Hudson Jones

Neither Canada or the U.S. are in a similar situation as Israel. This is more than spending millions on fireworks to keep the military industrial complex happy. Canada and the U.S. of today are not pushing out people from their own land and replacing them with their own. They are not pushing the original inhabitants into cantons and applying different laws on them. The only place where Israel and its actions can be compared to in modern history is Apartheid South Africa.

That is simply not true. There is no way Canada or the U.S. would be able to get away with what Israel is doing to the Palestinians.

Many things were okay in the past. It doesn't mean that since it was done before, it's okay to do it now. The point is that neither Canada or U.S. would be able to get away with what Israel is doing to another group of people, now.

Our (U.S. and to a lesser extent, Canada) foreign policy has a lot of problems. No doubt. However, the way Israel treats Palestinians would NEVER be okay in U.S. and Canada. Our standards would not allow our government to treat another group of people the way Israel has been treating Palestinians. The brutal colonization, the violations of human rights and the continuation of land theft by Israel needs to end, like Apartheid South Africa did. The world cannot pretend that Israel is the victim any more. Thanks to the speed of information, the visuals we see and the fact that mainstream media no longer has a monopoly on information, will continue to accelerate the inevitable: A free Palestinian State.

So if someone is a signatory to one of these international agreements or bodies, you believe they should not reject the findings and should follow the rules? And if they don't? Then what? Sanctions?

I agree with TimG. The UN and ICJ has made a ruling and it's pretty clear.

Countless? Let me help you with your counting: The Impact of the Conflict on Children 2,134 Palestinian children and 134 Israeli children have been killed since September 29, 2000. Source: B'Tselem Get the data This is the reason you don't bring up dead Israeli children. Because it's very rare for them to be killed, especially since the second intifada (2004). That goes for all Israelis. Palestinians, on the otherhand continue to be murdered by Israel and you don't want anyone to talk about it. Typical Zionist dirty tactic to shut down conversation about Israel's crimes.

The Green Party in the U.S., led by Dr. Jill Stein who is Jewish (gasp) also endorses BDS! Link There is a shift in public opinion. You cannot stop the movement. Apartheid South Africa was defeated through the power of the people. The same thing will happen to Zionism.

The priest attack has NOTHING to do with Palestinians. There was no reason for jbg to bring it up but to distract people from who the criminals are. Here is "the most moral army in the world" (I love these b.s. PR slogans Zionists create for themselves, like anyone believes it), at work again, keeping the terrorists in check: Video

Israel creates the insecurity by the way they treat the Palestinians through their brutal occupation. LOL at bringing the priest attack into the conversation. Like it has anything to do with the Palestinians. This is a typical propaganda expected by Zionists.

This is just in Pakistan alone: Pakistan's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has repeatedly demanded an end to the strikes, stating: "The use of drones is not only a continual violation of our territorial integrity but also detrimental to our resolve and efforts at eliminating terrorism from our country".The Peshawar High Court has ruled that the attacks are illegal, inhumane, violate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and constitute a war crime Link Before listening to the voices in your head, check to see if that information is correct before sharing it with people. I hear you buddy! Those Turks sure are stupid and backwards. Because they just don't have the intelligence of us Europeans to plan and accomplish a real coup. They are so pathetic. This guy agrees with us as well:

The US government overwhelmingly support the right to drone-kill suspects. How would they feel if Turkey did it in the US? Would Turkey Be Justified in Kidnapping or Drone-Killing the Turkish Cleric in Pennsylvania?

Case closed.

We're too globalized. Bringing in discriminatory immigration rules and punishing a large group of people due to the acts of a comparatively small group of sociopaths and impressionable people will not resolve anything. Majority of the people who commit these crimes are already citizens. Of course, you can take the discrimination a step higher and start rounding up anyone who is considered Muslim so we can channel Hitler. We should simply do the right thing. Get the fuck out of those regions both militarily and politically. We need to stop fanning the flames with our adventures. We need to stop supporting countries like Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. We should stop giving excuses for Israel. I do have a question for people who blame Islam for the acts of these sociopaths: If Islam is to be held accountable for a small gang of Muslim criminals whom no one elected as their representative, then why should Western liberal democracies not be held accountable for mass murderers like Tony Blair and George W Bush who were in fact fairly and freely elected by the free will of UK and US citizens to be their representatives?

Just to be clear, the meaning of my statement was to show that goods were and are being controlled. I'm not here to deceive or spread misinformation. That's your job. There are +certain goods that are not being allowed. So I hope we're now clear on what I meant. While you engage in petty responses, Israel is still occupying Gaza and they're not allowing: "jam, candles, books, musical instruments, shampoo, A4 paper, and livestock such as chicken, donkeys, and cows. Oi vey." How do you feel about their occupation? Have to make sure that Hamas doesn't get its hand on jam, candles, books and musical instruments. They might attack Israel with an evening gathering of book readers who want to eat jam and play some music.

