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Israel/Palestine

holdencaufield

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16. I believe Minister Lieberman has a point ...

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #14)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 01:37 AM

Dec 2012

... given the huge amount of Jewish blood Europe (which includes his home country of Russia) has on its collective hands -- not just from the Holocaust but for nearly 2,000 years of violently anti-semitic policies.

Given that history, the EU is in no position to provide any moral authority where Jewish lives are at risk and should definitely not be taking sides in a conflict that involves Jews. Condemning Israel while being conspicuously silent about those who actively seek to kill Jewish civilians is a cheque that Europe has not moral capital to cash.

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EU: Lieberman's Holocaust reference is inappropriate and offensive to Europeans [View all] azurnoir Dec 2012 OP

"inappropriate and offensive" is the guy's cornerstone, that's the business plan Alamuti Lotus Dec 2012 #1

'not a condemnation of Hamas' statements but rather a call to the heads of Hamas ..... King_David Dec 2012 #2

did you make that quote up so you could post that video? azurnoir Dec 2012 #4

No i didn't nt King_David Dec 2012 #6

so can you pull it from the article for us no not just that sentence but the paragraph it appears in azurnoir Dec 2012 #7

in your OP .... King_David Dec 2012 #8

not what you quoted and debunked in any event azurnoir Dec 2012 #9

Explain ? nt King_David Dec 2012 #10

here azurnoir Dec 2012 #23

antiPalistinian ? King_David Dec 2012 #27

clever not as Hamas is Palestinian azurnoir Dec 2012 #28

Oh look, a Kahanist belittling the Holocaust and using those dead and gone as political props Scootaloo Dec 2012 #3

Indeed! eom Purveyor Dec 2012 #13

Practically everything that Lieberman says or does is inappropriate and offensive to just about LeftishBrit Dec 2012 #5

Except Israeli voters, it seems Scootaloo Dec 2012 #15

That's so clearly not true Violet_Crumble Dec 2012 #18

I'm sorry if EU Bureaucrats find mention of the Holocaust offensive. holdencaufield Dec 2012 #11

it was the manner in which it was mentioned that was offensive azurnoir Dec 2012 #12

No, it certainly wasn't Scootaloo Dec 2012 #14

I believe Minister Lieberman has a point ... holdencaufield Dec 2012 #16

Yes, I know you do. Scootaloo Dec 2012 #17

No, let the people who agree with the racist Moldovan gangster out themselves. nt geek tragedy Dec 2012 #19

But the EU should fork over aid and trade privileges, right? geek tragedy Dec 2012 #20

In fact ... holdencaufield Dec 2012 #21

Palestinians need it a great deal more than the affluent Israelis do. nt geek tragedy Dec 2012 #22

Yes ... holdencaufield Dec 2012 #25

Oy, serves me right for debating Likudniks. nt geek tragedy Dec 2012 #29

Especially when you have no case holdencaufield Dec 2012 #30

If you need a case to be made that the Palestinians are in more need geek tragedy Dec 2012 #31

Do Holocaust comparisons amount to Nazi comparisons? bemildred Dec 2012 #24

I hadn't thought of that but you're right azurnoir Dec 2012 #26

IOKIYARWI geek tragedy Dec 2012 #32