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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
Add to that continuous pain and suffering for over 60 years and you may begin to understand why things are so there.
it wasn't yours for 60 years.
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
he Palestinians will always fight or endure for their land.
It wont be yours for much longer if rockets keep coming
EliottA wrote:
it wasn't yours for 60 years.
Lebanon was also occupied for a few decades, we know what they're feeling.
EliottA wrote:
It wont be yours for much longer if rockets keep coming
Hamas represents a small percentage of the Palestinians. If the people felt like there was no hope left, I'm sure the nine million plus of them will all come back home and force either the Israelis to blow the entire region up or come up with an amicable solution. Again, it's really a no-win situation. The sooner people start realizing that, the sooner they realize they need a workable option.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
Their PR engine is #1 in the world.
Without a doubt. Its amazing really, I'm in complete awe of it.
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EliottA wrote:
it wasn't yours for 60 years.
Lebanon was also occupied for a few decades, we know what they're feeling.
EliottA wrote:
It wont be yours for much longer if rockets keep coming
Hamas represents a small percentage of the Palestinians. If the people felt like there was no hope left, I'm sure the nine million plus of them will all come back home and force either the Israelis to blow the entire region up or come up with an amicable solution. Again, it's really a no-win situation. The sooner people start realizing that, the sooner they realize they need a workable option.
Firstly, Im lebanese, so I know the history. Secondly, thats right Hamas is a small percentage, which is my point. Get the vast majority of Palestinians to take matters into their own hands and kick Hamas out. They can do it. By sitting and doing nothing, they are *supporting* Hamas. All the populous of a country pays for its governments' actions, which is what is happening now.
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Umm, yes we where, we wanted Israel, not Uganda. And it comes into play because WW2 *created* Israel as a result.
Check your history books dude.
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Looks like I'm going to have to.
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Check your history books dude.
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I don't really need to. Israel has been home to the Jews for, and no joke and no offense, before the Arab culture emerged. Check your history books "dude", Israel has fought how many wars against the Arab nations surround it's territory? How many times was it a draw? 0? How many times did Israel get attacked with no warning, and instead of losing, ended up conquering territory? Yeah that's right, Hamas will be no different. Israel clearly attempted to give Hamas a shot with the ceasefire that ended on the 27th. Hamas, never at one point honored their word and simply rearmed and continued to launch rockets. This is a direct result of their actions and now the supporting populous which is the Palestinian people must sit in their bed, for they have made it.
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mustafa, don't get me wrong but you got to think about this. suppose hamas has a nuke would they hesitate to use it ???? israel actually has nukes. they haven't used them. i call that restraint exercised by a civilised democracy. any objections ?
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Firstly, Im lebanese, so I know the history. Secondly, thats right Hamas is a small percentage, which is my point. Get the vast majority of Palestinians to take matters into their own hands and kick Hamas out. They can do it. By sitting and doing nothing, they are *supporting* Hamas. All the populous of a country pays for its governments' actions, which is what is happening now.
EliottA wrote:
Firstly, Im lebanese
Who isn't?
EliottA wrote:
so I know the history.
That makes two of us.
EliottA wrote:
Get the vast majority of Palestinians to take matters into their own hands and kick Hamas out. They can do it.
Hamas didn't exist 60 years ago. Like I said, the problem isn't Hamas. Hamas is a consequence of what hasn't been happening. That is, the people have been suffering for 60 years, and nothing good ever came out of it for them. Assume for one minute that Hamas isn't there, do you expect their rights to be returned to them? You're dreaming if you say yes. So what other options are there? The wall wasn't meant just to stop the shootings, it was supposed to limit their growth, take away land for their farming, and deny them access to an underground river that runs just outside the wall. In time, the Palestinians will starve to death and it will be "their fault" for not being able to manage their "country" when they were left alone. Then the wall will come down again.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
Add to that continuous pain and suffering for over 60 years and you may begin to understand why things are so there.
it wasn't yours for 60 years.
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
he Palestinians will always fight or endure for their land.
It wont be yours for much longer if rockets keep coming
EliottA wrote:
it wasn't yours for 60 years.
So you're saying acknowledging that it was taken? Interesting. I salute your honesty.
