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NM_Birder

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39. You should read about the split of authority in Palestine.

Wed Jul 30, 2014, 06:35 PM

Jul 2014

Hamas claimed 76 of the 132 Parliamentary Seats in 2006.
If 1/2 of a population elects a governing body, would you not agree that the governing body is representative of the people's choice ?

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Five Israeli Talking Points on Gaza�Debunked [View all] eridani Jul 2014 OP

Good read malaise Jul 2014 #1

Excellent read....... Swede Atlanta Jul 2014 #2

Hamas is certainly not innocent eridani Jul 2014 #17

Truth Roy Serohz Jul 2014 #49

I will say it again. JDPriestly Jul 2014 #55

That's assuming Israel WANTS a negotiated peace... regnaD kciN Jul 2014 #64

Here is a list of Palestinian terrorist acts from 1989-2008. JDPriestly Jul 2014 #68

Post removed Post removed Jul 2014 #3

So.... delphi72 Jul 2014 #4

Don't expect an answer leftynyc Jul 2014 #9

The people Hamas kills are Israeli soldiers eridani Jul 2014 #19

Why are you pretending leftynyc Jul 2014 #24

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter....depending on who holds the power. PDJane Jul 2014 #27

Here's what your freedom leftynyc Jul 2014 #36

And Israel, during that time, has been killing and injuring Gaza's children. PDJane Jul 2014 #40

Since when did body counts leftynyc Jul 2014 #51

330 dead in nine years, or 37 people per year eridani Jul 2014 #46

Using the language of nazis leftynyc Jul 2014 #52

By the numbers, Nazis were worse eridani Jul 2014 #54

HOw much did it pain you leftynyc Jul 2014 #57

The size of the body counts is an excellent measure of evil, IMO n/t eridani Jul 2014 #59

That's pretty simpleminded thinking leftynyc Jul 2014 #61

I say no to your straw man. n/t Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2014 #11

You mean to say that Tinker Toys are being fired into Israel eridani Jul 2014 #13

Are you willing to volunteer leftynyc Jul 2014 #25

Vastly preferable to being in a hospital in Gaza n/t eridani Jul 2014 #45

Israelis are volunteering for just that eridani Jul 2014 #48

Spare me leftynyc Jul 2014 #50

If they were all that deadly, Israelis would not be picnicing on the border. eridani Jul 2014 #53

Rockets raining from the sky leftynyc Jul 2014 #58

2000 rockets and one casualty? eridani Jul 2014 #60

Continually downplaying the danger leftynyc Jul 2014 #62

i didn't see that anywhere in the OP.. frylock Jul 2014 #20

It's best to ignore Israeli propaganda. Maedhros Jul 2014 #29

"I guess you are saying" - clear indication of invented bullshit in the next sentence Scootaloo Jul 2014 #37

Whenever the holocaust is memorialized SCVDem Jul 2014 #5

SCOTUS disagrees about the religion part anyway... Moostache Jul 2014 #6

Final solution to the Palestinians ? Rhinodawg Jul 2014 #7

I'm openly stating my desire to date Robert Redford n/t eridani Jul 2014 #14

Thx. Rhinodawg Jul 2014 #16

it's Gaza being "wiped off the map" riverwalker Jul 2014 #28

History has shown that when the persecuted take control of the state, they become... Larkspur Jul 2014 #30

So are the views of this guy unusual? Or widely shared in Israel? stranger81 Jul 2014 #43

Not innuendo -- it's what officials in the Israeli government are openly calling for. stranger81 Jul 2014 #44

Posts like this have not only become perfectly acceptable now, they are applauded. LTX Jul 2014 #8

And it's why leftynyc Jul 2014 #10

^^^^^ this Rhinodawg Jul 2014 #15

Contending with the racism of the majority is always going to be a problem n/t eridani Jul 2014 #18

So now everyone who leftynyc Jul 2014 #26

There can be no serious dispute that much of the Israeli propaganda in this campaign stranger81 Jul 2014 #42

Ah yes, the "far left." Scootaloo Jul 2014 #38

It is posts like yours that make Israeli supporters look dense and ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2014 #21

The moral rot in the progressive soul is the rot that allows so-called progressives stranger81 Jul 2014 #41

The only people who should be ashamed... regnaD kciN Jul 2014 #65

Really.... delphi72 Jul 2014 #12

as opposed to how many years that Palestine has had to wipe Israel off the map? frylock Jul 2014 #22

Since 1947? delphi72 Jul 2014 #23

That's another part of the Myth of Israel...that plucky little nation against all those Arabs. PDJane Jul 2014 #33

What would you call it? atreides1 Jul 2014 #32

If Israel was the kind of country that wanted to exterminate the population of Gaza MrNJ Jul 2014 #31

Too bad atreides1 Jul 2014 #34

You should read about the split of authority in Palestine. NM_Birder Jul 2014 #39

Why Hamas Won Gaza - Bill Clinton countryjake Jul 2014 #47

By that standard... regnaD kciN Jul 2014 #66

The world seems incapable of solving any problem without US involvement NM_Birder Jul 2014 #67

That has to do with international opinion, not Israel's abilities or proclivities. PDJane Jul 2014 #35

Tiresome. joshcryer Jul 2014 #56

That's not what the chart at the link says n/t eridani Jul 2014 #63