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KitSileya

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39. I live in a country that was occupied for 5 years.

Tue Aug 5, 2014, 11:06 AM

Aug 2014

My great grandparents and grandparents lived through that occupation, and one of my parents was born during it. Growing up, I heard quite a lot about resistance fighting, sabotage actions, and what were considered acceptable ways of fighting back. To me, what the Palestinians are doing seems more akin to that, than terrorism.

How Hamas was supposed to use the money to help their people when Israel blocks pretty much anything from being brought into Gaza, and controls water, electricity, ingress and egress to Palestinian lands, is a mystery to me. Anything they build is bombed, anything they attempt to do is thwarted. I call the people fighting back in Palestine resistance fighters, not terrorists.

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THIS is genocidal [View all] bigtree Aug 2014 OP

More and more they're letting this idea slip out into the press NightWatcher Aug 2014 #1

link to the original article riverwalker Aug 2014 #2

Well, the more we hear the truth slipping out, the more it becomes clear that sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #3

It's time for the UN to step up. The old sheriff is dead. The American Empire rhett o rick Aug 2014 #5

Time to call political figures here on supporting the political and military systems in Israel Skidmore Aug 2014 #35

But, but Aerows Aug 2014 #4

True. But it's the people in charge of the guns. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #9

No it's not leftynyc Aug 2014 #34

Oh sure, what's happening is the result of our fellow peacenicks. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #42

So it's okay to lie? leftynyc Aug 2014 #43

YNet chose to publish it. Their slogan says it all. Ask them. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #44

You're spreading it leftynyc Aug 2014 #47

It NEEDS to be exposed for what it is.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #49

You might want to read this! atreides1 Aug 2014 #54

This Is Well Over The Line, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #6

+1 Lithos Aug 2014 #10

Excellent analysis -- as usual (n/t) Samantha Aug 2014 #13

thank you for that perspective bigtree Aug 2014 #14

+1 Well said JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #29

I've been saying that since Lewis Black pointed it out on the Daily Show. Initech Aug 2014 #45

Compared To An Ideal, Sir, Anything Actual Must Fall Far Short The Magistrate Aug 2014 #48

To be fair.... jberryhill Aug 2014 #7

This is sarcasm, right? KitSileya Aug 2014 #21

some days, I'm not so sure jberryhill Aug 2014 #24

They do. KitSileya Aug 2014 #27

Bullshit leftynyc Aug 2014 #36

I live in a country that was occupied for 5 years. KitSileya Aug 2014 #39

You can call the terrorist hamas leftynyc Aug 2014 #52

i assume you agree with the OP then? noiretextatique Aug 2014 #62

Don't even think about leftynyc Aug 2014 #64

I'm just curious. What constitutes a "very sophisticated" tunnel? DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2014 #50

And reinforce the tunnel leftynyc Aug 2014 #51

It's an unfair statement el scorcho Aug 2014 #8

What ever happened libodem Aug 2014 #12

Because NOLALady Aug 2014 #53

Of course... countryjake Aug 2014 #56

A very apt comparison, but just not in the direction he thought. The Second Stone Aug 2014 #11

K&R ReRe Aug 2014 #15

Yep. Can't we at least all agree that sticking to moral standards stranger81 Aug 2014 #46

Seriously. n/t ReRe Aug 2014 #55

The problem with Israel...... DeSwiss Aug 2014 #16

Hypocrisy is no shield n2doc Aug 2014 #33

I would agree..... DeSwiss Aug 2014 #41

Only one of many, many examples over the past month� regnaD kciN Aug 2014 #17

Can we call it genocide? I mean, truedelphi Aug 2014 #18

No. Genocide is a term best reserved for actions meeting the legal definition of genocide onenote Aug 2014 #26

Maybe we should reconsider Israel's fitness to control nuclear weapons. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #19

Do you think the US is fit to control nuclear weapons? onenote Aug 2014 #23

Right. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #28

Is this not the logic of sanctions against populations malaise Aug 2014 #20

I just said something similar in the thread on Clinton's funeral speech... countryjake Aug 2014 #22

One day people will wake up and see that the West has no saints either malaise Aug 2014 #25

many of us know that already and we are called "America Haters" m-lekktor Aug 2014 #30

This is not about Obama n/t malaise Aug 2014 #32

You damn right it is madokie Aug 2014 #31

Eiland's Nazi analogy will soon be decried by those who decry Nazi analogies, no doubt! alcibiades_mystery Aug 2014 #37

So Israel was supplying food during the fighting? hack89 Aug 2014 #38

You can think no one in Gaza is innocent and still not want a single one killed. aikoaiko Aug 2014 #40

Sarcasm, I hope. bunnies Aug 2014 #57

If you think no one in Gaza is innocent you are a racist Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #58

Chill. I did not say I believed that. aikoaiko Aug 2014 #59

Well it is racism, and the OP is correct that there are genocidal implications in his language Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #60

+1000 noiretextatique Aug 2014 #63

So basically... DeadLetterOffice Aug 2014 #61