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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 02:17 PM
Response to Reply #16
18. My biggest fear is conflating Jews with Israeli and American Zionists.
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  -What would be a "proportionate" Israeli response? RiverStone  Jan-05-09 10:54 AM   #0 
  - Do whatever is necessary to stop the Hamas rockets n/t  Zywiec   Jan-05-09 11:05 AM   #1 
  - Interesting, that's the Hamas strategy  subsuelo   Jan-05-09 12:30 PM   #12 
  - no military response needed  ROakes1019   Jan-05-09 11:09 AM   #2 
  - Yes to lifting the blockade, but what about those rockets?  RiverStone   Jan-05-09 11:45 AM   #10 
  - How about tearing down some walls and 'settlements' and then making a serious effort to formulate  sinkingfeeling   Jan-05-09 11:09 AM   #3 
  - That's a great idea.  Vegasaurus   Jan-05-09 11:13 AM   #4 
     - Don't need to read about.... been around and have witnessed this mess for decades.  sinkingfeeling   Jan-05-09 11:45 AM   #11 
  - This 'defend itself' meme always makes me chuckle.  bunnies   Jan-05-09 11:17 AM   #5 
  - I wish people would stop posting silly shallow analogies  cali   Jan-05-09 11:22 AM   #7 
     - Oh goody. Another content- free "Im so smart" post.  bunnies   Jan-05-09 11:30 AM   #8 
  - Stop calling it "self-defense", for starters.  DemItAllAnyway   Jan-05-09 11:21 AM   #6 
  - Still seeking an answer...  RiverStone   Jan-05-09 11:39 AM   #9 
     - A TRUTH and Reconciliation process.  Karenina   Jan-05-09 01:51 PM   #14 
     - We need somehow to boycott, divest and defund.  sfexpat2000   Jan-05-09 01:55 PM   #16 
     - My biggest fear is conflating Jews with Israeli and American Zionists.  Karenina   Jan-05-09 02:17 PM   #18 
        - Remember this from Desmond Tutu?  sfexpat2000   Jan-05-09 02:22 PM   #19 
           - Another snip from your link:  Karenina   Jan-05-09 02:36 PM   #21 
              - I do understand the worry. It's right, imho, to be vigilant  sfexpat2000   Jan-05-09 02:43 PM   #23 
     - Hamas fires rockets because it considers all of Israel "occupied"  Vegasaurus   Jan-05-09 02:28 PM   #20 
     - You've been well-educated.  Karenina   Jan-05-09 02:39 PM   #22 
        - IT isn't education  Vegasaurus   Jan-05-09 02:50 PM   #24 
           - Okay! I take it back.  Karenina   Jan-05-09 03:11 PM   #25 
     - Destruction of Israel  Taitertots   Jan-05-09 03:20 PM   #26 
        - WHY?  Karenina   Jan-05-09 04:44 PM   #31 
     - Well, Not Bombing Schools And Mosques Would Be Appropriate Enough  wellst0nev0ter   Jan-05-09 02:03 PM   #17 
        - Might be nice if Hamas stopped launching rockets at schools  oberliner   Jan-05-09 04:35 PM   #30 
        - Would You Feel Better If Hamas Weapons Has Targeting Technology?  wellst0nev0ter   Jan-05-09 08:40 PM   #38 
           - Is it that hard to agree that Hamas should not launch rockets at schools?  oberliner   Jan-06-09 04:08 AM   #40 
              - So What, Israel Should Adopt The Tactics Of Terrorists Now?  wellst0nev0ter   Jan-06-09 08:53 AM   #41 
                 - Hamas already bombed Hebrew University  oberliner   Jan-06-09 10:16 AM   #42 
                    - A UN Protected Site For Refugees?  wellst0nev0ter   Jan-06-09 10:57 AM   #43 
                       - All I'm asking is if you condemn Hamas for attacking schools  oberliner   Jan-06-09 11:07 AM   #44 
                          - And Of Course, Hamas Shouldn't Be Attacking Schools  wellst0nev0ter   Jan-06-09 12:21 PM   #45 
                             - I think there is more agreement than disagreement  oberliner   Jan-06-09 12:26 PM   #46 
        - Would it be ok if they used suicide bombers to do it?  GoesTo11   Jan-05-09 05:18 PM   #33 
           - Then That Will Mean The Palestinians Have Occupied  wellst0nev0ter   Jan-05-09 08:47 PM   #39 
  - Your framing the question the wrong way.  PerfectSage   Jan-05-09 01:46 PM   #13 
  - Sadly, I see nothing moral in anybody's actions  RiverStone   Jan-05-09 03:27 PM   #27 
     - Now that is a good question  PerfectSage   Jan-05-09 04:30 PM   #28 
  - Intercepting the rockets would be a military response although  sfexpat2000   Jan-05-09 01:55 PM   #15 
  - 300 rockets and one death.  anonymous171   Jan-05-09 04:30 PM   #29 
  - since most of the hamas rockets are woosie  methinks2   Jan-05-09 04:54 PM   #32 
  - No military "response" is proportionate.  Donald Ian Rankin   Jan-05-09 05:20 PM   #34 
  - It did end the occupation from Gaza  Vegasaurus   Jan-05-09 05:25 PM   #35 
     - If I stand on both your feet, taking my weight off one of them won't end the problem.  Donald Ian Rankin   Jan-05-09 05:42 PM   #36 
  - 46 dead today, as of 6:53. 17 children. 7 women.  ProgressiveMuslim   Jan-05-09 05:54 PM   #37 
  - Proportionate would be to send in some assassins each time there is a rocket attack.  JVS   Jan-06-09 12:34 PM   #47 
 

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