israel-palestine conflict

I'm not sure the progress of proper discussion is the idea here. I think the idea is that the video is supposed to supersede any discussion. You don't need to have a proper discussion; there's already an hour's worth of proper discussion that resolves the whole thing. So you can stop thinking...

https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution#

Just to ensure that nobody in the Middle East can fail to notice that USA sees itself as above everyone else, beyond criticism and discussion, too powerful to be prevented by anyone whosoever from doing whatever it pleases, USA moves its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. How helpful this slap...

The fox is guarding the hen house: "In a stinging diplomatic defeat for Israel, the world’s largest international police organization on Wednesday accepted the “State of Palestine” as a full member. Israel fiercely objected to the Palestinians joining Interpol, arguing that Ramallah’s alleged...

So, according to Bibi... Source So what happens next? Is this kind of undiplomatic language merely an attempt at bullying or is he seriously saying that the two countries are now at war? Is this the new Trumpian form of politics of bluster or what?

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has signed an executive order requiring state agencies to divest themselves of businesses and individuals participating in the BDS (Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions) movement against the Israeli government over their dealings with the Palestinians. Regardless of...

If you're talking about the Golan Heights, is it okay to point out that Israel captured it in a defensive war, and has been willing to trade it back for almost 50 years in exchange for a comprehensive peace with Syria like they have with Jordan and Egypt, and that it's Syria that's been...

Hello everyone. I hope you'll forgive the impertinance of a new member creating this thread. I couldn't help but notice that most threads discussing Israel/Palestine tend to get diverted onto the issue of the Palestinian/PLO Covenant. This originally called for the destruction of Israel of a...

Barghouti: 'The Third Intifada has already begun' Exactly what the Middle East needs right now. Will "the West"'s favorite apartheid state be able to use the opportunity of everybody being distracted by the events in Syria for a little "mowing", like they did last year when they started their...

This is a continuation of the General Israel/Palestine discussion thread.

WALSH: Myth of a two-state solution (Joe Walsh in The Washington Times) It's interesting to see a Tea Party congressman propose a one-state solution given all of the outrage on the right and the pro-Israel left a couple months ago when Harvard hosted a conference to discuss a one-state...

Noooo, no those settlements, silly! The other illegal settlements! They need to be cleared so that the right kind of settlement can expand. And I just love the way Israel uses language depending on how they want to portray a situation to the world; when it's illegal Israeli colonies they...

Something doesn't add up here. [/COLOR][/LEFT]

O, good. My first visit since April of last year and nothing has changed: http://wp.me/pSXPz-u4 Me, I'm the rabid type. I think Iran should nuke itself just to keep things simple.

I haven't read or heard his speech yet, but I woke up this morning and opened Google News, and here's some of the headlines: Obama Speech Backlash on Call to Reinstate 1967 Mideast Borders Bridge to nowhere ZOA to AIPAC: Withdraw Obama invite My first thought is, my god, what has he done? What...

This thread is for general discussion relating to Israel and Palestine. While it is not intended to encompass all Israel/Palestine discussion, and other threads may be started in relation to specific events in the region, please limit general political discussion about Israel and...

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=202833 Hamas said on Sunday that it was in contact with other groups in the Gaza Strip to calm the situation and avoid another war with Israel. Representatives of the Islamist movement said that they have urged the groups to abide by an...

'...Israel's internal security service subjected Palestinians to abuse and torture while in custody, according to a report by two Israeli rights groups. A report by B'Tselem and Hamoked said Israeli agents bound detainees to chairs during lengthy interrogations and insulted, threatened or hit...

'...An order was issued more than two years ago for the Jews who live in Beit Yonatan to leave and for the building to be sealed, as it was built illegally. But the police have never carried it out. ...' From http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10656890 Here we see the official...

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/hamas-anyone-firing-rockets-from-gaza-at-israel-is-a-rebel-1.321953 that is why they are calling any terrorist group who fires rockets at Israel from Gaza, criminals. yeah..makes a lot of sense.

'...South Africa's Cape Town Opera has turned down an appeal from Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu to call off a tour of Israel. He said it would be as inappropriate as it had been for international firms to visit South Africa during apartheid. ...' From...

'..In Rome, Pope Benedict used clear language in his Sunday homily: "Peace is possible. Peace is urgent. "Peace is also the best remedy to avoid the emigration from the Middle East." His words came after a declaration by the conference that said the international community should take "the...

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/idf-probes-top-officers-on-gaza-war-strike-that-killed-21-family-members-1.320505 Good. I commend the IDF for taking this common sense action, against possible war criminals. Surely, right-wing Zionists wil attack this move, as kow-towing to Arabs...

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/viva-palestina-activists-deliver-tons-of-aid-to-gaza-strip-1.320496 And yet, Jewish children do not die. The sea does not swallow Israel. The sky does not fall.

http://www.knesset.gov.il/elections/knesset15/elikud_m.htm Given all the violence they promote, I am livid over this outrage.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/leading-rabbi-encourages-idf-soldiers-to-use-palestinian-human-shields-1.320311 "According to true Jewish values, your lives come before those of the enemy, whether he is a soldier or a civilian under protection. Therefore, you are forbidden from...

'... Israel has unveiled preliminary plans for 238 new homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem, reports say. The Israeli plan for 158 homes in the Pisgat Zeev settlement and another 80 in Ramot were included in a building plan released by the housing ministry. The move comes as the...

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/abbas-to-mitchell-i-will-resign-if-settlement-construction-continues-1.317930 And he will dismantle the Palestinian Authority and request that Israel resume total control of the West Bank, including all Palestinian civilian areas. Wow...this is...

'...The latest YouTube video, which looks like it has been filmed on a mobile phone, appears to show an Israeli soldier in uniform dancing to Arabic music around a female Palestinian prisoner. The woman is seen bound and blindfolded with her face up against a wall. The soldier appears to move...

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/palestinian-mosque-torched-in-suspected-price-tag-operation-by-settlers-1.317090 just another reason why these people need to be sent home....to Israel.