Israel/Palestine

azurnoir

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5. MK Basel Ghattas who is a Christian Arab BTW was there along with the other MK's because

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 03:14 PM

Feb 2016

Israel has been holding the bodies of their family members for months there by preventing a funeral as a punitive measure

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The Balad deputy told Army Radio that the moment of silence was not unlike the custom observed on Israel’s holidays in honor of fallen soldiers and Holocaust survivors.

“The moment of silence gave us a very strong feeling, a feeling that we are a nation like any other,” Ghattas said. “There is no nation that recognizes and honors its victims like the Jewish people. These are noble customs. The terminology on both sides is different, so a murderer to you is a victim of the occupation in the eyes of my people.”

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'If Israel wasn't occupying West Bank, Palestinian kids wouldn't need to kill Jews' [View all] Mosby Feb 2016 OP

Cause and effect. Pretty simple actually. eom Purveyor Feb 2016 #1

to you maybe Mosby Feb 2016 #2

At the level of a four-year-old... sure. FBaggins Feb 2016 #3

If Israel abandoned the West Bank, there are Palestinians that would still kill Jews hack89 Feb 2016 #4

heck, if there was no Israel, there would still be Muslims that would kill Jews 6chars Feb 2016 #8

Jews like myself and half this group ? King_David Feb 2016 #14

Really? branford Feb 2016 #24

MK Basel Ghattas who is a Christian Arab BTW was there along with the other MK's because azurnoir Feb 2016 #5

That is the crux of the problem. He considers these COLGATE4 Feb 2016 #6

Didn't the Haganah and Irgun consider their dead fighters worthy of honor while the British thought azurnoir Feb 2016 #7

So what? aranthus Feb 2016 #9

depends on your PoV and in the case of Brits in Palestine they did not move their civilians azurnoir Feb 2016 #10

No, it doesn't depend on one's POV. aranthus Feb 2016 #11

in the case of occupied people vs the occupying power yes it does depend on PoV azurnoir Feb 2016 #12

So its ok to kill Jewish civilians? King_David Feb 2016 #16

do you think that? did I say that or is that what you want to think if so go ahead azurnoir Feb 2016 #19

Another case where you need go do some reading on this topic.... King_David Feb 2016 #17

In a broad overall yes it is I do not take a micro view of the only this situation azurnoir Feb 2016 #20

You're arguing against rationality. n/t aranthus Feb 2016 #23

am I another example King George III vs George Washington azurnoir Feb 2016 #25

What are you babbling about? aranthus Feb 2016 #26

the fact that you resort to insult says much about your stance right there azurnoir Feb 2016 #27

That is not rational. aranthus Feb 2016 #28

You think that's the same as Palestinian terrorism? shira Feb 2016 #13

rather canned question isn't it, as the British presence in Palestine was military azurnoir Feb 2016 #18

What about Begin and Shamir? Little Tich Feb 2016 #22

Doesn't say Israelis, it says Jews....... King_David Feb 2016 #15

Shame on the Knesset "Ethics" Committee... Little Tich Feb 2016 #21