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Israel/Palestine

shira

(30,109 posts)

17. You're proving my point. Elie Hobeika ordered the Phalangist massacre....

Reply to R. Daneel Olivaw (Reply #14)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 06:50 PM

Jan 2013

Never heard of him, did you? But you know Sharon.

You realize Hobeika was never held accountable? Nor was there even a call by "progressives" to try him for war crimes?

Why do you think that is?

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Jewish settler convicted of killing 2 Palestinians (Yaakov Tytell) [View all] azurnoir Jan 2013 OP

Israel punishes its terrorists. Palestine cheers their terrorists on. n/t shira Jan 2013 #1

well except for when they get made Prime Minister huh? azurnoir Jan 2013 #2

Like Arafat? Mandela? shira Jan 2013 #3

lol Nelson Mandela is a terrorist too, along with your accusations towards azurnoir Jan 2013 #4

Imagine that. The USA had Mandela on its terrorist list until 2008. n/t shira Jan 2013 #5

even Condi called it embarrassing azurnoir Jan 2013 #6

Like Ariel Sharon. The ghosts of Sabra and Shatila call out for justice. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #7

Who killed all those people at Sabra & Shatila? n/t shira Jan 2013 #8

You should ask not who, but who helped to make it possible. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #9

The Kahan commission emphatically stated the IDF didn't help make it possible. shira Jan 2013 #10

Yes, who... R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #11

Who was the leader of the Phalangist forces, ordering the massacre? shira Jan 2013 #12

Who let it happen? R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #14

You're proving my point. Elie Hobeika ordered the Phalangist massacre.... shira Jan 2013 #17

Ariel Sharon did nothing to prevent it. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #19

What do you make of Elie Hobeika never held to account for it? n/t shira Jan 2013 #20

Do you suffer from selective amnesia? R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #21

That's a cop-out. shira Jan 2013 #22

It's not a cop-out, my friend. It's just reality. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #24

Why does it matter that he's Jewish? oberliner Jan 2013 #13

Cause he's Jewish? parkia00 Jan 2013 #15

Were the Palestinians Muslims? oberliner Jan 2013 #16

ask Ma'an or are you insinuating I chose to post that because of the title? azurnoir Jan 2013 #18

kills two Palestinians....goes unbothered for over a decade Alamuti Lotus Jan 2013 #23

well yes there is that aspect of the case azurnoir Jan 2013 #26

Very good news oberliner Jan 2013 #25