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DanTex

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14. Politically it's sticky. Israel should, of course, end the illegal occupation and the
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:55 AM
Jul 2016

settlements. But putting that in the platform opens up a can of worms.

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If only we hadn't "meddled" in Iraq, Libya, Syria. spud_demon Jul 2016 #1
What's a few international laws, anyway? Scootaloo Jul 2016 #2
well given the kind of countries that get the chance to be on the Human Rights councils, ericson00 Jul 2016 #3
I was talking about international law. Scootaloo Jul 2016 #4
the same "international law" influenced by bodies and members ericson00 Jul 2016 #6
Why the scare quotes? it's international law. Scootaloo Jul 2016 #11
Disappointing, but not surprising TubbersUK Jul 2016 #5
if you want Hillary to win, you should be happy ericson00 Jul 2016 #7
Will you quit acting as if "Standing with Israel" HAS to mean defending the settlements Ken Burch Jul 2016 #12
Israel will deal with settlements when the Palestinian deal with peace. See Egypt. ericson00 Jul 2016 #15
Actually, Israel had almost no settlements in the Sinai. They basically left the place alone. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #18
Same argument Republicans made for apartheid AgingAmerican Jul 2016 #16
Non-Jews and Jews serve in the same chamber of the same parliamentary body in Israel. ericson00 Jul 2016 #17
Gutless Night Watchman Jul 2016 #8
Funny how a position of the winning candidate should be placed in the party platform. Jitter65 Jul 2016 #9
exactly. Hillary is possibly the most gracious primary winner ever seen ericson00 Jul 2016 #10
Best to have no mention of foreign countries nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #13
Politically it's sticky. Israel should, of course, end the illegal occupation and the DanTex Jul 2016 #14
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