Israel's ethnic Cleansing campaign picks up speed

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  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    RM291946 wrote:
    Commy wrote:
    RM291946 wrote:
    Hamas were holed up hiding in it...speaking of hiding behind children.

    UN is doing a crap job of preventing apartheid and the like.

    Over the past few years Hamas militants have murdered 1100 Israeli's and more than 4000 Palestinians (admittedly..they are proud of how many Jews they have killed, but it was also information provided by the CIA). Now that Israel has finally gotten fed up enough to say screw you to the worthless UN who do nothing but apologise for Hamas, the militants are sinking further into the more populated areas, placing innocent people between them and Israeli troops.

    What Israel did in Lebanon is despicable, but this time around....
    Well we supposedly democratically elected Bush, didn't mean we shoulda kept him..And what about Castro and saddam..etc
    Just cos they were elected doesn't mean they will keep their promises, and/or should be allowed to stay in power. Hamas have killed thousand's of their own, stolen the donated money from the civilians that was <i>supposed</i> to be for building up Gaza, and killed hundreds of Jews..Even the Palestinian leadership in West Bank hates them..
    I mean..when even Palestinians hate Hamas, why do you keep defending them.
    First of all, its irrelevent if Hamas is hiding in schools or hospitals...calling a hospital pro hamas does not make it a military target. There is no excuse for bombing hospitals and schools-NONE. and that's exactly what Israel is doing.

    I'm not defending Hamas...their policies are not perfect...BUT their policies are preferable to those of Israel or the US. Hamas has agreed to a long term truce if the 1967 borders were to be recognized, that's more than can be said of either the US or Israel. Israel is demanding Hamas recognize Israel's right to exist without even considering for a second that Palestine has that same right. Hamas, given a chance, would pursue peace, as they've said-Israel hasn't even agreed to the same.

    The only reason you think Hamas is a terrorist organization is because the US and Israel have labeled them as such. They are no different than any group, well their level of violence is far less than that of Israel's, they don't have as much money for infrastructure or things like that-but they are simply trying to survive in a concentration camp, which is what Israel has turned Gaza and the West Bank into.

    Israel is far more violent, and I can prove that statement.

    I didn't call them pro-hamas, don't twist my words. Once they take it over and start using it for military purposes it becomes a military target.

    If bin Laden was found to be hiding in an empty school and it may be our only chance to get him, shall we not bomb it just because the building is normally used as a school? Hell nah. Bomb that bitch.

    Hamas says they want peace while launching a missile. They are terrorist militants. You find terrorists policies to be more favourable than ours or Israel's. Hmmmm

    I have family in Israel. Israeli's treat our kind like crap. But Hamas uses us as human sheilds. To say the things you have is to spit on the graves of my loved ones. Hamas are the scum of the earth, just like the Jihad. Ahh, but I suppose you'll be supporting them next, no?

    Here is a wee history lesson on why Israel has good reason to put a fence between them and the Palestinians. One extremist psychopath Israeli decided to go into a mosque one day and blow himself and the building up during morning prayer. Instead of treating it like we deal with kids like the Korean guy who terrorised a school killing people, by recognising that it was one person and to blame all Korean's for that act was ludacris and bigoted...the Palestinians decided to start randomly bombing innocnent people anywhere and everywhere in retaliation. This was the first suicide bombings in Israel.

    Prior to that incident, all was well and people meshed without too much of an issue.
    The people leading the way for this are Hamas. still think they are these poor defensless caged in people? They put themselves there, and the smart Palestinians went to West Bank where there isn't a fence, or the Hamas militants.
    The civilians in Gaza need to target Hamas who are responsible for the necessity of a fence.

    I had a lot of family, Jewish and Romany alike, die in the holocaust. It is disgusting for you to even think of bringing it into this. And what of Egypt..Why only target the Jews, are the muslims of Egypt not equally to blame for them being locked in?