EliottA wrote:
It wont be yours for much longer if rockets keep coming
Still theirs? I thought Israel had it for 60 years and its no longer Palestinian? Let me give you a little lesson. Before the arrival of recognized terror groups like the Haganah and ILZ, Muslims, Christians and Jews (all Arab and Palestinian) lived very happily there for eons. Then the whole Zionist movement came along and look what happened. In a nutshell, that is the cause of everything. Look to your history books for proof. Also, your implication is that there will either be an eradication, which will not hold anywhere, or the use of a Nuke that would destroy Israel as well.
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It is leadership. About 90% of the Jordanian population is not Jordanian per se. They're Palestinians. My father is an example. I don't count myself as either Palestinian or Jordanian but as an Arab but that's because I have a completely different ideology.
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
It is leadership.
Is there anyone on the horizon that can be effective or is this a permanent situation?
Mike - typical white guy. The USA does have universal healthcare, but you have to pay for it. D'oh. Thomas Mann - "Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." The NYT - my leftist brochure. Calling an illegal alien an “undocumented immigrant” is like calling a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist”. God doesn't believe in atheists, therefore they don't exist.
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No no, wait, we were discussing the death toll of Arab to Jew, as it pertains to conflicts between them, where the hell does WWII come into play? Also, its GB that really started the whole thing otherwise, Jews were more than happy to start their state in Uganda.
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Oakman wrote:
Granting for the sake of the argument, that you are correct, please remember that Israel has two condition for ceasing to fire: no more rockets into Israeli territory and no resupply of Hamas via Egypt.
And the Palestinians have only two conditions: the right of return and reimbursement. What do you think will happen once there's a cease-fire? Think it will last if one side keeps caging up the other? Think they'll open the cage and let them roam free and have more Palestinian babies? This is a no-win war because 60 years ago somebody messed up big. Oh well, at least things are great here (until the end of the month when my contract expires and I join the ranks of the unemployed).
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
And the Palestinians have only two conditions: the right of return and reimbursement
I really try top respect you, honest. But you make it very difficult when you start coming across with arguments that Adnan would support. Few of the Palestinians alive today ever lived in Israel. However, if this is a compelling argument, then Jordan - which controls 75% of the old Palestine mandate - should give them the land that belonged to the 600,000 Jews who either chose to leave, or were forced out, at the same time that the Arabs left the land claimed by Israel.
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
Think it will last if one side keeps caging up the other?
You mean the way Lebanon and Syria does the Palestinians? As to the Gaza strip being a cage - take it up with the Egyptians.
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
the end of the month when my contract expires and I join the ranks of the unemployed).
Bad time to have that happen. I'm guessing unemployment insurance is not something you can count on.
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EliottA wrote:
Firstly, Im lebanese
Who isn't?
EliottA wrote:
so I know the history.
That makes two of us.
EliottA wrote:
Get the vast majority of Palestinians to take matters into their own hands and kick Hamas out. They can do it.
Hamas didn't exist 60 years ago. Like I said, the problem isn't Hamas. Hamas is a consequence of what hasn't been happening. That is, the people have been suffering for 60 years, and nothing good ever came out of it for them. Assume for one minute that Hamas isn't there, do you expect their rights to be returned to them? You're dreaming if you say yes. So what other options are there? The wall wasn't meant just to stop the shootings, it was supposed to limit their growth, take away land for their farming, and deny them access to an underground river that runs just outside the wall. In time, the Palestinians will starve to death and it will be "their fault" for not being able to manage their "country" when they were left alone. Then the wall will come down again.
The wall isn't coming down, and it's meant to keep people out. not to block a river or anythign of the sort, Israel provides Palestine with water and food consistantly. And yes, if Hamas and other terrorist organizations would leave Israel alone, there would no need for Military actions.
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
Hamas didn't exist 60 years ago. Like I said, the problem isn't Hamas. Hamas is a consequence of what hasn't been happening. That is, the people have been suffering for 60 years, and nothing good ever came out of it for them.
No Hamas didn't exist 60 years ago, black October did, and other radical groups. They come and go as Israel eradicates them all slowly but surely.
