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You don't seem to understand much of the world is anti-Semitic. There are many countries that are anti-Israel, anti-Semitic. Lots of them in the U.N. It is easy to find anti-Israel websites which is what you are picking. You need to wake up. Picking anti-Israel websites to quote just proves your anti-Semitism. All western democratic countries stand for Israel against these terrorists. You are on the wrong side. Why do you support terrorists?

Palestine does not have a state. It does not exist. They live in the State of Israel and come under Israel law. This attack was by a terrorist organization. It is brutal and savage behavior killing innocent people. You are nuts to talk about Palestinian rights when this is going on. You paint yourself into a corner.

You are totally mixed up and lost. You are living in the wrong part of the world. The current attack by Hamas was pure evil. They are barbaric savages. Ask President Biden. Ask Americans? They have no respect for anything, no respect human life or innocent civilians. You should get out of Canada. You don't speak for civilized people.

No, you forgot that was Israel several thousand years ago. It was the Roman Empire that destroyed Jerusalem and dispersed the Jews in 70 A.D. Then the Muslims came along after the 7th century and started claiming the whole area for themselves. Islam was spread by the sword. Did you learn that fact? Why do you think Europe had to drive the Muslims out of France centuries ago. How do you think Constantinople became Istanbul? Islamic expansion has been a fact for 1300 years. Israel has been one of the most fought over small pieces of land in the world. What do you think the crusades were all about? Ever heard of Islam conquering the middle east and trying to expand into other places? What do you think all the wars in north Africa and central Africa have been all about? Not to mention ISIS, the Taliban, Islamic Republic of Iran, al Qaida, etc. Radical Islam.

I suppose you support bringing in all the world's terrorist supporters and trouble makes. You liberals/NDP are wrecking Canada faster than anyone. We see the protests of immigrants in Canada trying to fight their foreign wars on Canadian soil. Palestinians, Sikhs, and other groups. Some are violent right in Canada. Canada doesn't need those kind of people here. Stop supporting that kind of thing.

You have proven by your anti-Israel hate where you stand. You judged yourself. Are you demonstrating in the Pro Palestinian protests?

You don't understand that Palestinians are Arabs and Arabs have all the countries surrounding Israel. Israel is a very tiny country and needs that land to defend themselves. Arabs are mostly Muslims and believe Israel has no right to exist. Wake up and learn the facts. Since so-called Palestinians are Arabs, why shouldn't they move to an Arab country and why don't the Arab countries like Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, etc. who have almost all of the land offer to take them in. Why do they support them in terrorism against Israel? You really have no clue do you.

Nobody is saying Palestinians (Arabs in the area) don't have a right to exist. But they chose Hamas, a terrorist organization to be their government or somehow Hamas took control of Gaza as government. As terrorists they probably just seized control. Who would dare to oppose them? They are strictly a terrorist organization and that is the sole reason for their existence. The only interest is in destroying Israel. I don't see any way that peace can be had in that area with a terrorist group whose only interest is in destroying Israel. Terrorism and war against Israel is the only reason for their existence. They have no other purpose.

You are a very mixed up person. You have no idea of what is going on in the world or history. Israel has been forced to attack the terrorists who hide among their own people. The Islamic terrorists use the Gaza and West Bank as a base for their terrorist attacks against Israel. Where have you had your head. Better get it out of the sand.

You and Michael are obviously just another anti-Semite. The Jews have endured fifteen centuries of anti-Semitism throughout the world. Read the book "God's First Love" by Friedrich Heer, Christians and Jews over two thousand years. Jews have been mass murdered for the past fifteen centuries. The only hope for them in this situation has been the re-establishment of the Jewish state, which occurred in 1948. The Palestinians are not the same as aboriginal first nations. First Palestinian is not race or ethnic group. There is not country called Palestine. Palestine is a region over the middle east. It was the name given to the area by the Romans at the time of the Roman Empire to spite the Jews and Israel. Palestinians are simply Arabs. The middle east is full of Arabs in surrounding countries. They are no different than all the rest of the Arabs throughout the middle east. They are almost all Muslims. Their religion is the driving force to eliminate Israel. Many are Islamic extremists and terrorists. Many have no interest in peace. They believe the Jews are infidels and need to be destroyed. You don't seem to have any idea what is going on in the world. They also oppose the west, particularly the U.S.

"Our ultimate hope is not in this world or in gaining earthly comfort; our hope is in God and in His greater plan. It requires faith to please God (Hebrews 11:6), and the faithful know that a lack of suffering is not a reliable indication of His pleasure. Neither is the experience of suffering proof of His displeasure." Why do Christians suffer? | GotQuestions.org

CBC has pundits on their program right now who don't understand the situation. One pundit says there are large numbers of young people in Gaza who will be ready to replace Hamas. That being the case, why is he even saying there has to be a peaceful solution when he should know that is impossible. They are not interested in peace with Israel. Fighting and dying is just part of the religion of peace. Has been for 1,400 years.

That is misleading info. Israel has had to fight Hamas and Hezbollah and other terrorists since the beginning. They are only defending their right to exist. U.S. security sources say Iran has been behind the terrorist attacks. They deny Israel's right to exist. You don't seem to understand that Islamic countries like Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and others deny Israel's right to exist and oppose the west. You are defending the Islamic cause on here. They would love you.

No, they have no historic claim to any part of Germany. But they do have a historic claim to the land of Israel. Big difference. You conveniently ignore this quote from Wikipedia.