    As said, I have family over there, don't tell me how I know what Hamas is like. They are despicable. They are tyrants. I love how you continue to ignore 3 key things that I mentioned-
    1-This was preempted. Proven by the building up of supplies of ammunition and rockets, and Hamas leaders going into hiding and cutting off all communication just before the first strike.

    2-Israel has poured billions into Gaza building schools, housing, and hospitals while the money donated to Hamas by civilians for the purpose of building up Palestine has mysteriously disappeared.

    3-Palestinians hate Hamas. Elected or not, they hate them now.

    If it is Israel against the civilian Palestinians, I side with the civilians. If it is Israel against Hamas, I will always side with Israel.


    But that's exactly what it is. Its Israel against civilians. 550 reported killed and thousands more wounded. they are dropping bombs on a populated city. and deliberately targeting schools and hospitals. you know what that's called? terrorism. a much more sever form of terrorism than firing bottle rockets across a border.
    :evil:

    You are defending Israel's bombing of a school-a school that had children in it. a school that the UN gave coordinates to Israel to. a school that has been proven to have had NO militants in it. if you can defend that you'd make a perfect apologist for any atrocity.

    1- this was preempted on Israel's part. they broke the 6 month cease fire every single day, by firing on fishing boats...it was a daily occurance according to Palestinian human rights groups. and Israel had battle plans for this assault drawn up 6 months ago, when they signed the cease-fire. so yes, it was initiated by Israel.

    2-Israel has destroyed billions worth of infrastructure. the fact that they spend a fraction repairing shit they blew up is not praiseworthy. raw sewage is running down the streets in some parts of gaza. access to water has been cut off. homes bulldozed, buildings bombed. and that's ok because Israel spent a few billion repairing damage they caused? no. if anything they owe billions more.

    3-Palestinians hate hamas....whether or not that is true is irrelevant. Hamas isn't the target-its been the Palestinian people.
  • NoK
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    RM291946 wrote:
    Did you miss where I talked about the UN Ambassador that is stating these things? He is a pro-hamas, anti-semite Palestinian. He has told a number of outright obvious lies that even contradict what Hamas has said themselves.

    You are a fool to listen to the UN as any information coming from them is coming from him.

    Anti-semite Palestinian? Do you realise Palestinians are semites? This is the oldest propaganda move Israelis have been using since before the creation of their terrorist state. Criticize Israel and you are an anti-semite. "Ho-Ho".

    I think Commy replied to you with much of all that is needed to be said but I will add that half the things you say are absolute bullshit. Israel does not poor billions into Gaza. The place has been under blockade for over a year and people are running out of clean water and you tell me they are building schools? Children don't even have ink to write in books. But why would they need ink when they are running out of books even. Initially, when they had Jewish colonies inside Gaza they funded the colonies and left the Palestinians to rot in hell. For more information about this watch documentaries like "Peace, Propaganda and The Promised Land" and "Occupation 101".

    You say you have some family in Israel as if it would make me believe you more. I have family in Lebanon and lived there myself and seen the atrocities that Israeli inflicted. I have extended family in Israel as well who are treated like shit. So?

    And even if there were Hamas fighters in the school, you are condoning the attack which has killed more than 40 civilians in order to to kill a handful of fighters? So tell me, going by your foolish logic, are suicide bombings which kill one Israeli policeman or IDF officer and 40 Israeli civilians correct in their nature? No they are not and you have shown enough of your hypocrisy.

    And how do you explain the bombing of UN Aid Convoys?

    I suggest you read articles and books from people like Robert Fisk for a better perspective.

    I also suggest you start finding excuses for these:

    Gaza 'war crimes' warning
    http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/gaza-w ... 34029.html

    The UN human rights chief warned a special session of the Human Rights Council on Friday that human rights violations in Gaza and some reported incidents there might warrant prosecutions for war crimes...

    and this,

    Israel's weeklong turning point
    http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/israel ... 87018.html

    ...Usually reluctant to go public, the International Committee of the Red Cross described as shocking the discovery by its field staff on Wednesday of four emaciated children next to the bodies of their dead mothers in a house in Zeitoun, near Gaza City. It rebuked the Israeli military for failing its obligation under humanitarian law "to care for and evacuate the wounded".