There is a lot of misinformation in what you're sharing. I don't have time to always sit here and correct your long-winded misinformation. Because you kill the motivation for a debate by never learning from the information given to you. You simply repeat the misinformation in future posts. So I will only address a few points, not because I have faith in you learning and correcting yourself, but because it's good to counter the mass amount of misinformation you share on here from time to time. Perhaps you don't know that Israel has maintained tight control over Gaza’s air, sea, and land crossings since Hamas was democratically elected in 2006. It's a full-on occupation. There is the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, but that's run by the puppet regime (explains all the weapons sent to them by the Zionist influenced U.S. government). Egypt shares blame for their treatment of Gazans as well. Israel controls what goes in and out of Gaza. The amount of goods has fluctuated, as according to the mood Israel is in, or whether they're engaging in showcasing their latest military technology, in one of their bi-annual carnage festival in Gaza, and the amount of pressure they receive from the international community. For example, after Israel's illegal attack on the flotilla, focus was brought onto the little amount of goods Israel was allowing into Gaza. That forced Israel to ease the restrictions. But despite that, even today, cement and metal is not allowed in. Material badly needed to rebuild areas of Gaza that were devastated by the indiscriminate missile attacks by Israel, in which, many have been found to be war crimes by multiple organizations like Amnesty, HRW and even Red Cross (which usually stays silent). What goods are allowed and not allowed is based on a laughable argument that they can be used for dual intention. Meaning that if the goods being entered can be used for military purposes as according to Israel, Israel can deny its entry. This always changing "dual-use" list has included ordinary consumer goods such as jam, candles, books, musical instruments, shampoo, A4 paper, and livestock such as chicken, donkeys, and cows. Oi vey.

It is when you are not allowing goods to come in or go out or when you are not allowing people to freely leave and comeback in. Keeping people in this open air prison is a war crime.

The above statement is yet another example of the type of response you give to a poster who is commenting on Israel's violations of international law and human rights. Your anti-semite card has 0 meaning and value in these discussions. In fact, you are harming the meaning of anti-semitism, by trivializing it. Just because you don't like criticism of Israel, you can't try to shut down conversation by screaming anti-semitism. I am curious if anyone reporting Rue for the continuous trolling and defamation.

Agreed with the last sentence. And I guess if we want to categorize Blair as left, then, yes, I agree. Blanket statements (not that I'm pointing at you) like "the left believe this" or "the right believe this" don't really explain the sentiments. There are many who may consider themselves as leftist or rightist but most likely disagree with the left and right establishment policies which, in a lot of times, end up being the same.

Really? The bloodbath in the Middle East is because of the left.

They showed it once before and that ended with over 12 million innocent people dead. It's interesting watching some Jews cheer on a movement that is packed with a lot of racism and hateful rhetoric. Look at the people who are leading these anti-immigration crusades: Le Pen and Wilder - This is what you're cheering for. The good news is that, unlike what some people here want to think, the nationalist movements which are mostly anti-immigration, although they are receiving increasing support, are not the majority in almost all of the countries. Here is a list of nationalist parties in Europe and their support.

It is what was implied and this point was clearly stated. The implication is the conclusion that the "self-hating Jew" came up with who wrote the article. The woman asked a question about rape during war and the rabbi responded with, (paraphrasing here) "yeah, anything goes during war". Did he say "No! You should not rape! It's not okay to rape!"??? He didn't. The rest of the information I shared shows exactly the attitude of many militant Zionists. This disgusting viewpoint that as long as they're not Jews, you can do what you want to achieve your agenda has been demonstrated time and time again. The disgusting acts by Zionists have been going on for decades. This was apparent during the Nakba, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven out of their homes. Many were killed or injured by Jewish terrorists who came in with the mentality that we see in ISIS today. More recently, we saw Zionist settlers, burning a whole family in their home. The reaction and the so-called punishment they received is a good indication of what's okay to do in Zionism. So go ahead, deny the obvious and try to wiggle yourself out of confronting the truth about the ugliness of Zionism.

Sure he didn't. Just like this rabbi didn't say gentile babies are okay to be killed, or just like Palestinian children are not frequently kidnapped, put in prisons without due process and in some cases tortured: West Bank Rabbi: Jews Can Kill Gentiles Who Threaten Israel Book by Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro of Yitzhar permits even the murder of babies and children who pose threat. Perhaps it's this mindset, where the mistreatment of others, doesn't matter how old they are, has become okay within Zionism. This is why we are seeing so many Palestinian children being kidnapped by the IDF in the middle of the night and then taken to prisons and held indefinitely. Israel government 'tortures' children by keeping them in cages The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) published a report which claimed children suspected of minor crimes were subjected to “public caging”, threats and acts of sexual violence and military trials without representation. This is what many Zionists defend and in some cases, deny.

I understand your thoughts on it, but that's not what the meaning of terrorism is. Plus, racism and right wing nationalism is on the increase. We don't have to have a group saying "there will be more attacks against blacks" in order for this to be a political statement. Roof's act was a political statement. It was exactly what I mentioned: Dylann Roof wanted to murder black people at a black church in order to advance his anti-black agenda as well as to intimidate a civilian population – the latter goal being a key factor. Furthermore, the Orlando shooting was a lonewolf act, much like Roof's act. It was a mentally disturbed individual, with no affiliation or direct link to any foreign terrorist group, killing people based on the group they belonged to. Would you not agree that they should be categorized the same?

Why not? Is there some rule that says that? You can give an answer, but your answer is wrong based on the real definition of terrorism. I don't care if you want to define terrorism as something different than what it actually is. Dylann Roof wanted to murder black people at a black church in order to advance his anti-black agenda as well as to intimidate a civilian population – the latter goal being a key factor. In your attempt to continue excusing your double standards and inconsistency, you are also avoiding responding to what CIA has said about Omar Mateen's connection to ISIS, which is: CIA has not found any link between Orlando killer and Isis, says agency chief John Brennan told the Senate intelligence committee Thursday that CIA has no evidence of a connection between Omar Mateen and the Islamic State