Manuel

Gandhi said that it takes a lot of bravery to just stay still and get hit. If you can't reach that standard, which is extremely difficult for anybody,...

But they've done civil disobedience many times. They've also gone on hunger strikes. But when they do this the western media ignores them. The consist...

That makes sense. Diversions should be taken into the proper context I think, not necessarily ignored altogether, they are part of the experience of h...

:rofl: Ah, that's good to know. I assume this change is more or less recent? I've heard of many cases where foreigners can't even get a home to live i...

Fantastic quote. And nature is replying. But we're still not listening enough. I have to ask, do we ever know enough to know that what is has been exh...

They don't. The Israeli's also haven't helped themselves in this regard in regards to the many wars it has fought, which could have been avoided, minu...

China is quite racist actually and Japan as well for that matter. But so is Israel.

Amira Hass is the real deal, a golden standard human being. Terrorism, absolutely. Putting a people in a blockade, limiting caloric intake, shutting d...

I don't know much about Scotland per se, but I do know a little about the EU. It's not easy to learn about the EU at all compared to the US or many ot...

Well given how we are burning the planet to a crisp. I don't think we deserve much moral praise on the whole. Not that some people or indeed all of us...

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-four-gaza-friends-tell-me-what-it-s-like-to-feel-the-wrath-of-israel-s-f-16s-1.9806495 Just now ...

Which is fine. Every state deserves security. Israel is asking for more because they are increasing settlements and annexing parts of the West Bank. T...

I agree. If Hezbollah gets involved, that would be awful for everybody. I don't think so. But who knows how far this one will go?

Ah. I hope they can achieve it. Looks quite difficult now, momentum is swinging towards full out war.

That went over my head. Putin's power is constrained despite what is reported in the US. In either case if the US doesn't tell Israel to tone it down,...

Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74

Oh my: 10:25 P.M. Sources say rocket fire from Lebanon committed by small Palestinian group Rocket fire from Lebanon toward Israel was the work of a s...

It would be nice to believe it to be the case. But I don't see why this should be so. One can find beauty even in horrible things, so that alone cause...

Then I'd disagree with them. Moral judgments about the value of life are universal or they're not serious. It's easy to talk for me, I don't live in I...

I don't think anyone here would say that murdering innocent Israelis is not a problem. What's been the issue is that if a people have been oppressed f...

It's not black and white like Apartheid South Africa was not black and white. Was the murder of a white South African civilian during apartheid a good...

I don't know how you'd react if they keep stealing your land and killing family members. The PLO was a "terrorist" organization, until Israel helped c...

No. Do you support continued Israeli expansion and occupation of Palestinian territory?

It's not possible to defend yourself while taking over a territory which is not yours. That's not a definition of defense. If some people come in and ...

It appears that war may be coming quite soon: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/gaza-israel-diverts-flights-rocket-barrage-palestinians-death-67-1.9...

It's because the US has by far the strongest military in the world. And is still the largest economy too. So they can get away with a lot. NATO is bas...

Look at Bryan Magee's interviews on YouTube. Then buy his books. You'll get it. :up:

Chomsky at 92, knows Israeli history and politics inside out, here are his views on the topic: https://truthout.org/articles/chomsky-without-us-aid-is...

Yes, I agree. They started imperial conquest several decades after the great European Imperial Powers. Had this been done, say, in the 1800's or so, t...

:100:

Yeah. He failed, damn media. :joke: Then we've had repeated massacres in Gaza: 2008, 2012, 2014 and now probably this one. Maybe the ugliest one yet, ...

You don't even need to do this much. There is no mind body problem since Newton demolished the mechanical philosophy. Back then we did have an intelli...

Sure, music is better when stoned. Almost everything is. And yes, Baba O'Reilly is great. Cool. Just testing you out in exchange. It's weird when you ...

Hmmm. Interesting. The song is strange to me, but it has a certain feeling which is familiar... How about this: The End of it All - John Tejada https:...

:lol: Damn man, I think statements such as those should be put in a novel, it's terrific. To be clear I'm laughing at what you are saying, not at you,...

And straight up racist too. It's instructive to see how "Israeli" and "Jewish" are used interchangeably here. But all Palestinians are just Arabs, who...

:100: All nation states, to the extent they have power, use force. Israel is no exception. It's just that they got into colonialism a few years later ...

Sure. Perhaps someone reading these posts might get it, so it's always worth a shot. Anyway, carrying on: Satisfy My Soul - Bob Marley https://www.you...

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/gaza-flare-up-teen-father-killed-in-city-of-lod-as-central-israel-comes-under-gaza-1.9796891

Truth is no-one cared for the Jews out of the nation states. Even in full knowledge of the Holocaust, it wasn't a moral issue till like the 60's or 70...

Sure. This issue does raise passions a bit, with good reason there's plenty of stuff in it.

There's no single rule. Number of casualties and who is murdered probably are (probably) the priority. The history is long, complex, ugly. But there's...

But this is what there is. First of all stop stealing more land. Then go back to resolution 242, create two states. Then we can proceed.

And Jews can go to New York. This is nuts.

It's a good PR tactic.

No. But under occupation they can acquiesce or resist. Resistance need not imply violence at all.

They're under a blockade in Gaza in which the Israeli authorities count the calories each citizen eats. That's monstrous no matter what: https://www.t...

That's an incredible statement. That's like saying why do Jews need Israel if they already have New York.

People who defend Israeli actions now are not too different from those that defended Apartheid South Africa when it terrorized the population by claim...

Powerful images: https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/5/12/in-pictures-9