    In the meantime, Israeli officials opted for a slanging match they could not win, challenging the view of Cardinal Renato Martino, head of the Vatican's pontifical council on peace and justice, who said on Wednesday: "Look at the conditions in Gaza: more and more it resembles a big concentration camp."

    The cardinal has since upped the ante. In an interview with La Repubblica he describes the situation in Gaza as horrific and "against human dignity".

    Even the US State Department had a rebuke, saying the three-hour lull in fighting that Israel grudgingly agreed to observe on the afternoon of each second day of fighting was insufficient.

    Amnesty International complained that Israeli troops were endangering civilians by occupying their homes and holding them by force in ground-floor rooms, while the rest of the building was used as an Israeli military base and sniper position....

    ...Israeli embassies worldwide will have been reporting the week's rising tide of criticism to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. Having copped the lot from the Vatican, the UN, the Red Cross, Amnesty International and even the State Department, what were they to make of the page-one exclusive in The Guardian yesterday - "Obama camp 'prepared to talk to Hamas"'?...
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  • NoK
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    RM291946 wrote:
    Do you know what I mean by anti-semite? There is more than one definition. Albeit it not necessarily correct, it is often used as one who is against the existence of Israel. Like Jewish George soros is referred to as anti-semitic often. He is strongly against the existence of Israel, but is quite proud of his Jewish heritage.
    EDIT: If it makes you happy, I'll use anti-zionism, the more proper term.

    Palestinians think it should be Palestine, not Israel. Most of the middle east is anti-semitic. It's not propoganda, they have all made their feelings about it quite clear.

    They were building schools, etc. I didn't say they are currently..I said "built," as in past tense.

    I mentioned my family there cos he insinuated my knowledge of Hamas came from Politicians and the media. is all.

    As for the links-I'm not going to them cos my comp is slow but I gather you are saying they will be charging Israel?...good on them. I don't condone war crimes. They should be held accountable. Will they be doing the same of Hamas?

    I hope they are also charged for bombing the aid trucks going into Gaza.

    You seem to be missing the point..I said they are both in the wrong and doing inexcusable things pretty early on, prolly in my second post..
    But Hamas is being portrayed as these poor trapped innocent people just fighting for their freedom, and basically every god aweful thing they are doing is being apologised for. They are not innocent, and obviously not trapped as they are getting out just fine to go get more weapons, and they aren't "just fighting for their freedom and rights to exist" It's complete horseshit. But they will get off scot-free. If they are so interested in helping their innocents, why haven't they been letting them leave Gaza for good thru those tunnels?

    My point was the mere changing of the definition "anti-semite" to being "anti-Israeli" is Propaganda for the state of Israel. Nowadays they use it as a tool to get people to back off incase they be associated with Hitler, Nazis, and Vichy French.

    Palestines have the right to a Palestinian state as they were there before the immigration of Jews to the land and most of their land was STOLEN. If you want to bring the ejection of Jews from the land by forces, then I suggest you read the work of Israeli professor Schlomo Sand whose work shows Palestinians are actually the closest descendants of the Historic Jews of Jerusalem. So why do the Palestinians have to suffer for Europes mistakes?

    As for the "building schools" you tried to make it sound as if the Israelis poured in money into Gaza by the billions which is deceptive by any standards. The Israelis funded Jewish colonies and have not helped the Palestinians at all. The Palestinians did take over those schools after the Israelis disengaged from Gaza but that wasn't some kind of Humanitarian aid from the Israelis it was merely a way to be able to make Gaza into a prison camp for Palestinians.

