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Originally posted by dontreally
reply to post by BRAVO949
And whats the hate part of Zionism??
Which zionist "scripture" speaks of hate???
You people are such ignoramuses....
Originally posted by dontreally
reply to post by BRAVO949
This site is a sad place when you can say "Judaism is not a monotheistic religion" and your post gets two stars.
Originally posted by dontreally
reply to post by BRAVO949
You're way too obnoxious a poster to have a conversation with.
Originally posted by Immune
May 1948 Israel was formed to provide a "safe" place for Jewish people to call home within the boundaries of Ancient Israel.. Since being reformed in 1948 it was attacked in 1963 in which it destroyed Egypt, Jordan and Syria in 6 days. Then in 1973 they fought off both Egypt and Syria again and since 1978 they have been under constant terrorist attacks killing many of their men women and children.Every time they strike back at the ones attacking them they are called criminals and promptly judged the bad guys The Israeli people live in constant fear of attacks they are surrounded by countries who refuse to even acknowledge their existence as a state. The Palestinians have blatantly said when they achieve statehood they will throw every Jew out of their borders. Wouldn't everyone love to have a neighbor who openly is disgusted with your existence. As for the West bank and Gaza strip if i was Israel i wouldn't give them to the Palestinians the land was won in the 6 day war which they did not start to the victor goes the spoils if not the turkey needs to give back the land in Cyprus that they won in 1974. Israel is in a real bad place they attack the terrorist attacking them and they are the bad guys,they get attacked and they are still the bad guys keep up the fight Israel and stand firm don't negotiate with the terrorist.
Originally posted by Humanity4Ever
reply to post by BRAVO949
So correct me if I'm wrong...
If you truly subscribe to the Zionist conspiracy theory, you are suggesting that a small group of jewish and non jewish global elites orchestrated or exploited the genocide of 6 million jews among others in the Holocaust in order to garner public sympathy and support for the creation of an independent jewish state at the conclusion of World War II. Subsequently, Israel has been placed in it's biblical homeland, albeit a region where jewish statehood would naturally be met with extreme opposition and animosity. Israel has been the focal point of continuous military and terrorists attacks as a result. In a sense, the jews were nothing but pawns in the grand scheme of the elaborate Zionist conspriracy, victims of circumstance, correct?
edit on 28-9-2011 by Humanity4Ever because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Nammu
reply to post by eeks4
So what about those of us that don't believe in your God or believe in other Gods? Land rights are not determined by what is said in a book written by man thousands of years ago.
Jesus loves ALL people, he doesn't hold preference for Jews or for people living in a certain area. Do you think Jesus would support what the Israeli government is doing to the Palestinian children?edit on 28-9-2011 by Nammu because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Nammu
reply to post by eeks4
So what about those of us that don't believe in your God or believe in other Gods? Land rights are not determined by what is said in a book written by man thousands of years ago.
Jesus loves ALL people, he doesn't hold preference for Jews or for people living in a certain area. Do you think Jesus would support what the Israeli government is doing to the Palestinian children?edit on 28-9-2011 by Nammu because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by BRAVO949
reply to post by Humanity4Ever
Dear Humanity4Ever,
I will respond to your post in a few messages just to keep these posts down to a size people will actually read.
So - where do we start to have a real discussion on this topic?
How about this statement?
The real issue with regard to the legitimacy of Israel is not the argument but the premise.
In this case the set of a dozen fundamental premises or so.
If I agreed with your premises then I actually would agree with your argument.
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Can we agree that the argument is much more a matter of opinion or interpretation than the set of "facts" we could possibly agree on that are the premises?
I sure hope so, otherwise it just becomes a shouting match.
Here is an important point.
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There is another important point to be made.
You have told us that you are Jewish and I think it is fair to conclude that you have an emotional stake in this debate.
The fact is, I don't have an emotional stake in this issue.
My identity does not change one bit if you prove X or Y.
On the other hand for people in your case who identify with Zionism and that includes many Christians not just Jews, accepting certain facts that counter what you now believe about Zionism threatens your identity.
Please tell me if this much makes sense to you?