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The discussion centers on the tragic death of Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home. Her family is seeking a more thorough investigation into her death, which occurred in 2003. Participants in the thread express a range of views on responsibility and the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Some argue that Corrie's actions were reckless and that she bears some responsibility for her death, while others emphasize her commitment to a cause and question the moral implications of the bulldozer driver's actions. The conversation also touches on broader themes of civilian casualties in conflict, the legality of settlements, and the differing perceptions of victims on both sides of the conflict. Eyewitness accounts and legal considerations are discussed, highlighting the contentious nature of the events surrounding Corrie's death and the ongoing conflict in the region.
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Bilal said:2. Racheli Levi has been killed on Wednesday, February 14th 2001 by a Palestinian bus driver The bus attack killed 8 people :
7 soldiers and 1 civilian. (She should not stand among the solider in battlefield (occupied land)
http://vassilovski.com/harpaz/racheli/poems/poems/about.html
So Racheli Levi cannot stand in a battlefield and is responsible for her death but Rachel Corrie has full rights to stand infront of a moving bulldozer, is absolved of all responsibility and is a goddess?
Edit: Levi was not standing in a battlefield. She was just WAITING for a bus. Waiting for a bus with a few soldiers around is not equal to standing in a battlefield.
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Wow, I don't think I've ever seen the double-standard demonstrated this clearly before!
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Bilal said:This means , the Palestinian only responsible about death of Rachel Charhi in Tel Aviv, while 5 Rachels are put into ‘’illegal settlements among Jews militants who aim to kill the Palestinian. Those 5 Rcahels are victims of Israeli government who send them to live in the occupied land!
Do you know the meaning of free will and freedom?
All the Rachels here CHOSE to be where they are. Neither the Israeli government nor the Palestinian administration force the Rachels to be where they were.
The only difference is that the Israeli Rachels were MURDERED while Rachel Corrie CHOSE to stand in front of a bulldozer and died. Corrie IS responsible for her death. The other Rachels are not.
And then you go on and put Rachel Corrie in the same league as the other Rachels? How?
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you want to know what i think?
Let them do their own thing, and stay out.
Know why?
If you do that, then one country (Israel, because their millitary is superior) would run right through the middle east and take care of the problim for the us.
You know what we do next?
Get a line of people with flamethrowers and toarch the place.
Know what then?
Problim solved!
Fibonacci
Let them do their own thing, and stay out.
Know why?
If you do that, then one country (Israel, because their millitary is superior) would run right through the middle east and take care of the problim for the us.
You know what we do next?
Get a line of people with flamethrowers and toarch the place.
Know what then?
Problim solved!
Fibonacci
Bilal
There are no innocent people in the settlements. They can live in Israel (Haifa, Tel Aviv ...etc) but surely they have no right to live on stolen land and to kill the native people. I wish you check my links again about settlers to see what kind of human are they.
If any American family decided to steal land in Iraq by force and to live there, then they are not innocent, and they responsible about the death of their kids. It is the same situation in WB and Gaza. This is Palestinian land, and the extremist Israeli have no right to steal 80% of water resources and 60% of lands...
It was the same story of France in Algeria, and we know what the fate of French settlers... they left without getting compensation after 130 years of occupation.
I never met my aunt who lives in Israel, just 10 km far from my town, because I am not allowed to travel, to live or to buy land in Israel. So why the Israeli can take the best lands and most water resources in WB and Gaza which are considered by all world countries as Palestinian occupied land?
Jews are welcomed to live in my country (Palestine) as peaceful citizens, the same as Muslims, Christian , non religious, Sumarian Jews ... but they have no right to live as militant racist settlers who want to kick us out of our country to create pure Jews State. I support completely to have one country for all communities with equal rights for all people whatever their religion or race
If any American family decided to steal land in Iraq by force and to live there, then they are not innocent, and they responsible about the death of their kids. It is the same situation in WB and Gaza. This is Palestinian land, and the extremist Israeli have no right to steal 80% of water resources and 60% of lands...
It was the same story of France in Algeria, and we know what the fate of French settlers... they left without getting compensation after 130 years of occupation.
I never met my aunt who lives in Israel, just 10 km far from my town, because I am not allowed to travel, to live or to buy land in Israel. So why the Israeli can take the best lands and most water resources in WB and Gaza which are considered by all world countries as Palestinian occupied land?
Jews are welcomed to live in my country (Palestine) as peaceful citizens, the same as Muslims, Christian , non religious, Sumarian Jews ... but they have no right to live as militant racist settlers who want to kick us out of our country to create pure Jews State. I support completely to have one country for all communities with equal rights for all people whatever their religion or race
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... while murdering innocent civilians in settlements is perfectly good and swell?
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Bilal
It work also on the other side … see the attached links and pictures of Jews settlers teaching their kids terrorism, hate and how to steal the houses and lands of Palestinian.
In religious Jews schools of settlers, the children of primary schools should join camps to learn how to use the different types of weapons and how to kill the Palestinian.
I know there is some silly Palestinian in Gaza trying to teach the children how to use guns, but here are two major differences between them and the settlers:
1- Settlers teach their kids how to kill the Palestinian and to clean what called ‘’the biblical Jews Land” from the non Jews ‘’Goyim’’, while the Palestinian teach their kids how to protect the lands of their fathers and their lives from the invaders.
