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Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: UNESCO draft resolution: Western Wall is part of al-Aksa mosque [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)19. Same answer. Since when are favors expected?
Interesting argument though, given the genesis of this particular sub-conflict - Israel's often-violent demands that a treaty with Jordan be unilaterally annulled to establish Jewish control over a major Muslim place of worship.
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"I find it fascinating that people still take that insane asylum called the UN seriously."
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2015
#3
Bernie Sanders speaks thinks and has the same mannerisms as my dad and my uncles and friends
King_David
Oct 2015
#22
Yes, I am...waiting. What were you suggesting about Mondoweiss or BDS?
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2015
#65
If you've ever read ATA on this subject then you would know that what you are suggesting
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2015
#62
Combined time of the 1st and second temple...wherever they stood: 900 years
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2015
#27
Since when are Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates...
Scootaloo
Oct 2015
#7
Where do you get your ideas from? Show us where Israel wants their treaty w/ Jordan.....
shira
Oct 2015
#31
up until the recent rise of revisionist Zionist Rabbi's , most traditional Rabbi's
azurnoir
Oct 2015
#39
This resolution wouldn't have seen the light of day if Israel hadn't tried to change the status quo
Little Tich
Oct 2015
#21
Interestingly, I think you're the only one in the I/P group who denies that Israel was trying
Little Tich
Oct 2015
#35
It was the protests and nothing else that stopped Israel from changing the status quo.
Little Tich
Oct 2015
#66
If democratic values make you nauseous, maybe you're posting in the wrong forum.
Little Tich
Nov 2015
#83
If you can't even understand your own argument, ther's nothing I can do... n/t
Little Tich
Nov 2015
#85
The UN is working exactly as it's supposed to since it's creation, and that's the problem.
aranthus
Oct 2015
#41
This is the resolution- it is at it's heart a cease and desist order for Israels actions wrt al aqsa
azurnoir
Oct 2015
#34
you hand us a 200+ page pdf were in nothing in the table of contents refers to the subject of this
azurnoir
Oct 2015
#37
18. Affirms that the Mughrabi Ascent is an integral and inseparable part of Al Aqsa Mosque/ Al-Haram
azurnoir
Oct 2015
#54
the only thing that 'confuses' me is why no one can produce a document with that wording
azurnoir
Oct 2015
#68
Yes it has and it passed I noted in the above post what was changed prior to being submitted
azurnoir
Oct 2015
#70
That's essentially an uncredited reprint of the article I posted, the resolution passed
azurnoir
Oct 2015
#72