only property damage, people here would have no interest whatsoever. It would not be news -- it would be olds, real olds. We have become rather jaded and fatigued from hearing of the incessant never-ending violence from the Middle East and beyond.
You're probably right.
Russian and Israeli war crime similarities. It is time to call both out for their human rights atrocities!
Finally, an article in MSM stating this, what should be, obvious point.
"US accused of hypocrisy for supporting sanctions against Russia but not Israel"
"Critics compare Israeli military actions of Palestinian territories with Russian invasion of Ukraine but pro-Israel groups dismiss allegations as false parallels"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/07/us-sanctions-against-russia-but-not-israel
"Sarah Leah Whitson, the former director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East division, said there are clear parallels between Russian and Israeli violations of international law, including the committing of war crimes."
“We see that not just the US government but US companies are falling over themselves to sanction and boycott anything that has an association with the Russian government,” she said. “Contrast that with the exact opposite when it comes to sanctioning Israel for its violations of international law to the point where American states are passing laws to punish Americans unless they promise never to boycott Israel. It’s very clear that the grounds for resisting sanctions on Israel, or even compliance with international law, is purely political.”
Maybe the times are changing, as it should be!
Free Palestine and stop Israeli Apartheid!
"It’s Undeniable: Israel Is an Apartheid State!"
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/5141/2022/en/ - via this article:
https://jacobinmag.com/2022/02/israeli-apartheid-amnesty-international-report
fiat lux; fiat justitia; fiat pax!
"Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel system of domination and crime against humanity"
"February 1, 2022Index Number: MDE 15/5141/2022
Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories Detention"
"Amnesty International has analysed Israel’s intent to create and maintain a system of oppression and domination over Palestinians and examined its key components: territorial fragmentation; segregation and control; dispossession of land and property; and denial of economic and social rights. It has concluded that this system amounts to apartheid. Israel must dismantle this cruel system and the international community must pressure it to do so. All those with jurisdiction over the crimes committed to maintain the system should investigate them."
"Palestine is a loud echo of Britain’s colonial past – and a warning of the future"! --- by Jonathan Cook:
"In young Israel, Jews still venerate the criminals of their recent past because they and their loved ones are so intimately and freshly implicated in the crimes.
"In Britain, with its much longer colonial past, the same result is often achieved not, as in Israel, through the open cheerleading and glorification - though there is some of that too but chiefly through a complicit silence."
This is an excellent valedictory piece by a real journalist who lived in The Levant & I recommend it to all!
respice; adspice; prospice!
In Ukraine's Bucha near Kyiv, Russia acted as the Neo-Nazi state, committing zombie war crimes.
The former victim is the new torturer. It's called, "atrocity learning," even in zombies.
“The time will come when every Russian will learn the whole truth about who among their fellow citizens killed, who gave orders, who turned a blind eye to the murders,” [Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy] said.
Cobra hisses at Poo-tin, a scooper of urns in Diamond Hill Urn Cemetery at just before midnight. "Hong Kong isn't worth anglicizing," so it essentially became independent from the British Empire and the U.K. in important ways: a well-connected fairly deep-water-port haven trading hub with British, Chinese ( including the still-warring-to-this-day factions and global diaspora,) and American connections strategically located. Shanghai's connections to the U.S.A. ( and its ally, the Nationalists who conquered Taiwan; Hong Kong was somewhat of a frontier fort on "Injun Territories" for the day of "the Reconquest of the Chinese Mainland" ) became Hong Kong's as the displaced Chinese migrants/asylum seekers/refugees "had partially escaped from" ( as the Ching/Qing Dynasty's 99-year lease to the British would expire on July 1st, 1997 { my Big Brother was harping this loud and clear to urge our family to decide upon our [future] nationalities which Dad decided without his presence because his motion had been fully accepted by the Patriarchal Tribunal during which Dad told of his PoW experience of being torpedoed despite shoveling coal like crazy "it got so hot that he sweated so much that even his pigshit came out" to speed away and brought to Hamburg to "eat bread and drink cold water; Eier, Eier indeed !" in that brutally cold winter of 1939-1940 when the Finns bloodily trounced Stool-in's Soviet Red Army, } ) the 1949 Communist Takeover, into the complicated official and unofficial jurisdictions of Hong Kong ( pretty much everyone { including the sovereign garrison citizens of defunct Ching/Qing Dynasty } agreed with having and exercising trading freedom so the talking of politics was usually subdued or suppressed in order to avoid politics' boiling over { which got shockingly bloody in 1956 and less so in the 1967 strikes, riots, and premeditated murder via immolation of a journalist/broadcaster } to spill away potential profits: "Make money; Not wars." Pearl River Delta of which the "Pearl of the Orient" Hong Kong is a part ( the other municipalities include Macau/Macao and Shenzhen,) held in recent years the densest municipal concentration of billionaires on the planet with Hong Kong alone controlling about the same amount of wealth as Russia before the Pearl was crushed; at least it still bubbles as the antacid calcium carbonate { i.e. chalk } when it meets vinegar, soaked onto the Roman soldier guard's butt-cleaning sponge and served up to crucified Jesus who had requested a drink of wine.)
