Israel/Palestine

Little Tich

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50. There are millions of refugees in the world - are you suggesting that they have no right to return?

Fri Sep 23, 2016, 09:53 PM

Sep 2016

It's of course mostly a moral right, but it's also a principle outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Unfortunately, most countries are generally unwilling to allow the return of the very people they caused to flee, so there's little support for their actual return in national law.

Not all laws are just, and I personally think that all refugees should be allowed to return, or at least be given a safe haven somewhere else and a chance for a return later. I think that providing a carte blanche for ethnic cleansing is very, very wrong.

The Palestinians are just one group of refugees denied the right to return - this is a big problem.

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German Teachers' Union Urges Total Boycott Of Israel [View all] Purveyor Sep 2016 OP

I understand this group also has a theme song COLGATE4 Sep 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Sep 2016 #2

So much for the notion here BDS doesn't boycott Israel, only settlements. shira Sep 2016 #3

Wow - I read the article in the OP twice, and I still have no idea what it's about. Little Tich Sep 2016 #4

Shouldn't be news to you as BDS is antisemitic. Illan Pappe supports cultural BDS.... shira Sep 2016 #5

I'm going to wait until the actual GEW article becomes available before making conclusions about it. Little Tich Sep 2016 #6

German-wide teachers union says BDS anti-Semitic shira Sep 2016 #7

I would still like to see the original article. Little Tich Sep 2016 #8

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The Päd-OL seems to be a printed publication. Little Tich Sep 2016 #10

Your denial given the evidence is pathetic. n/t shira Sep 2016 #11

So what do you think GEW's chairman Buhrmann's point was in that retraction? shira Sep 2016 #12

We can only speculate. Little Tich Sep 2016 #13

Bullshit, see post #14 below. You defend the indefensible, deny the obvious. shira Sep 2016 #15

Here is the text from my copy of the original paper publication 6chars Sep 2016 #14

It seems as if you're to bullshit me into accepting the hasbara version of events without a shred of Little Tich Sep 2016 #16

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I knew it! Little Tich Sep 2016 #18

Another German article for you to deny... shira Sep 2016 #21

All these contradictory statements make my head spin... Little Tich Sep 2016 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Sep 2016 #23

Amazing how we Zionists can control the German Press & Parliament, isn't it? shira Sep 2016 #24

This seems to be a German debate about BDS where some participants are making statements that are Little Tich Sep 2016 #25

You should ask Christoph Glanz for a copy of the article in question. He's on Twitter. shira Sep 2016 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Little Tich Sep 2016 #28

Here's the original German article Tich wants to see... shira Sep 2016 #27

Darn. You beat me to it... Little Tich Sep 2016 #29

The letter urges a total boycott of Israel, just as JPost reported - correct? n/t shira Sep 2016 #30

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He would make his grandfather proud. Then again... shira Sep 2016 #33

The JPost strongly insinuated that the GEW article was anti-Semitic. Little Tich Sep 2016 #32

Every German opposing the GEW article makes clear it's Antisemitic... shira Sep 2016 #34

Calling for Israel's destruction is antisemitic. You said it yourself.... shira Sep 2016 #35

So promoting the right for people to live in their ancestral homeland is racist? n/t Little Tich Sep 2016 #36

As Abbas & Barghouti honestly acknowledged, a full RoR would destroy Israel. shira Sep 2016 #37

First let's be clear about what you're promoting. aranthus Sep 2016 #40

Norm Finkelstein of all people echoes what you're saying, Aranthus.... shira Sep 2016 #41

Yes, but I'd like to get Tich to admit that that is what he is promoting. n/t aranthus Sep 2016 #42

Good luck with that as there's no other explanation for full RoR.... shira Sep 2016 #43

I don't understand how those who are pro-Israel always seem to think that equal rights for Little Tich Sep 2016 #44

You're proposing a world without borders, without sovereignty & self-determination.... shira Sep 2016 #45

I still think that everyone has a right to live in their ancestral homeland. Little Tich Sep 2016 #46

That's nice. So 5 million US Jews decide to flood the W.Bank, okay? shira Sep 2016 #47

Israel has already caused a de facto one-state solution. Little Tich Sep 2016 #49

You realize how silly your position is...a huge overnight demographic shift shira Sep 2016 #53

Why? aranthus Sep 2016 #48

There are millions of refugees in the world - are you suggesting that they have no right to return? Little Tich Sep 2016 #50

So you don't have an answer other than your personal feeling? n/t aranthus Sep 2016 #51

In essence, yes. Little Tich Sep 2016 #52

Leading BDS activist: Move Israel to Germany shira Sep 2016 #38

The JPost article is just another dump of hasbara. Little Tich Sep 2016 #39

That sure is some voodoo that you do so well. See #19 & #21 below. shira Sep 2016 #20

German MPs call on teachers’ union to denounce anti-Semitic BDS campaign shira Sep 2016 #19