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In reply to the discussion: The war on the Palestinian olive harvest [View all]Shaktimaan
(5,397 posts)61. Seriously?
The thing that nobody brings up is that how many of these settlements are fundamentalist in nature?
Are you kidding? You think that nobody talks about the fundamentalist streak present in many of the settler's ideology? If that's true then you really have not spent much time on these kinds of boards or reading news about the I/P conflict. Because that's a consistent theme that's constantly being rehashed and brought up.
The reality is that most of the settlers are NOT fundamentalists. Those people are the minority in the settlement community, itself a minority within the Israeli community, let alone world Jewry. And out of the fundamentalist settlers, these ones on the tape are from Hebron, which has got to be the most volatile hotspot in the entire I/P conflict. It is where the very worst settlers live. It is where some of the worst atrocities were committed against the indigenous Jews by Arabs. And it is literally one of the places where the entire conflict actually began.
So yeah, those guys suck. No one denies it. They are hated throughout Israel as much as they are in the Arab world. No one's going to question the video's legitimacy, I'm very sure it's all true. Those assholes do shit like that all the time. It's hardly uncommon. But bear in mind that those are the worst of the worst among Israelis. It's the equivalent of showing Hamas bomb-makers talking about how much they hate the Jews as they wire together explosives. We always knew that these people existed. Showing that they exist and really ARE mean isn't exactly shocking news.
Are you kidding? You think that nobody talks about the fundamentalist streak present in many of the settler's ideology? If that's true then you really have not spent much time on these kinds of boards or reading news about the I/P conflict. Because that's a consistent theme that's constantly being rehashed and brought up.
The reality is that most of the settlers are NOT fundamentalists. Those people are the minority in the settlement community, itself a minority within the Israeli community, let alone world Jewry. And out of the fundamentalist settlers, these ones on the tape are from Hebron, which has got to be the most volatile hotspot in the entire I/P conflict. It is where the very worst settlers live. It is where some of the worst atrocities were committed against the indigenous Jews by Arabs. And it is literally one of the places where the entire conflict actually began.
So yeah, those guys suck. No one denies it. They are hated throughout Israel as much as they are in the Arab world. No one's going to question the video's legitimacy, I'm very sure it's all true. Those assholes do shit like that all the time. It's hardly uncommon. But bear in mind that those are the worst of the worst among Israelis. It's the equivalent of showing Hamas bomb-makers talking about how much they hate the Jews as they wire together explosives. We always knew that these people existed. Showing that they exist and really ARE mean isn't exactly shocking news.
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Officially legitimize them quickly? An illegal settlement outside of Israel proper?
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#37
of course I do and it really doesn't seem much of a problem except for those who wish very very very
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#28
If you are so incline you may keep on drinking the kool-aid then, King D.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#38
I have kept to the topic even when Shsktimaan tried to dance away from it.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#44
I'm glad you can feel confident to double down on the language of "Jewish state."
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#52
They prepared very well for standing idly by and doing nothing to stop it...
Violet_Crumble
Nov 2012
#23
I wonder if ones like that can't see the difference between settlers and the landowners...
Violet_Crumble
Nov 2012
#24
I think that some people get so wrapped up in their 'cause' that they get blind to a lot...
Violet_Crumble
Nov 2012
#53