Men have Big Brains in the head and Little Brains in the crotch. Little Brains talk to Big Brains with hormones and vice versa. I couldn't control what my Big Brother hit me with but using my Little Brains, "I think, therefore I am." A hydra can somersault to move and also form buds to reproduce. It has brain-like abilities despite not having a brain. 》Der Nachbar uns gegenüber hat auch so einen Mäher.《
Is a hydra a plant or an animal ? An animal.
Russia's military and its top rat Poo-tin are not only pathetic but depraved.
Cobra, cobra, cobra, from the urn of the night; strike at and swallow D.P.R. Rat. The Black Sea can turn into a Red Sea.
Alas, NOTHING you ever say has ANY meaning, reason or point - to me gripes; you reactionary retard!
However if you hazard another spewy reply here to my response to some of your prior crap via this link:
then I'll give you another necessary spanking later on in reply to your inevitable regurgitation of RW b-s!
et nosce te ipsum!
It's not "purely political." It's no-doubt financial in origin although the influence takes a political route.
Judaism bestows a sense of religious/racial superiority, as it's common for religions. Descendants of wealthy Jews acclimated well to the White-racial apartheid culture and practice that themselves. Wealthy Hispanics' descendants have more of reckless and bloody inclinations ( Spaniards' ancestors fought against Muslims and made a very bloody stand to keep Europe Christian.) Environment of upbringing affects people greatly.
Israel is a "secular" state primarily for the people who are Jews ( i.e. the religious people who believe and practice Judaism which has rather restrictive and matrilineal rules about who may become a Jew so Israel became a de facto White-racial supremacy apartheid state.) Iran has this superiority complex about the Persian Empire, too. Nice, isn't it that Israel and Iran are in the same neighborhood ? Very energetic ! Ka-Boom yet ?
Jews or Israelis have even denied the existence of "Palestinians" ( calling them Egyptians, Jordanians, or Lebanese who wouldn't even be accepted by their own countries ) so that pretty much rules out any sort of peace or reconciliation.
A good rule for peace is: respect other people -- everyone needs to feel being safe. Of course, there are inevitable discrepancies which need to be resolved but there are usually confidence-building measures ( such as prisoner swap; forgiveness leads to the transcendence of the spirit ) that can be undertaken. Strife ? Not for my [ дитя мира, peace-baby ] time ! Let us begin. I understand now why I became the favorite child of my Mom -- I won her the Grand Bargain with Dad becoming financially responsible to our family ( by ditching his other family in Japan for good; the Red Chinese Communist fervor in politics shut down his home-coming channel after his being accused of being a U.S. spy so he turned to the Japanese woman who had harbored him under the Japanese Occupation of China through WWII; here's why the Nationalist Revolutionary Army neighbors of our shantytown didn't question our family's politics because we were all just fellow displaced people running away from the Communist Red China; our [sponsorship-funding and comradeship/partnership] connections to the Chinese armieS had been made prior to the Chinese Civil War's resumption after WWII, during the time of the United Front fighting against the Imperial Japanese Army, for "the New China" ) in return for we the children all speaking only in his dialect whenever he's around, etc.
My neither speaking my Mom's dialect nor my Dad's dialect was probably what had triggered my Dad when he stayed home for a longer while. Only my Mom was a little bit proficient at talking to him in his own dialect but he could understand Mom's dialect ( also my Big Brother's dialect for talking to both Mom and Dad ) pretty well. I could understand the speech of all three of them well but I still was the sore-thumb Hong Konger sticking out as far as he was concerned because he couldn't understand the Cantonese spoken by me to my Big Brother and Mom. He could listen in but only understand at most half of the conversations. Like a book opened wide for him to read, the conversations between me and my Big Brother, Dad as the Supreme Chinese Bixi Patriarch -- Son of Heavenly Favors, Survivor of Major 20th-Century Wars and 1918 Flu Pandemic ( yeah, we were definitely "VFO-, not UFO-cursed" as far as the very small number of descendants of our lineage is concerned; the Curse had started with the founding of our clan and manifested again by my Mom's transplanted-to-countryside-City-Girl knee-jerk horrible-culture-clash killing reaction to the serpentine deities living at my Dad's ancestral dwelling; killing begat killings and mercy begat mercy; this is what the 卍 symbol means to us, seemingly and factually inescapable but therein lies the ultimate power of consciousness to [largely] choose the permutation to be manifested although there is nothing new ) -- understood nothing.
Keeping people apart isn't always a bad thing. As is well known in Chemistry, some things should be kept apart or else...
Peoples have attachment to physical places such as Donbas and Luhansk but usually less attachment to just a sum of money. If Khrushchev had given Ukraine money instead of territory and people as compensation for the Stalinist manmade famine ( later duplicated in even vaster order-of-magnitude-worse scale in Red China by [Stalinist] Mao, ) things wouldn't have gone so wrong in Ukraine. ( Red China was the enabler of the outrageous Feb. 24th, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine because the Russians had previously drawn down some but not most of their massed troops from near Ukraine in early 2021; tens of thousands of troops stayed stationed near Ukraine.) Hopefully, the Russian Facist no-sole jackboot catches fire pumping, while brewing the traditional Russian classic hospitali tea in the truthy "Pravda (правда)" samovar. 55°43'55"N 37°11'48"E. I loved the chocolate-encrusted pyramid with the strawberry-studded chocolate-mousse-filled frozen dessert from the much-red-and-gold-decor Russian Tea Room next to Carnegie Hall. There was a man in the high-walled castle.
of course you do know that the occupation of gaza ended in 2005 right??? of course you did.
