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Chemisse

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24. Very good.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Oct 12, 2014, 12:04 PM

Oct 2014

If a lot of other countries do this, maybe eventually the tide will turn and Israel will finally be forced to stop the aggression. Certainly the United States will not take this step, but other countries must recognize how hobbled we are on this issue, and that they need to step up and be world leaders.

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Palestinian State Recognition: British Parliament To Vote On Recognizing Palestine As A State [View all] Purveyor Oct 2014 OP

And if the vote goes for this "Palestine..." Archae Oct 2014 #1

Its only fair, ya know 7962 Oct 2014 #2

Yes, because it's terrible that the Palestinians cpwm17 Oct 2014 #4

Hamas was doing the ISIS schtick long beofre ISIS was created. Archae Oct 2014 #5

Hell, it worked for Israel so why not Palaestine? Nihil Oct 2014 #18

Give us a fucking break. Threedifferentones Oct 2014 #21

Given that much, if not MOST Israeli land was stolen Bigmack Oct 2014 #3

I see the DU Likudnik caucus is in the house. n/t Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #6

As always. BillZBubb Oct 2014 #7

That is great news! I hope it passes. The US will everything it can to kill it. BillZBubb Oct 2014 #8

This is way premature until Hamas recognizes Israel's right to exist cosmicone Oct 2014 #9

Had they accepted statehood back in 1948 when it was offered, ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #10

They weren't offered anything in 1948 cpwm17 Oct 2014 #11

Yes! nt Bigmack Oct 2014 #12

Sorry, off by a year; 1947. ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #13

I know the UN resolution was in 1947 cpwm17 Oct 2014 #14

Be that as it may, the UN did exactly that. ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #15

But it was the Zionists that violated the bogus resolution cpwm17 Oct 2014 #16

Yup. Things did not go well for the Palestinians. ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #17

I'm glad you understand cpwm17 Oct 2014 #19

How did the Zionists violate the resolution? oberliner Oct 2014 #20

The resolution was made FOR the Zionists AGAINST the will of the people already living there! Threedifferentones Oct 2014 #22

Good. potone Oct 2014 #23

Very good. Chemisse Oct 2014 #24