2- During Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, 20000 Lebanese and Palestinian civilians were killed by the Israeli and their Lebanese alliance. Only the kids who trained how to use RPG and guns are saved, while the kids who joined the school to learn music and songs are murdered like sheep. All these crimes got complete support of USA. Therefore if you live in jungle world you should teach your kids how to protect their lives from human wolves.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1395080.stm
Pictures of Jews settelers teaching their kids terrorism:
http://www.world-crisis.com/images/uploads/israeli_settlers_1.jpg
http://www.msn.co.il/pidl/1298484/settelers_N.jpg
http://www.rcnv.org/gaza/photos%20for%20web/graffitti%20in%20Hebron-%20KILL%20ARABS%20(8-13-03).jpg
In religious Jews schools of settlers, the children of primary schools should join camps to learn how to use the different types of weapons and how to kill the Palestinian.
I know there is some silly Palestinian in Gaza trying to teach the children how to use guns, but here are two major differences between them and the settlers:
1- Settlers teach their kids how to kill the Palestinian and to clean what called ‘’the biblical Jews Land” from the non Jews ‘’Goyim’’, while the Palestinian teach their kids how to protect the lands of their fathers and their lives from the invaders.
2- During Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, 20000 Lebanese and Palestinian civilians were killed by the Israeli and their Lebanese alliance. Only the kids who trained how to use RPG and guns are saved, while the kids who joined the school to learn music and songs are murdered like sheep. All these crimes got complete support of USA. Therefore if you live in jungle world you should teach your kids how to protect their lives from human wolves.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1395080.stm
Pictures of Jews settelers teaching their kids terrorism:
http://www.world-crisis.com/images/uploads/israeli_settlers_1.jpg
http://www.msn.co.il/pidl/1298484/settelers_N.jpg
http://www.rcnv.org/gaza/photos%20for%20web/graffitti%20in%20Hebron-%20KILL%20ARABS%20(8-13-03).jpg
sid_galt said:I will only responsd to these with this
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/pal-child-abuse/
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Bilal
Personally, I am sad for the death of any human in this tragedy conflict but we have to present the different views instead of brainwashing by media.
It is clear that bus driver goal is to kill the 7 occupation soldiers, but they shot him and he lost control on his bus , so how we know whether he means to kill this women or just because he lost control? The bus continued moving after his death, which mean there are possibility that this women died after the driver?
The Bulldozer driver was not under attack... He just did not care about few stupid people defending the poor Palestinian family!
Examples of Israeli Bulldozers crimes:
Important links:
http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines02/1203-03.htm
Family Tells How Israelis Buried Deaf Father Alive
((Beside the pile of flattened concrete, all that was left of his home, Maher Salem described yesterday how his 68-year-old father was killed when the Israeli army demolished the house on top of him. When he found his father, Mr Salem said, the old man's head was "like a bar of chocolate, it was only two centimetres thick".))
((It would not be the first time claims of this sort turned out to be true: in Nablus in April, eight members of a single family died when a soldier bulldozed their house on top of them. Their bodies were found, and the case has been well documented by international human rights groups.))
IOF buries family alive under demolished home
http://www.geocities.com/radicalcalendar/buries.html
It is clear that bus driver goal is to kill the 7 occupation soldiers, but they shot him and he lost control on his bus , so how we know whether he means to kill this women or just because he lost control? The bus continued moving after his death, which mean there are possibility that this women died after the driver?
The Bulldozer driver was not under attack... He just did not care about few stupid people defending the poor Palestinian family!
Examples of Israeli Bulldozers crimes:
Important links:
http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines02/1203-03.htm
Family Tells How Israelis Buried Deaf Father Alive
((Beside the pile of flattened concrete, all that was left of his home, Maher Salem described yesterday how his 68-year-old father was killed when the Israeli army demolished the house on top of him. When he found his father, Mr Salem said, the old man's head was "like a bar of chocolate, it was only two centimetres thick".))
((It would not be the first time claims of this sort turned out to be true: in Nablus in April, eight members of a single family died when a soldier bulldozed their house on top of them. Their bodies were found, and the case has been well documented by international human rights groups.))
IOF buries family alive under demolished home
http://www.geocities.com/radicalcalendar/buries.html
sid_galt said:So Racheli Levi cannot stand in a battlefield and is responsible for her death but Rachel Corrie has full rights to stand infront of a moving bulldozer, is absolved of all responsibility and is a goddess?
Edit: Levi was not standing in a battlefield. She was just WAITING for a bus. Waiting for a bus with a few soldiers around is not equal to standing in a battlefield.
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Bilal: let's clarify it. Are you denying that:
There are Palestinians that teach hatred of Jews.
There are Palestinians that teach terrorism.
There are Palestinians that teach how to use weapons to kill Jews.
et cetera.
Fighting in the name of a just cause does make one just. To quote a western phrase: "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions".
I've attended a lecture that claimed that one of the important political and psychological factors in the Middle East is that defending one's homeland is such a sacred thing that many wouldn't even dare to think about criticizing acts done in its name, no matter how evil the act, or how little the act actually relates to homeland defense.
I'm beginning to believe it.
There are Palestinians that teach hatred of Jews.
There are Palestinians that teach terrorism.
There are Palestinians that teach how to use weapons to kill Jews.
et cetera.
Fighting in the name of a just cause does make one just. To quote a western phrase: "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions".
I've attended a lecture that claimed that one of the important political and psychological factors in the Middle East is that defending one's homeland is such a sacred thing that many wouldn't even dare to think about criticizing acts done in its name, no matter how evil the act, or how little the act actually relates to homeland defense.
I'm beginning to believe it.
Bilal
I do not want to repeat 1 million times...
There is Israel on 78% of Historical Palestine
There West Bank and Gaza, which considered “occupied Land” by all world countries (including USA and UN), 22% of historical Palestine
Those Rachels can live in Israel (Haifa, Tel Aviv ... ) the same as you (American) Can live in NY, Texas .. etc, but it is their mistake to live ''illegally'' in occupied Palestinian land to steal the land of Palestinian and to force them to terrorize them (see my links again about settlers!). It is as you (American) take your family with guns to live in Falluja and Baghdad because your army occupy that country!