Yes.
then why do you keep calling it an occupation?
Because there is an occupation of Palestine.
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Israel's attack on the communications out of Gaza was deplorable -- the World has the right to know. The basis for peace is for Israel to return largely (subject to negotiated exchanges of territories) to its pre-six-days-war (1967) boundaries. Gaza's conditions need to be improved so Israel's de facto blockade of Gaza must end.
Exactly right!
Peace demands active work from all sides. Rocket attacks from Gaza on Israel and the smuggling of arms (such as longer-range rockets) into Gaza also need to stop.
It takes both sides to achieve peace, sure.
I don't support killing civilians with rockets either. That's unacceptable. But like I pointed out in the article: the Palestinians have, according to international law, the right to defend themselves, including with the use of arms.
The right is always there implicitly, the only difference being the opinions of the World and any subsequent repercussions. Killing civilians are unacceptable, whether Palestinians or Israelis or anyone else. Disruptions of civilian lives also need to be minimized, whether they come from airstrike/rocket-attack sirens, blockade, or frisking. A state of intimidation and fear is very bad for building peace so it must be eliminated through concrete and gradual steps comfortable for all sides.
Comfortable or not, Israel has the main responsibility. They are the ones conducting an illegal occupation; it is their responsibility to pull out.
Israel pulled out of the Gaza Strip but that did not prevent the rocket attacks from it. It will take some doing to convince Israel that a "solution" like that can work again. Israel was apparently planning to build more in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, rubbing the nose of Obama which had already been flattened a bit.
The people in Gaza are suffering from the blockade. Second, Gaza is part of Palestine.
Again, Israel has the main responsibility. They are the ones conducting an illegal occupation; it is their responsibility to pull out.
Israel is seeking some Palestinian authority that can truly sustain durable peace. The election of Hamas to power in Gaza caused Israel to tighten the blockade because Hamas' avowed goal was to drive Israel out to the sea. Let us be realistic and clear about that -- Israel will not disappear into the sea so Hamas' stance must change for peace to come. I think that many sides are already pretty weary of the many decades of wars, casualties, deprivations, and sorrows. We cannot erase history but the Palestinians and the Israelis can forgive but not forget, can they not?
The vast majority of Palestinians support the 67-borders. People talking about "the destruction of Israel" and other such nonsense is a small minority.
What a few extremists might have said, does not change the fact that Israel has to stop their illegal activities.
You are absolutely correct. We in the U.S. suffer from the same problem with some of our own people. Pre-election kabuki seems to plague Israel as the pushing ahead of settlement of occupied territories recently and the second intifada attest. Ariel Sharon was warned not to visit the Temple Mount before the election but he did it anyway so boom, we got the second intifada, not again!
One way to untie the Palestinian-Israeli knot is not to pull it any tighter and start loosening up the loops, perhaps putting in safeguards along the way to prevent "spontaneous" tightening of the loops.
what occupation? the blockade is to prevent arms.
The occupation of Palestine.
there is no palestine.
What!?
there is no palestine. there never has been. most likely there never will be.
Could you elaborate?
http://toolbar.studylight.org/enc/bri/view.cgi?n=24925
who was the head of the so called palestinians before arafat?
"the so called palestinians"..?
you didnt answer my question
I can't answer a question that I don't understand. You have to explain what you mean by "so called Palestinians"
If you could also explain what you're trying to get at with the question, that would be nice too.
what he is saying is you don't know enough history on the region to give an opinion worth having.
What do you mean? What are referring to?
i'll make it simple, who was the head of the palestinian people before arafat?
Oh, so now they're not "so called" anymore? What did you mean by "so-called palestinians", janus?
Oh, and if you have a point or an argument, then make it and quit playing games.
you're avoiding my question, ANSWER the question, ............who was the leader of the palestinian people before arafat? if you could answer the question you would have .
No, you're the coward who don't present any arguments or points.
If you have a point, then make it!
http://toolbar.studylight.org/enc/bri/view.cgi?n=24925
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Why wouldn't you answer a simple question about Arafat?
"you're the game player, i modified the question , which you wont/cant answer. coward."
I'm just not playing games with you, that's all.
If you have a point or an argument, then make it and quit playing games!
And you didn't answer what you meant by "so called palestinians".
www.targetofopportunity.co/palestinian_truth.htm NOW, coward,anwser the question, who was the leader of the palestinians before arafat?
Stop playing games. Make your point (if you have any).
you're the game player, i modified the question , which you wont/cant answer. coward.
Gand Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini. "The Arab Nazi" Check it out him and his buddy Hitler. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1987-004-09A,_Amin_al_Husseini_und_Adolf_Hitler.jpg
I heard there were to Rockets that ht isreal cities
how many were there?
Yeah, I think it was something like that. And several hundreds of Israeli air strikes.
