The riots and clashes between protesters? Storming of the al-Aqsa mosque because the Palestinians were stockpiling weapons there? Ask yourself this: D...
Israel just re-entered Gaza because rockets were being fired into Israeli and killing Israelis. Prior to that Israel hasn't had any ground forces or s...
Countries consist of millions of people interacting and consist of multiple different layers of government and in addition to those governments you ha...
Hamas has never, ever been shy about its intentions: Destroy Israel, establish an Islamic state in its place. It does not care if Israel removes settl...
Whenever you're dealing in international relations like this you're essentially choosing friends and enemies. You're picking sides. If I was a neutral...
Hamas has been open that they won't lay down arms until the state of Israel is destroyed. As strong as Israel is it can't control the actions of the P...
You've demonstrated time and time again that you genuinely cannot tell the difference between actual murder and collateral damage so I just can't take...
Did you know that around 1/4 of Palestinian missiles fired into Israel are misfires and they end up going back into Gaza? They've killed some number, ...
Jews are the indigenous inhabitants of Israel and they were the ones ethnically cleansed when they were originally expelled from their homeland by occ...
Not a statement of fact. Complete lie. There has never been any Israeli plot to genocide either the Palestinians or the Arabs. I could throw the same ...
Why are we talking about Israel? Lets talk about the Arab countries today, no more Israel talk. Lets make a list of everything they've ever done wrong...
Terrible thing, isn't it. But what about the ongoing genocide of black and brown people in the United States? Shouldn't we be condemning that one firs...
Ok and what's the upshot of this? Do we wag our finger at Israel and tell them to be better? Or does it mean we should dismantle the Israeli state? Ha...
Before I even start with this we really need to address this term "ethnic cleansing." It can be used for both genocide and banishment/expulsion, and w...
I don't know what else to tell you besides ancient/religious texts and Jewish oral history. Jews have prayers going back thousands of years that speak...
Yeah, that's just a difference between us then. But you see how one could call your view intolerant? You're making a universal declaration that cultur...
How about the Arabs countries? You think they love Jews over there? I haven't forgotten about your earlier post btw, I didn't mean to ignore it but I ...
You just said you want to see all countries run roughly the same way and I'm just trying to get a sense of what that would mean. Just give me somethin...
I certainly think one can implement cultural values and not be racist. Do you believe that all countries ought to run themselves in the same way? No c...
You're the one who wants to tell other entire nations that they're not allowed to enshrine their own cultural/historical values into law and maintain ...
You and I are just different then. I don't see anything wrong with a state having a fundamentally, e.g. Indian, Han Chinese, Jewish, Muslim, character...
by ethnostate I meant a state that strives to reflect certain cultural values in its laws & policies and strives to maintain a certain ethnic make up....
So are American blacks and Jews in other Arab countries. So is virtually every minority in every country ever. I'm fine with an ethno-state. I'd give ...
At the end of the day it's either the Jews or the Arabs in charge. It's that simple. When you tell the Jews that they need to dismantle their state an...
Ok, so you like Jews when they're weak, subjugated minorities but when they establish a state and manage to secure land from aggressors and demonstrat...
Yeah, it has switched hands a few times. But its the Jews turn now. [ There have been some theologians that argue that this was only banishment such a...
The current position of the Israeli government, at least as of 2011 is that Gaza and the West Bank are "disputed territories," not occupied territorie...
What makes something qualify as being a "state-apparatus of oppression?" Who makes this determination? Also, your statement would seem to excuse certa...
So what should determine who the rightful owners are? International law? What makes international law special? If there was a UN 500 years ago would y...
I think we both know by now that we're not going to have productive conversations with each other, so can our conversations then at least be entertain...
I wonder whether there's a case to be made that the US is genociding black people under this definition. While the black population has grown, an argu...
Oh you'd be surprised, there have been quite a few posters here that have refused to explicitly condemn it. I understand what you're saying here and I...
I'd be willing to entertain what you're saying with the note that I do believe that proportional self-defense is always a valid option. Both options -...
It's not their country. It's the Jewish homeland. What amazes me is why you care so much. Are you an Arab? Just tell me you're an Arab and this'll all...
Are you honestly asking me why Israel doesn't just let Hamas fire rockets into Israel and not respond? I don't know, maybe this is some kind of 500 IQ...
Maybe Apartheid was in some way responsible for the violence, but the existence of Apartheid does not justify/condone murder. No one is permitted to m...
It's not genocide and for you to use that term is absurd. If you think the Israelis are literally trying to genocide the Palestinians then there's no ...
Well Palestinians keep killing our family members too. This cycle has gone back thousands of years and it's likely going to continue. You say the Pale...
Expansion? No. Occupation? I don't like the occupation but until the Palestinians renounce violence as a political tool I think the occupation is a ne...
A couple days ago an elderly Israeli woman and her caregiver were killed when Hamas' rockets struck their homes in a residential area. Is this an exam...
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