On the Israel/Palestinian Conflict and self righteousness

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Monday August 03, 2009 · 4:57 PM PDT

2009/08/03 · 16:57

OK, everyone here knows I am a more moderate poster and moderate in terms of what is "left" and what is "right." I have nothing against the general left, especially in domestic issues, where I am very much on the left. But on foreign policy, whereas I once considered myself "left," as I see that on foreign policy, ESPECIALLY on I/P, the left is nowadays increasingly the far-left, and there is a huge problem I have with this.

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Sunday August 02, 2009 · 8:02 AM PDT

2009/08/02 · 08:02

Everyone knows Avigdor Lieberman is the Foreign Minister of the Jewish State of Israel, and he's a controversial fellow, with his little slogans of "there is not citizenship without loyalty," the fact that "he understands Arabic," his plan for the I/P conflict which would be a massive landswap that would strip many Arab-Israelis of citizenship.

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Friday July 31, 2009 · 2:24 PM PDT

2009/07/31 · 14:24

A few months ago, when the leader of Hamas Khaled Meshal claimed to accept a two-state solution, without of course a real peace treaty but rather another "hudna" for 10 years, not repudiating the charter which preaches hate, and of course still calls for the right of return, which of course, you know how I stand.

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Tuesday July 28, 2009 · 9:12 PM PDT

2009/07/28 · 21:12

All through the week, there has been buzz over the new movie about Rachel Corrie, who was a member of the ISM, who was killed in a war zone in Gaza as the IDF was destroying tunnels that terrorists use to smuggle weapons into Gaza, and eventually some are used all thoughout the land west of the Jordan, including Israel itself. We have seen 4 diaries, I think, or more about the movie, and the incident, which almost suggest she was a martyr, no doubt some view her as such. Some say she was "murdered," she "died for peace," etc. Its almost cultish.

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Sunday July 26, 2009 · 7:06 AM PDT

2009/07/26 · 07:06

Just when we thought the impassé between the the governments of the United States and the Jewish State of Israel over the peace-process was getting bigger, especially over settlement construction in the West Bank, we may have an agreement finally on the way, a month after Benjamin Netanyahu broke with his tradition of not accepting a two-state solution.

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Friday July 24, 2009 · 4:12 PM PDT

2009/07/24 · 16:12

As everyone knows, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his clan of Mullahs and the Ayatollah rigged the election and robbed the people of their voice to choose their own destiny, which some view as a choice between more warmongering and economic despair, and the hope of a future of peace and prosperity.

After previously being against all negotiations involving Iran's nuclear program, which is widely suspected of being for the purposes of nuclear weapons and talking of wiping Israel off the map, anti-semitic rants and hosting a Holocaust denial conference, and supporting the support of Hamas and Hezbollah, two terrorist groups bent on international jihad, and of course, vehement anti-American and anti-Western rants, after his fake and fraudulent election, Mahmoud decided to try something new.

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Wednesday July 22, 2009 · 12:02 PM PDT

2009/07/22 · 12:02

Now I voted initially for Hillary Clinton last year during the primary, while she was being called the "AIPAC candidate," falsely called a "neo-con," etc. And I did it because I thought she had more experience and knew more about domestic issues and had the added bonus of being up close in the White House. And most of all, I thought she had a stronger foreign policy hand, would take a tougher stand on Ahmadinejad, and was more of a friend to Israel, the only country in the Middle East ranked free by Freedom House, and a consistent ideology, political, and strategic ally, the only one in the ME during the Cold War and today. When Obama won the nomination, it took me some time to grudgingly accept, and in November I voted for him. I thought what I believed to be pandering to hard-left voters on I/P and positioning himself to be the anti-Hillary and thus anti-"AIPAC candidate" as the netroots called Hillary was just that: pandering. Anyway, enough about the primary.

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Monday July 20, 2009 · 6:17 PM PDT

2009/07/20 · 18:17

As everyone knows, Jordan is the only country which decided to try to integrate Palestinian Arab refugees into their society. After the Arab state rejected the partition plan and launched war upon the nascent Jewish state, Jordan then occupied and annexed the West Bank, as Egypt occupied the Gaza Strip, but did not give citizenship, unlike Jordan. Then in 1967 the Arab states launched war again, Egypt by closing the Straits of Tiran and along with Syria lining up troops at the borders, Egypt unlawfully expelling the UN peace keepers in the Sinai after the Suez War when Egypt tried to close the Suez, and Jordan began bombing the Jewish state, even when Israel tried to beg King Hussein not to take them to war again.

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Saturday July 18, 2009 · 6:40 PM PDT

2009/07/18 · 18:40

"If you liked Farfour the Mouse and the other quality shows brought to you on "Tomorrow's Pioneers," man and sub-men aka women, segregated in society and the buraq and in theater by law, we are proud to present to you the new film, brought to you by as Fathi Hamad, Gaza's Hamas interior minister says "It's Hamaswood instead of Hollywood," the new film, about which

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Is Hamaswood just too cool?

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Is Hamaswood just too cool?

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hell no

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of course!

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Hezbollah's hidden illegal weapons cache called out

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Wednesday July 15, 2009 · 7:22 PM PDT

2009/07/15 · 19:22

Everybody remembers that 3 years ago, Hezbollah went to war with Israel, and the war wasn't a clear cut victory for anyone. The UN negotiated a ceasefire, and since then, there hasn't been much fighting. This after a war of self defence against Hezbollah, who want an Islamic state or caliphate, and who would eliminate Jews just for being Jewish, and strived for this thru firing weapons on innocent civilians ONLY BECAUSE they were civilians. Like Hamas in Gaza, they play the PR game, they get everyone to hate Israel because of civilian casualties, even tho Hezbollah hides among civilians and fires from and behind civilian locations. Not to mention stashing their weapons there.

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Do you condemn Hezbollah's illegal weapon stashing?

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Do you condemn Hezbollah's illegal weapon stashing?

yes

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Human Rights Watch bias against Israel-The Saudi Factor (UPDATE)

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Tuesday July 14, 2009 · 7:04 PM PDT

2009/07/14 · 19:04

So we're all used to Human Rights Watch and others like it like Amnesty International coming out with claims about Israel which are dubious at best, which single out Israel and claim that Hamas doesn't use human shields even tho they admit they do:

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Monday July 13, 2009 · 11:11 AM PDT

2009/07/13 · 11:11

Even tho Benjamin Netanyahu announced his support for a two-state solution after decades of standing firm against it, and called for negotiations with no preconditions and wants them now, Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Palestinian Authority has said that even if the US and Israel come to an agreement on settlements where natural growth for buildings currently underway, Abbas will not negotiate.

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Should Abbas negotiate for peace?

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