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Agony

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20. That might be fine except for the 3 billion you send there each year

Reply to treestar (Reply #11)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:58 PM

Nov 2012

in foreign "aid". You can't exactly wash your hands of the situation, can you?

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Who Started the (Current) Israel-Gaza Conflict? [View all] morningfog Nov 2012 OP

it's a very good, thorough piece and should be read by everyone cali Nov 2012 #1

Question assumes that anything ever stops or changes between the two. leveymg Nov 2012 #2

Agreed. morningfog Nov 2012 #3

+1 nt riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #14

This reminds me of being a mom with two children fighting. LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #4

the British... (sarcasm) JCMach1 Nov 2012 #5

Well, obviously. JackRiddler Nov 2012 #22

just that the discussion of who is at fault is a non-starter JCMach1 Nov 2012 #34

I have some books to suggest. Are_grits_groceries Nov 2012 #6

The UN did, in 1948. RomneyLies Nov 2012 #7

+1 treestar Nov 2012 #15

The Romans DavidDvorkin Nov 2012 #8

The Romans at the very least. JDPriestly Nov 2012 #27

The Persians were the original Zionists DavidDvorkin Nov 2012 #29

I'm talking about how the Romans destroyed the Jewish temple and exiled JDPriestly Nov 2012 #30

That was why I mentioned the Romans DavidDvorkin Nov 2012 #31

But that was before the great persecution of Jews across Europe JDPriestly Nov 2012 #32

That's true. DavidDvorkin Nov 2012 #33

Hamas did. They were lobbing shit into Israel for weeks. Israel finally got pissed. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #9

Israel had been shelling this whole time too nt Report1212 Nov 2012 #18

Only in response. It just recently got hot. I think Israel was rather restrained. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #19

King David...or maybe it was Pharoah....I forget....nt Wounded Bear Nov 2012 #10

Actually the king of Jordon's grandfather sold the arthritisR_US Nov 2012 #12

At this point, I've started to not care treestar Nov 2012 #11

+1. And that's saying a lot for me. I used to really grieve the deaths riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #13

Yep. Iggo Nov 2012 #16

Amen. n/t vaberella Nov 2012 #17

That might be fine except for the 3 billion you send there each year Agony Nov 2012 #20

Are you from another country other than the US? treestar Nov 2012 #21

I don't want you to stop caring. Agony Nov 2012 #23

True, we should cut off military aid to both Israel and the Palestinian Authority Daniel537 Nov 2012 #24

True, it's a wonder we get into it in the first place treestar Nov 2012 #25

I finally join those who don't care anymore...Plus, plethoro Nov 2012 #26

The people who want the gas. Octafish Nov 2012 #28

In their never ending game of "I got you last" dflprincess Nov 2012 #35