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Originally posted by ThePieMaN
OK MR realism....tell me then if you are so aware of Israels wrong doings what in the way of any type of sanctioning or boycotting has Israel ever recieved for any wrong doing other then not being able to take delivery of a certain plane after it was found out they were doing something illegal.
1. Anything ever done about settlement expansion?
2. Anything ever done about removal of the illegal wall on Palestinian lands to be placed on Israeli territory?
3. Whats being done about Kahanists operating freely in Israel and the USA? Are their bank accounts frozen? Is support to these known troublemakers listed on the terrorist watchlist been cut off?
4. Will the USA ever push Israel to have the nuke sites inspected? Do we know where they dispose of nuclear waste? is it done properly?
5. Dumping toxic wastes on plaestinian lands? Will it be stopped?
6. Redirecting settler raw sewage to Palestinian land and water supplies and even outright poisoning of water sources
7. Rebuilding of infrastructure. Airports, Ports,Electric, Water,Gasoline ,Fishing areas
8. The right of any Palestinian to return to his home, family and property
Originally posted by Harlequin
you do know that Israel bombed a UN watch post don`t you?
and oooh a shepard , with his flock of sheep crossed the blue line - was he machine gunned and the soldiers had roast lamb for dinner? that sounds about right for the crap that goes on down there.
I am not the one sitting there and embracing ignorance by making false claims that Israel never made overflights on Lebanon, but it was in Gaza.
but I'll stick to reality.
What any of that has to do with being racist, bigotry or anti-semetism I have no freekin clue.
Your defense takes me back to the attack on Qana that because one idiot photoshopped an extra plume into some pic to make it appear more dramatic, that such an act would nullify any and all attrocities. I bet you still walk around denying those people died at the hands of Israeli weapons too.
I suggest you go have a look at the recently released report by Amnesty International
I just dont see how anyone on here can defend Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al Queda, Iran, Syria with a straight face. Its so funny because im sure they love the freedom to be able to post it, but at the same time the people they support wouldnt allow them to speak their minds as freely. Hmmm.
Thats why I posted it.
Keep defending them tho they absolutely need all the help they can get.
Im sure Rachel Corrie and many other westerners who went there to advocate for peace and got killed for it would absolutely agree with me on that.
You are the type of people I look down upon.
I've lived here all my life and Im more American then you will ever be.
Originally posted by Gramlengo
Are you serious?
You keep talking about those "Kahanists", for someone livinh outside of Israel, such as yourself, you sure do know about what is going on around here.
I can tell you that those "Kahanists" you are talking about are a small group of people that don't and can't do anything.
The Kahana political party was outlawed in Israel years ago, and so is the spreading of his agenda.
Freezing bank accounts? Supporting them? What the hell are you talking about? Who is supporting them, and in what way, may I ask?
Israel is entitled to Nuclear weapons as much as the United States is.
As long as it holds them to itself, in contradiction to Iran and its nuts leader, Ahmedinijad, that OPENLY STATES he WILL DESTROY ISRAEL.
"Dumping toxic wastes on plaestinian lands"? I seriously have no idea where are you getting your information from? Propaganda sites probably.
Not only that is a blatant lie, Israel could turn off electricity and and water supply to Gaza in a second, but won't. Want to know why? Because the water Gaza has is purified using ELECTRICITY! So no, Israel won't shut it off because it will eventually cause all water supplies to get contaminated.
"Redirecting settler raw sewage to Palestinian land and water supplies and even outright poisoning of water sources"?
Again, I would love to see your source for this.
On the other hand, when the Israeli settlers were pulled out, your beloved, poor Palestinians burned and destroyed every greenhouse that could be used to grow food. Why? Because it was JOOish.
You keep talking about what Israel does in Gaza, I would like to see how YOU would act if you were constantly shot at with rockets, had suicide bombings in your country and while walking on the street praying that nothing will blow up next to you.
Everything that Israel does inside of Gaza, or to its people or leadership is in DIRECT RESPONSE to a terrorist act done to it first.
