Israeli-Palestinian conflict (46 Viewers)

Is Hamas a Terrorist Organization?

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  • Should there be a Jewish nation SOMEWHERE in the world?

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  • Should Israel be a country located in the region it is right now?

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Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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I'll be more than happy to engage in logical, reasoned debate with anyone who shows themselves willing to have it. When there are idiots who show themselves unwilling to look at both sides I will likewise give them the respect they deserve - none.
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Yeah, right. Logic and reason.

Who the hell are you kidding? You've been completely one-sided and did not even know the facts.
 

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Italia Todd

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Dec 15, 2009
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You just judged that an entire people care more about killing Israelis than having a life of their own.
What are the facts? Israel accepted Clinton's terms, Palestine rejected them. Israel forcibly withdrew their settlers from Gaza and gave Palestine sovereingty. Paletine began immediately pouring rockets from Gaza into Israel. Show me ANYTHING that shows that the Palestinians want peace with Israel.
 

Italia Todd

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Dec 15, 2009
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You were the one I noticed posting photos:shifty:
In response to others claiming dastardly deeds of the Israeli's. My point was to show that both sides have blood on their hands, and neither are saints. To villify one or the other gets us nowhere at all.

The simple fact is that Israel exists. It is not going to stop existing. Any move towards peace must start with this as a begining point. Israel is more than willing to allow for a two state sollution. That doesn't mean that they are perfect, but they are willing partners in a potential peace process. When will the other side come to the table?
 

Italia Todd

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Dec 15, 2009
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FACT: Israel has no legal grounds for statehood.
Wrong, the UN gave them legal grounds when it declared them a state. What legal grounds are needed? And whose land did they take? There was NEVER a country/nation of Palestine. This area was a part of a succession of dynasties. They were rulled by the Greeks (briefly followed by Israeli independence again), Romans (and later splinters), Muslim Caliphates, Crusaders, Ottoman-Turks, and Brittish. Never was there a nation in this area, never a people, never a government, NOTHING.

The Brittish began the giving over of governance to Israel, the UN confirmed it, it was and is legal in every sense of the word.


I can use facts too, but to be honest I'm not going to even try to reason with somebody that puts stock in Religion.
Someone who is also highly educated, spent decades as an atheist, and is more than willing to reason with you. That's fine. Ignore anyone of an opposing viewpoint, that shows nothing but ignorance and closed mindedness. Funnily enough the same things I'm sure you would accuse me of. :sergio:
 
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ReBeL

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    Graduate studies. I spent time working in archaeological digs and doing historical research, as well as site seeing also. I spent time working in Petra the majority of my time in Jordan in the south at Petra, but also spent time in other areas as well.
    Do you think being with rocks in Petra means that you know how Jordanians think? Did you discuss your ideas with those rocks and they told you that peace is great with Israelis? How did you conclude that Jordanian people are satisfied with the current humiliating so-called peace?

    No. I am second generation Italian-American. My family was agnostic, and I spent 20+ years of my life as an atheist. I am not a right wing nut job, I am both a socialist and a pacifist. I am a Christian in belief, and a former seminary student whose graduate studies are currently on hold due to pressures of life and being a husband and father of three.
    Did you think someday what your reaction will be if somebody comes and kills your three kids, how will you react? On which cheek you would kiss him?

    I do not think that Israel is perfect, nor that they handle things properly all of the time. They are not blameless, they do at times deserve criticism to varrying degrees. However, I do believe that they are willing to do almost anything to work for peace. As I have said, Egypt sought peace and there is now peace between them. Jordan sought peace and there is now peace between them.
    There is a difference, you know, between being non-perfect and being criminal.


    Israel agreed to Clinton's (much too generous) terms, the Palestinians rejected it. The Israeli's forcibly removed their settlers from Gaza and turned it over to the Palestinians. They have shown a willingness to accept freedom. Palestine has not yet shown themselves willing to cooperate in these matters in my opinion.
    How could you measure that Clinton's proposal was "Much too generous"? Would you elaborate it please here for everybody because last time I saw it it ignored refugees, Jerusalem, Settlements in the West Bank, water, more than 10000 Palestinian prisoners, .......?

    All over. The greatest ammount of my time in the Middle East was spent between Galilee and in the south in Jerusalem itself. Usually my "base of operations" for Galilee is in Tiberias, but I have spent time in Nazareth, digging at Beit She-an, up into the Golan Heights and the valleys bellow, all over.
    Please don't tell me you found something related to Solomon Temple in Palestine. I'm totally sure that the probability of finding it in Houston is much higher...
     
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    ReBeL

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    I'll be more than happy to engage in logical, reasoned debate with anyone who shows themselves willing to have it. You yourself so far seem to possibly be open to such conversation and I would gladly engage you in it. When there are idiots who show themselves unwilling to look at both sides I will likewise give them the respect they deserve - none.

    The simple fact is absolutely, indisputably true that Hamas and Hezbollah (particularly the latter, but both) often not only purposefully station themselves in civillian areas to raise the number of civillian deaths in case of counter attack, but also stage and fake scenes for their press to gain PR points. They are masters of it actually.
    What fake scenes you are talking about?
     

    IrishZebra

    Western Imperialist
    Jun 18, 2006
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    Explain, I'm not doubting you just curios
    Under the Motevideo Convention they do not qualify as having a defined geographic territory or population congruent with ethnic ties i.e. Monder day Isreal hasn't been full of jews and that geographic territory for a long time.

    Similarly any UN recognition of Israel is void due to it conflicting Universal Human Rights with are Jus Cogens which mean you can't deny them for any reason ever.

    I can go into more detail if you want later or PM you some stuff about it.
     