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I think everyone is just totally confused because evil as taken root both in occupy and elsewhere. If you want to understand some of the complexities see my answers on Quora.com.
If there is one person amongst the Palestinian nation or the entire Arab world that feels "Heart Felt Sorrow" for the pain and suffering inflicted upon the Jewish Nation-Israel..
" Please let that person step forward."
What's your point with this?
The “Israel has a right to exist” argument is pure garbage. I’ve got more right to Buckingham Palace than a bunch of Khazars have to Palestine. But what else can they say? They know they’re liars and thieves and that they’re running out of excuses. Similarly with the “Israel has a right to defend itself” crap. Israel has not more “right to defend itself” than a punk with a gun has to “defend himself” while robbing a convenience store. Their hysterical screaming and scheming happens because THEY are the hysterical ones.
"The “Israel has a right to exist” argument is pure garbage"
That one you're going to have to explain more thoroughly.
There is irrefutable proof that the Jews were in Israel during the first century A.D. The arch of Titus contains a relief clearly showing the menorah and other temple articles being carried away by Titus in 70 A.D. Even the Atheists don't contest this fact of history.
http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/christian/blxtn_jerusalem-titus03.htm
khazars? jewish people have been in israel for over 3000 years.2000 yrs ago it was the kingdom of israel.the western wall of the great temple built ( almost 2000 yrs ago) by king solomon still remains.
Make a parking lot out of the Middle East but spare Israel
What are your real opinions on the Israel/Palestine conflict? What do you think about the forum post?
GAZA: part 1 of 2
In our recent elections, it would be very hard to come up with a more
significant reason for the republican losses than the fact that
the republicans told the truth about themselves.
Why can’t we also learn the truth from what the “Palestinian people”
say about the “Palestinian people” ?
On March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview with
Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee member Zahir Muhsein.
”The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a “Palestinian state” is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese.
Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a “Palestinian people”, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct “Palestinian people” to oppose Zionism.
“For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a “Palestinian”, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem.”
Truth does not change. Truth is truth.
If something was true 50 years ago, 40 years ago, 30 years ago, it is still true today.
And the truth is that only 30 years ago, there was very little confusion on this issue of Palestine.
You might remember the late Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir making virtually the same statement: “There is no such thing as a Palestinian people.” The statement has been a source of ridicule and derision by Arab propagandists ever since. They love to talk about Golda Meir’s “racism and bigotry and hate mongering.” They love to suggest she was in historical denial. They love to say her statement is patently false – an intentional lie, a strategic deception –
but is source from a PLO leader!
What they don’t like to talk about, however, are the very similar statements made by Yasser Arafat and his inner circle of political leadership years after Meir had told the truth –
that there is no distinct Palestinian cultural or national identity.
Pretty clear, isn’t it? It is even more specific than Golda Meir’s statement. And it is hardly the only such statement of its kind. Arafat himself made a very definitive and unequivocal statement along these lines as late as 1993.
It demonstrates conclusively that the Palestinian nationhood argument is the real strategic deception – one geared to set up the destruction of Israel.
On the same day Arafat ( who was born in CAIRO EGYPT ) signed the Declaration of Principles on the White House lawn in 1993, Arafat stated:
“Since we cannot defeat Israel in war, we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of “Palestine”, and establish a sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nations to join us for the final blow against Israel.”
No matter how many people delude themselves that the aspirations for Palestinian statehood are genuine and the key to peace in the Middle East, they are still deceiving themselves. In the history of the world, Palestine has never existed as a nation. The region known as “Palestine” was ruled alternately by Rome, by Islamic and Christian crusaders, by the Ottoman Empire and, briefly, by the British after World War I.
The British agreed to restore at least part of the land to the Jewish people as their ancestral homeland. In recent decades, parts have been “occupied” by Egypt and Israel. It was never ruled by Arabs as a separate nation.
Why now has it become such a critical priority?
The answer is because of a massive deception campaign and relentless terrorism over 40 years.
Golda Meir was telling the truth. Her statement is validated by the truth of history and by the candid, but not widely circulated, pronouncements of Arafat and his lieutenants.
Israel and the West must not surrender to terrorism by granting the killers just what they want – a public relations triumph and a strategic victory. It’s not too late to say no to terrorism. It’s not too late to say no to another Arab terror state to launch attacks at the only Jewish state. It’s not too late to tell the truth about Palestine.
……………………………………………. by Joseph Farah
Are you afraid to believe Farah & Muhsein & Arafat ?