    I will not argue with the point of Hamas being victims as I don't believe they are and I don't think Commy believes that either. But the point most anti-war people try to make is that these militias formed to fight Israeli occuption. If this occupation is lifted and a Palestinian state is created then there would be no reason to fight. If they do fight on after that then I would be the first to call them out on their aggression.
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  • NoK
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    RM291946 wrote:
    Europe should have just left the Ottoman Empire alone. It was peacful, stable, and with none of this infighting and 'holy wars,' including the one orchestrated by al Husseini between Jews and Arabs.

    It's a myth that anyone stole the land..Jews had roots in Palestine dating back more than 3000 years, and never really left the region, there have always been a significant number of Jews there, particularly in Jerusalem. Both them and the Arabs have equal claim to the land.

    In fact the forced immigration of Jews back to Palestine from Russia during WWI led to less than half a million Jews returning. It's estimated by historians that the illegal Arab immigration from syria and Iraq exceeded the number of Jews immigrating there.

    Jews did continue to build up Gaza while both them and the Arabs co-existed there. It was to the benefit of both of them.

    It didn't become a Jew vs. Arab problem till al Husseini used the 1929 riots to claim the Jews were plotting to destroy the Dome of the Rock and the al Aqsa Mosque. The riots started cos the Jews placed up a customary screen between the men and the women at their Yom Kippur prayers at the Western Wall. A British prick pointed it out and demanded they take them down (it was a form of construction, which was forbidden at the wall). Brit officers in riot gear went and destroyed the screen and the riots began. It had nowt to do with the Arabs...it was between the Jews and the British. It was Arafat's bastard of a cousin who brought the Arabs into the mix.

    If you ask me, saudi Arabia should be allowed the freedom to take control over all the unstable countries in the middle east. They have the wealth, the military, and the respect in the region to carry it out..And like the Turks, all the Royals really want is a quiet, terrorist-free life, and a sound long-term oil deal with the u.s.

    The non-Jewish Arabs vastly outnumbered the Jewish population in the early days before the creation of Israel. The Arab ownership of land was far greater than the land in Jewish control. European forced immigration of Jews or Jews fleeing persecution did not lead to Jews "returning" but led to European Jews taking over Palestinian lands. The idea of "returning" is a myth. It seems you also fail to mention the Zionist terrorist gangs that went on rampages to scare the Brits and Arabs. Another myth is that much of the LAND WAS NOT STOLEN. That is the myth that Israel tries to sell to the public. Even Ben-Gurion admitted Zionists had to kick out Palestinians to get their own state so give me a break from these modified history lessons which make the heart of the Israeli Propaganda campaign.

    The Jews who were colonising sections of Gaza before the withdrawal were investing money in their own little settlements under the heavy protection of the IDF. In fact, many humanitarian agencies (including Israeli agencies) have stated those settlements constantly impeded Palestinian lives to suit the Jewish colonialists. In addition to "settlers" attacking Palestinians under the protection of the IDF. There are many documentaries out there. Watch them.

    The fact that you mention the Saudi's should take over the region leads me to conclude you truly have no idea what you are talking about. Any moderate Muslim would bash his/her head on the wall just reading your statement. Saudi's employ a system of fundamentalist Wahhabi doctrines that require complete change for any truly sane person to recommend they take over other countries. They are a monarchy, and they are not as respected as you make think by the Shi'ites. These "royals" you mention live their over-indulgent disgustingly pompous lives while they subject their people to many human rights violations. I can see why you might support the war in Gaza.
  • NoK
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    RM291946 wrote:
    And Hamas is responsible for Gaza and West Bank not officially being declared the Palestinian state. They refuse to cease attacks which violates the Oslo Accords. The goal of that agreement was that if Palestinians stop attacks, within an alloted period of time, Palestine would be officially recognised. But I guess the terrorist in them just can't put the rocket launchers down. They are sabotaging themselves.

    Arafat is not innocent of that same offense either, with his Fatah movement..