Rachels have no right to live in Palestine as settlers, but they can live as peaceful Palestinian Jews, which is not the case here!
Differences between Rachel the ‘’American peace activists’’ and Rachesl ‘’the settelers‘’ are :
1) Rachel the American do not hate the Jews (may be she is from Jews origin) , she came to Palestine by (Visa) from the Israeli authority. She is welcomed by Palestinian. This means she had no enemies in Palestine/Israel. Rachel wanted to spread peace between Palestine and Israel. She wants to see the reality on ground instead to here the propaganda and lies in American media. She is friend of every Palestinian and every peace lover Israeli. Her heart broken by death of every Israeli/Palestinian, because they love them as human. She is the sound of conscience of every peace lover.
2) Rachels ‘’the settlers’’, came illegally to live in WB and Gaza, most of them are members in Jews terrorists groups (Kach and Kahana Hai) . These groups killed Rabin (former Israeli PM) and responsible about daily crimes in Palestine. The goal of these Rachels is to force the non Jews to immigrate and to steal their houses and land. They and their cousins are usually have weapons to kill the Palestinian and to destroy their crops. They are not welcomed by Palestinian, not because they are Jews, but because they want to ‘’annihilate’’ them!
There is Israel on 78% of Historical Palestine
There West Bank and Gaza, which considered “occupied Land” by all world countries (including USA and UN), 22% of historical Palestine
Those Rachels can live in Israel (Haifa, Tel Aviv ... ) the same as you (American) Can live in NY, Texas .. etc, but it is their mistake to live ''illegally'' in occupied Palestinian land to steal the land of Palestinian and to force them to terrorize them (see my links again about settlers!). It is as you (American) take your family with guns to live in Falluja and Baghdad because your army occupy that country!
Rachels have no right to live in Palestine as settlers, but they can live as peaceful Palestinian Jews, which is not the case here!
Differences between Rachel the ‘’American peace activists’’ and Rachesl ‘’the settelers‘’ are :
1) Rachel the American do not hate the Jews (may be she is from Jews origin) , she came to Palestine by (Visa) from the Israeli authority. She is welcomed by Palestinian. This means she had no enemies in Palestine/Israel. Rachel wanted to spread peace between Palestine and Israel. She wants to see the reality on ground instead to here the propaganda and lies in American media. She is friend of every Palestinian and every peace lover Israeli. Her heart broken by death of every Israeli/Palestinian, because they love them as human. She is the sound of conscience of every peace lover.
2) Rachels ‘’the settlers’’, came illegally to live in WB and Gaza, most of them are members in Jews terrorists groups (Kach and Kahana Hai) . These groups killed Rabin (former Israeli PM) and responsible about daily crimes in Palestine. The goal of these Rachels is to force the non Jews to immigrate and to steal their houses and land. They and their cousins are usually have weapons to kill the Palestinian and to destroy their crops. They are not welcomed by Palestinian, not because they are Jews, but because they want to ‘’annihilate’’ them!
sid_galt said:Do you know the meaning of free will and freedom?
All the Rachels here CHOSE to be where they are. Neither the Israeli government nor the Palestinian administration force the Rachels to be where they were.
The only difference is that the Israeli Rachels were MURDERED while Rachel Corrie CHOSE to stand in front of a bulldozer and died. Corrie IS responsible for her death. The other Rachels are not.
And then you go on and put Rachel Corrie in the same league as the other Rachels? How?
Bilal
Israel is tiny country, and Henry Kissinger (former American Jews Minister) : Israel can not survive more than 6 months without the help of USA!
Israel can not involve in nuclear or chemical war, because small nuke is enough to end them.
USA who working hard for Israel by destroying Iraq and making pressure and siege on Iran and Syria ...
This is the reason why USA is hated in ME, because all Israeli crimes and the ''ethic cleansing'' of Palestinian people are done by American military/politically/financially/diplomatically support.
We are not jealous from American freedom, but we reject the crimes of and the aggression of your politician in last several decades..
Israel can not involve in nuclear or chemical war, because small nuke is enough to end them.
USA who working hard for Israel by destroying Iraq and making pressure and siege on Iran and Syria ...
This is the reason why USA is hated in ME, because all Israeli crimes and the ''ethic cleansing'' of Palestinian people are done by American military/politically/financially/diplomatically support.
We are not jealous from American freedom, but we reject the crimes of and the aggression of your politician in last several decades..
1 said:you want to know what i think?
Let them do their own thing, and stay out.
Know why?
If you do that, then one country (Israel, because their millitary is superior) would run right through the middle east and take care of the problim for the us.
You know what we do next?
Get a line of people with flamethrowers and toarch the place.
Know what then?
Problim solved!
Fibonacci
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Bilal
FIRST:
Are you denying that:
There are Jews that teach hatred of Palestinian.
There are Jews that teach terrorism.
There are Jews that teach how to use weapons to kill Palestinian.
et cetera.
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SECOND:
Could you ask the Jews why they teach their kids to hate the NAZI German?
Could you ask the ''Red Indian'' why they do not like ''Cowboys''?
Could you ask the Afro American why they are not proud by those who brought their families to work in cotton farms?
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THIRD
Hate exist in both societies, the difference that Israeli hate is build on ''myth'' of superior Jews and savages Palestinian , while the Palestinian anger based on the fact that those ''strangers'' invaded their homeland and kicked 60% of Palestinian homes to establish ‘’Jews Ghetto State ’’ , then they occupied the rest of Palestine and they continue their daily crimes since decades.