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
Assume for one minute that Hamas isn't there
No assumptions, they ARE there, and as long as the Palestinian people allow them to be, then they(Hamas) will be targeted where they are located, which happens to be Gaza. Do you think for one second Israel would go into Gaza or the WB without cause? Without provocation? Now you're the one dreaming.
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I don't really need to. Israel has been home to the Jews for, and no joke and no offense, before the Arab culture emerged. Check your history books "dude", Israel has fought how many wars against the Arab nations surround it's territory? How many times was it a draw? 0? How many times did Israel get attacked with no warning, and instead of losing, ended up conquering territory? Yeah that's right, Hamas will be no different. Israel clearly attempted to give Hamas a shot with the ceasefire that ended on the 27th. Hamas, never at one point honored their word and simply rearmed and continued to launch rockets. This is a direct result of their actions and now the supporting populous which is the Palestinian people must sit in their bed, for they have made it.
EliottA wrote:
Israel has been home to the Jews for, and no joke and no offense, before the Arab culture emerged.
That's because Arabs is a relatively new term. However, the people have been there long before the Israelis came. Even the bible says that god promised to remove them from the land, but obviously never did, and then asked them to send spies to see what they were up to. Therefore, it's all god's fault.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
the majority of them wish to go back home, but can't
The truth is that many of them have never lived in Israel, Many Palestinians aren't even descended from people who lived in Israel. They come from Jordan but the Jordanians don't want them around any more than the Lebanese do.
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EliottA wrote:
Israel has been home to the Jews for, and no joke and no offense, before the Arab culture emerged.
That's because Arabs is a relatively new term. However, the people have been there long before the Israelis came. Even the bible says that god promised to remove them from the land, but obviously never did, and then asked them to send spies to see what they were up to. Therefore, it's all god's fault.
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EliottA wrote:
it wasn't yours for 60 years.
So you're saying acknowledging that it was taken? Interesting. I salute your honesty.
EliottA wrote:
It wont be yours for much longer if rockets keep coming
Still theirs? I thought Israel had it for 60 years and its no longer Palestinian? Let me give you a little lesson. Before the arrival of recognized terror groups like the Haganah and ILZ, Muslims, Christians and Jews (all Arab and Palestinian) lived very happily there for eons. Then the whole Zionist movement came along and look what happened. In a nutshell, that is the cause of everything. Look to your history books for proof. Also, your implication is that there will either be an eradication, which will not hold anywhere, or the use of a Nuke that would destroy Israel as well.
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
Before the arrival of recognized terror groups like the Haganah and ILZ, Muslims, Christians and Jews (all Arab and Palestinian) lived very happily there for eons.
I know, let's bring bring back the British! They can't fuck it up any worse than they already did. I think the most fun the Jews and Arabs had together before 1945 was when the Ba'ath Party was organized in direct imitation of the Nazis.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
And the Palestinians have only two conditions: the right of return and reimbursement
I really try top respect you, honest. But you make it very difficult when you start coming across with arguments that Adnan would support. Few of the Palestinians alive today ever lived in Israel. However, if this is a compelling argument, then Jordan - which controls 75% of the old Palestine mandate - should give them the land that belonged to the 600,000 Jews who either chose to leave, or were forced out, at the same time that the Arabs left the land claimed by Israel.
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
Think it will last if one side keeps caging up the other?
You mean the way Lebanon and Syria does the Palestinians? As to the Gaza strip being a cage - take it up with the Egyptians.
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
the end of the month when my contract expires and I join the ranks of the unemployed).
Bad time to have that happen. I'm guessing unemployment insurance is not something you can count on.
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Oakman wrote:
I really try top respect you, honest. But you make it very difficult when you start coming across with arguments that Adnan would support.
Just because you don't like what I'm saying doesn't make it less true. I'm telling you what my Palestinian friends have told me, and none of them have lived in Jordan, and all have lived in Palestine. Just because Jordan absorbed some, or a lot, doesn't mean the rest have no right to what is theirs.
Oakman wrote:
You mean the way Lebanon and Syria does the Palestinians?
Again, the majority of Palestinians don't want to lose their nationality. They're just waiting until they can go home. You making fun of it by blaming it on Lebanon or Syria does not change any of that. Go make friends with a dozen Palestinians and then ask them about what they want.
