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In reply to the discussion: Israel settlement bid a 'fatal blow' to peace: Ban [View all]Franker65
(299 posts)87. They have enough unoccupied space already
I don't understand why they need to do this. You don't see the Netherlands settling in western Germany. Extremely pointless and sad.
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Israel's government was never interested in peace. It's always been a land grab since at least the
craigmatic
Dec 2012
#1
I may be naive, but I believe if the government turned around and Labor won...
Poll_Blind
Dec 2012
#3
Europeans apparently are no longer taking their lead from the US. Several countries have
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#148
see comment #63 for Gideon Levy's 'retraction' which was not a retraction of the entire poll as you
azurnoir
Dec 2012
#64
It's already been explained to you several times. I hope you read it this time...
Violet_Crumble
Dec 2012
#73
okay a right wing Israeli news paper and a gross misreprentation of Gideon Levy's so called retracti
azurnoir
Dec 2012
#63
The term antisemitism applies only to Jews,and not other semitic peoples. Let me help you out here ,
King_David
Dec 2012
#26
If he was truly anti semitic he probably wouldn't be for the progressive's either.
go west young man
Dec 2012
#18
Cheap shot accusations of anti-semitism. How boring. And how predictable.
Comrade Grumpy
Dec 2012
#44
Unlike you rabid Zionists, I don't falsely accuse others of being racists.
Comrade Grumpy
Dec 2012
#96
'But, they are all united in their hate of Arabs and especially Palestinians'
King_David
Dec 2012
#128
Same here. It's only a matter of time before Israel alienates the majority of Americans.
Walk away
Dec 2012
#112
Just a hint. You can get banned for that, so you might want to edit it. Here's the TOS:
freshwest
Dec 2012
#52
I don't think the word 'Zionism' is the problem. It's the '...Zionist hold sway over our government'
freshwest
Dec 2012
#140
Except that Palestinians can't vote so it's kind of a sucky "democracy" for them...nt
Walk away
Dec 2012
#114
Read somewhere that Israel is now witholding 100 Million of the Palestinians Government money...
Xolodno
Dec 2012
#38
It doesn't change the fact that the Israelis are an invading army occupying the land
geek tragedy
Dec 2012
#85
Israel rejected the 67 borders as a starting point for negotiations. They are a dead letter.
geek tragedy
Dec 2012
#98
Well, Israel is currently occupying Syrian territory. Did we forget about that? Been for decades.
The Stranger
Dec 2012
#109
For what? They're not going to get their land back, even you make that clear.
The Stranger
Dec 2012
#153
The Sinai was 30 years ago. That's a couple decades more than enough time for Israel to withdraw
The Stranger
Dec 2012
#157
Obama needs to cut off all aid until Israel agrees to a PERMANENT moratorium on settlement expansion
Ken Burch
Dec 2012
#69
They were only announcing what they had on the books before the current conflict
Hydra
Dec 2012
#117