Tens of Thousands Attend pro-Palestinian Rally in Washington DC

a reply to: WingDingLuey

Now is the time to stand with the besieged people of Palestine! Gaza is being bombed by the hour. Its people are denied food, water and electricity by Israel. Tens of thousands more people are likely to die. We must ACT!

Point out the anti-semitism in this mission statement.

a reply to: BernnieJGato

There hasn't been an election in Gaza for 16 years. Nearly half the population wasn't even alive when they were elected.

a reply to: MoreCoyoteAngels

So you support continued aid to Ukraine? They're an ally.

a reply to: Darkblade71

I would think you could be pro-Palestinian but anti-Hamas.

Sadly that's to complex a concept for some to understand , far easier to throw the Palestinian baby out with the bath water.

originally posted by: Darkblade71
I would think you could be pro-Palestinian but anti-Hamas..

TV News was showing a busload of these idiots chanting 'from the river to the sea ...' Chanting for the destruction of Israel. That's not being pro-Palestinian and anti-Hamas.

These people are useful idiots for Hamas.
MORONS because Hamas would slaughter them all without a second thought.

"From the River to the Sea .... '
'Long Live Intifada ...'
'Allah Akbar ....'

These are what the so called peaceful pro-palestinian protestors were chanting and shouting. That isn't peaceful. That's not just being pro-palestinian. That's calling for the destruction of Israel and the death of Jews.

100,000 useful idiots for Hamas. That's an unofficial estimate from un named sources that may or may not be accurate. It wasn't on the National Mall so the Park Service didn't estimate the crowd and apparently the DC Police don't do crowd estimates.

New York Post - Pro Palestinian Marchers Say Israel Does Not Have The Right To Exist - Long Live Intifada

ens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters massed in Washington, DC, Saturday afternoon before descending upon the White House to chant, “Allahu akbar” and “F–k Joe Biden” as they accused the president of genocide and demanded a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” the crowd dotted with Palestinian flags and signs cried at the start of the event, which drew attendees from across the country.

The chant – which is growing increasingly popular in the wake of Hamas’ deadly incursion into southern Israel last month and Israel’s subsequent retaliatory attacks on Gaza – is widely considered antisemitic because it implies the elimination of the State of Israel and its people.

Others chanted, “Long live the Intifada,” an Arabic word used to refer to Palestinian uprising, specifically to conflicts that ran from 1987 and 1993 and from 2000 to about 2005 that left thousands dead.

Unofficial reports estimate more than 100,000 showed up to the protest, but DC Police could not confirm, telling The Post it does not estimate crowd size.

a reply to: WingDingLuey

As it says in your title "pro-Palestinian Rally" not pro Hamas rally , they are right to show their anger at the targeting of civilians and the war crimes being committed by Israel , governments complaining about war crimes committed by Russia are staying silent about those being perpetrated by Israel for no other reason than it's Israel which is a clear injustice.

a reply to: FlyersFan

"From the River to the Sea .... '
'Long Live Intifada ...'
'Allah Akbar ....'

These are what the so called peaceful pro-palestinian protestors were chanting and shouting. That isn't peaceful. That's not just being pro-palestinian. That's calling for the destruction of Israel and the death of Jews.

www.theguardian.com...

Disenfranchised means different things to different people Flyers

Chanting pumps people up. None of those lines you posted are violent

This whole in the eye of the beholder thing is interesting, don't you think? From where I sit (at least) we've got plenty of things to be afraid of right here in Murica

But everyone has different ideas about right and wrong, and what's owed them - what it means to be free

Some views are more reality based than others

Go ahead and watch that Guardian video if you can stomach it. It's old now, but the sentiment is still out there all around us

Is it noble? Is it valiant? Is it honest?

the way I see this, is you are a 6'5" dude, you have a nice family, great wife, nice 2 year old daughter. But a little 5'5" punk comes in when you are at work, rapes and kills both your wife and daughter, then runs and hides behind a group of Nuns. Now you can't just kill the nuns along with that punk, so you need a plan.

