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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
human rights no longer apply because something happened 40 years ago?
If Israelis have chosen this, then they have chosen to send their children to die fighting the children of their neighbors, whom will also die.
What sympathy should I have for the Israelis, when they choose to make the Palestinian plight even worse?
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Bad things happen in war. People get displaced. Borders change. Right of return is not necessarily a "human right."
The Palestinian plight is not solely a product of Israeli "occupation." Read some history on the conflict, then get back to me.
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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
also Tex, why do we claim that Israel is democratic, when it doesn't allow Palestinians who live in Israel to vote?
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That is certainly one undemocratic part of their process, one acknowledged by honest Israelis. It's a problem without a perfect solution.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
This is precisely the strategy that the Israelis are following. Stretch out the occupation as long as possible, gradually expand the settlements, and pretty soon the world will grow fatigued and accept the confiscation as a foregone conclusion.
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Hasn't worked after 40 years, has it.
Those of you who are deluded enough to think the Israelis are going to just pick up and go home didn't pay attention to the Gaza withdrawal.