But the view of the attack was very different in 1946 when The Times branded the Irgun “terrorists in disguise”. Decades later, Irgun veterans are unrepentant. Sarah Agassi, 80, remembers spying in the King David Hotel.
She and a fellow agent posed as a couple. They danced tangos and waltzes, sipped whisky and wine while they cased out the hotel.
On the day her brother and his fellow fighters posed as Arabs delivering milk and brought seven milk churns, each containing 50kg of explosives, into the building. Ms Agassi waited across the street until her brother rushed out. She said that she then made the warning call to the British command in the hotel.
Sitting in the luxurious hotel lobby, she expressed no regret. “We fought for our independence. We thought it was the right way . . . If I had to fight for Israel, I swear even now I would do anything.”
Originally posted by Rockpuck
You have made many false claims.. I did take back what I said, Israel invaded Lebanese airspace, but NOT in the manor you said, the report states a few sonic booms where generated but no proof it was on purpose.
but I'll stick to reality.
Sorry but I have to again deny your ignorance on this. If you actually believe that a trained pilot doesn't know when his plane creates sonic booms when he's flying low over residential areas? I also said that what I posted was ONE REPORT amongst many. OVER ONE THOUSAND OVERFLIGHTS were recorded. If you also read the report I posted it said the Israelis were aware of the UNFIL watchful eyes and often avoided them , so there were also many other unrecorded events. Deep into Lebanon. Including Christian areas that had nothing to do with terrorism or Hizbollah
Your reality. Tell me. Are you Palestinian?
Anyones reality. Are you Israeli? Im not Palestinian. Should it matter?
LOL is that the retarded woman who got smashed by a bulldozer? What a moron, honestly, I see no harm in her demise. The house was to be demolished because it supported terrorism. Its the way of it.. some westerner had no right to try and intervene, as a result she died because she actually thought someone gave a damn about her self righteous cause.
You are the type of people I look down upon. Hypocracy and self righteous bigotry, you support murderers, Jihadist, fools, radical ignorance, the continuation of war against Israel and terrorism. And left wingers pretend they are better then everyone else, thats what makes me laugh.
Please. Your the type of American that supports Amnesty International. IMO, nuff said.
Originally posted by Gramlengo
PieMan, you haven't answered any of my points.
All you do is hide behind the idea that those are "my opinions", not one concrete contradiction.
About those posts of Kahanists on Israeli news sites, care to link to any?
And those humanitarian web sites you keep talking about, are they Amnesty sites? Because if they are, you ARE reading propaganda. Just recently they ran this pole:
They aren't biased at all, are they?
Masada2000.org hate website still fighting for life
Infamous Masada2000 Kahanist website was up, then down, then up, now down again (thanks to Richard Silverstein). Menachem Wecker, tried talking to the folks who created Masada2000 and interviewed 75 of the 8,000 Jews who appear on the S.H.I.T. List (Self-Hating and/or Israel-Threatening). Yes, this is the famously Arab-, Muslim- and Jew-hating, pornographic website put up by followers of American-born Rabbi Meir Kahane, whose political party Kach was outlawed in Israel and named a terrorist group by the US, but whose spirit clearly lives on.
Originally posted by Gramlengo
And once more, I live in Israel so I see first hand what is happening over here, even if I stumble upon a biased news source, I have enough first-hand info to filter the bias out, and while you keep making claims of "Kahanists whose spirit clearly lives on" I am telling you those are false claims.
Sure, there are some ultra-religious regions in Jerusalem that want to "throw every Arab into the sea", in the words of Meir Kahana, most people won't even take them seriously. Just as you won't take any other extremist seriously.
To be honest, despite what you might think, I am leaning towards the left of the political map, and am all for peace (at almost any cost) but comments by people like yourself who claim to know the real situation by reading "unbiased news" without actually bothering to even try and view the other side, make me really angry.
Even your signature is disgusting, it reveals your true intentions - Make Israel look bad at all costs, no questions asked, no other opinion respected.
You may be better than me at getting your opinion across using words, but in my eyes, your opinion will never be really worth anything.
Good day.
Originally posted by sbob
Why doesn't Iran tell Syria to stay out of Lebanon?
