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Shops and schools were closed in the Gaza Strip yesterday and Hamas declared a state of emergency both there and in the West Bank until revenge was complete, posting a statement on its website pledging "100 retaliations" that would shake Israel.
Originally posted by jezebel
I am disturbed and saddened by the lack of empathy displayed by some of the members of this board, toward the innocents who have died at the hands of Israel's army. Do you honestly think that Israel is the poor, unfortunate victim in this and Palestine consists of nothing but terrorists? Do you think that Israel was justified in forcing over half a million people to leave their homes, even though they had no where to go but refugee camps? Have you been so seduced by the US media that you really believe Israel wouldn't murder innocent Palestinian civilians? Both sides of this war are committing horrible crimes against each other, and to support Israel's actions is to support terrorism too! Don't fool yourselves into thinking you're supporting the "good guy's" fight against "evil", because to support anything other than non-violence on both sides, is to support terrorist actions.
Originally posted by jezebel
Maybe the Muslims in Palestine and the Arab Nations don't like us because we've vetoed any attempt to by the UN, to protect them or place Israel in check. Just a thought, but if I were in their shoes, I'd hate us too!
Originally posted by Narnia
Before the Arab nations can cry victim for the Palestinians, maybe they should look at how they are treating the Kurds in their own back yard. Those Arab nations have repeatedly denied them their own land. It is hypocritical to say Israel should do all these things for the Palestinians when they themselves oppress a group of people that want their own land and freedom. The Kurds have been oppressed in Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria, etc.... what about the thousands that dropped dead because of WMD's. Did the Arab nations rise up against Sadam and cry human rights violations? NO. So before you use that argument, the Arab nations oppressing the Kurds, need to extend the same philosophical standards they want for the Palestinians!
Originally posted by jezebel
Originally posted by Narnia
Before the Arab nations can cry victim for the Palestinians, maybe they should look at how they are treating the Kurds in their own back yard. Those Arab nations have repeatedly denied them their own land. It is hypocritical to say Israel should do all these things for the Palestinians when they themselves oppress a group of people that want their own land and freedom. The Kurds have been oppressed in Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria, etc.... what about the thousands that dropped dead because of WMD's. Did the Arab nations rise up against Sadam and cry human rights violations? NO. So before you use that argument, the Arab nations oppressing the Kurds, need to extend the same philosophical standards they want for the Palestinians!
The mistreatment of the Kurds by other Arabs does not justify or excuse the US's refusal to allow intervention or protection of the Palestinians by the UN.
Bush and his supporters are claiming that our invasion of Iraq is justified because of the human rights violations perpetrated by Saddam, yet the US government has vetoed every attempt by the UN, to protect Palestinians from being killed and brutalized by the Israeli Army.
Even England acknowledged that the assasinations of the Hamas leaders were "unlawful, unjustified and counter-productive." Yet the US has refused to denounce the killings at all. If we really wanted to be seen as impartial, the US should denounce any and all killing on either side. What would you be thinking/doing if you were a Palestinian?
Originally posted by HowardRoark
Up to now, at least, it seems that the tactic of targeting the leadership is working.