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Israel/Palestine

Little Tich

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7. Most of the Lebanese people I speak to are really pissed off by what Israel

Reply to oberliner (Reply #6)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 10:38 AM

Dec 2015

did to their country.

The rest of the Middle-East may have negative attitudes towards Jews and Israel, but they're not really blaming Israel for all their problems. Israel gave Lebanon the Palestinian refugees, the civil war, the SLA, Hezbollah, the Israeli invasion, the bombings etc - at least that's what many Lebanese seem to believe.

In retrospect, Israel maybe could have done things differently, perhaps.

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Greece set to recognize a Palestinian state [View all] R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2015 OP

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Which country will be the last one in the world to recognize a Palestinian state? Little Tich Dec 2015 #2

I believe that the USA sees the writing on the walls. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2015 #3

Still waiting on over 30 countries to recognize Israel oberliner Dec 2015 #4

Lebanon. Little Tich Dec 2015 #5

They did agree to the Arab Peace Initiative oberliner Dec 2015 #6

Most of the Lebanese people I speak to are really pissed off by what Israel Little Tich Dec 2015 #7

Syria has done a nice job of manipulation to create that impression oberliner Dec 2015 #8