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15. Would you care to explain or continue to excuse the Palestinian

Wed Jan 4, 2017, 03:47 PM

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violence between 1947 and 1967 before Israel occupied the territories? Middle East history did not begin after the Six Day War.

Further, the closure of the Straits of Tiran alone justified a casus belli for Israeli military action.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War

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More justice in Jerusalem than in Florida mountain grammy Jan 2017 #1

Just curious... Archae Jan 2017 #2

NEVER! Palestinian attackers are given parades or their families given money. 7962 Jan 2017 #3

Yes, everything IS the fault of the Israelis. 4Tone Jan 2017 #7

You start a war & lose it, you lost. Tough. "resistance movement" my ass. 7962 Jan 2017 #8

Israel annexed Gaza and the West Bank in a pre-emptive war not recognized by international law. 4Tone Jan 2017 #10

Would you care to explain or continue to excuse the Palestinian branford Jan 2017 #15

Which pre-Israel paramilitary (terrorist) group do you want to discuss? Irgun? Lehi? Haganah? 4Tone Jan 2017 #23

I'll be happy to discuss them all and more. branford Jan 2017 #26

The Palestianian are no less responsible for their response than the Revolutionaries were. 4Tone Jan 2017 #28

Antisemitism is a term of art. branford Jan 2017 #33

You can get away with name-calling because I mentioned I'm locked out of alerting 4Tone Jan 2017 #35

And we used to firebomb cities to win a war. We dont anymore. History. 7962 Jan 2017 #47

Netanyahu's support for his pardon kind of undermines your argument. The Israeli Prime Minister 4Tone Jan 2017 #49

No it doesnt. You're equating decades old incidents with current acts by palestinians. 7962 Jan 2017 #52

Your crystal ball must be broken, because it has misread my mood badly. 4Tone Jan 2017 #53

Not really. And they'd have peace if they'd listened to Jordan, Egypt & others. 7962 Jan 2017 #56

Negative aspersions based on nationality? Your rhetoric is borderline hateful and nearly bigoted. 4Tone Jan 2017 #58

Oh please. What in that post is false? They want nothing to do with them; 7962 Jan 2017 #61

I never said what you wrote was false. I said that your rhetoric was borderline hateful. 4Tone Jan 2017 #64

Havent seen any DU members advocating terror, so your point is nonsense. 7962 Jan 2017 #65

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2017 #66

Both sides seems to want all the land treestar Jan 2017 #60

"Yes, everything IS the fault of the Israelis." Archae Jan 2017 #9

There is a clear distinction between "Jews" and "Israelis." 4Tone Jan 2017 #11

Israelis *ARE* almost all Jews. Archae Jan 2017 #12

Almost isn't all. Israeli is a nationality, not a religion or ethnicity. 4Tone Jan 2017 #13

I like to pretend that people who disagree with me were on Hitler's cabinet as well. LanternWaste Jan 2017 #19

That comment survived a jury vote, 0-7. 4Tone Jan 2017 #25

You might wish to consider why the jury was 0-7 to leave the comment branford Jan 2017 #38

All you have is insults, which says more about you than anything else you've written. 4Tone Jan 2017 #43

If multiple different people on a Democratic website branford Jan 2017 #48

So far, you're the only one bringing it up. Again, because you tried to taint this 4Tone Jan 2017 #50

Antisemitism is still rampant among much of the far left and our own Party. branford Jan 2017 #27

Deliberately obfuscating a discussion about Israel by claiming it's about Jews instead is dishonest. 4Tone Jan 2017 #30

Ignoring comments and positions, like your earlier "Palestinians are also Semites" argument, branford Jan 2017 #34

This discussion is about Israelis, actually. You inserted yourselve into it and tried to change it. 4Tone Jan 2017 #36

Oh stop MosheFeingold Jan 2017 #14

"the Jews were all for a two state solution and a much smaller modern Israel" 4Tone Jan 2017 #16

Instead of peace in 1948, the Arabs tried wage a genocidal war to drive the Jews into the sea. tritsofme Jan 2017 #20

Because prior to 1948, Zionists tried to do the same thing to Arabs. 4Tone Jan 2017 #24

Most left because they were told that the Arab armies would remove Israel 7962 Jan 2017 #42

Your facts are useless to some. But thank you. nt 7962 Jan 2017 #46

I admire your consistent inability to see more than two perspectives at any given time. LanternWaste Jan 2017 #17

How long does it take you to order a pizza? 7962 Jan 2017 #44

Good question and the answer is NEVER leftynyc Jan 2017 #4

Double standard is strong MosheFeingold Jan 2017 #5

So you think the Israelis should adjust their moral standards down to what they geek tragedy Jan 2017 #22

Are you at surprised that the Israelis might culturally respond branford Jan 2017 #29

Thread winner. Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #31

I respectfully disagree. MosheFeingold Jan 2017 #37

you mean like Yitzhak Shamir and his fellow Stern gang terrorists? geek tragedy Jan 2017 #39

I'm curious, branford Jan 2017 #41

regarding your last point, yes both sides tend to engage in a moral race to the bottom geek tragedy Jan 2017 #54

Bibi can't issue pardons, only the president can. tritsofme Jan 2017 #62

Old history. 7962 Jan 2017 #45

what is old history was once recent history nt geek tragedy Jan 2017 #55

Brilliant. 7962 Jan 2017 #57

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This message was self-deleted by its author geek tragedy Jan 2017 #40

I was just about to ask the same thing. n/t eissa Jan 2017 #6

Just curious... NickB79 Jan 2017 #18

Irrelevant to the question of this man's (obvious) guilt geek tragedy Jan 2017 #21

But don't they claim to be treestar Jan 2017 #59

If you're going to run up and stab christx30 Jan 2017 #63

Combat situation Culture Minister Miri Regev? guillaumeb Jan 2017 #51