I trust the medical experts I have heard. There are many of them. I don't have the time or reason do start doing a pile of research myself. We must trust the authorities. No reason for not believing them.

quote The State of Israel was formally established by the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948, and was admitted to the United Nations (UN) as a full member state on 11 May 1949.[1][2] As of December 2020, it has received diplomatic recognition from 165 (or 85%) of the 193 total UN member states, and also maintains bilateral ties with all of the Permanent Five. 28[a] member states have either never recognized Israel or have withdrawn their recognition; others have severed diplomatic relations without explicitly withdrawing their recognition. Additionally, many non-recognizing countries have challenged Israel's existence—predominantly those in the Muslim world—due to significant animosity stemming from the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the Arab–Israeli conflict.[3] unquote - International recognition of Israel - Wikipedia "Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population." They certainly have good reason to have their own state back after 2/3 of Europe's Jews were murdered by the Nazis.

They are supporting Hamas terrorists, which is not the same as a peaceful demonstration such as protesting climate change.

You are another badly misled commenter. The land has belonged to Israel for several thousand years. They have a right to exist there. They were driven off the land long ago by invaders. It is not an occupation. It is their land. But Muslims are trying to take it from them and have been at war off and on there for centuries. Tens of millions of Muslims already control the countries surrounding Israel, but they are not satisfied. They are not friends of the west. Israel is the only democratic nation in the area and is a friend of the west.

They are demonstrating in support of a terrorist organization which has committed crimes against humanity this weekend. Hamas has been declared a terrorist organization by the Canadian government. They broke into homes and at point blank shot families to death including older people and children. This is a no-brainer.

WARMINGTON: Jewish and political leaders demand Toronto pro-Hamas hate rallies be stopped (msn.com) You can be sure if it were a hate rally by various other groups, they would be stopped.

I am not a vax biologist but I think you're making up a lot or are badly misinformed. Covid vaccines are not perfect but they are effective in preventing Covid in many cases and if some get Covid, they are effective in preventing serious illness and death. We were vaxxed and I caught Covid from a relative who I mistakenly hugged when he still had some flem in his chest but probably thought he had nothing, but it was very mild. No temperature and only a mild occasional cough for a few days. I know it was Covid because we used the test kits for Covid which showed positive. Without the vaccines, I might not have survived because of age and seriously compromised health condition. I will continue to get vaxxed and take some safety measures to reduce the chances of catching it. I don't wish to die from some virus that can be prevented. What you do is up to you. There is no loss of freedom.

Liberals and NDP hordes believe in government intervention in the economy and everyday life of everyone. This has been and is a recipe for disaster as we are seeing now with the cost of living spiraling upward, housing out of reach for millions of Canadians and several million depending on food banks that are unable to keep up with it. A nation's wealth is built by private enterprise and hard work, not by government bureaucracy, regulations, politicians and taxes. The extreme red tape, control and meddling in the private sector is really harming everything. Excessive regulations and control is blocking building of homes in towns and cities. NIMBYs and enviro radicals are adding to the problems and prices of everything. IN B.C. one third of the cost of gas is taxes including carbon taxes.

I don't think it is reasonable to blame all the ills of society on one particular group. Everyone is a fallen sinner and contribute to the misery of society. It does not appear many are following the Lord or believing in Christ as Lord and Saviour as per the Bible. All fallen sinners who refuse to believe the gospel are under the control of the Devil and used by him. All need to be redeemed by faith in Christ. Romanism is a false religion. If one is trusting in that system, it is a hopeless effort. A church, priest, sacraments, confessing to a priest (who doesn't have the power to forgive sins) good works, Mary, purgatory (which doesn't exist) cannot save anyone. Only Jesus Christ can save a person.

The title of the article says "The basis for many of our societal problems is absent fathers". While this may be true in a certain sense, I believe it is an oversimplification of the situation. There are many causes for family dysfunction. But the underlying cause is the fall of man as recorded in Genesis ch3. Eve was deceived by the serpent and ate the forbidden fruit and offered some to Adam. Adam simply disobeyed God and ate it. As a result they received a fallen, corrupt nature and that was inherited by all of their ancestors since that time. That resulted in the world becoming a corrupt fallen place and everyone a sinner. There are lots of factors that result in single parents, but it is always sin as the underlying cause. Government cannot solve this one. This is something beyond the power of government to solve. The Catholic church thought they could solve some of it by making divorce illegal and refusing to acknowledge divorce. But they set up a system called annulment where they would examine each case of people wanting to be "unmarried". Then if they decided it warranted annulment, they would make that declaration and the couple would somehow miraculously become as if they were never married. That is called an annulment. But their opposition to divorce and granting annulments solved nothing. Many people in central and south America for instance just split up or the husband moved out and lived with another woman in common law. Secondly often there is abuse of some kind in marriage and you can't force people in abusive or unhappy situations to remain together. There are many women who are murdered by a partner in an abusive relationship. So forcing people to stay together in a unhappy or abusive relationship is very dangerous for many women. These are areas the government has no business and should keep out as far as possible.

Therein the difference in ideology between the conservatives and left/liberals. Liberals and left believe government can solve all problems and create prosperity with taxation and government intervention in the economy and government social programs. True free enterprise conservatives (not progressive fake conservatives) believe only private enterprise creates wealth and prosperity for society as a whole. One thing is clear. Government intervention in everything seems to only create more taxes, increasing size of bureaucracy, and less freedom for everyone. The size of the federal government has increased by at least 25% since Trudeau took office in 2015. That would mean a corresponding increase of the cost of government.