    The Israelis have been violating since the inception of their state by constantly expanding settlements and stealing Palestinian land to build new settlements. In addition, they build a huge barrier which steals more land. In addition, they impose curfews and checkpoints on Palestinians which have caused much suffering and DEATH. The occupation is the problem.

    And if you looked at the proposed peace settlements you will realise why Palestinians had to reject. Although, the Western media was broadcasting it as major concessions on behalf of the Israelis it was in fact the opposite. ONE of the problems I could easily mention now is the fact that although Palestinians were to have a state, the Israelis were still allowed military control over that state (borders, airports, and so on). It would help to read articles and books from BOTH sides of the argument.
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  • NoK
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    I did not say the Jews do not have the right to any land. The original Jews living there owned land and lived in relative peace. The European Jews who fled Europe initially lived in relative peace as well but eventually ended up displacing many Palestinians through terror or force. This is documented history (Look up "Irgun" for one). The British obviously have a big hand in this problem. The Americans in the early days had a "one Arab state" idea for the middle east but ended up going into isolation which allowed the British and French to take over and divide causing all the problems.

    Regarding all the peace agreements in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, they have all been biased towards Israel. The reason for this is because America does not supply the neutrality required. This has caused Palestinians to constantly reject the solutions (Oslo is a sham). The 1948 UN partition should have been accepted by the Arabs in those days but the massive displacement of Palestinians caused much anger which led to lack of good judgement. The Arabs should have realised they were only going to lose more from then on because the whole world has an interest in their resources.

    Finally, the middle east is in the state its in because of all the Western meddling. As long as it continues there wont be any solutions. You say the middle east is controlled by muftis or terrorists, that is not correct. The Middle East is controlled by dictators placed their by the West to keep the populace under control. The populace is slowly but surely rebelling and adhering to religion for one to overcome the tyranny. This gives the clerics power to influence. The cycle has already been completed in Iran. In Saudi Arabia, the clerics and dictators (Royals) get along so no need for rebellion. In Eygpt and Syria, the dictators are still prospering and constantly crushing the "Muslim brotherhood".
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  • Byrnzie
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    Interesting couple of articles here:

    Is Gaza a testing ground for experimental weapons?
    http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/20244

    http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/D ... y/4222.htm
    Key Sharon advisor: "disengagement" aims to stop Palestinian state
    By Israel Insider staff and partners October 6, 2004


    'In a stunning admission, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's senior adviser said that the purpose of the Israeli government's policy was to supend diplomatic moves to establish a Palestinian state. "The significance of the 'disengagement' plan is the freezing of the peace process," Dov Weissglas told Haaretz.

    Weissglas, an initiator of the plan, explained that the deep freeze would prevent implementation of the "Road Map" backed by the Quartet of the United States, Russia, EU and UN: "when you freeze that process, you prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state, and you prevent a discussion on the refugees, the borders and Jerusalem. Effectively, this whole package called the Palestinian state, with all that it entails, has been removed indefinitely from our agenda. And all this with authority and permission. All with a presidential blessing and the ratification of both houses of Congress."

    "The disengagement is actually formaldehyde," he said. "It supplies the amount of formaldehyde that is necessary so there will not be a political process with the Palestinians."

    Asked by Haaretz's Ari Shavit why the disengagement plan had been hatched, Weisglass replied: "Because in the fall of 2003 we understood that everything was stuck. And although by the way the Americans read the situation, the blame fell on the Palestinians, not on us, Arik [Sharon] grasped that this state of affairs could not last, that they wouldn't leave us alone, wouldn't get off our case. Time was not on our side. There was international erosion, internal erosion. Domestically, in the meantime, everything was collapsing. The economy was stagnant, and the Geneva Initiative had gained broad support. And then we were hit with the letters of officers and letters of pilots and letters of commandos [refusing to serve in the territories]. These were not weird kids with green ponytails and a ring in their nose with a strong odor of grass. These were people like Spector's group [Yiftah Spector, a renowned Air Force pilot who signed the pilot's letter]. Really our finest young people."

