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Israel/Palestine

azurnoir

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19. are you a painter? I ask because you seem to wield a pretty large brush

Reply to aranthus (Reply #18)

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 01:04 AM

Oct 2012

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Long-range rockets fired from Gaza strike Beersheba, closing schools [View all] bemildred Oct 2012 OP

well this part at least is 'good' news azurnoir Oct 2012 #1

What an intolerable situation King_David Oct 2012 #2

you mean Israel has done nothing so far? No retaliatory strikes nothing? azurnoir Oct 2012 #3

Obviously, whatever Israel's doing isn't enough... shira Oct 2012 #4

so you claim that the west including the US is supporting Hamas and its rockets? azurnoir Oct 2012 #8

No, the UN and Hamas' western supporters (NGO's, academics, FreeGaza, etc.) shira Oct 2012 #10

thats nice and all but NGO's don't make laws or have much political influence with things like azurnoir Oct 2012 #11

Hamas uses their support as incentive to keep the rockets going. n/t shira Oct 2012 #12

oh NGO's are supplying rockets to Hamas? n/t azurnoir Oct 2012 #13

No, just saying many NGO's, academics, FreeGaza, EI, Mondoweiss.... shira Oct 2012 #14

so it is Hamas that is being supported I see okay then azurnoir Oct 2012 #15

Just edited to show Galloway & Finkelstein support of Hamas & Hezbollah shira Oct 2012 #16

well you've named two but initially it seemed more a sweeping statement naming untold numbers azurnoir Oct 2012 #17

It's far more than two. It describes FreeGaza, the ISM, BDS... shira Oct 2012 #21

I think they care, I think it's going to get worse. bemildred Oct 2012 #5

This latest round of back and forth between Gaza and Israel has been going on azurnoir Oct 2012 #6

The problem is it's not just Gaza. bemildred Oct 2012 #7

sometimes ya just really don't want to be correct about stuff azurnoir Oct 2012 #9

What this gets me thinking of aranthus Oct 2012 #18

are you a painter? I ask because you seem to wield a pretty large brush azurnoir Oct 2012 #19

That was the Arab League proposal. bemildred Oct 2012 #20

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