    Italia Todd

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    Dec 15, 2009
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    Do you think being with rocks in Petra means that you know how Jordanians think? Did you discuss your ideas with those rocks and they told you that peace is great with Israelis? How did you conclude that Jordanian people are satisfied with the current humiliating so-called peace?
    I did not say that all of my time was at Petra, and yes I did engage as many locals as I could find. Cultural studies are a huge interest to me, and I love engaging and getting to meet and attempting to understand people as much as possible.

    Did you think someday what your reaction will be if somebody comes and kills your three kids, how will you react? On which cheek you would kiss him?
    I will not seek to kill in return, no. How do you think the Israeli's feel when their kids are killed by suicide bombers? As I said, both sides have blood, neither side are angels, but what we need is an end to this terrible violence and bloodshed. What will bring an end to it? More bloodshed will only beget more bloodshed. Israel will never cease to exist at this point, peace must be forged, and that means a two-state sollution.

    There is a difference, you know, between being non-perfect and being criminal.
    Both sides have a history of "criminal" actions. The formation of the Israeli state was NOT criminal though.

    Please don't tell me you found something related to Solomon Temple in Palestine. I'm totally sure that the probability of finding it in Houston is much higher...
    Nope, but there are artifacts from that period you do realise?
     
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    ReBeL

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    What are the facts? Israel accepted Clinton's terms, Palestine rejected them. Israel forcibly withdrew their settlers from Gaza and gave Palestine sovereingty. Paletine began immediately pouring rockets from Gaza into Israel. Show me ANYTHING that shows that the Palestinians want peace with Israel.
    pouring??:lol: I love how you choose your words.

    About Gaza, you probably heard while you were digging some silly hole before around 15 years Rabin, the Israeli PM, when he said: Ï dream of the day when I wake up and find Gaza drowning in the sea". Israel always wanted to get out of Gaza because they could not bear with their SOLDIERS casualties there...The settlers who were there were already knowing they were not staying for long, but they lived there to get the compensation from their government when they act as those who sacrifice some lands to the Palestinians.

    Note: The whole land belongs to nobody but Palestinians since thousands of years.
     

    Enron

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    Oct 11, 2005
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    They were rulled by the Greeks (briefly followed by Israeli independence again), Romans (and later splinters), Muslim Caliphates, Crusaders, Ottoman-Turks, and Brittish. Never was there a nation in this area, never a people, never a government, NOTHING.
    That's incorrect. Saying the land that is today Israel never had a people would be like saying that Columbus discovered America or the Portugese discovered Africa. The land and people were always there. They had separate cultures, beliefs, a way of life, etc. There were even divisions and groups with in these people. They were just lacking the designation of borders that they now have today.
     

    Italia Todd

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    Dec 15, 2009
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    Am I mirage? I'm one of those people you say they were nothing.
    Ok I know I said I was gone, but I didn't quite get out the door yet and I saw this. I didn't say there was no people, I said there was no nation. Show me a nation. Name it, show me its government.

    There was Greece, Rome, the remnants of Rome, Islamic Caliphates, Crusaders, Islamic Caliphates (again), Ottoman-Turks, Brittish and then ... Israel.

    edit, ok Going back I see the language "never a people" in my previous post, and I appologize for that being mis spoken by my part. I did not mean that there were no people there, or that the people there had no rights. What I meant was there was never a group of people with sovereign freedom. "The Holy Land" (so as not to call it either Palestine or Israel) has been a land owned by a succession of dynasties, the last of which gave control to the Israelis. It is that simple. There was never a self-governing group of people in this area since the Israel of antiquity is what I was trying to say.
     
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    ReBeL

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    I did not say that all of my time was at Petra, and yes I did engage as many locals as I could find. Cultural studies are a huge interest to me, and I love engaging and getting to meet and attempting to understand people as much as possible.
    I think you did not meet anybody in Jordan except some imaginary friends, maybe.

    I will not seek to kill in return, no.
    I totally understand that because you are an angel and angels don't do that.

    The formation of the Israeli state was NOT criminal though.
    :lol:

    You know that more than 500 villages were demolished in 6 months. You know that there were more than 50 massacres in 1947 and 1948. Did you hear of Deir Yaseen? Dawayma? Nasereddeen? Tantura?

    Even Israeli historians say that 1948 saw massacres that were so horrible that forced most of Palestinians to run with their kids.

    Nope, but there are artifacts from that period you do realise?
    I found some Arab artifacts in Alaska last year while digging with my girlfriend. You are free to believe me or not.
     
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    ReBeL

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    That's incorrect. Saying the land that is today Israel never had a people would be like saying that Columbus discovered America or the Portugese discovered Africa. The land and people were always there. They had separate cultures, beliefs, a way of life, etc. There were even divisions and groups with in these people. They were just lacking the designation of borders that they now have today.
    Couldn't say it better.:tup:
     

    Italia Todd

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    That's incorrect. Saying the land that is today Israel never had a people would be like saying that Columbus discovered America or the Portugese discovered Africa. The land and people were always there. They had separate cultures, beliefs, a way of life, etc. There were even divisions and groups with in these people. They were just lacking the designation of borders that they now have today.
    Wrong, equating it as you did is incorrect. There WERE designation of borders. Those borders belonged to the Greeks, Romans, Islamic Caliphates, Crusaders, Islamic Caliphates, Ottoman-Turks, and Brittish. Those are the nations who ruled this land, those were the borders of this land.
     

    Fred

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    Wrong, equating it as you did is incorrect. There WERE designation of borders. Those borders belonged to the Greeks, Romans, Islamic Caliphates, Crusaders, Islamic Caliphates, Ottoman-Turks, and Brittish. Those are the nations who ruled this land, those were the borders of this land.
    So because they were under several colonial powers throughout their history, they do not deserve to have a country of their own?
     

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