... but I also think special care should be made to avoid suggestions that the Jews are monsters or that the Palestinians are dogs, which are sometimes the unspoken thoughts of the advocates for either side. — Hanover
I don't know any anti-Semitic people. I don't think that's as much of a thing as it used to be. — frank
We’re saying, ‘You’ve got three years, then go home. Go to your natural homelands…We give you time to go.’ Then we’ll swing into action.
I think that’s the only way forward, if we want to save our cultures and our nations. Because these people are having children like rabbits. — a vile racist
At war at least it hasn't been so. When Israel invaded Lebanon in the early 1980's you could see Lebanese coming to the roads and clapping their hands in support of the action. Why? Well, of course they didn't like the PLO running things. Yet that changed quite quickly when the local populace came to interaction with the IDF.If one makes a list of countries with human rights records, from the best to the worst, Israel would be near the top. — LD Saunders
Nevertheless, I have a principle that I hope is agreeable to most, that those with power over others are responsible for them. I don't think there is a question on which side the balance of power lies. And I don't think the film is mere propaganda; one can argue and question individual incidents, but there is too much, too well supported from Israelis as well as Palestinians, testimony from the Australian journalists, credible video evidence. This is not peace-keeping, this is not a measured response to threat, this is a terror campaign intended to totally subjugate demoralise and eventually evict or eliminate opposition. There is little sign of a will to reach an accommodation. — unenlightened
If we accept Israel's right to the land it occupies, it stands morally right. — Hanover
Why were the Zionists privileged enough to merit this. — René Descartes
Yeah, it's nothing to do with a Jewish homeland, it's to do with the America and Britain wanting to maintain post colonialist influence over the Middle East. — René Descartes
What makes her evil? What has she done to deserve what she received? Is it worse than knocking down the homes of Palestines. Bombing the Gaza Strip as Israel does. Or the multiple assassination commited by Mossad on Foreigners. She just kicked a soldier. Poor him. That must have been a life threatening situation. I wonder if he will go to jail if he ever kills a Palestinian. — René Descartes
I'm just wondering why the Romani Gypsies never got their own land after the holocaust. Why were the Zionists privileged enough to merit this. — René Descartes
I don't think we are talking about Australia here. If you want to talk about Australia start your own thread. — René Descartes
This has already been responded to as it relates to the dispute over whether the settlements are illegal.And neither should the Israel bombardments of the West Bank or the illegal settlements be acceptable in any circumstance. — René Descartes
I'm suggesting that the reports are a form of advocacy for one side or the other. I don't think that an inability to present a neutral side amounts to it being fake, but more so being so ideological that lack of bias is impossible.Are you using the "Fake News" argument? — René Descartes
That's not the truth.The truth is that the Israelis are the aggressors. They came in illegally before 1948 and they suddenly ended up with the majority of previously Palestinian owned land. — René Descartes
It was in self-defense.Now I condemn the violence from both sides, but tell me where is the justice in this. How does Israel have a moral high ground? — René Descartes
Someone steals your house or your farm, how would you feel about that? — René Descartes
What the hell are you talking about? — René Descartes
Honestly, what would have solved the problem would have been not to create Israel in the first place. — René Descartes
No one is denying what happened in the Congo — René Descartes
What if you owned a house and it was stolen from you? — René Descartes
Are they? I think most people opposed to Israel are not anti-Semites. — René Descartes
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