Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: The war on the Palestinian olive harvest [View all]R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)"The olive tree belongs to this neighborhood."
"They're (Palestinians) are stealing olives" say the illegal settlers.
"They're (Palestinians) all murderers" say the illegal settlers.
Palestinians apparently have little to no rights unless they have an armed presence to protect them.
And even then when the IDF is there the settlers are allowed to antagonize the Palestinian farmer.
Oh there were arrests.
http://972mag.com/photos-three-arrested-as-settlers-soldiers-disrupt-hebron-olive-harvest/58224/
The thing that nobody brings up is that how many of these settlements are fundamentalist in nature? How do you argue with a fundamentalist?
By Gods promise this land is ours! Settlers attack Palestinian oliver-pickers
http://mondoweiss.net/2012/10/by-gods-promise-this-land-is-ours-settlers-attack-palestinian-oliver-pickers.html
Sad, that this is defended or ignored by so called liberals and progressives anywhere.
Yeah, apartheid because god says so.