Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Are Israeli Settlements Legal? Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah vs. Commentary’s Jonathan Tobin [View all]PDJane
(10,103 posts)27. Israel's settlements are illegal, and it is an illegal occupation.
Israel has been 'negotiating' for years, as has Palestine. There is nothing that Palestine can give Israel to make them happy and allow them their own land. That's nonsense, and always has been.
Israel started in terrorism, and will end in annihilation, likely of the Palestinian people...with Israel claiming it was all the Palestinian's fault.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
69 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Are Israeli Settlements Legal? Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah vs. Commentary’s Jonathan Tobin [View all]
shira
Jul 2012
OP
International Law Is Pretty Clear, Sir, And Dates Back More Than a Century In Current Form
The Magistrate
Jul 2012
#3
Not A Very Impressive Document, Sir: Netanyahu Appointed People To Write What He Wanted To Read
The Magistrate
Jul 2012
#7
The Argument Has No Merit Whatever, Sir, And Israel Does Not Hold Legal Sovereignty
The Magistrate
Jul 2012
#11
Israel Is Engaged In Military Occupation, Sir, Of Territory It Had, And Has, No Sovereignty Over
The Magistrate
Jul 2012
#17
When You Have Reviewed The 1907 Hague Convention, Sir, Try 'The Blind Men And The Elephant'...
The Magistrate
Jul 2012
#24
You would concede that none of this applies to Israel's settlements in Syrian territory?
shaayecanaan
Jul 2012
#35
The Palestinians don't have legal sovereignty either. And Jews do have rights to settlement...
shira
Jul 2012
#16
Israeli govt inducements for Israelis to live beyond the green line is not forceful transfer....
shira
Jul 2012
#29
Military Occupation Does Not Presume A State's Prior Sovereignty, Nor Is That Necessary For It
The Magistrate
Jul 2012
#20
Shira,I am 100% behind Israel,you can tell by my posts here. The settlements need to be dismantled.
Swede
Jul 2012
#4
The current borders are no more or no less defensible than the 1967 borders...
shaayecanaan
Jul 2012
#33
If either Abunimah or Tobin said that the sky was blue and the grass was green
LeftishBrit
Jul 2012
#13
I'm an apostate Jew. I've been listening to the brainwashing and the altered history.
PDJane
Jul 2012
#57
The conflict couldn't have been avoided, because the Ergun started the terrorism
PDJane
Jul 2012
#60