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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)40. I don't.
And if that many people die or are displaced, Israel will not survive it.
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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