We did not go to Poland, Germany, NY , Holland ... to kill the Zionists. We did not burn 6 Millions Jews in 2WW, but they came to our land to steal it and create ''Jews homeland'' based on, biblical myth and racist superiority!
they lived 2000 ago on part of Palestine, but if we should accept to be enough reason to kick the Palestinian out of their country, then America should not be exist also, and most of world countries! Because another nations lived there 2000 years ago!
Palestinian are nation from Muslims, Christian, Jews, non religious... they are not just ''religious'' group who want to create ''Ghetto State'' in ME by murdering another people who lived hundreds of years in their homeland!
Palestinian do not hate Jews because they are Jews , but because they are racist Zionist who wanted to destroy us.
Are you denying that:
There are Jews that teach hatred of Palestinian.
There are Jews that teach terrorism.
There are Jews that teach how to use weapons to kill Palestinian.
et cetera.
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SECOND:
Could you ask the Jews why they teach their kids to hate the NAZI German?
Could you ask the ''Red Indian'' why they do not like ''Cowboys''?
Could you ask the Afro American why they are not proud by those who brought their families to work in cotton farms?
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THIRD
Hate exist in both societies, the difference that Israeli hate is build on ''myth'' of superior Jews and savages Palestinian , while the Palestinian anger based on the fact that those ''strangers'' invaded their homeland and kicked 60% of Palestinian homes to establish ‘’Jews Ghetto State ’’ , then they occupied the rest of Palestine and they continue their daily crimes since decades.
We did not go to Poland, Germany, NY , Holland ... to kill the Zionists. We did not burn 6 Millions Jews in 2WW, but they came to our land to steal it and create ''Jews homeland'' based on, biblical myth and racist superiority!
they lived 2000 ago on part of Palestine, but if we should accept to be enough reason to kick the Palestinian out of their country, then America should not be exist also, and most of world countries! Because another nations lived there 2000 years ago!
Palestinian are nation from Muslims, Christian, Jews, non religious... they are not just ''religious'' group who want to create ''Ghetto State'' in ME by murdering another people who lived hundreds of years in their homeland!
Palestinian do not hate Jews because they are Jews , but because they are racist Zionist who wanted to destroy us.
Hurkyl said:Bilal: let's clarify it. Are you denying that:
There are Palestinians that teach hatred of Jews.
There are Palestinians that teach terrorism.
There are Palestinians that teach how to use weapons to kill Jews.
et cetera.
Fighting in the name of a just cause does make one just. To quote a western phrase: "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions".
I've attended a lecture that claimed that one of the important political and psychological factors in the Middle East is that defending one's homeland is such a sacred thing that many wouldn't even dare to think about criticizing acts done in its name, no matter how evil the act, or how little the act actually relates to homeland defense.
I'm beginning to believe it.
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There are Jews that teach hatred of Palestinian.
There are Jews that teach terrorism.
There are Jews that teach how to use weapons to kill Palestinian.
I neither confirm nor deny these statements. It would surprise me if they were false, though.
Now, I'll ask you again. Are you denying that:
There are Palestinians that teach hatred of Jews.
There are Palestinians that teach terrorism.
There are Palestinians that teach how to use weapons to kill Jews.
et cetera.
Bilal
I believe in every nation you find some crazy people with extremist idea? There are 9 millions Palestinian, we could have several thousands crazy people as in America, or any other country. I did not hear about ‘’Nation of peace angles!’’
I will answer honestly from my personal experience:
No need to teach them hatred of Jews, we used to see the Jews in our streets every day mistreating people, hitting our parent, teachers, shooting at houses for no reason , shouting ‘’death for Palestinian “ since we were kids. Of course our parents used to tell us those are called Jews. Sometimes we think that Jews is kind of ''savage group'' whom know nothing except killing others based on what we see.
In 1967, the Zionists destroyed my town and gave 1 hour to all people to leave … after that they murdered all the people they found in the town. Then they changed the name of the town and rebuild new Jews settlements after destruction of all historical sites (Roman Castle and Ottoman Palaces) … Due to the spread of diseases among the refugees, UN made pressure on Israel. They returned back after 80 days of miserable life. They found their town (5000 years old) removed from the surface of the earth!)
May be I am lucky that my family succeeded to return back, but there are 530 Palestinian towns not exist anymore, even they removed them from Atlas and history books.
It was sad situation but unavoidable ... t we had peaceful Jews friends and we used to play with their kids also ... so we used to think that there are good and bad Jews.
Define the ''terrorism'' , if you call defending your homeland and your nation is terrorism , then the answer ''YES'', but if you define it as targeting civilian for fun , I do not think so ... I did not hear that Palestinian targeting Swedish, Russian, Brazilian ... they targeting the Israeli because of the conflict. End the occupation or give the Palestinian enough weapons, then you will not hear about what you call it ‘’terrorism’’
They used to teach us that Jews are powerful and they can murder all the Palestinian, so they scared us by Jews and asked us to avoid them.
I will answer honestly from my personal experience:
Hurkyl said:Now, I'll ask you again. Are you denying that:
There are Palestinians that teach hatred of Jews..
No need to teach them hatred of Jews, we used to see the Jews in our streets every day mistreating people, hitting our parent, teachers, shooting at houses for no reason , shouting ‘’death for Palestinian “ since we were kids. Of course our parents used to tell us those are called Jews. Sometimes we think that Jews is kind of ''savage group'' whom know nothing except killing others based on what we see.
