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RiverNoord

(1,150 posts)
14. That's not it at all, and I'd bet you know that.
Sun May 22, 2016, 01:56 AM
May 2016

Everyone who tosses out analogies like that leaves out the rather signifigant element of the planning commisions that decide which chunk of land currently serving as the home for hundreds of non-Jewish people is next up to be bulldozed through, its residents evicted, then built up again as fortified compounds where Jewish 'settlers' will now live, armed and supported by the IDF.

Regardles of one's perspective on 'good guys' or 'bad guys' under the current circumstances of military occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, that is fundamentally wrong, and leads to a descent into brutality for those carrying it out.

A former head of Mossad has said the same thing, and it may be that a tipping point has been reached among a further number of people who command respect among many Israelis.

Barak was better than Bibi Rosa Luxemburg May 2016 #1
Scary Times pmorlan1 May 2016 #2
wowza! Pharaoh May 2016 #3
Someone tries to stab you to death on the street, but you have a gun Brother Joe Observes May 2016 #4
Hmm. Who to believe? You or the former PM and Defense Minister cali May 2016 #7
That's not it at all, and I'd bet you know that. RiverNoord May 2016 #14
I would complete endorse the idea of a contiguous Palestinian State Brother Joe Observes May 2016 #16
The Palestinians recognized Israel's Right to Exist on September 9 1993 azurnoir May 2016 #32
What about Hamas? hack89 May 2016 #65
Hamas isn't a player not then not now azurnoir May 2016 #68
So the PA has absoloute control of Gaza including Hamas military forces? hack89 May 2016 #69
Israel is a fascist, tribalist, supremacist, genocidal-in-intent state, they are NOT our ally, they AntiBank May 2016 #15
You think we should stop aiding Israel financially? I agree! Brother Joe Observes May 2016 #18
tell us how you really feel uhnope May 2016 #23
Supremacist: sulphurdunn May 2016 #30
Genocidal? oberliner May 2016 #35
Netanyahu appoints Ayelet Shaked—who called for genocide of Palestinians—as Justice Minister in new AntiBank May 2016 #42
Thanks for your response and for sharing those links oberliner May 2016 #53
Ethnic cleansing is really just a soft soap term for genocide. leveymg May 2016 #51
That is preposterous oberliner May 2016 #54
The forcible driving out of specific ethnic or religious groups is ethnic cleansing. leveymg May 2016 #57
Ridiculous duplex May 2016 #41
sorry, not buying your stale, tired defence of a this savage, tribal hate state AntiBank May 2016 #43
And I'm not buying your burning hate cali May 2016 #59
Actually I think it is more like this: padfun May 2016 #20
+1. nt awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #25
Alternatively.... oberliner May 2016 #36
Ask that question another way: Orrex May 2016 #24
That's like saying that after I destroy sulphurdunn May 2016 #27
No it's not oberliner May 2016 #37
Native Americans are US citizens. sulphurdunn May 2016 #39
Palestinian citizens of Israel have been doing the stabbing oberliner May 2016 #56
Actually, the overwhelming majority of these stabbings sulphurdunn May 2016 #63
Palestinian detained after alleged stab attack injures Israeli near Tel Aviv oberliner May 2016 #64
The majority of Palestinian attackers sulphurdunn May 2016 #70
That point is taken oberliner May 2016 #71
Agreed sulphurdunn May 2016 #73
An interesting false choice you present there anigbrowl May 2016 #66
more like someone stabs you on their street so you use that as an excuse to bomb their block yurbud May 2016 #72
Israel has become what it hated. silverweb May 2016 #5
With Bibi there is no hope of compromise, only intransigence, and hence more violence in the MidEast EndElectoral May 2016 #6
Remember all those trips Conservatives took on the side to Israel? glinda May 2016 #8
lets just hope agnostic102 May 2016 #9
I think we are equally in danger from Clinton who has ROBERT KAGAN as a advisor! Peace Patriot May 2016 #12
Yes. Good post. Thanks for sharing! trudyco May 2016 #49
Powerful stuff. They aren't the first high-level former Israeli officials to stand up against Likud RiverNoord May 2016 #10
From Jonathan Freedland's opinion piece in The Guardian. Bad Dog May 2016 #11
Japan too. nt bananas May 2016 #13
Seems like extremists are at the battlements of just about every country right now. Kablooie May 2016 #17
and how do U.S. politicians stand on Israel? political marxist May 2016 #19
thnx apoorva May 2016 #21
They are out of control, and have been for some time. It's worked for them, so well, it appears silvershadow May 2016 #22
It has worked for them... awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #26
I suppose there comes a time sulphurdunn May 2016 #28
Our countries policy... awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #29
No one labels anyone an anti-semite for standing up for human rights oberliner May 2016 #38
Well, in many Zionist circles the Jewish people sulphurdunn May 2016 #40
That's not true oberliner May 2016 #55
That's what I said. Most Jews are not Zionists. sulphurdunn May 2016 #62
Sadly, the same thing will be happening in America, if Trump wins. lark May 2016 #31
'Netanyahu replies to Officers’ charges of Fascism, makes far Right Avigdor Lieberman their boss' seafan May 2016 #33
political generals and ideological officers? that always turns out well! MisterP May 2016 #34
It's one of those things libodem May 2016 #44
Israel is considered above reproach? oberliner May 2016 #47
Well lets see.... Xolodno May 2016 #48
More countries have diplomatic relations with North Korea than Israel oberliner May 2016 #52
But you are failing to address the gorrilla in the room. Xolodno May 2016 #61
I'm so torn on what has happened in the ME in the last fifty years. WhoWoodaKnew May 2016 #45
as some point isreal needs to learn how to behave dembotoz May 2016 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author trudyco May 2016 #50
I am glad to see someone of Barak's stature speak out so forcefully. Nitram May 2016 #58
Thats what they get making 'cozy' with republicans. Is. citizens don't take those new home easy-in, Sunlei May 2016 #60
Unfortunately there are some true statements that Americans aren't ready to hear (nt) Recursion May 2016 #67
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