WATCH WITH YOUR OWN EYES
Are there any historical errors in these clips ? IN THESE CLIPS
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE 3.29 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_818090&feature=iv&src_vid=HRA0NKQ0k6E&v=9jOW9EzMiWc
PALESTINE & THE QURAN 8.29 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU9CauJP4Pg
JEWS & MUSLIMS & NAZIS [ ANTI-SEMITISM = ANTI-ISRAEL ] 5.59 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gzyeo1Z1I4&NR=1&feature=endscreen
THE CARTOONS 4.20 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrq76I1M3CM&NR=1&feature=endscreen
CELEBRATING 9/11 6.02 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5BtQgTGOI4&feature=endscreen&NR=1
A FEW OF THE CRIMES OF ISLAM – “THE RELIGION OF PEACE” ▬► we can’t stop this if we don’t acknowledge this & understand this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J_cqtdH26c&NR=1&feature=endscreen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2kFzGyKgpA&feature=endscreen&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQpj2bFM7s0&NR=1&feature=endscreen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rgSH0h45Eo&NR=1&feature=endscreen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOIbgd5qcrg&NR=1&feature=endscreen
THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST IN 11 MINUTES 11.37▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZY8m0cm1oY&feature=endscreen&NR=1
WHAT IS THE WEST BANK 6.17 ▬► http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq6tDmLNPjU&feature=endscreen&NR=1
THE PASLESTINIAN CONFLICT 4.20 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TI5Mwyhzhg
THE BITTER TRUTH 8.34 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MjUcIQjb1U
BEAT WOMEN 2.15 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHwATEWqslw&NR=1&feature=endscreen
ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE [ INTELLIGENCE SQUARED DEBATE ] at NYU: debate with two advocates on each side 1.46.36 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh34Xsq7D_A
ISLAM: WHAT THE WEST NEEDS TO KNOW 1.38.40 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krvCQbzPKiI&feature=endscreen&NR=1
PAT CONDELL: ISLAMIC LAW & CRIME & RAPE & QURAN 6.11 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJoxVkGHzI0&feature=endscreen&NR=1
PAT CONDELL: ANTI-SEMITISM & HATE CRIMES IN EUROPE 6.10 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIesXORjBps&feature=endscreen&NR=1
PAT CONDELL: “PALESTINIAN” HISTORY & HATRED & PEACE?!?! 5.15 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1N1zhUm84w&NR=1&feature=endscreen
All Israelis are not good. All Israelis are not bad.
All Arabs are not good. All Arabs are not bad.
All Jews are not good. All Jews are not bad.
All Muslims are not good. All Muslims are not bad.
I do not hate Arabs or Palestinians – but we cannot hope to solve the middle east problem unless we understand what these people believe. And sadly, it will be as easy as ending the generations of anti-minority - homophobic - anti-woman beliefs so skillfully taught by parents and religions in the confederate states for generations.
This next video does not directly relate to Gaza – but you need to know -
it was made by an American Muslim – about jihad & sharia law Jihad: The history of violent radical Islam 1400 years
This is not an Israel issue just since 1948 - or even an Arab issue
Mumbai - WTC - Sudan - England - Georgia - Beslan, Russia - Times Square - Shoe bomber - Lockerbee - Olympics
5000 Islamic honor killings per year + homosexuals murdered
American Wahabi Muslim school text books [ from Saudi Arabia] advocate murder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrUpG_RlztE&feature=endscreen&NR=1
You're still posting this text?
All these things you mention here, whether they're true or not, don't change the fact that Israel is today conducting an ILLEGAL occupation of Palestine, and has the obligation to pull out - and this is what the post you now commented on was about.
and how do you define ILLEGAL? Where is that LAW?
And can you find a single "fact" not true?
The whole international community and the United Nations (with a few exceptions) regard the occupation as illegal.
Are you indicating that the occupation is legal? What do you base that on?
The UN has Syria on its human rights council, the same Syria that murders tens of thousands of its own people. The UN is worthless.
I am indicating that when all else fails, try re-defining words.
1984 taught you a lot. Or did you learn it from Karl Rove.
Most republiclans believe or believed Obama is not an American: After years of Fox News and its occasional guests promoting the theories as a legitimate topic of discussion, a poll by MIT professor Adam Berinsky found more Republicans in September 2012 who believed that the president is not a citizen than during the months before the 2011 release of his long-form birth certificate. In all, Berinsky found that 73 percent of Republicans said they either don’t believe Obama is an American or they’re just not sure, up from 70 percent in April 2011.
The majority of Mormons believe Jesus was in America .
There are a lot of crazy people out there
What!?
illegal means forbidden by law
when was that law passed by who?
Did you find ANY false claims in ANY of the videos?
OR
Is it best to hide the truth?
I don't think you understand. The occupation is illegal according to international law. The occupation is illegal; the entire world and the UN (except Israel and USA of course) condemns the occupation.
I haven't watched any of the links in you text. None of them - true or untrue - change the fact that Israel is illegaly occupying Palestine.
Again: Are you indicating that the occupation is legal? What do you base that on?
I am not INDICATING anything. I am trying to define "illegal"
words are not defined by majority rule - except in 1984
"non-American" would define Obama if the majority of Rs could define the truth.
I would bet there are a few errors - but unless we UNDERSTAND what is going on here, the problem will not be solved.
In the 1850's the majority of southerners believed that one human could own another. Or do you disagree with that history too?
why are people afraid to watch any of the videos?
do you think that you may find some unpleasant truths?
if they are BS, surely the proof is easy to find.
"I am not INDICATING anything." I am trying to define "illegal""
Do you agree that the occupation is illegal?
"words are not defined by majority rule"
Why do you bring that up?
"why are people afraid to watch any of the videos?"
What makes you think that anyone's afraid?
"do you think that you may find some unpleasant truths? if they are BS, surely the proof is easy to find."
There are lots of videos on youtube that have unpleasant truths and which contain garbage that's easily disproved. These videos - yours incuded - don't change the things I mentioned in the article.
