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  1. there is no "other side" when it comes to someone who was part of the massacre of innocent people. it's simply wrong and it cannot and should not be justified. if majority of israelis, or as you put it, "the typical" israeli wants to continue to be drunk with ultra-nationalism and pretend that the zionist ideology has not continuously violated other people's human rights, in order to achieve its goals, then i will continue to speak out against it.
  2. no doubt it was. it was costing too much to have a presence there. the settlers were moved to settlements in the west bank. that said, no matter the reason behind it, it was a positive step taken because the settlements were removed and it was done despite the heavy opposition by the very extreme right. it even resulted in bibi quitting the party and taking his settler and extreme right friends with him. of course a "more typical example" makes no mention about the massacres he was a part of like the qibya massacre and sabra and shatila. i'm not surprised that you gravitate towards and try to promote misinformation that whitewashes the evils of this man. this is why the first article shows courage by telling it like it is, despite what is 'typical'.
  3. sharon will be remembered as a war criminal by every definition, by most of the world. this is one of the reasons that no heads of state, except for czech's prime minister, showed up at his funeral. sharon, also known as the butcher of beirut, engaged in too many evil acts including being behind massacres and the murder of many innocent civilians. his two positive actions (removing the settlements in gaza and calling for a palesitnian state) in the late stage of his life cannot possibly overcome what he was and had done in his past.
  4. here is another evaluation, by the well-known israeli journalist, gideon levy, where he describes the funeral in detail and compares the old sharon and the later sharon, who famously removed the settlements from gaza and called for a palestinian state: As the jeep approached, a few people ran toward it and tried to touch the coffin. That was the only outburst of emotion visible here yesterday. Everything else bespoke restraint, of the kind praised by the later Sharon, version 2.0. The earlier Sharon didn’t even recognize the word: For decades, he substituted unbridled appetites for force and violence. link (need to be registered to view all of the article)
  5. of course there are positive evaluations, just like there were germans who gave hitler positive evaluations.
  6. His finest hours: On Sharon's murderous legacy From the Qibya massacre, to Sabra and Shatila, to the dirty tricks, lies and deceptions that made the West Bank settlements what they are today, Ariel Sharon has caused unimaginable damage to Israel, its army, morality, and political life. this is a testimony to israelis that they have the courage to expose their own this way. this kind of honesty must be the basis of mutual honesty in dialogue.
  7. as israel cannot be trusted to negotiate a deal and since the u.s. administration does not have the strength to battle the powerful israeli lobby who has a heavy influence over congress and sentate, it's the bds movement that is making a difference. it has picked up momentum and it can no longer be brushed aside: Israeli settlers in West Bank's Jordan Valley cite boycott in slumping produce sales to Europe NETIV HAGDUD, West Bank — An international campaign to boycott Israeli settlement products has rapidly turned from a distant nuisance into a harsh economic reality for Israeli farmers in the West Bank's Jordan Valley. The export-driven income of growers in the valley's 21 settlements dropped by more than 14 percent, or $29 million, last year, largely because Western European supermarket chains, particularly those in Britain and Scandinavia, are increasingly shunning the area's peppers, dates, grapes and fresh herbs, settlers say. "The damage is enormous," said David Elhayani, head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council, which represents about 7,000 settlers. "In effect, today, we are almost not selling to the (Western) European market anymore. link
  8. typical. even the opinion of well-respected international jurists are considered to be anti-semite, because they go against the zionist viewpoint and criticize israel. the international court of justice has put to rest (outside of israel) how international law applies to the occupied territories - this is one of the reason why the EU is taking action against any company that associates with the illegal jewish settlements: * The construction of the wall being built by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, and its associated régime, are contrary to international law * Israel is under an obligation to terminate its breaches of international law; it is under an obligation to cease forthwith the works of construction of the wall being built in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, to dismantle forthwith the structure therein situated, and to repeal or render ineffective forthwith all legislative and regulatory acts relating thereto, in accordance with paragraph 151 of this Opinion * Israel is under an obligation to make reparation for all damage caused by the construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem * All States are under an obligation not to recognize the illegal situation resulting from the construction of the wall and not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by such construction; all States parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 have in addition the obligation, while respecting the United Nations Charter and international law, to ensure compliance by Israel with international humanitarian law as embodied in that Convention source: http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/131/1677.pdf
  9. another european company boycotts israeli companies due to their ties with the illegal settlements: Largest Dutch pension fund boycotts Israeli banks over settlement ties PGGM cites policy of 'social responsibility' in decision to divest millions of euros from Israeli banks that have West Bank branches and offer financing for settlement construction. http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.567548
  10. besides every single country in the world, the international court of justice (ICJ) agrees that the west bank and east jerusalem are occupied territory. the only country that rejects this is israel.
  11. what? going off on another tangent? are you just typing for the sake of giving a response? you can't even keep up with your own comments. you tried to deny the link gosthacked posted by trying to defame the web site and now you're saying something that has nothing to do with your denial and the links that show the story is real. show some integrity and focus, man.
  12. because electronic intifada made up this israeli soldier's profile, where he has posted disturbing instagram photos of a palestinian child in crosshairs of his rifle? you expect people to stick their heads in the sand with you in order to avoid the truth? how about the same story on other sites? http://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/mor-ostrovski/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/18/israeli-sniper-photo-child-crosshairs-instagram_n_2711977.html http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/18/israeli-soldier-posts-instagram-palestinian http://www.policymic.com/articles/26897/israeli-soldier-mor-ostrovski-instagrams-a-palestinian-boy-s-head-in-sniper-crosshairs
  13. no bonam. it's not ethnic cleansing. ethnic cleansing has a meaning and the removal of the illegal jewish settlements, especially if it's done by the israeli government, does not fit the meaning which was set in: The Final Report of the Commission of Experts established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 780 defined ethnic cleansing as "a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas. source: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/1994/674
  14. typical. avoid dealing with the information by trying to defame and blame the messenger.
