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Who needs death camps? penndragon69 Aug 2012 #1
it's not all the Israelis' fault - how about birth control? wordpix Aug 2012 #2
That will teach the Palestinians for being born to the wrong religion! cpwm17 Aug 2012 #3
of course Palestinians' overpopulation is the Jews' fault wordpix Aug 2012 #5
Please pay attention to what I wrote cpwm17 Aug 2012 #11
What unmitigated crap leftynyc Aug 2012 #12
They're not as good sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #17
+1 nt JudyM Aug 2012 #82
So why not have some Arab country take them in? Archae Aug 2012 #4
Um, because we're talking about Palestinians, not Jordanians. closeupready Aug 2012 #6
The US is made up of people we "took in." JDPriestly Aug 2012 #7
Exactly. Archae Aug 2012 #13
These are reasonable points. n/t Psephos Aug 2012 #40
I don't get your point. closeupready Aug 2012 #14
My point is that Palestinians need to accept that they never had a country JDPriestly Aug 2012 #38
Technically speaking, no one has ever had a country. ZombieHorde Aug 2012 #47
There are 2.7 million Palestinians in Jordan and 400,000 Palestinians in Lebanon azurnoir Aug 2012 #15
True. If all Americans who are descended from immigrants had to return to the countries of their JDPriestly Aug 2012 #27
You are essentially advocating ethnic cleansing cpwm17 Aug 2012 #16
Tense matters. Igel Aug 2012 #24
Thank you, Igel. JDPriestly Aug 2012 #34
And most of the Israelis went to Israel because they were expelled from Europe. JDPriestly Aug 2012 #33
Oh, okay - so SOME forms of ethnic cleansing are valid. closeupready Aug 2012 #44
Palestinians would have more of my sympathy if they showed a willingness to respect and JDPriestly Aug 2012 #61
What % of Israel's population is Arab vs what % of Gaza's is Jewish? Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #66
That has absolutely nothing to do with civil rights. closeupready Aug 2012 #69
"did DU get hijacked by the reich wing" Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #70
done with you. closeupready Aug 2012 #71
No, wait, please don't go away! Tell me more about pro-Israel Nazis. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #72
sick fascisthunter Aug 2012 #86
You can't trust the Palestinians. sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #18
Oh here we go, how about Israel find it's fresh water somewhere else snooper2 Aug 2012 #20
The logistics of finding a home for 4 million people is easier said than done Ash_F Aug 2012 #28
I can't believe I'm seeing what amounts to advocacy of ethnic cleansing on this board. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2012 #8
Yes, it is very strange. mbperrin Aug 2012 #9
The rising population certainly doesn't help. hoboken123 Aug 2012 #21
Rising population IS a problem progressoid Aug 2012 #22
Welcome to DU today. Ash_F Aug 2012 #29
Since you dislike it so much why continue? former9thward Aug 2012 #78
Wasn't really directed at you but since you chimed in... Ash_F Aug 2012 #79
it isn't not so much ethnic cleansing as it is ethnic condensing azurnoir Aug 2012 #30
+1000. nt. polly7 Aug 2012 #81
Unfortunately, I think that's the plan. nt Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2012 #10
It was their land sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #19
But the Palestinians were not persecuted for being Jewish. The Jews were -- for centuries. JDPriestly Aug 2012 #35
Criticizing Israel is considered "hate"? Hugabear Aug 2012 #42
I didn't know that one of the winners of WWII sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #49
The modern state of Israel is the creation of the winners of WWII and is a vital part of the JDPriestly Aug 2012 #59
Hitler used the Jews sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #65
I lived in Austria in a town that had been home to many Jews before the war. JDPriestly Aug 2012 #73
what you say is true, JD, thanks for your posts wordpix Aug 2012 #83
And now that the Jews sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #85
it's sick.... it's pure bigotry fascisthunter Aug 2012 #87
What is? sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #89
the reasoning that Israel somehow has the right to take land from Palestinians. fascisthunter Aug 2012 #90
Your brevity confused me. sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #91
No it wasn't oberliner Aug 2012 #52
Of course it was. sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #56
They forfeited that when they supported those who tried to destroy Israel Freddie Stubbs Aug 2012 #67
That's like saying an indigenous people sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #74
There was plenty of room for everyone in 1948, but the Palestinians and their Arab allies refused Freddie Stubbs Aug 2012 #80
Your argument sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #84
There was a partition plan created by the UN for both the Jews and the Arabs to have Freddie Stubbs Sep 2012 #92
What right did the UN sulphurdunn Sep 2012 #93
Foreigners? There were 800,000 Jews living there in 1948 Freddie Stubbs Sep 2012 #94
In 1941 there were 400 thousand sulphurdunn Sep 2012 #95
We ally with Israel in large part due to our common interest in human rights CreekDog Aug 2012 #23
Two words nanabugg Aug 2012 #31
But Israel cannot do that until the Palestinians agree to also end the violence. JDPriestly Aug 2012 #37
Very odd - your chosen icon is the US Constitution's Preamble; yet, closeupready Aug 2012 #48
When the Palestinians decide to respect the human, civil and national rights of Israelis, JDPriestly Aug 2012 #60
This message was self-deleted by its author closeupready Aug 2012 #62
We have been too one sided in favor of Israel Joey Liberal Aug 2012 #25
Poland's ghetto in WW2 Did I Just Type This Aug 2012 #26
it's not the same thing---Jews could not leave the ghetto or they'd be shot wordpix Aug 2012 #32
Why should they leave? sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #50
I didn't say they should leave - I said they CAN leave wordpix Aug 2012 #77
The US will not be liveable if Mittfalca wins. nt valerief Aug 2012 #36
That's the whole point. Israel is engaging in Ethnic Cleasing.. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #39
What do you care? We're going to Mars! McGee from Muskogee Aug 2012 #41
Palestinian population explosion = Ethnic Cleansing? OK. nt hack89 Aug 2012 #45
+10000 It's so ethnically cleansed of Palestinians that their numbers are exploding wordpix Aug 2012 #46
The Israelis know sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #53
So that explains the mass exodus of Palestinians .... oh wait. nt hack89 Aug 2012 #55
About half the world's Palestinians sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #57
So two wars started by the Arabs, the last nearly 50 years ago, were the major cause hack89 Aug 2012 #58
It sure is. sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #63
Don't you think continuous rocket attacks from Gaza contribute to the problem? nt hack89 Aug 2012 #64
Endless acts of violence sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #68
In Gaza? oberliner Aug 2012 #51
It's more like ethnic degredation sulphurdunn Aug 2012 #75
But how can Israel do that in Gaza? oberliner Aug 2012 #76
Isn't that the goal? JNelson6563 Aug 2012 #43
Hamas? Israel? oberliner Aug 2012 #54
and the pro-Israel bigots now can say, "See... those filthy Palestinians should leave." fascisthunter Aug 2012 #88
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