I have watched your 'BS', as you well know and your desperate shilling has nothing to do with 'truth' and everything to do with bias and fear. No 'proof' can untwist the twisted mind! Never Give Up Trying To Occupy Your Heart!
In stead of attacking me, can you cite just three claims in the videos that you can prove are false - do you have the courage to convince me with truth?
Would you consider Christopher Hitchens reliable?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-spKm13v6c
Amnesty International's report on the Israeli Occupation of Palestine:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/israel-occupied-palestinian-territories/report-2012
I read this - it says nothing about the PLO saying "palestinian people do not exist" or Hamas mandate to destroy Israel or Hamas hiding rockets in civilian areas or how many Israelis are in Gaza or how many rockets Hamas has launched at Israel or why the PLO rejected every offer or how many Arabs have been killed by Arabs or how many fatwas have been issued or how many people have been stoned or how many hands & feet have been cut off etc etc etc
And - no - I never said Israel was faultless.
Progress.
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Hell ya there are man! That's why we have to stand up and be the Generation Of Peace! Those Rs are crazy man..
There were no "nations" over there until we carved it all up after WWII.
Gnommy has a nice scan of an old encyclopedia clearly stating that area as Palestine, and TransJordan to the north.
You zionists are all the same. Power hungry mongrels running rampant.
Gotta love the islam , aka " the religion of peace".
GAZA: part 2 of 2
A few more clips that I believe show the truth.
I would be interested to see any evidence of factual errors in these clips.
Clips about the poor conditions in Gaza or military actions by Israel do not disprove Arafat’s statements or thousands of attacks on Israeli civilians by bus bombs or rockets. There MUST be at least one or two errors in the hundreds of historical facts posted here. Can you find them?
Harry Truman immediately approved the state of Israel –
did he hate Arabs because so many Arabs fought against the Allies - for Hitler?
I do not know.
Jimmy Carter & Bill Clinton pushed the PLO and the PA to sign a deal –
did they hate Arabs?
I do not hate Arabs or Palestinians – but we cannot hope to solve the middle east problem unless we understand what these people believe.
I believe that paying a parent to send their child to their deaths to kill people
[ as in Mumbai ] is nothing less than inhuman.
Not the bomber,
not the parents,
but the paymaster & the Imam.
Maybe you disagree?
IMAM CHOUDARY TELLS THE TRUTH – MUSLIM TERRORISM 4.00 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TqPK5oYZBk&feature=endscreen&NR=1
FROM 60 MINUTES – GAZA MOVIE FRAUD 18.00 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkfKAz8l37U&NR=1&feature=endscreen
SUBMISSION: THE MOVIE VAN GOUGH WAS _MURDERED FOR 10.31 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdvsFSYRgd4
CNN: GOD’S WARRIORS – THE MURDER OF THEO VAN GOUGH 5.10 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O28opIDKwYk
ISLAM A RELIGION OF PEACE? A BRAVE MUSLIM & BILL MAHR 7.29 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ZEo7voCEM&feature=endscreen&NR=1
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE “WEST BANK” IS? 6.17 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGYxLWUKwWo&NR=1&feature=fvwp
THE SON OF HAMAS LEADER TELLS THE TRUTH 5.00 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHbCGC6amdk&NR=1&feature=endscreen
ISRAEL IS AN “APARTHEID” STATE 7.24 ▬►
Most Arab states are not apartheid – they threw out the Jews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eupkfyd1ulc&NR=1&feature=endscreen
ROCKETS 21.16 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6nLrUg_bzs
ISRAEL GEOGRAPHY & HISTORY 6.29 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTDPRtprKJQ&NR=1&feature=endscreen
PAT CONDELL: SHARIA LAW & ISLAM IN BRITAIN 5.01 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dQVUiEjpw8&feature=endscreen&NR=1
PAT CONDELL: WHO HATES WHO? WHO MURDERS WHO? 6.05 ▬►
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqSY285BqQg
The truth is the truth – not bigotry or hatred.
Some people do evil. For money. For power. For religion.
DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO LEARN THE TRUTH?
Pre 1948 - How did the nation of Israel get it's land?
"At the end of World War I, some of “Palestine's” land was owned by absentee landlords who lived in Cairo, Damascus and Beirut. About 80% of the resident Arabs were debt-ridden peasants, semi-nomads and Bedouins.
Analyses of land purchases from 1880 to 1948 show that 73% of Jewish plots were purchases from large landowners, not poor Arabs."
-- quoted from The Peel Commission (1937)
"The Arab charge that the Jews have obtained too large a proportion of good land cannot be maintained. Much of the land now carrying orange groves was sand dunes or swamp and uncultivated when purchased. There was at the time at least of earlier sales little evidence that the owners possessed either the resources or training needed to develop the land. Jews paid more than $20 million (at 1936 rates) to Arab landowners, mostly large estate holders. In 1944, Jews paid between $1000 and $1100 per acre in Palestine, mostly for arid or semi-arid land; in the same year, rich black soil in Iowa was selling for about $110 per acre
(U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)" --Land Ownership in Palestine, 1880-1948
According to British government statistics,
prior to the establishment of the State of Israel,
Further UN estimates put the value of property loses of Jews kicked out of Arab countries after 1948 at 10 times the value of those lost by Arabs.
