US Threatens to Cut Off Aid to Palestinians After Move to Join ICC

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82. ' I have seen you being sympathetic to Al Q'aeda, ISIS and Hamas. '

No. You haven't seen that. That's because I don't support religious extremists of any type. But if you insist on claiming you've seen me supporting them, put yr money where yr mouth is and show me some links to where I've done this. Because I think yr either confusing me with someone else or are just making that one up.

Personally I think the best thing would be for the international community to stop providing aid and make Israel take on the responsibility that goes along with occupying territory, which is responsibility for the occupied population. However this is about the US and Israel attempting to punish the PA for joining an international body that neither the US or Israel belong to because both think they're above the rest of the world and shouldn't be held accountable for crimes they commit. For years the claim from 'supporters' of Israel in the US was that the Palestinians should use legal channels to pursue statehood and justice, but when they do it the US and Israel and many of those same 'supporters' complain about them doing that.

I've noticed from reading yr posts in threads about I/P that yr knowledge of the conflict is a little bit limited. Two examples of that in this thread alone are:

1. Claiming that territory overrun in war is the spoils of the victor - That one's totally incorrect. The days of the victors take the spoils and might makes right were left behind in the earlier part of last century. In fact, UNSC242 states in the preamble: 'Emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war'. So, acquiring territory in war is illegal, which means Israel has no legal sovereignty over the occupied territories. It is legal for it to occupy territory as long as it abides by the international laws that apply to occupation. Israel doesn't do that, though.

2. Pretending the PA = Hamas = ISIS. This one's just plain weird. The PA is the recognised voice of the Palestinian people and is predominantly Farah, while Hamas isn't the PA and control Gaza. The problem for people who try to ignore the PA (that's where most international aid goes to) is that in doing so they ignore the West Bank, which is that biggish chunk of land that Israel's currently busy building settlements on. When or if the PA and Hamas get a unity thing happening, I'd be hoping that Hamas would have moderated themselves in a similar way that Sinn Fein did in Ireland. But to claim that Hamas is the PA is outright incorrect.