    Weisglass trumpets that the main achievement of the Gaza plan was the freezing of the peace process in a "legitimate manner."

    "That is exactly what happened," he said. "You know, the term 'peace process' is a bundle of concepts and commitments. The peace process is the establishment of a Palestinian state with all the security risks that entails. The peace process is the evacuation of settlements, it's the return of refugees, it's the partition of Jerusalem. And all that has now been frozen.... [W]hat I effectively agreed to with the Americans was that part of the settlements would not be dealt with at all, and the rest will not be dealt with until the Palestinians turn into Finns. That is the significance of what we did."

    Sharon, he said, could also argue "honestly" that the disengagement plan was "a serious move because of which, out of 240,000 settlers, 190,000 will not be moved from their place."

    The full interview will appear in Haaretz on Friday.
  • Byrnzie
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    RM291946 wrote:
    Israel is targeting key Hamas locations, not random innocent people.

    Ariel Sharon's fence between Gaza and Israel has saved millions of lives. Israel has done right by them. The world blaming them for defending against a preemptive strike, and continued militant attacks, from Hamas is pure ignorance.


    Sure, Israel is just targeting key Hamas locations like a U.N safe house full of women and children, and the Israeli authorities have admitted there were no Hamas fighters in the vicinity. A war crime, pure and simple. Also shelling residential areas. That is also a war crime.

    And the separattion barrier is illegal under international and constitutes a crime against humanity.



    For anyone interested in some more info on the legality of the wall, the following are useful:

    http://www.d-n-i.net/fcs/pdf/fence_btselem.pdf
    Behind the Barrier
    Human Rights Violations As a Result of Israel's Separation Barrier
    Position Paper
    April 2003

    http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article2890.shtml
    International Court Rules Against Israel's Wall
    Report, ICJ, 9 July 2004
  • Commy
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    that's fucked up.


    dime-that shit causes cancer if it doesn't kill. or it melts your arm. and Israel is using that shit on civilians? fuck.
  • NoK
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    RM291946 wrote:
    I already said arabs outnumbered the jews. That doesn't remove the fact that the jews still have ancestral ties to Palestine. Just cos there were more Arabs doesn't mean they don't have a right to any of the land.

    Jews didn't forcibly create Israel..The leader of the zionist movement didn't even think it was possible, he knew their own powerlessness. You want to lay blame on anyone for that one, look to the brit's..They are the ones who took over the Palestinian lands.

    And I never said anyone, Israel, Hamas, PLO, whomever, were not guilty of atrocities. Quite the opposite, I fully support charges for war crimes and I've said as much already. I am also very relieved Bush just disapproved their plans for to attack Iran.

    saudi arabia were our allies long before Israel even was. Almost all the Islamic countries subject their people to many human rights violations. One difference is the saudi's don't tolerate terrorism. They have, since 2002, been systematically picking out known terrorists and either deporting them, or torturing them. I don't condone that method by any means, but fact remains, they are stable and don't have it out for us.

    My own folk are shi'ite, but they are the minority and can't hold the kind of control the sunni's can. The only other country over there who would have the ability for such a task would be Iran, but they are entirely too unstable. I can count on one hand how many of those countries have established any form of stability since the fall of the Turks. Too many of the rest are falling under control of terrorists. You and I both know that mufti's or terrorists control the middle east, not these "governments" set up to make westerners feel better about the region.

    Who cares if they are over-indulgent. That's their will. Royals worldwide live like that. What makes them any more disgusting than the rest..They still don't go around like bullies trying to take over everywhere like Israel...Yes I said Israel.

    The Oslo agreement was not rejected. Israel gave the Arabs control of Gaza, Palestinian Arabs recognised the state of Israel, and then Hamas was elected.

