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In reply to the discussion: Palestinian activists disavow former Israeli Jew for anti-Semitism (Gilad Atzmon) [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)72. So pretty much, all that crap you wrote about Fatah doing the best it could...
...and Arafat changing while Israel did nothing; that's all bullshit, right?
Cry all you want about settlements, but Israel agreed to end all that in 2000-01. The Palestinians not only rejected without a counter-proposal, but declared war with Intifada 2. It's that side you are defending. If you say you want peace, how could you possibly tolerate what Arafat and Fatah did back then? Instead, you keep making excuses for them.
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Palestinian activists disavow former Israeli Jew for anti-Semitism (Gilad Atzmon) [View all]
azurnoir
Mar 2012
OP
Many Palestinians and their 'supporters' consider the Israeli 'settlement' to be colonization
azurnoir
Mar 2012
#2
True most people have not heard of him but he has been brought up a number of times on this forum
azurnoir
Mar 2012
#8
I don't have to defend the oppression of an entire people to prove that I'm "tolerant".
Ken Burch
Mar 2012
#13
Fatah wasn't shooting at Israelis in the Nineties. I wasn't talking about Hamas
Ken Burch
Mar 2012
#51
Ken, how is it that this progressive movement hasn't said a word about Hamas or the PLO's...
shira
Mar 2012
#15
That "Semi-autonomous democracy" was never treated as an equal entity by the Israeli governments
Ken Burch
Mar 2012
#20
no...skepticism about what some folks claim is necessary in the name of "security"
Ken Burch
Mar 2012
#21
this is not difficult.....you claim everyone who has a certain viewpoint is hateful....
pelsar
Mar 2012
#33
It is when yr totally ignoring the nasty generalisations in the post he replied to...
Violet_Crumble
Mar 2012
#30
It is simply a lie to say that everybody who supports Palestinian self-determination
Ken Burch
Mar 2012
#41
I didn't say that. But I do believe the movement in general is rotten to the core.
shira
Mar 2012
#46
Atzmon is a lunatic, and unfortunately he has now parked himself on Britain.
LeftishBrit
Mar 2012
#9