In 1967, the Zionists destroyed my town and gave 1 hour to all people to leave … after that they murdered all the people they found in the town. Then they changed the name of the town and rebuild new Jews settlements after destruction of all historical sites (Roman Castle and Ottoman Palaces) … Due to the spread of diseases among the refugees, UN made pressure on Israel. They returned back after 80 days of miserable life. They found their town (5000 years old) removed from the surface of the earth!)
May be I am lucky that my family succeeded to return back, but there are 530 Palestinian towns not exist anymore, even they removed them from Atlas and history books.
It was sad situation but unavoidable ... t we had peaceful Jews friends and we used to play with their kids also ... so we used to think that there are good and bad Jews.
Hurkyl said:There are Palestinians that teach terrorism.
Define the ''terrorism'' , if you call defending your homeland and your nation is terrorism , then the answer ''YES'', but if you define it as targeting civilian for fun , I do not think so ... I did not hear that Palestinian targeting Swedish, Russian, Brazilian ... they targeting the Israeli because of the conflict. End the occupation or give the Palestinian enough weapons, then you will not hear about what you call it ‘’terrorism’’
Hurkyl said:There are Palestinians that teach how to use weapons to kill Jews.
et cetera.
They used to teach us that Jews are powerful and they can murder all the Palestinian, so they scared us by Jews and asked us to avoid them.
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I believe in every nation you find some crazy people with extremist idea?
Right -- I believe that too.
Maybe you'll understand my attitude if you keep this fact in mind...
Every time someone mentions the Palestinian extremists, you go off and talk about Palestinians defending themselves, et cetera. It's as if it pains you to admit that there really are crazy Palestinian extremists out there.
Also, you love to talk about the crazy Jewish extremists... but we already know there are crazy Jewish extremists, just as there are crazy extremists from every nation.
This is from where the double-standard accusation comes. You, and many other apologists for the Palestinians love to talk about the crazy Jewish extremists, but never like to talk about the crazy Palestinian extremists. The acceptable topics of discussion are Palestinian acts that aren't extremism, and Jewish acts that are extremism. Any discussion of extremist Palestinian acts are immediately derailed, as are discussions of Jewish acts that aren't extremism.
Even now, you demonstrate this. You even state that you know every nation has its crazy extremists, yet you immediately turn around and effectively answer "no" to each of my three questions.
Onto other things, your testimonials do not affect me either. I know bad things happen. They happen in Palestine, Israel, and everywhere else in the world too. So, when you give your testimonials, you're only telling me something I already know -- you're just putting in details that I didn't already have.
I find this especially irritating, because emotional appeals are a basic propaganda technique.
so we used to think that there are good and bad Jews.
Are you serious about the use of past tense here? As in you do not anymore?
Bilal
Of course I still do believe there many bad Zionists!
If Sharon got 86% of votes and 61% of Israeli Zionists want to kick us out of our country, then surly there are still many bad people among them.
I pray for them to accept one of these solutions:
1) One democratic State for all people in historical Palestine (Israel + WB +Gaza) which give equal rights for all citizens whatever their religion or race.
2) Split into two States: Jews State for Zionists and Democratic State for the rest (including moderate Jews)
Do you have another proposal? Could you tell me why the Zionist rejects both proposals by Palestinian?
If Sharon got 86% of votes and 61% of Israeli Zionists want to kick us out of our country, then surly there are still many bad people among them.
I pray for them to accept one of these solutions:
1) One democratic State for all people in historical Palestine (Israel + WB +Gaza) which give equal rights for all citizens whatever their religion or race.
2) Split into two States: Jews State for Zionists and Democratic State for the rest (including moderate Jews)
Do you have another proposal? Could you tell me why the Zionist rejects both proposals by Palestinian?
Hurkyl said:Are you serious about the use of past tense here? As in you do not anymore?
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I meant my question in the opposite direction -- if you have stopped believing there are good Jews.
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I propose a question:
Do you know what happens when two kids fight in school?
From my experience, both of them usually get punished, because both of them usually did something wrong to the other to provoke the fight.
question two:
who made the state of israel?
the U.N.
so then, why do the arabs not attack the U.N., is not the UN at fault?
Israel was attacked from day one, literally, and they fought back, even when the UN turned their back on the state they created. Then UN made this mess,, the UN should fix it. Israel has earned their meager patch of land, and palastine thiers. The way I see it, we all should sit back and let the UN fix it, unlike what the US and friends fixed in bosnia a few years back. As i recall, the UN didn't do a whole lot to help, just let the US do the fighting. Again, the UN let Iraq get out of control, because they passed a lot of resolutions and didn't do jack squat to enforce them.
I ask, what did we learn from this rant?
That we should blame the UN for all our problims.
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P.S. don't forget how the UN ****** up korea.
Do you know what happens when two kids fight in school?
From my experience, both of them usually get punished, because both of them usually did something wrong to the other to provoke the fight.
question two:
who made the state of israel?
the U.N.
so then, why do the arabs not attack the U.N., is not the UN at fault?
Israel was attacked from day one, literally, and they fought back, even when the UN turned their back on the state they created. Then UN made this mess,, the UN should fix it. Israel has earned their meager patch of land, and palastine thiers. The way I see it, we all should sit back and let the UN fix it, unlike what the US and friends fixed in bosnia a few years back. As i recall, the UN didn't do a whole lot to help, just let the US do the fighting. Again, the UN let Iraq get out of control, because they passed a lot of resolutions and didn't do jack squat to enforce them.
I ask, what did we learn from this rant?
That we should blame the UN for all our problims.
Fibonacci
P.S. don't forget how the UN ****** up korea.
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you want to quick solution ? don't send them money !
Bilal
UN created two States based on the request of UK, USA and USSR...
