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Israeli rules say West Bank visitors must declare love interest

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> European invaders Most of Israeli Jews are of middle eastern origin. Their ancestors have never been to Europe, and they have been forced to flee their homes and go to Israel because of persecution by Muslim Arabs across the middle east — the same genocidal racism that stands behind current conflict. If you're so misinformed about the region that you think israelis are “European”, please refrain from commenting on…

I thought they were referring to the post-ww2 'spoils of war' perspective, rather than 'we were here the longest' (for certain values of 'we' and 'longest'). But so many promises have been broken, so many borders changed, so many people swapped in and out, it's hard to call it sensible.

Why is this Abrahamic religion split accepted in the first place. Or is it racist? Long-running feuds?

It's sad to see so many families harmed in all this, their land taken away.

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it is funny how american "ally"ness with israel somehow manages to put a cover on the "western" democracy values and "freedoms".... i am pretty sure the moment israel-usa relations turn sour, usa would wake up to the "inhuman treatment" and "apartheid".... right now its all fair and square and under the approval of American interests so its all fine. even EU hasn't had that "woke" moment with Palestinian yet, most pr…

I mean the answer is pretty clear even for Europe. With ISIS committing acts of terror in Europe, it helps to have a country in the Middle East as an ally.

so europe, with all its tall talks of freedoms and human rights is openly supporting an apartheid state just because it wants an "ally" in a region that they cannot police themselves so they want constant infighting there rather than back home..... nice

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like it or not, more than 60% of all countries in the world recognize the State of Palestine as a full sovereignty state. It is a fact, not something remain to be negotiated.

Citation for that stat? Like it or not, 30% of the world’s countries identify as Muslim majority and part of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. None of those countries recognize Israel as a state. Just because a bunch of countries believe (or don’t believe) something doesn’t make it a fact.

> Citation for that stat?

Have a look at the wiki on it. They are a country.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of...

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