I'll hear about criticism or prejudice towards Muslims, but I was asking about Arabs earlier. The difference is that Arab is an ethnicity and there are Arabs of all religious backgrounds who live all around the world.
Islam is open to legitimate criticism. Being an Arab is not. — BitconnectCarlos
Hamas is a fundamentalist Islamic organization but the people who primarily suffer due to that are the Palestinians living under them. Sure the Israelis face bombs and threats, but I'd much rather be fighting that than living under it. — BitconnectCarlos
Anti-semitism in the Arab world did not only begin existing in 1948, there's a very long history there. Israel currently is also at peace with a number of its Arab neighbors including Egypt whom it gave back Sinai to in... 1988? It's been some time since these countries were actually at war.
There are Gallup polls that measure this type of thing that I'd be happy to show you if we wanted to pursue this further. These polls reflect deep-seated attitudes that extend far beyond Israel. — BitconnectCarlos
Vilified by who? The Arabs? The western world? I don't deny that settlers in the WB can be provocative, but I don't see them as being the main reason that Israel is vilified. You also have to remember that there has been Jewish communities in the WB going back thousands of years. — BitconnectCarlos
It's not that I don't think Israel shouldn't have peace, it's that it should be done representing in a democratic matter, not by leaders who don't represent the will of the people. — Manuel
They would probably be much less hostile if Israel gave back the occupied territories and give Palestinians total autonomy within these areas. — Manuel
and elected Hamas, they were punished for having the audacity of voting against Israeli interests. — Benkei
I guess in your view of the world, prisoners have total autonomy within a prison yard. — Benkei
And Trump should be commended for saying that, because it's true. There's blood on every states hands. It's just that the bigger the state (generally) the more blood they spill... — Manuel
Anti-semitism in the Arab world did not only begin existing in 1948, there's a very long history there. — BitconnectCarlos
What's the meaning of autonomy if they don't have running water, they have restrictions on caloric intake, they can't fish as they wish on there shore, etc? That's not "autonomy" in any sense of the word. — Manuel
I think that if you have back WB and Gaza, things would get much better. I frankly don't understand what Palestinians would do to Israel without facing massive and severe repercussions. The Palestinians aren't getting an army so I don't think there is too much to worry about. But there will continue to be much to worry about if the occupation continues. — Manuel
They do have running water. There's a ton of misinformation out there. They're free to build their own facilities but the money gets mismanaged by the governing authorities. Gazans are free to go fishing but I don't know every fishing regulation there is. — BitconnectCarlos
But why would Israel do that without a concrete guarantee that the Palestinians have given up further territorial claims? Also it would mean kicking thousands of Jews off of land that they've lived in for hundreds if not thousands of years. — BitconnectCarlos
It's a nice belief and I wish it were true. — BitconnectCarlos
Palestinians gaining control of all of the WB just places more Israeli cities in range for Palestinian rockets. We already see what happens with border towns like Sderot where there's bomb shelters everywhere and the place has a massively high rate of trauma and PTSD. — BitconnectCarlos
Pro-Israel bias, and yet ... but you can't handle the truth, can you?I don't deny that settlers in the WB can be provocative, but I don't see them as being the main reason that Israel is vilified. — BitconnectCarlos
An onanist like you? Sure you do, BC. We all do. But especially you.I don't interact with racists, period.
An onanist like you? Sure you do, BC. We all do. But especially you. — 180 Proof
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