Israel on 55% of historical Palestine
Palestine on 45 % of historical Palestine
Israel succeeded to get 78% of land in 1948!
There are more than 70 UN resolutions ask Israel to stop building settlements, to let the refugees to return and to withdraw from WB and Gaza, additionally , USA used the VETO 79 times to protect the Israeli crimes in UN.
Why UN can not force Israel to respect these resolutions and to solve the problem as they did with Iraq and Yugoslavia?
The answer: because USA rejects completely to let the UN to make any pressure on Israel. Therefore, the reason that the conflict continue for decades is the American policy who give Israel all possible support to bomb their neighbors and to annihilate the Palestinian in the sake of ‘’Biblical Pure Jews state’’.
In fact this American double standard ; they destroy Iraq and forced Syria to withdraw from Lebanon , also they want to destroy Iran in the name of UN resolutions, while Israel throw in the trash 70 resolutions and nobody can blame them!
Your argument about the history of the conflict is very biased and it will scatter the topic if we have to discuss it here …
Here more information about the question of Palestine in UN:
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/qpal/
If you would like , I will provide the text of these resolutions
Israel on 55% of historical Palestine
Palestine on 45 % of historical Palestine
Israel succeeded to get 78% of land in 1948!
There are more than 70 UN resolutions ask Israel to stop building settlements, to let the refugees to return and to withdraw from WB and Gaza, additionally , USA used the VETO 79 times to protect the Israeli crimes in UN.
Why UN can not force Israel to respect these resolutions and to solve the problem as they did with Iraq and Yugoslavia?
The answer: because USA rejects completely to let the UN to make any pressure on Israel. Therefore, the reason that the conflict continue for decades is the American policy who give Israel all possible support to bomb their neighbors and to annihilate the Palestinian in the sake of ‘’Biblical Pure Jews state’’.
In fact this American double standard ; they destroy Iraq and forced Syria to withdraw from Lebanon , also they want to destroy Iran in the name of UN resolutions, while Israel throw in the trash 70 resolutions and nobody can blame them!
Your argument about the history of the conflict is very biased and it will scatter the topic if we have to discuss it here …
Here more information about the question of Palestine in UN:
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/qpal/
If you would like , I will provide the text of these resolutions
1 said:I propose a question:
Do you know what happens when two kids fight in school?
From my experience, both of them usually get punished, because both of them usually did something wrong to the other to provoke the fight.
question two:
who made the state of israel?
the U.N.
so then, why do the arabs not attack the U.N., is not the UN at fault?
Israel was attacked from day one, literally, and they fought back, even when the UN turned their back on the state they created. Then UN made this mess,, the UN should fix it. Israel has earned their meager patch of land, and palastine thiers. The way I see it, we all should sit back and let the UN fix it, unlike what the US and friends fixed in bosnia a few years back. As i recall, the UN didn't do a whole lot to help, just let the US do the fighting. Again, the UN let Iraq get out of control, because they passed a lot of resolutions and didn't do jack squat to enforce them.
I ask, what did we learn from this rant?
That we should blame the UN for all our problims.
Fibonacci
P.S. don't forget how the UN ****** up korea.
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Bilal
I do not hate any community because of their religion or race. I know many good Jews and we used to work together. I am really sad for what happen for them through centuries, and I wish to see end of this conflict. Anti Jews crimes through history do not justify their current crimes against my nation.
AS I told you, I would like to live in one democratic State with equal rights for all people. But if the Jews want to have their own State, then they should leave the non Jews alone... we can split the country into two parts (Jews State and Democratic Palestine).
In Palestine , we (Muslims, Jews, Christian , non religious …) lived in peace for more than 1000 years before Zionism, so we can live again in peace , with or without Jews community (if they do not like to share the citizens of Holy Land their State)).
- They reject to establish one State for all people, because they want the Jews to be ‘’absolute majority’’
- They do not want to withdraw from Palestinian areas, because they believe there is no place for two States in historical Palestine?
Is that means they waiting suitable time to do ‘’final solution’’ for the Palestinian as Hitler did with them in 2WW?
Please let me if you have another proposal?
AS I told you, I would like to live in one democratic State with equal rights for all people. But if the Jews want to have their own State, then they should leave the non Jews alone... we can split the country into two parts (Jews State and Democratic Palestine).
In Palestine , we (Muslims, Jews, Christian , non religious …) lived in peace for more than 1000 years before Zionism, so we can live again in peace , with or without Jews community (if they do not like to share the citizens of Holy Land their State)).
- They reject to establish one State for all people, because they want the Jews to be ‘’absolute majority’’
- They do not want to withdraw from Palestinian areas, because they believe there is no place for two States in historical Palestine?
Is that means they waiting suitable time to do ‘’final solution’’ for the Palestinian as Hitler did with them in 2WW?
Please let me if you have another proposal?
Hurkyl said:I meant my question in the opposite direction -- if you have stopped believing there are good Jews.
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This is the type of misinformation I referred to earlier on another thread.Bilal said:Israel succeeded to get 78% of land in 1948!
80 percent of what was the historic land of Palestine and the historical Jewish land as defined by the League of Nations was allocated by the British in 1921 to what became Transjordan. Jewish settlement there was not allowed. The UN then partitioned the remaining 20ish percent of Palestine into two states. One of which was excepted by the Jews and the other refused by the Arab league. Jordan then annexed the West Bank in 1950, and Egypt took control of Gaza, Arabs then controlled more than 80 percent of the territory of the Mandate, while the Jewish State held only around 17%.
