Current Affairs Israel is an apartheid state

[coollino]

You get similar though less direct views in Malaysia and Singapore. Two rather tolerant countries.

Also, it isnt one sided.

Isn't it illegal to be gay in Malaysia?

 

[Zatara]

Shocking video posted on linkedin.

Family of 4 kidnapped including a young son + one daughter. The 2nd daughter has already been murdered.

All in terror and shock.

Hamas has pulled its mask down (again) for the world to see.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

The short answer is that, when Israel was created, the intention was that a similar state should be established for Palestinians. This never happened and instead the Arab armies that had taken part in the war that followed the establishment of the state ended up staying / protecting the remaining bits of what was meant to be Palestine - the Egyptians on the Gaza Strip, and Jordan in the West Bank and East Jerusalem . These areas were packed with refugees who'd been thrown out of what was now Israel, often as a matter of deliberate policy by the Israelis of scaring them out.

In 1967 the Israelis attacked and seized the above mentioned lands (they also seized the Golan Heights, but they are a part of Syria rather than Palestine itself). The UN Security Council directed that they should withdraw in exchange for peace and recognition (at that point none of the Arab states recognised Israel). The Israelis never did this, and instead tried to get around it (after the 1973 war) by getting deals with individual countries instead. Meanwhile they started to establish settlements, creating facts on the ground which could then be used as a reason to reject any meaningful peace.

Since then they've signed numerous deals only to react by building ever more settlements, which causes those deals to collapse (the one exception is the withdrawal from Gaza in 2005 where they did remove settlements - but that was a successful attempt to, in the words of a senior adviser to the them Israeli PM "The significance of the disengagement plan is the freezing of the peace process, and 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"). Under the terms the Israelis want, no Palestinian state would ever be viable - but despite this, the Palestinians have entered into agreements trying to get this sorted out, but have gotten worse than nothing out of that engagement. (edit) Meanwhile, Hamas took over the Gaza Strip and have repeatedly fought the Israelis, winning every time.

Thanks for taking the time.

 

[coollino]

Shocking video posted on linkedin.

Family of 4 kidnapped including a young son + one daughter. The 2nd daughter has already been murdered.

All in terror and shock.

Hamas has pulled its mask down (again) for the world to see.

Linkedin????

Did it end with 'needless to say, I got the job'

 

[Yarrgh]

Mate, please read up on these things.

You're arguing with someone who thinks that the best way to put out a fire is to douse it in kerosene.

 

[magicjuan]

Were innocent civilians murdered, wounded and kidnapped ?

Do you support terrorism?

Yes to all 3.

Do you recognise the same when almost daily is committed by Israeli forces, or are you one of those self interested fools that declares it 'self defence'?

 

[Wat Tyler]

Were innocent civilians murdered, wounded and kidnapped ?

Do you support terrorism?

Yes to all 3.

That’s only 2?

But expecting an apologist for illegal occupation to be able to count might be asking too much.

 

[Wat Tyler]

 

[Zatara]

That’s only 2?

But expecting an apologist for illegal occupation to be able to count might be asking too much.

"You haven’t got a clue have you, you nugget"


I didnt realise your own question wouldnt be considered a question by yourself.

So many supporters of terrorism on this forum...thats a statement, not a question.

How can you not be disgusted at yourself by supporting such actions.

No need to respond.

 

[Charlie Sweet]

Shocking video posted on linkedin.

Family of 4 kidnapped including a young son + one daughter. The 2nd daughter has already been murdered.

All in terror and shock.

Hamas has pulled its mask down (again) for the world to see.

atrocities and killings on both sides. Please acknowledge that

 

[TheFinnFan]

Do you recognise the same when almost daily is committed by Israeli forces, or are you one of those self interested fools that declares it 'self defence'?

blind and stupid...bad combination

 

[Moomin]

It's a sad state of affairs and I can't see if it will ever be resolved in the region.

 

[tsubaki]

blind and stupid...bad combination

it certainly hasn't worked for Bibi

 

[larrygobfiend]

Why would you hold a music festival next to the Gaza Strip?

Talk about rubbing their noses in it.

 

[TheFinnFan]

it certainly hasn't worked for Bibi

It's disgusting how some try to defend Hamas actions here. I know it supposed to be hip and edgy but come on.