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Israel/Palestine

holdencaufield

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17. In the absense...

Reply to stockholmer (Reply #12)

Tue Aug 7, 2012, 06:29 PM

Aug 2012

... of a binding resolution declaring such or a ruling of a court with jurisdiction, it is opinion, not statute.

If you're going to evoke the law -- you have to understand what a law is.

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Israel's Spending on Illegal Settlements Hits Two-Decade High of NIS 1.1 Billion [View all] stockholmer Aug 2012 OP

Why did you add a dollar sign? oberliner Aug 2012 #1

fixed stockholmer Aug 2012 #7

Thanks oberliner Aug 2012 #10

Why Did You Add... holdencaufield Aug 2012 #2

Perhaps for the same reason that Shira changed her headline? ......... kayecy Aug 2012 #3

So it was done for manipulative propaganda purposes? oberliner Aug 2012 #6

Ask Shira.......She refused to explain when I asked her!........n/t kayecy Aug 2012 #13

because they ARE illegal stockholmer Aug 2012 #8

Legal minds disagree holdencaufield Aug 2012 #9

and in your mind what court would have jurisdiction? the ICJ? azurnoir Aug 2012 #11

the percentage of 'legal minds' & countries (Israel alone) claiming 'legal' would make even global stockholmer Aug 2012 #12

In the absense... holdencaufield Aug 2012 #17

"Legal Minds Disagree" Scootaloo Aug 2012 #26

well lets straighten this out Israel has spent approx. $275,000,000 on settlements azurnoir Aug 2012 #4

Thanks for the correction oberliner Aug 2012 #5

Not much point in pursuing the 2-state solution...... kayecy Aug 2012 #14

It's the only workable solution oberliner Aug 2012 #15

It's ONLY workable if, at the VERY least, a permanent settlement expansion moratorium is imposed NOW Ken Burch Aug 2012 #16

"WITH the settlements in place, [West Bank] could never be a real state" holdencaufield Aug 2012 #18

It wouldn't play out that way Ken Burch Aug 2012 #21

"It wouldn't play out that way" holdencaufield Aug 2012 #23

But of course the Palestinian should have a RoR!!! Shaktimaan Aug 2012 #28

What happened to the Mizrahi was an injustice Ken Burch Aug 2012 #31

untrue. Shaktimaan Aug 2012 #33

I'm talking about the displacement of the Mizrahi from the other Arab countries, for God's sake Ken Burch Aug 2012 #34

I don't agree with all you've written here oberliner Aug 2012 #20

What is there to swap? Ken Burch Aug 2012 #22

I beg you to look at the Geneva Accords oberliner Aug 2012 #24

I looked at the map...but it tells nothing Ken Burch Aug 2012 #35

Yes it does oberliner Aug 2012 #36

I'll look again later. Ken Burch Aug 2012 #37

Hahahaha. Shaktimaan Aug 2012 #29

The current Arab democracy movement is still less than two years old Ken Burch Aug 2012 #30

you misunderstand. Shaktimaan Aug 2012 #32

One side ... holdencaufield Aug 2012 #19

Depends on what you mean by "workable" Scootaloo Aug 2012 #27

Why not? Shaktimaan Aug 2012 #25