  15. can you zionist apologists get real for once? who are you trying to fool here? this is not some natural growth that has occurred. it was a government assisted, systematic and illegal program to implant jewish settments inside someone else's territory to annex their land. it's not like they have been living there for a long time, like, lets say, the palestinians who were ethnically cleansed from the land, which is now called israel.
  16. jealous? my side? you're so consumed by this "us vs them" that you've thrown away any sense of integrity, morality and justice. this is a matter of international law and morality. why don't you want to fight for those two? as i mentioned; just like you, many israelis have consumed themselves with this 'us vs. them' and this is the trigger to accept and allow their government to continue to behave like it is today; a rogue state that doesn't respect international law and human rights. this is why israel cannot be trusted to do the right thing. it must be pressured by a the international community, which it is through the bds movement and by a u.s. president that can stand up to the powerful zionist lobby that has a lot of influence on the senate and congress, through the millions of dollars it gives to them.
  17. what do you mean it doesn't change anything? you didn't make any special point or counter the argument that israel was born out of terrorism and it continues to expand operate through terrorizing another group of people. irgun and lehi, the israeli terrorist groups were created just like most other terrorist groups. because they wanted to push and fight for a cause. lehi even sought to fight along side with the nazis and fascists. whoa! kind of like the mufti and his group, except that the mufti wanted to resist the take over of palestine by the zionists, while lehi and irgun wanted the british out of palestine, so that they could take over all of it. in 1948, members of irgun and lehi were absorbed by the idf. during the nakba, the idf and zionist militant groups continued to terrorize the arabs by killing them, burning their villages down and doing what they could to systematically cleanse the arabs from the what became the state of israel. all of this has been well-documented. oh and: In 1980, Israel instituted a military decoration in "award for activity in the struggle for the establishment of Israel," the Lehi ribbon. source: http://www.mod.gov.il/pages/heritage/Awards.asp#lechi arafat created the PLO (now fatah), which was formed to resist the israeli occupation and expansionism. arafat, later on, became the official leader of palestine. again, pretty much similar to what israel went through. the big difference, however, the palestinians were resisting expanionism, while the zionists were trying to expand.
  18. you mean he will support you until you get caught.
  19. it is minuscule, considering this money is barely enough to keep the west bank afloat, since israel continues to choke it with its occupation and economic squeeze and the occasional withholding of the palestinian tax money. israel on the other hand has an open and fairly strong economy but also receives over 3 billion a year to spend on military weapons. stop trying to equating the two, because it doesn't make sense. on top of this, the money that the EU and u.s. gives to the powerless palestinian government in the west bank is already used to push palestinians to make concessions in a deal. israel should experience the same thing by the u.s. kerry should put the spoiled little child in its place and tell it who its sugar daddy is. unfortunately, many of the u.s. politicians are prostitutes to the zionist lobby and will do whatever aipac demands of them. this makes it difficult for obama to push israel. these are the realities.
  20. besides the two israeli prime minister, many of the members of the terrorist groups became israeli politicians. they were defunct a little after israel became a state. palestine still is not a state, mostly because israel's resistance and u.s.' political backing in letting it happen. since we're comparing: when is the last time fatah or hamas engage in a terrorist attack? i still see zionist apologists having a hard time admitting that palestinians no longer engage in terrorist attacks and still try to use suicide bombs in cafe's and disco clubs like it happens every day and like it's the reason israel is dragging its feet and continuing to increase the illegal settlements.
  21. some folks can't admit that it was the troops that brought al quaeda and sectarian violence into iraq.
  22. all true. the coal plants are supposedly a lot cleaner than the conventional coal plants. of course the reason for their use is because renewable energy sources cannot suddenly replace everything else. it's a process and we have not even come close to reaching the peak of technology when it comes to renewable energy sources like wind and solar.
  23. you should take a look at germany's energy plan and system which is phasing out nuclear power plants and going towards renewable energy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Germany
  24. what does a minuscule amount of money compared to what israel receives have anything to do what israel needs to do in order to respond to its sugar daddy? straw-man much? is the israeli government going to continue to do what it can to not achieve a peaceful and just solution? because every action they're taking suggests this. including the increasing of settlements and wanting full control of the jordan valley. it's time for kerry to play u.s.' cards right and treat israel the way a father would towards a belligerent spoiled little child.
  25. according to... rue? rue cannot dictate what works and what doesn't. reality does. they engaged in terrorist acts against all non-jews in palestine, including the british. it was their method to instill fear and drive out any non-jews. hundreds of civilians were killed by bombings and massacres by these two terrorist groups, in which, future israeli prime ministers were a part of: 107-250 Palestinians killed and massacred during and after the battle at the village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, by 132 Irgun and 60 Lehi fighters. that was one of the better known attacks/massacres by these zionist terrorist groups. vegetable market anyone: 43 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Haifa. 33 Arabs were killed in multiple attacks, incl. 24 by bomb in Arab market in Suk Quarter of Haifa and 4 by bomb in Arab vegetable market in Jerusalem. in january of 1948: 20 Arabs killed by bomb at Jaffa Gate. of course, there was the famous 1946 bombing: 91 people were killed at King David Hotel Bombing mostly civilians, staff of the hotel or Secretariat, 41 Palestinian Arabs, 15-28 British citizens, 17 Palestinian Jews, 2 Armenians, 1 Russian, 1 Greek and 1 Egyptian. these were just the irgun attacks. plenty more by lehi as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irgun_attacks
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