I've read your posts with great interest. Parts of them I agreed with. Others I vehemently disagreed with.
But after having read them all, there is something I want to ask you. Do you believe the life of a Palestinian civilian id worth as much as the life of an Israeli citizen? Do you think they have the same rights and obligations?
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I appreciate that, reading them and at least making the effort whether we agree or not.
For the first part, is the life of a palestinian worth as much as the life of an Israeli? in absolute terms, definite yes.
Too often my own country is forcing itself into a corner of making those choices on life worth when it's not absolutely necessary, those are the issues I criticise Israel about.
How would you choose between the life of a family member and a random person for the sake of argument? you know they are worth the same but are they really equal to you personally? even if it's a clear choice there is a price to pay, and we do pay it as a society (not comparing sufferings before anyone is triggered).I know it may sound very unpleasant to some ears, and you are free judge always but I think any palestinian (or anyone else) if he is honest will say the same. And I would think it's only fair, nature of men and conflict. Again I think having to make the choice at all is a horrible mistake in itself.
To your second part i'm not sure I'm following, rights from who and obligation to who? If you are referring to palestinians having the same universal rights as everyone else, they absolutely should. Is israel hampering those rights? yes, absolutely it does, but so does their own government and society, in general not many arabs enjoy many of those rights anyway so it is what it is. I mean just look at the rights of palestinians in other muslim countries, even 3rd or 4th generation. No one likes to talk about it because it's inconvenient to the argument but the examples are endless.
If you meant rights in another context then please elaborate, I'm not clear on the obligations part as well