Most Jews in Israel are from Arab countries, not from Europe.
So the issue of the injustice done TO the Jews of Arab countries BY Arabs is relevant,
as are reparations.
Not all Jews are white New Yorkers. 60% of Jews are not what you might call caucasian. All the way up until 1970 Israel had a policy of repayment or replacement for anyone who could prove his claim. Around 10% of the refugees used this policy, while others refused .
From 1920 to 1948 Jewish organizations accepted partition plans that gave the Jewish state as little as 20% of the current state of Israel. The Arabs refused the deal or any compromise.
From the 1850's to 1948, 90% of the land Jews lived on was purchased at very high prices from Arabs. The rest was uninhabited land and passed from the British government to the Israeli government, under international law. In 1948, any Arab that stayed in Israel became Israeli citizens with full rights to vote and form political parties. Most fled, anticipating that the Arab armies would quickly defeat Israel, and they could return home, without being thought of as traitors. Now whose fault is it for deserting? In 1948 at the creation of the State of Israel, Jews who lived in all of the Arab countries were forced out or harassed. The land lost by Jews who fled was estimated by the UN to be worth ten times that of any property lost by Arabs who fled Israel in 1948. When will the Jews be reimbursed? In 1948 Jordan expanded its borders and stole the West Bank from what was part of Israel before the 1948 war__, a piece that was NEVER inside the Jordan borders. In 1967, Israel took it back as a buffer from the combined half a dozen Arab armies that were poised to attack the lone Jewish state. It was expected that Arab states would make peace and Israel would return the land within a few months. The Arab states refused to negotiate with Israel. ……………………………………1994 by David Carasso.
▬►Why didn’t the PLO / PA accept any of the MANY two state solutions proposed by Israel & America and backed by many Arab leaders in the last few decades?
▬►If the Arab nations were interested in peace or simply aiding their brethren ,
they would support the West Bank as part of Jordan AND Gaza as part of Egypt
( as it was occupied by Egypt 1948-1967 ).
▬►And they would be using their oil billions to send food to Gaza in stead of guns & rockets.
▬►If the Gazan militants were really fighting for the Gazan people,
they would not launch their rockets from civilian neighborhoods.
▬►Yes - Gaza is occupied - by Hamas and their terrorist militants
wow facts!
FROM IPT: A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas may have been reached on paper, but evidence already indicates that it is unlikely to hold. A top Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader has already warned that the ceasefire would be short and that a "new, more savage round" of fighting with Israel lies ahead. The agreement establishes Egypt as the guarantor of peace between Israel and Hamas even though President Mohammed Morsi and members of his government openly aided and supported Hamas in the conflict. The ceasefire will likely embolden Hamas, which views it as a victory over Israel not a first step to peace. History shows that ceasefires do not deter Hamas from firing rockets into Israel. Further, Iran's admission that it has given improved weapons technology to Hamas serves as a warning of an increased Iranian effort to destabilize Israel. The lies & the truth:
Hamas Will Adhere to a "Ceasefire"
Hamas accepted a ceasefire with Israel in this latest escalation. However, the Arabic word for truce, "hudna," is perceived differently within Hamas - a hudna involves a temporary lull in the violence that allows Hamas the necessary time to organize and re-arm itself in anticipation of a future conflict with Israel. It is different from a ceasefire in that it is an agreement to halt hostilities for a defined period of time only, not a peace agreement. The late PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat alluded to the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyya while giving a speech in a mosque in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1994, suggesting that ANY peace with Israel would be temporary.
History has proven that Hamas subscribes to this perspective, and that it uses hudnas as temporary lulls in the fighting prior to renewing hostilities.
In June 2003, Hamas announced a hudna with Israel, yet it ended violently with a suicide bombing two months later in Jerusalem that killed 22 people and wounded more than 130.
Likewise, Israel's 2008 incursion into Gaza led to a hudna as well. However, Hamas ended this temporary truce by firing rockets into Israel sporadically since the last "ceasefire," escalating the attacks dramatically in the past month.
Hamas is Interested in Peace:
Hamas, designated as a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union, does not distinguish between the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and pre-1967 Israel. To it, all of "Palestine" is occupied. The Hamas charter explicitly calls for the destruction of the Jewish state as its top priority. Any recognition of Israel's right to exist is unacceptable to Hamas. This belief is the root of the conflict. In light of a Nov. 21 bus bombing of in Tel Aviv, Hamas member Ezzat Rishq confirmed that the attack was a "repercussion of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip."
The Problem is Israel's Occupation of Gaza:
With Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, removing every Jewish resident and soldier from the territory, Palestinians were given a chance to fully govern themselves and build their society. However, instead of trying to improve Gaza's standard of living, Hamas remained focused on the destruction of Israel by firing rockets at the Jewish state immediately after taking over Gaza.
Since Hamas first exerted control in Gaza in 2006, 6,109 rockets have hit Israeli territory. Hamas fully seized power in a bloody Palestinian civil war with the rival Fatah faction in 2007. In response, Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in an attempt to curb the flow of arms to Hamas. This year alone, 1,822 rockets have hit Israeli territory. From November 10-13, immediately prior to Israel's operation, Hamas fired 121 rockets into Israel. Hamas launched another 1,500 rockets after Israel initiated Operation Pillar of Defense on Nov. 14.
