Israel/Palestine

shaayecanaan

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26. They were all wonderful?

Fri Feb 10, 2012, 06:55 PM

Feb 2012

You must be a woman of some considerable appetite. Pray tell, where was this camp of which you speak, so that I too might meet these mythical Druize bedouin?

And do I take it that you didn't "live through the second intifada" as you earlier claimed, but that you simply happened to visit Israel during the second intifada?

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Where is the Bedouin Intifada? [View all] Violet_Crumble Feb 2012 OP

A thread from DU2 about the Bedouin displacement... Violet_Crumble Feb 2012 #1

recommend madrchsod Feb 2012 #2

"seeks to Judaize the Negev" holdencaufield Feb 2012 #3

Yeah, it's like it's illegal to have Jews living in certain parts of pre-1967 Israel. shira Feb 2012 #4

Yeah... sure is funny parkia00 Feb 2012 #5

The article is a joke. Did you catch the part where the writer condemns Israeli... shira Feb 2012 #6

Have to agree - it struck me as well. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #7

What 'insinuation' did you stop reading at? Violet_Crumble Feb 2012 #9

That the Bedouin were violent people nt Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #10

Who made that insinuation? Violet_Crumble Feb 2012 #11

Yes - the author. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #12

No, she wasn't the one making the insinuation of violence. She was saying Israeli officials did.. Violet_Crumble Feb 2012 #13

Why I noted "Israeli or not" Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #14

Druize? shaayecanaan Feb 2012 #18

I have. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #22

Did you meet his brother the Jewish bedouin? shaayecanaan Feb 2012 #23

No, it was a camp, and they were wonderful Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #24

They were all wonderful? shaayecanaan Feb 2012 #26

No, was there for work (visa), and south of Beersheeva. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #27

Well there you have it folks... shaayecanaan Feb 2012 #28

LOl I was thinking much the same n/t azurnoir Feb 2012 #29

Curved like a scimitar was his manhood... shaayecanaan Feb 2012 #35

just for fun.... pelsar Feb 2012 #36

she maintains that she was not confused shaayecanaan Feb 2012 #39

then have your "fun".... pelsar Feb 2012 #42

Darn... parkia00 Feb 2012 #17

You were hoping you could label this action as racist policy, right? shira Feb 2012 #21

And you don't? parkia00 Feb 2012 #34

they aren't nomadic, haven't been for many many years.....n/t pelsar Feb 2012 #38

The settlements will indeed be Jewish only... shaayecanaan Feb 2012 #19

Nonsense. Non-Jews will have a field day in court if they're not allowed to live... shira Feb 2012 #20

The JNF is bound by its own charter to only sell to Jews shaayecanaan Feb 2012 #25

As always, you're only partially correct... shira Feb 2012 #30

And that half could easily be accomodated without destroying Bedouin villages. Ken Burch Feb 2012 #32

So are you conceding that the settlements are partially racist? shaayecanaan Feb 2012 #33

Israel's very liberal supreme court won't allow any continuation of racism against Israeli citizens shira Feb 2012 #43

Actually, I am the one opposing racism... shaayecanaan Feb 2012 #44

I'm not buying that. If you opposed racism... shira Feb 2012 #46

A load of bullshit, as usual... shaayecanaan Feb 2012 #47

The term being used to mean "ethnically cleanse" Crunchy Frog Feb 2012 #8

I guess the definition of Intifada these days is azurnoir Feb 2012 #15

That was my challenge as I was chatting with VC upthread. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #16

Well, if the Israeli government wants to make sure there's no Bedouin Intifada Ken Burch Feb 2012 #31

no ken.... pelsar Feb 2012 #37

It is their land shaayecanaan Feb 2012 #45

its not bedouin land..its the states land pelsar Feb 2012 #48

Israel: Cancel plan to forcibly displace Jahalin Bedouin communities Feb. 8, 2012 Jefferson23 Feb 2012 #40

the community should be moved oto a different site in he WB azurnoir Feb 2012 #41