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Israel/Palestine

Fozzledick

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6. Actually, I think you've demonstrated the authors point.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 8, 2015, 01:43 PM

Jul 2015

It appears to many Palestinians - and to this journalist - that most BDS proponents in the West either have never been to Israel and Palestine, or do not know much about the ties between the two peoples that exist for better or worse. Or perhaps they care more about trying to damage Israel than they do about improving Palestinians' lives.

I could point out that Israel is not South Africa and that a defensive military occupation of an obstinate aggressor is not apartheid, but you've already chosen to ignore the facts and there's no point in taking your tired knee-jerk propaganda seriously.

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How the boycott hurts Palestinians [View all] Fozzledick Jul 2015 OP

My reply to this "rationalization for occupation" follows. guillaumeb Jul 2015 #1

Be sure to forward this to HRC Kelvin Mace Jul 2015 #2

Regrettably, I am NOT on her calling list, or I would do so. guillaumeb Jul 2015 #4

Sorry, Kelvin Mace Jul 2015 #7

So you got nothing but cheesy name calling and false analogies. Fozzledick Jul 2015 #3

I rewrote the article to highlight that it is an apologia for occupation. guillaumeb Jul 2015 #5

Actually, I think you've demonstrated the authors point. Fozzledick Jul 2015 #6

That's some seriously flawed logic. procon Jul 2015 #9

Palestinians aren't denied the right to govern. shira Jul 2015 #10

If that bizarro fantasy were true then the Palestinians must be agreeable to procon Jul 2015 #16

It's not possible to have a realistic discussion when you're throwing.... shira Jul 2015 #17

That was a very poorly framed dodge. procon Jul 2015 #19

There's nothing Israel can really do if the Palestinians.... shira Jul 2015 #25

If I carefully redact the ad hominen element of your argument, leaving only guillaumeb Jul 2015 #20

Nice try, but it's rubbish. Now what exactly do you want BDS to accomplish? shira Jul 2015 #8

You characterize reality as rubbish. How can I respond to that? eom guillaumeb Jul 2015 #21

Not sure you're aware of the reality of the situation at all. shira Jul 2015 #26

You have made a claim. guillaumeb Jul 2015 #34

saw a thread that might be fitting here to some degree azurnoir Jul 2015 #11

I don't see how. Fozzledick Jul 2015 #12

I didn't think you would but that's okay azurnoir Jul 2015 #13

Nah, that's neither fitting nor accurate, but I can see why you want to divert Fozzledick Jul 2015 #14

Not really but you're entitled you're to your opinion-IMO post #1 dd that nicely azurnoir Jul 2015 #15

Post removed Post removed Jul 2015 #18

................. azurnoir Jul 2015 #23

And anyone honest knows a full RoR means the end of Israel.... shira Jul 2015 #27

No anyone reasonable knows that the cocurts will tied up for years and years as each and every claim azurnoir Jul 2015 #28

Bullshit. n/t shira Jul 2015 #29

Care to elaborate? R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2015 #31

what does un res 194 talk about? Mosby Jul 2015 #35

More than fitting Azurnoir. guillaumeb Jul 2015 #22

Yes, I notice you do that a lot. Fozzledick Jul 2015 #24

You are very good at setting up straw people and knocking them down. guillaumeb Jul 2015 #33

I don't want to hurt Palestinians, therefore I support Israel. CanadaexPat Jul 2015 #30

For me, it's a moral imperative to boycott apartheid. Little Tich Jul 2015 #32

so collective punishment is OK sometimes? Mosby Jul 2015 #36

In a way, it does. Little Tich Jul 2015 #37