Syria occupied parts of Lebanon for over tow decades. Iran set up shop with hezbollah.
Originally posted by ThePieMaN
Just because you live over there doesn't mean you are in the know any more or less then I am. It also doesn't mean you have to be any more or less honest about it either.
Originally posted by mad scientist
Originally posted by sbob
Why doesn't Iran tell Syria to stay out of Lebanon?
Syria occupied parts of Lebanon for over tow decades. Iran set up shop with hezbollah.
Good point and when the Lebanese Prime Minsiter wanted Syria out, the Syrians killed him and other bystanders with a massive car bomb. Where was Iran then to protet Lebanese sovereignty.
Originally posted by XBadger
Pieman,
This is a serious question. I am not trying to be inflamatory, rather expressing my own ignorance. I have heard stuff about the USS Liberty for a long time, and it just doesn't make sense to me (if it were a deliberate attack) why Israel would do such a thing.
Originally posted by ThePieMaN
Rafiq Hariri often defended Hizbollah attacks on Israeli positions in Shebaa farms. We already know through past experience what happens to politicians that allow these sort of things to happen on israeli soil.
That bomb was not something most in the Middle East would have thought to be capable by any syrian assassin.
Originally posted by ThePieMaN
Just because you live over there doesn't mean you are in the know any more or less then I am. It also doesn't mean you have to be any more or less honest about it either.
OK you can claim they are false claims..I know and have seen otherwise. I've seen American advertisements for Meir Kahane rememberence gatherings...so deny away. Somehow I think I will take other opinions over yours and others here who consistently try to deny and make Israel appear morally higher then their counterparts.
You have already mentioned my signature prior to this and I believe Ihave already explained myself. I do not have to support a country that in my opinion is not deserving of my hard earned cash to kill other humans. If the United states reacted to Israel much in the way we did in Apartheid South Africa I believe it would give extra incentive for them to change their tune. That however is not happening, so I do it myself. Sorry if it bothers you. Its supposed to. Its a shame to me that you aren't so vocal and disgusted when it comes to all the killing that your government sponsors and is responsible for when it comes to innocent people, yet my tagline disgusts you. You who's very own ancestors have been mistreated and abused at the hands of many, should be above all countries to know when violence such as whats occuring in palestine is wrong.
So lets not even go there because your disgust is misdirected...it should be pointed inwards.
I really do not care wether or not you favor my opinion. Your concern is for your homeland and nothing else. A selfish person is not my idea of someone I Need to impress.
Originally posted by mad scientist
HE also wanted Syria out of the Bekaa Valley.
Not have thought capable of why ? Seems blunt enough for the Syrians. IS this just your personal opinion or have you actually read this somewhere.
Hariri is not someone th Israeli's would want to assassinate as he was so opposed to the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. Something which the Israeli's are as well.
Originally posted by Gramlengo
I am glad you took the time to respond to my post, in all fairness I have to say I really don't have anything against you, or any other person that has a different opinion than mine. After all, this is a discussion.
What bothers me though is that you keep talking about those Kahanists.
I never said they, or other supporters of Meir Kahana don't exist, the only thing I'm saying is that they do not have any more power than any other extremist minority, i.e - KKK, JonesTown cooks or whatever.
Your claim that they actually can do anything meaningful is wrong.
The US itself allows NeoNazi rallies and gatherings, but do you actually think they have any power?
Also, you keep claiming that Israel is the aggressor in this entire episode, either because you don't know the facts, or don't care about them.
I have said before, the IDF/IAF strike in Gaza (or any other place for that matter) in retaliation to prior attacks on Israelis or Israeli soil.
For the past couple of months Sderot and the western Negev zone has been constantly bombarded with Qassam and mortar rounds, the reason for that is debatable, yet Israel kept its doctrine of not attacking Gaza nor "invading" it.
Only the past week the IAF started working inside Gaza, attacking only militants (and rest assured, I do not agree with the killing of innocent Palestinians, in any way.) and militant outpost, Qassam lunching sites and such.
You think thats disproportioned response? If so, your living in a fairy tale.