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In reply to the discussion: What body count is Israel looking for this go round? They are at 1000 and counting... [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)47. It is OWS all over again
Noisy, trendy and ineffective. The reality is that Israel's economy is doing well and companies have absolutely no problem getting all the investment capital they need.
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What body count is Israel looking for this go round? They are at 1000 and counting... [View all]
morningfog
Jul 2014
OP
Thank you, as a pro-Israel poster for having the candor of putting a number,
morningfog
Jul 2014
#20
And killing civilians by the hundreds *doesn't* send the message that violence is the answer?
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#77
The alternative is to simply sit there and take as many rockets as Hamas wants to shoot?
hack89
Jul 2014
#84
And Israel prefers it that way (the parties in power since 2001, anyway)
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2014
#128
Israelis bomb schools, hospitals and refugee shelters. That is not even in dispute.
morningfog
Jul 2014
#181
They don't need to. They have the US bankrolling their "legitimate" bombs, which hit schools,
morningfog
Jul 2014
#188
Israel is the only party responsible for killing the civilians it kills. Period.
morningfog
Jul 2014
#224
Hamas is the only party responsible for killing the civilians it kills, comma....
George II
Jul 2014
#225
Maybe the Israelis should give back Gaza as a good will measure to build trust ..oh wait.
hack89
Jul 2014
#101
The Prime Minister who disengaged from Gaza is dead, his chief rival is now Prime Minister
Hippo_Tron
Jul 2014
#222
Are you okay with that? Did the children of Palestine have anything to do with
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#26
The Palestinian birth rate is higher than the number they kill every few years.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2014
#107
but it's easy to dismiss Hamas, and the feeling of moral superiority is addictive and tempting
Puzzledtraveller
Jul 2014
#28
The Israelis have given Palestinians a lot of reasons to want to repay them with interest.
BillZBubb
Jul 2014
#4
This is the thing we all need to remember, from the start of the whole thing, so many years ago...
Bettie
Jul 2014
#56
Perhaps Israel should stop targeting children, schools, hospitals and shelters.
morningfog
Jul 2014
#83
"They are religious fundamentalists." So are Israel's leaders, by and large.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#78
"Keep knocking them down until they get the message that violence will not work."
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2014
#27
The most powerful military in the Middle East and the only one with nuclear weapons.
Spider Jerusalem
Jul 2014
#61
your logic here is so deeply flawed, that it's actually funny, if it weren't so tragic.
2banon
Jul 2014
#67
Over the last almost seventy years Israel has given them every reason to state that as a goal
cpwm17
Jul 2014
#51
That's nonsense and more and more that is how the world is seeing these talking points.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#31
Don't waste your time trying that 'hatred for Israel' routine. It is shock and horror at the Far
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#46
Our tax dollars are not funding Hamas, Hamas has zero influence over this government
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#55
If all those powerful countries want to give them advanced weapons, why haven't they done so?
eridani
Jul 2014
#97
If it did that and ended the land and resource theft as well. Hamas would no longer have support
eridani
Jul 2014
#111
No. Corralling the crazies so that popular support of moderate views is possible is what is needed
hack89
Jul 2014
#142
In other words, the Palestinian civilians that have been killed by Israel are innocent
morningfog
Jul 2014
#144
Then Israel commits war crimes by knowingly and intentionally killing them.
morningfog
Jul 2014
#146
Hamas is to the Israel hardliners as Al Qaeda is to the American Military-Industrial Complex.
Maedhros
Jul 2014
#72
Absolutely. THey have a number of dead in mind. They'll only stop when they think
morningfog
Jul 2014
#14
Exactly, mostly I blame the US for this. Without the US support for just about
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#39
AIPAC is just another lobbying group. I agree our politicians are in fear of opposing
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#49
A DU member once gave an accounting of how much aid we gave to UAE states and to
truedelphi
Jul 2014
#178
It's despicable, billions spent on killing people overseas, and they fight like crazy to deny
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#182
Netanyahu doesn't realize or doesn't care about the damage he is doing to Israel's standing in thr
hrmjustin
Jul 2014
#60
i agree, Netanyahu needs to go , he is like dragging down the country like Bush did here
JI7
Jul 2014
#65
There are about 6,000,000 Jews in Israel/Palestine, and about 6,000,000 Arabs in Israel/Palestine
DemocraticWing
Jul 2014
#66
No, I think there is a number of dead that beyond which it is no longer politically
morningfog
Jul 2014
#154
They could try blowing up planes, trains, and automobiles, like the Palestinians have done.
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#89
well...last onslaught the death toll was 1400, and this one is said to be more widespread... nt
ellenrr
Jul 2014
#82
Your first paragraph is absurd. But you at least acknowledge that Hamas is not legitimate.
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#88
'Israel' is sloppy wording. There are quite a few pro-peace Israelis
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2014
#104
The war will go on until Hamas is either unwilling or unable to continue firing rockets.
WatermelonRat
Jul 2014
#211