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Bilal
In fact I got the only document for League of Nations about Palestine from the UN site (Please read the original documents instead to follow ‘’propaganda’’, (The Jews should get only few isolated settelments less than 10% of Palestine and Trasnjoradn was considered as independent country (not allowed for Jews immigration)):
League of Nations 30 November 1937
C.495.M.336.1937.VI.
Geneva, November 30th, 1937. LEAGUE OF NATIONS, MANDATES,P A L E S T I N E
Chapter XI. - Trans-Jordan
((The articles of the Mandate concerning the National Home do not apply to Trans-Jordan and the possibility of enlarging the National Home by Jewish immigration into Trans-Jordan rests on the assumption of concord between Arabs and Jews.))
((According to an approximate estimate, in the area allocated to the Jewish State (excluding the urban districts to be retained for a period under Mandatory Administration) there are now about 225,000 Arabs. In the area allocated to the Arab State there are only about 1,250 Jews; but there are about 125,000 Jews as against 85,000 Arabs in Jerusalem and Haifa..))
Here is copy from the original report and maps of LN from UN site:
http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/cf02d057b04d356385256ddb006dc02f/08e38a718201458b052565700072b358!OpenDocument
http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/cf02d057b04d356385256ddb006dc02f/fb142c75310db0a90525655600795225/$FILE/palestine1.jpg
In this link of UN you can find all the documents of LN and UN related to Palestine:
http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/vMaps!OpenView&Start=1
This means that LN gave much less to the Jews than UN offer!
This map shows the partition plan, which is the basic of creation of two States: Jews State (55%) and Palestinian State (45%) 1947:
http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/cf02d057b04d356385256ddb006dc02f/3cbe4ee1ef30169085256b98006f540d!OpenDocument
League of Nations 30 November 1937
C.495.M.336.1937.VI.
Geneva, November 30th, 1937. LEAGUE OF NATIONS, MANDATES,P A L E S T I N E
Chapter XI. - Trans-Jordan
((The articles of the Mandate concerning the National Home do not apply to Trans-Jordan and the possibility of enlarging the National Home by Jewish immigration into Trans-Jordan rests on the assumption of concord between Arabs and Jews.))
((According to an approximate estimate, in the area allocated to the Jewish State (excluding the urban districts to be retained for a period under Mandatory Administration) there are now about 225,000 Arabs. In the area allocated to the Arab State there are only about 1,250 Jews; but there are about 125,000 Jews as against 85,000 Arabs in Jerusalem and Haifa..))
Here is copy from the original report and maps of LN from UN site:
http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/cf02d057b04d356385256ddb006dc02f/08e38a718201458b052565700072b358!OpenDocument
http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/cf02d057b04d356385256ddb006dc02f/fb142c75310db0a90525655600795225/$FILE/palestine1.jpg
In this link of UN you can find all the documents of LN and UN related to Palestine:
http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/vMaps!OpenView&Start=1
This means that LN gave much less to the Jews than UN offer!
This map shows the partition plan, which is the basic of creation of two States: Jews State (55%) and Palestinian State (45%) 1947:
http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/cf02d057b04d356385256ddb006dc02f/3cbe4ee1ef30169085256b98006f540d!OpenDocument
kat said:This is the type of misinformation I referred to earlier on another thread.
80 percent of what was the historic land of Palestine and the historical Jewish land as defined by the League of Nations was allocated by the British in 1921 to what became Transjordan. Jewish settlement there was not allowed. The UN then partitioned the remaining 20ish percent of Palestine into two states. One of which was excepted by the Jews and the other refused by the Arab league. Jordan then annexed the West Bank in 1950, and Egypt took control of Gaza, Arabs then controlled more than 80 percent of the territory of the Mandate, while the Jewish State held only around 17%.
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Nothing you've posted contradicts my statements. Maybe there's some miscommunication here.
Bilal
Show me any moral justification for creation of Israel?
Do you believe that Palestinian (Muslims and christian) should simply leave their homeland to live under miserable conditions in refugees camps, because UK decided to give their country to other nation! or because the god told the Jews 3000 years ago that Palestine is their promised land? or because some Jews tribes lived in part in Palestine 2000 years ago?
In fact I do not see any moral justification for establishing Jews homeland in country that already full by people since many centuries. Also Muslims and christen have religious and historical rights in Palestine.
Suppose UK wanted to give all ME to the Jews, is that means we should respect the decision of this colonial Empire who care only about their interest, and who want to create permenant tragedies to other nations as they did in Kashmir, Iraq and Kurdistan?
Do you believe that Palestinian (Muslims and christian) should simply leave their homeland to live under miserable conditions in refugees camps, because UK decided to give their country to other nation! or because the god told the Jews 3000 years ago that Palestine is their promised land? or because some Jews tribes lived in part in Palestine 2000 years ago?
In fact I do not see any moral justification for establishing Jews homeland in country that already full by people since many centuries. Also Muslims and christen have religious and historical rights in Palestine.
Suppose UK wanted to give all ME to the Jews, is that means we should respect the decision of this colonial Empire who care only about their interest, and who want to create permenant tragedies to other nations as they did in Kashmir, Iraq and Kurdistan?
kat said:Nothing you've posted contradicts my statements. Maybe there's some miscommunication here.
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Ah, so we should listen to the Europeans when they say things in your favor, but we shouldn't listen to the Europeans when they say things that aren't in your favor?
Bilal
I do not ask to listen or not, but Palestine is not part of UK to give it to another nation.
May be because we retuned back to root of problem we start to speak about moral justification of creating Israel, but it is exist now and we can not change the things. It is better to look for peaceful solution...
I still would like to hear your opinion about proposal solution?!
May be because we retuned back to root of problem we start to speak about moral justification of creating Israel, but it is exist now and we can not change the things. It is better to look for peaceful solution...