Israel's blockade is by no means an "occupation" – rather, it is a necessary response to stem Hamas' weapons smuggling into Gaza, actions that threatens Israel's security. This tactic is nothing new:
The United States blockaded Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
The United Kingdom blockaded the Falkland Islands during its war with Argentina in 1982.
A 2011 United Nations report concluded that Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip is legal under international law.
Israel Deliberately Targets Civilians: Israel went to extraordinary means to minimize innocent Palestinian casualties in response to the terrorist rocket barrage. Prior to any action, the Israeli military dropped thousands of leaflets in Arabic warning Gaza residents of impending attacks. This effort gave residents time to evacuate the area.
Collateral damage happens because Hamas intentionally embeds itself in population centers in violation of international law. If Israel deliberately targeted civilians, its military superiority would allow it to inflict far greater casualties. An Israeli pilot actually aborted a strike mission on a rocket launch pad located in a playground because he saw Palestinian children nearby. That rocket ended up being fired at Tel Aviv, causing Israeli children to run for the bomb shelters. Imagine what the United States government would do if the Mexican drug cartels fired thousands of rockets at San Diego, Phoenix, or other cities along the Mexican border from the safety of Mexico.
There is a Moral Equivalence Between Actions by Israel and Hamas:
Israel strives to minimize civilian casualties.
Hamas tries to maximize Israeli civilian casualties and strike fear into the population.
This is self-evident based on the fact that Israel strategically targets Hamas terrorists with accurate, pinpoint airstrikes. Hamas, on the other hand, indiscriminately fires deadly rockets at Israeli cities with the intent of killing or maiming Israeli civilians. Hamas purposefully fires from Palestinian population centers to elicit an Israeli response that occasionally results in civilian casualties that who it can use for strictly propaganda purposes. The terrorist group also uses Palestinians as human shields to protect military targets, which is considered a war crime under international law.
Hamas is a Reliable Source of Information:
It is in Hamas' interest to inflate Palestinian casualty figures. Throughout the years, Hamas has used fake images, staged funerals and lied about specific casualties to enhance the perception that Israel was committing deliberate massacres. A photo was circulated in the media following the start of the recent conflagration allegedly depicting a Palestinian child who was supposedly killed by Israel. In fact, the child was one of the 30,000 casualties of the Syrian Civil War. Another infamous picture making headlines shows visiting Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil and Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh embracing a dead Palestinian boy whom they label as a victim of an attack by the Israeli Air Force. However, "experts from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights said they believed that the explosion was caused by an errant Palestinian rocket" that landed within Gaza.
Gaza is Besieged and Starving:
Israel continues to transfer goods and supplies into the territory to help Palestinian civilians despite the rocket fire from Gaza. In fact, Gaza civilians do not suffer from a scarcity of food or other basic needs. Throughout this recent escalation, the Jewish state has facilitated the transfer of essential food, water, fuel and electricity.
Israel continues to treat Gazans in Israeli hospitals. I’m sure Hamas would treat Jews in Gazan hospitals – IF there were any Jews left in Gaza.
Egypt Is an Reliable Mediator
Post-uprising Egypt, which is now ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood, has explicitly thrown its weight behind Hamas and blamed Israel for this latest violence. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi tweeted on Nov. 16: "Egypt stands as a protective shield for the Arab and Islamic nation" and "O People of Gaza, you are of us and we are of you. We will not abandon you." In the past, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak played a crucial role as a mediator between both sides. Morsi is personally linked to Hamas, which was created as the Palestinian arm of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Turkey is a Constructive Player in the Crisis
Turkish Islamist Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently called Israel a "terrorist state" in response to Israel's defensive actions in Gaza. This comment is ironic, given Turkey's own terrorist insurgency conflict with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). In one incident, Turkey was responsible for the death of 35 civilians in an airstrike near a Kurdish village.
Turkey has also illegally occupied Northern Cyprus since it invaded the island in 1974. In contrast, Israel has no forces stationed in Gaza.
Furthermore, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) put Turkey on its list of "countries of particular concern." This action places Turkey among the world's most repressive states such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, and North Korea. In addition, Turkey jails more journalists than any other country in the world, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, which reported at least 61 Turkish journalists are imprisoned directly because of their work. Under Erdoğan's Islamist government, Turkey has suffered severe setbacks on their religious and media freedom. On Nov 20, Erdoğan declared that Israel is engaging in ethnic cleansing in Gaza, a preposterous accusation coming from a government that refuses to acknowledge its nation's responsibility in the Armenian genocide of 1915 or the millions of Greeks, Assyrians and other minorities who were ethnically cleansed by the Turks after World War I.
This Conflict Has Nothing to Do with Iran
Iran's fingerprints are all over Hamas' rocket arsenal, including the Fajr-5 long range rockets which were fired at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Iran is Hamas' main benefactor – supplying weapons, providing training, and sending money. Furthermore, Iranian Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari told Iran's Fars News Agency that it has given Hamas the technology to build its own Fajr-5s.
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