You tell the nuns to GTFO because hell is about to rain down on that guy, and it's going to happen in a couple days.

Or, you just go back home, bury the bodies, and pretend it never happened.

What would you do?

originally posted by: network dude
the way I see this, is you are a 6'5" dude, you have a nice family, great wife, nice 2 year old daughter. But a little 5'5" punk comes in when you are at work, rapes and kills both your wife and daughter, then runs and hides behind a group of Nuns. Now you can't just kill the nuns along with that punk, so you need a plan.

You tell the nuns to GTFO because hell is about to rain down on that guy, and it's going to happen in a couple days.

Or, you just go back home, bury the bodies, and pretend it never happened.

What would you do?

Me personally? I would kill them all right then and there nuns an all, but then I never claimed to be the most reasonable bloke in the world.

a reply to: SprocketUK

I can't say I understand it all, it's pretty complex, but this one part, the part that just happened, seems much like that scenario. If the nuns didn't realize the situation, they weren't paying attention.

originally posted by: Spiramirabilis
None of those lines you posted are violent

"From the River to the Sea .... '
'Long Live Intifada ...'
'Allah Akbar ....'

From the River to the Sea - the chant used to call for the destruction of Israel and the death of the Jews.

Long live intifada - the chant used to recall the violence when thousands of people were murdered in the name of destruction of Israel and death of the Jews.

Allah Akbar - the chant used by muslim terrorists around the world when they slaughter innocent people.

Yeah, I'd say they are violent quotes and not just calling for peace in the Middle East. Anyone chanting them is calling for violence and the destruction of Israel and death of Jews. If they are chanting them and that's not their intent, then they are idiots because that's what the words mean.

a reply to: Threadbarer

There hasn't been an election in Gaza for 16 years. Nearly half the population wasn't even alive when they were elected.

that's cause the dumb asses 16 years ago voted in hamas over the same kind of people that the plo was. you can't tell me they didn't know that. hell the founder of hamas was part of the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization it's self who plainly stated what their intentions were.

a reply to: FlyersFan

You're not being honest Flyers

You're also not thinking

The Palestinians are stuck with Hamas. For now

Israel, for the time being - is stuck with Likud

Innocent people will be trampled under the feet of people with God on their side

You can play it as ignorant as you want, but many in the world can see what's what

a reply to: Spiramirabilis

Flyers is dead right especially with the first quote it can't mean anything other than the destruction of Israel.
You have to do the same sort of mental gymnastics that the white power lot use to justify the 14 words in order to deny it means what it appears to mean.

a reply to: SprocketUK

You have to do the same sort of mental gymnastics thta the white power lot use to justify the 14 words in order to deny it means what it appears to mean.

You completely missed my point

Didn't you?

Anger makes it harder to think things through sometimes

originally posted by: Spiramirabilis
a reply to: SprocketUK

You have to do the same sort of mental gymnastics thta the white power lot use to justify the 14 words in order to deny it means what it appears to mean.

You completely missed my point

Didn't you?

Anger makes it harder to think things through sometimes

You posted "Chanting pumps people up. None of those lines you posted are violent"

which as I showed in the post you replied to is completely wrong.

a reply to: BernnieJGato

How can you blame 90% of the population of Gaza for the 10% that voted for Hamas 16 years ago?

a reply to: SprocketUK

which as I showed in the post you replied to is completely wrong.

Opinions vary. Words mean different things to different people at different times

www.aljazeera.com...

You showed me only what you believe

originally posted by: Spiramirabilis
a reply to: SprocketUK

which as I showed in the post you replied to is completely wrong.

Opinions vary. Words mean different things to different people at different times

www.aljazeera.com...

You showed me only what you believe

and you just proved my point about you being no different to the white power nutters trying to justify the words they shout out.