Oakman wrote:
Bad time to have that happen. I'm guessing unemployment insurance is not something you can count on.
It's something we've expected for a while. Unfortunately, the economy sucks better (or worse) than Jenna Jameson (don't get to use this expression often, but it is the SoapBox), so I'm having a hard time finding a new job.
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And I'm still being told that this is defense. Defense my ass. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7829912.stm[^] and http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5053R720090115[^]
- A boat carrying medical supplies to Gaza is surrounded by Israeli warships in international waters off Lebanon's southern coast and forced to return to Cyprus, according to charity Free Gaza
- Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip reach 1,028 according to Gaza medical sources. Nearly a third of the dead are said to be children
- The UN's relief agency, Unrwa, says part of its HQ in the city is on fire after being shelled by the Israelis.
- Speaking to reporters on the Israel-Gaza border, Unrwa spokesman Christopher Gunness said three of the agency's employees were hurt in the attack. He said the compound was hit by what Unrwa believed to be three white phosphorus shells, which are incendiary weapons used as a smoke screen.About 700 people were still sheltering in the compound, he said, and he was particularly concerned about the proximity of the fire to five full fuel tanks. Asked whether he was sure the attack had been carried out by Israel, he said he was not aware of Hamas having access to white phosphorus. Mr Gunness added that Unrwa would not be able to distribute food or medical supplies on Thursday as its trucks were unable to leave the compound.
- More than 1,000 Gazans and 13 Israelis have reportedly died so far in the conflict.
- Dozens of terrified residents were seen fleeing on foot. Thousands more huddled in homes that provided precarious shelter while explosions tore through rubble-strewn streets clouded by smoke. "It is a catastrophe," one woman said, walking quickly away from the area and carrying a child in her arms as two other children ran behind her to keep up. "We took our money and passports. We have to carry some identification with us in case we get killed," she said. "Hamas can claim victory if it wants but we just need this bloodshed to end."
- A senior Western diplomat said Israel appeared to be trying to make last-minute gains on the groun
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
The vow of silence has been broken
And now, methinks, I am taking one. I've shot off my mouth far more than I intended when I first responded to you, and I suspect you have answered back a lot more than you meant. Oh well.
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The wall isn't coming down, and it's meant to keep people out. not to block a river or anythign of the sort, Israel provides Palestine with water and food consistantly. And yes, if Hamas and other terrorist organizations would leave Israel alone, there would no need for Military actions.
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
Hamas didn't exist 60 years ago. Like I said, the problem isn't Hamas. Hamas is a consequence of what hasn't been happening. That is, the people have been suffering for 60 years, and nothing good ever came out of it for them.
No Hamas didn't exist 60 years ago, black October did, and other radical groups. They come and go as Israel eradicates them all slowly but surely.
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
Assume for one minute that Hamas isn't there
No assumptions, they ARE there, and as long as the Palestinian people allow them to be, then they(Hamas) will be targeted where they are located, which happens to be Gaza. Do you think for one second Israel would go into Gaza or the WB without cause? Without provocation? Now you're the one dreaming.
EliottA wrote:
Israel provides Palestine with water and food consistantly.
Not according to the Palestinians, UN, or international news reporters. And on top of that, Israel did recently point one of their sewer systems towards Palestinian territory thereby contaminating the water. Ignoring or denying the facts doesn't make it any less true.
EliottA wrote:
No Hamas didn't exist 60 years ago, black October did, and other radical groups. They come and go as Israel eradicates them all slowly but surely.
So what you're saying is that the Palestinians have to work slowly to eradicate Israel and get their land back? I'll pass your ideas and well wishes to them.
EliottA wrote:
Do you think for one second Israel would go into Gaza or the WB without cause? Without provocation? Now you're the one dreaming.
I've seen them do it in Lebanon. So why wouldn't they do it in Palestine when they have repeatedly said that they wish to keep Israel a jewish state and they can't allow the Palestinian population to grow? You're obviously dreaming, but I'm having a nightmare. Thankfully, we'll both wake up one day and mine will improve a lot more while you wake up to reality.