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Israel/Palestine

aranthus

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22. Maybe, but it's hard to explain two things.

Reply to sabbat hunter (Reply #21)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 08:31 PM

Feb 2018

If the Arab states had the intention of splitting up Palestine (and it was pretty obvious that that was what they were going to do; the British certainly were in on that), then how could the Palestinians have not known? Pretty sure the Israelis figured that one out, so how come not the Palestinian leadership? If they truly wanted a state of their own, the one thing that they would not have done is to start the war that they actually started. So how is it that they did the one thing that prevented them from having a state, if they wanted one? And if the Palestinians truly wanted a state of their own, then why is it that they never called for it until after 1967? Why not demand a state in the West Bank and Gaza all those years?

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Ahed Tamimi: Palestinian viral slap video teen goes on trial [View all] Eugene Feb 2018 OP

It seems to me Israel loses the high ground here if they imprison an unarmed girl for slapping an Nitram Feb 2018 #1

Like Shitler, anything that can be ignited for use as a racial flame will be doused with gas. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #2

seriously? Mosby Feb 2018 #3

Isn't the soldier part of an occupying army that has invaded this girl's homeland? Nitram Feb 2018 #4

So hypothetically aranthus Feb 2018 #5

Interesting analogy. Nitram Feb 2018 #6

The Palestinians started the war. aranthus Feb 2018 #7

The Palestinians have not committee the atrocities that the Germany did. But Israel Nitram Feb 2018 #8

It's not about atrocities. aranthus Feb 2018 #9

You narrow the topic to suit your beliefs. I stand by my previous post. Nitram Feb 2018 #10

No. You are bringing in irrelevant assertions. aranthus Feb 2018 #11

The occupation of Germany was by inernational agreement to keep the peace after a World War Nitram Feb 2018 #12

International agreements? aranthus Feb 2018 #20

If the Arab Armies sabbat hunter Feb 2018 #14

"They can have their capital in the western sections of Jerusalem, outside of the old city." Nitram Feb 2018 #15

If you notice sabbat hunter Feb 2018 #17

I see your point. I agree. Nitram Feb 2018 #18

I think it's much worse than that. aranthus Feb 2018 #19

I think that sabbat hunter Feb 2018 #21

Maybe, but it's hard to explain two things. aranthus Feb 2018 #22

I agree sabbat hunter Feb 2018 #23

First off sabbat hunter Feb 2018 #13

Sabbat, you are a little confused. Aranthis was comparing Palestinians to Germans, not Israelis. Nitram Feb 2018 #16