Israel Admits Phosphorous Bombs Used in Lebanon
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The Israeli government has admitted for the first time that it used controversial phosphorous bombs during its 34-day war campaign in Lebanon. Cabinet Minister Jacob Edery confirmed that the army had used the bombs to attack "military targets" during its war with Hizbollah in July and August. Previously, Israel had said the bombs had only been used to mark out targets. During the conflict, doctors in Lebanon reported treating civilians who appeared to have been hit by the shells, which leave their victims with severe chemical wounds that can be fatal.
full article: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1023-02.htm
full article: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1023-02.htm
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it's fucked up here - you can't say anything bad about israel - if you do - you get shouted down as being some anti-semite ... its pathetic ...
israel is a nuclear armed theocracy in the middle east
ain't that grand??
what frustrates me the most is the politiking going on as it relates to israel and the middle east now ... many jewish groups demand an unconditional support of israel here - don't ever criticize israel or we will tell all our people never to vote for your party ...
If you do it in a way that really isn't anti-Semitic, then sure.
Israel isn't a theocracy.
Its not? then whats with the flag.
Um, its a flag symbolizing the country. What did you think it was?
the star of david is a religious symbol. but its not a theocracy? nevermind...
From Wikipedia:
Many people see the justification of a Jewish state as theocratic, calling on Biblical references of “the children of Israel”. The State of Israel is formally parliamentary democracy. One of the theocratic aspects are the marital courts, where each faith has its own marriage law: Muslim marriage and divorce is handled by Sharia courts, Jewish marriage and divorce is handled by Torah courts, and so on. However, for Jews, rabbinical recognition as a Jew suffices to be entitled to Israeli citizenship, regardless of the birth place and legal ancestry or nationality.
Also from Wikipedia:
Israel is a democratic republic with universal suffrage that operates under the parliamentary system.
The Star of David doesn't have any religious value. And anyway, just because there is a religous symbol in the flag, doesn't make it a religous country. Your agrument is a fallacy of irrelevant conclusion: an informal fallycy commited whne the premises of an argument purporting to establish one conclusion are actually directed toward some other conclusion. More precisely, your argument is a non sequitur. The conclusion doesn't follow from the premises.
is it a secular democracy? it seems as if they have an official religion.
That doesn't make it a theocracy.
Theocracy
One entry found for theocracy.
Main Entry: the·oc·ra·cy
Pronunciation: thE-'ä-kr&-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -cies
Etymology: Greek theokratia, from the- + -kratia -cracy
1 : government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
Israel has an official religion, but does not opperate by divine guidance, nor is the "church" in control. There are religious aspects to how the state is run, but that doesn't make it theocratic.
No religious value?!!! its very name is religious!!. let me ask you what does it stand for in the flag. what does that the star represent? christians have the cross, muslims have the crecent moon and jews have the star of david. its a as simple as that.
sorry, I don't see the point in this discussion. All the world is ruled by a theocracy, not only Israel. a militarized corporate theocracy.
I also agree that the targeting of those that dare suggest anything negative about Israel is anything but pathetic....but in Canada at the present time that is way to go...just ask our "leader"......one who follows and practices this method of slandering groups & individuals.....
thanks eva...can't wait to hear the minions rationalize and excuse it...or they'll just ignore it all together
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
With Israel's military prowess, they had no reason to use these weapons except to either "try them out" or aim for torture from the air. Of course, setting off fragment-laden suicide bombs isn't exactly humane either. Just an ugly situation over there with no end in sight.
There were a couple characters that were cheerleading the Isreali's in their "war" with Lebanon......but I will not mention names.....
lots of ppl...let's see, there was the thread i started about cluster bombs used in lebanon and ppl said it was bs and obviously biased...the article about white phosporous used in gaza <pssst in fact one of the replies was "Another blood libel against the Jews. Nice try. Gee, I wonder if this will turn out like those idiotic claims of the "chemical weapons" the Arabs said Isael used in Lebanon">
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
And if you're a strong supporter of Israel who is sick of the suicide bombings, why wouldn't you cheer for Israel in the military campaign? Did these same individuals know at the time that the Israelis were droppoing phoshorous clusters?
Well, claims regarding "chemical weapons" are indeed unsubstantiated. Phosphorous bombs are not WMD-style poison gas weapons. They are more along the lines of napalm, grotesque, but not in the same category. I think people get a bit tired of the language spin.
Well then I guess you believe that civilian collateral is also acceptable to meet your desire as well.....and for that matter I believe these indivduals would not care what was used.....thats the understanding I received.....
Or they'll encourage it!
Hezbollah brainwashes youths into strapping themselves with explosives and strapnel soaked in poison. They direct them to 100% civillian targets and have them end their life and the lives of as many inocent women and children as they can possibly kill. Oh, I'm sorry... did you have a point?
You totally changed what he asked you....
who can move to israel and "take" land??
let me answer that ....jews
and another question... who wiped "palestine" off the map??
look up "zealots"
the zionist invented terrorism
look that up
And the Chinese invented gunpower ... The point?