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This is not whats making Jerusalem the capital of Israel. It was the capital of Israel long before trump.
originally posted by: intrptr
The US, EU (NATO) needs an eastern seaboard base on the mediterranean. Israel is a forward military outpost for the West to further its dominion of the ME.
originally posted by: paraphi
originally posted by: intrptr
The US, EU (NATO) needs an eastern seaboard base on the mediterranean. Israel is a forward military outpost for the West to further its dominion of the ME.
Er, I think you are geographically challenged. There are several bases in the Eastern Mediterranean that NATO has access to.
1. Turkey
2. Greece
3. British bases on Cyprus
4. Need I go on?
There are no NATO bases in Israel.
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: MaxMech
I have no problem with protests, but somehow for Arab Muslims, protest=violence. This is what this post is about.
The real violence is directed at the Palestinians by Israel with impunity. Its been this way since 1946, while the world sits by watching and pretending to care.
Whatever 'violence' Palestinians commit is minor compared to decades of human rights abuses by Israel.
What this is really about is the Palestinian protest against the symbolic gesture of US announcement it will place an embassy in Jerusalem, making that city the capital, even though it is still an occupied city of Palestine.
Un-precedented shift away from US being the mediator in peace process for decades to siding with Israel occupation and oppression of Palestine.
If they had done the upgrade quietly no-one would have noticed. But because Trump made a big announcement regarding Israel and Jerusalem as the capital, everyone goes mad.
The USA already has a consulate in Jerusalem,
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: dashen
so whats your favorite part of middle eastern culture?
The part before the nation of Israel was formed in 1946, when all peoples from all religions and cultures peacefully coexisted in the land called Palestine.
This relates to the thread because its about a "Palestinian Protester".
In the western main scream propaganda maybe. The rest of the real world doesn't see it that way, isn't fooled by it. The capital of Israel is Tel Aviv.
And thats because the number of Palestinians living in Jerusalem
The Temple on the Mount is in Jerusalem, the third most holy site in Islam, after Mecca and Medina.
By placing an embassy in Jerusalem (making that city de facto capital), they insult every Muslim in the World.
The part before the nation of Israel was formed in 1946
when all peoples from all religions and cultures peacefully coexisted in the land called Palestine.
" you take my water, burn my olive trees, take my job, steal my land, imprison my father, kill my mother, bombard my country, starve us all, humilate us all, but I am to blame:
I shot a rocket back."
What we see in the video is not a protest but blind hatred and random violence. This is what this tread is about.
Said no one ever. Most of Gaza population understands that all their troubles are caused by Hamas. You would have known this if you ever actually tried to have a conversation with someone who lives in Gaza.
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