    And regarding the bombing of schools and innocents dying, what makes Israel any different from our own in Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Pakistan..'25 people die in an airstrike, 2 in the crowd were terrorists.'
    This news story line is becoming too frequent.

    And something you said before bothers me..I do not support any war in any form. That doesn't mean I can't be a realist and know that there is still going to be war.

    The Zionist movement in Europe was pressuring Britain to act hence they are also responsible; and whatever the circumstances it does not mean the initial Zionist Jews are excused from the carnage that followed (once again research "Irgun"). Its funny how you blame the British, a Palestinian cleric, an American president and so on but I am yet to see any blame on one Israeli. The occupation is what fucked things up and the continuous occupation although initiated by the British is now solely a problem Israelis should be blamed for because they are expanding it to a stage where it can't be fixed.

    And yes I mentioned the Arabs rejecting the 1948 Partition plan but that does not mean they are to be blamed for it. There is reasonable objection to just giving someone else your land. What I did say is that they should of realised they will only lose more because the whole world will be against them.

    As for the ceasefires, most of the times they were actually broken by Israel, including this last one which caused the Gaza carnage (see the previous Fisk article I posted). The Israelis press for ceasefires yet continually suffocate the Palestinians until they react and once they do they play the sympathy vote around the world.

    and excuse me, where do you get your facts? Wahhabism is not the fastest growing, its the Shi'ites; and no they don't get along that well either. Shi'ites in Saudi Arabia are not treated as well as Sunni muslims. Not to mention the problems which resulted from Saudi Arabia funding Iraq against Iran in the 1980-1988 war.

    Finally, you should stop saying "as I said before" when you actually haven't said it before.
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  • NoK
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    RM291946 wrote:
    byrnzie-I already talked about how Israel should be charged with war crimes..I'm not getting into it anew with someone else.

    Nok-reread my posts if you think I have not laid any blame on Israelis for anything. I did, for several things on several occassions.

    Anytime I say "I've said before" it's cos I did..Not my problem if you don't care to go back and reread. shi'a is growing, but not at the rate of Wahhabism on a global scale, and I never said they got along. I'm over this, just the same thing getting regurgitated over and over.

    You'll say I can't come up with anymore arguements or realised I can't win, and make a post stating something contradicting mine to show me how wrong I am..Fine by me.

    Have fun. :D

    You criticized Israel once and it was for bombing the school, for the occupation on the other hand you criticized Britian and Al-Hussieni. Shi'ites are out-growing Sunni muslims altogether including one of its divisions (Wahhabism). Not to mention that there are two forms of Wahhabism: Saudi Arabian and another form which is less strict.

    Enjoy.
  • Byrnzie
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  • Byrnzie
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    The Israeli leadership should all be sent to the Hague and charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.

    The Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
    http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/92.htm

    Article 16

    The wounded and sick, as well as the infirm, and expectant mothers, shall be the object of particular protection and respect.

    As far as military considerations allow, each Party to the conflict shall facilitate the steps taken to search for the killed and wounded, to assist the shipwrecked and other persons exposed to grave danger, and to protect them against pillage and ill-treatment.

    Article 17

    The Parties to the conflict shall endeavour to conclude local agreements for the removal from besieged or encircled areas, of wounded, sick, infirm, and aged persons, children and maternity cases, and for the passage of ministers of all religions, medical personnel and medical equipment on their way to such areas.

    Article 21

    Convoys of vehicles or hospital trains on land or specially provided vessels on sea, conveying wounded and sick civilians, the infirm and maternity cases, shall be respected and protected in the same manner as the hospitals provided for in Article 18, and shall be marked, with the consent of the State, by the display of the distinctive emblem provided for in Article 38 of the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of August 12, 1949.

    Article 49

    The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.

    Article 53

    Any destruction by the Occupying Power of real or personal property belonging individually or collectively to private persons, or to the State, or to other public authorities, or to social or cooperative organizations, is prohibited, except where such destruction is rendered absolutely necessary by military operations.

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