I still would like to hear your opinion about proposal solution?!
Hurkyl said:Ah, so we should listen to the Europeans when they say things in your favor, but we shouldn't listen to the Europeans when they say things that aren't in your favor?
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Bilal said:Show me any moral justification for creation of Israel?
Do you believe that Palestinian (Muslims and christian) should simply leave their homeland to live under miserable conditions in refugees camps, because
And could you provide any official and reliable sources which say that Palestinians were FORCED to leave their property behind and relocate elsewhere?
Bilal
During wars , many civilians leave their houses especially after such horrible massacres ( for example: Dair Yassin massacre)
Dair Yassin massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_Yassin_massacre
Al-Dawayima massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Dawayima_massacre
Al-Kabri massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Kabri_massacre
Al-Tantura massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al-Tantura&action=edit
Al-Khisas massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Khisas_massacre
Lydda massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lydda_massacre&action=edit
Here is one of cases that Rabin himeslf (former Isareli PM) admitted about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydda_and_Ramle
((Lydda and Ramle during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Lydda and Ramle were two medium-sized towns that were located on the strategically important Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem road. In the 1948 war between the Zionist and Palestinian forces in Israel/Palestine, Israeli forces took the town and expelled the towns' residents, an estimated 50,000 Palestinians, at gunpoint.
David Ben-Gurion, the leader of Israel, ordered the expulsion of the Palestinians and Yitzhak Rabin, the IDF officer in command, carried it out.
The order to expel the Palestinians and the operation itself were described in a passage of a book by Yitzhak Rabin, which was censored by the Israeli government but secretly copied and released by its translator.
The most well known Israeli zionist historian (Benny Morris) admitted in his books about zionism crimes and the roots of Palestinian refugees:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Morris
((Benny Morris is a prominent Jewish, Zionist, Israeli historian. He is considered the most influential and prolific member of the New Historians, a group of scholars who have challenged much of the received wisdom of the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.))
((In his studies of the origins of the Palestinian refugee problem, Morris argues that the approximately 700,000 Palestinians who fled from their homes in 1947 left mostly due to Israeli actions or fear of Israeli actions, but not as the result of a preexisting expulsion plan.))
New Israeli Historians admitted also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Historians
((The New Historians are a loosely-defined group of Israeli historians who have declared as their goal the reexamination of the history of Israel and Zionism. They are sometimes referred to as Post-Zionists.))
((In particular, they claim that at least a portion of the Palestinian refugees were driven away from their homes, rather than fleeing of their own choice, as previously claimed.))
Dair Yassin massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_Yassin_massacre
Al-Dawayima massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Dawayima_massacre
Al-Kabri massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Kabri_massacre
Al-Tantura massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al-Tantura&action=edit
Al-Khisas massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Khisas_massacre
Lydda massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lydda_massacre&action=edit
Here is one of cases that Rabin himeslf (former Isareli PM) admitted about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydda_and_Ramle
((Lydda and Ramle during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Lydda and Ramle were two medium-sized towns that were located on the strategically important Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem road. In the 1948 war between the Zionist and Palestinian forces in Israel/Palestine, Israeli forces took the town and expelled the towns' residents, an estimated 50,000 Palestinians, at gunpoint.
David Ben-Gurion, the leader of Israel, ordered the expulsion of the Palestinians and Yitzhak Rabin, the IDF officer in command, carried it out.
The order to expel the Palestinians and the operation itself were described in a passage of a book by Yitzhak Rabin, which was censored by the Israeli government but secretly copied and released by its translator.
The most well known Israeli zionist historian (Benny Morris) admitted in his books about zionism crimes and the roots of Palestinian refugees:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Morris
((Benny Morris is a prominent Jewish, Zionist, Israeli historian. He is considered the most influential and prolific member of the New Historians, a group of scholars who have challenged much of the received wisdom of the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.))
((In his studies of the origins of the Palestinian refugee problem, Morris argues that the approximately 700,000 Palestinians who fled from their homes in 1947 left mostly due to Israeli actions or fear of Israeli actions, but not as the result of a preexisting expulsion plan.))
New Israeli Historians admitted also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Historians
((The New Historians are a loosely-defined group of Israeli historians who have declared as their goal the reexamination of the history of Israel and Zionism. They are sometimes referred to as Post-Zionists.))
((In particular, they claim that at least a portion of the Palestinian refugees were driven away from their homes, rather than fleeing of their own choice, as previously claimed.))
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Bilal said:During wars , many civilians leave their houses especially after such horrible massacres ( for example: Dair Yassin massacre)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_Yassin_massacre
Here is one of cases that Rabin himeslf (former Isareli PM) admitted about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydda_and_Ramle
((Lydda and Ramle during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Lydda and Ramle were two medium-sized towns that were located on the strategically important Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem road. In the 1948 war between the Zionist and Palestinian forces in Israel/Palestine, Israeli forces took the town and expelled the towns' residents, an estimated 50,000 Palestinians, at gunpoint.
David Ben-Gurion, the leader of Israel, ordered the expulsion of the Palestinians and Yitzhak Rabin, the IDF officer in command, carried it out.
The order to expel the Palestinians and the operation itself were described in a passage of a book by Yitzhak Rabin, which was censored by the Israeli government but secretly copied and released by its translator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_General_Assembly_Resolution_194
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
11. Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible;
You are talking about war which was initiated by the Arabs while I was talking about the creation of Israel. War always will hurt people, innocent or not. Israel has full rights to defend itself during a war.
Because Palestinians were forced to relocate during a war which was initiated by themselves, does in no way discredit the morality of the creation of Israel.
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