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In reply to the discussion: Accounts of the 19 month ceasefire honored by Hamas, but violated by Israel to rationalize massacre [View all]cpwm17
(3,829 posts)37. Those are by individuals, not by any Palestinian government
Last edited Mon Jul 28, 2014, 04:55 AM - Edit history (2)
And as I explained above, the Palestinian public is not responsible. Israel is. They're the oppressors.
If some outsiders expelled much of the American public from our homeland and imprisoned us on a much smaller piece of land, who would be at fault for the Americans that strike back? The American public?: obviously not.
Israel fabricated an excuse for mass murder. It's as simple as that.
If Israel can flatten houses and commit mass-murder for the rockets by individual Palestinians, then what can the Palestinians do for the millions of times worse crap that Israel has done for far longer?
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Accounts of the 19 month ceasefire honored by Hamas, but violated by Israel to rationalize massacre [View all]
cpwm17
Jul 2014
OP
Do other countries demand that the Tea Party agree with everything before a treaty is signed?
randome
Jul 2014
#7
Maybe if Israel had a peace treaty with the Palestinians, they would help stop Hamas.
randome
Jul 2014
#19
Once again, our Corporate Media proves why it is totally not trustworthy. And they wonder why their
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#11
19 month ceasefire? Not according to Wikipedia. Can you explain this seeming contradiction?
Bonobo
Jul 2014
#12
The story was from Truthout. Always known for their accuracy cough Rove indictment cough (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jul 2014
#13
They are generally a reliable progressive organization. Nobody gets it right 100% of the time
totodeinhere
Jul 2014
#15
Not saying what's true or false here, but one problem with wikipedia is that anyone can post
DesertDiamond
Jul 2014
#18