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BlueMTexpat

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38. No, it is NOT acceptable for militants to fire rockets

Reply to question everything (Reply #12)

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 05:48 PM

Jul 2014

into Israel, but ...

Since 2001, Palestinian militants have launched thousands of rocket and mortar attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip as part of the continuing Arab–Israeli conflict. As of July 2014 the attacks have killed 28 people,[1] mostly civilians, and injured thousands, but their main effect is their creation of widespread psychological trauma and disruption of daily life among the Israeli populace.[2] Medical studies in Sderot, the Israeli city closest to the Gaza Strip, have documented a post-traumatic stress disorder incidence among young children of almost 50%, as well as high rates of depression and miscarriage.[3][4][5] A public opinion poll conducted in March 2013 found that most Palestinians do not support firing rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip.[6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel

28 Israeli deaths in 13 years versus >1300 Palestinian deaths in a few weeks.

Think about it. If you would feel differently if the death toll were reversed, then there is something very wrong with you.

Both are wrong. Death is death. Murder is murder. And this murder is disproportionate collective punishment of a hapless population with literally nowhere else to go except into the sea.

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Danziger goes there (Warsaw Ghetto) [View all] n2doc Jul 2014 OP

Will this toon be flagged as "hurtful, etc"? BillZBubb Jul 2014 #1

Well there is a thread with 72 recs so far making the same comparison n2doc Jul 2014 #2

I certainly hope it stays... BillZBubb Jul 2014 #3

I've had a thread reply make it for a few days Warpy Jul 2014 #37

Israel censors Billy Budd Aug 2014 #68

As long as it doesn't mention ''her'' in a whimsical, ironic, satirical...... DeSwiss Jul 2014 #15

"I went there and I lived", is now on my cars' bumper sticker. Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #4

It was a very brave post. 4now Jul 2014 #9

I think a lot of people are intimidated by the bullying when it comes to this topic. sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #63

He must be reading DU Warpy Jul 2014 #5

The parallels can not be ignored. Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #6

One has to be careful with the subject of Israel and posting privileges Billy Budd Jul 2014 #7

If you criticize Israel it is sent to the jury. 4now Jul 2014 #8

Surely you made a mistake? question everything Jul 2014 #10

my aunt and my cousin are Jewish PatrynXX Jul 2014 #47

On the subject of religion, too. randome Jul 2014 #17

I was followed all over DU Billy Budd Jul 2014 #22

You tell'm, Danziger Hekate Jul 2014 #11

The Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto did not have rockets to send over onto Poland question everything Jul 2014 #12

They probably wished they had stealth bombers too Capt. Obvious Jul 2014 #13

rockets did exist during ww2 dsc Jul 2014 #25

The V-1 was launched 3 years after the Warsaw Ghetto was walled in Capt. Obvious Jul 2014 #43

No, the Katyusha rockets were developed in 1938. EX500rider Jul 2014 #44

I stand corrected Capt. Obvious Jul 2014 #45

And if they had access to nukes they probably would have used them n2doc Jul 2014 #14

The bandits and the Jews... Nice question everything Jul 2014 #23

Hide behind anti-semitism name calling. Go ahead, it is all you have. n2doc Jul 2014 #26

Oh, you mean the Nazis were not anti-Semitic? Must be news for them question everything Jul 2014 #30

I am sure you can fully understand what I said, and what that quote was about n2doc Jul 2014 #36

And the jury results are in.... aikoaiko Jul 2014 #32

And you had problem with that because? question everything Jul 2014 #33

I had no problem with it. What makes you think I did? aikoaiko Jul 2014 #34

I'm not sure, but isn't revealing the details of a jury decision prohibited? George II Jul 2014 #51

No Capt. Obvious Jul 2014 #52

Quoting Wikipedia is a well know trick of anti-Semites. Capt. Obvious Jul 2014 #46

No they didn't. So they threw everything that they did have. DeSwiss Jul 2014 #18

Post removed Post removed Jul 2014 #28

Now justify the ever expananding settlements. killbotfactory Jul 2014 #35

God - not these "maps" again. COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #29

links please... druidity33 Jul 2014 #40

The "debunking" consists of pointing out that large swaths of the map are empty desert Maedhros Jul 2014 #55

Too late at night to go back and look for them. COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #61

In 1917 wasn't all of Palestine occupied by the British? oberliner Jul 2014 #54

No, it is NOT acceptable for militants to fire rockets BlueMTexpat Jul 2014 #38

well the rockets are being shot w/o eyes PatrynXX Jul 2014 #48

Danziger is fearless. Octafish Jul 2014 #16

Bravo, Danziger, Bravo! Raster Jul 2014 #65

Last of Warsaw Ghetto Survivors Calls for Rebellion Against Israeli Occupation Ichingcarpenter Jul 2014 #19

+1000 HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #49

K&R DeSwiss Jul 2014 #20

please tell me about these two pictures thanks ALBliberal Jul 2014 #21

The answer is.... DeSwiss Jul 2014 #62

the similarity of these two pictures says so much thanks ALBliberal Aug 2014 #66

De nada. DeSwiss Aug 2014 #67

DURec leftstreet Jul 2014 #24

Well said malaise Jul 2014 #27

The ugly truth. JaydenD Jul 2014 #31

My heart breaks for those suffering in Gaza emsimon33 Jul 2014 #39

K & R L0oniX Jul 2014 #41

truly. BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2014 #42

There isn't even a remote resemblance between the two. George II Jul 2014 #50

Did Danziger ask anyone Jewish what they thought about this comparison? CTyankee Jul 2014 #53

Not comparable-250,000 to 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto were sent to their deaths at Treblinka Baclava Jul 2014 #56

... 840high Jul 2014 #57

When you put it like that, you make me worry that someone is keeping score McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #60

It's not about keeping score. DeSwiss Jul 2014 #64

Oh what a difference a week makes. McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #58

July 17, I posted this thread. McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #59