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What Does Israel Fear from This ‘Terrorist’? (2021)

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Re: What Does Israel Fear from This ‘Terrorist’? (2021)

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Post by tom-thistime »

fffobar wrote: post #4

The most fascinating fact about the state of Israel is that it is in an on-again-off-again state of war for something like the last 4000 years. I cannot fathom how is it possible for neither sides to win, especially the broadly speaking Arab side. Now with the nuclear arsenal and the very competent military they'll most likely survive at least till the first nuclear war, whenever that happens.

What nation is not in an on-again-off-again state of war throughout its existence? I think that may be the rule, not the exception.

Re: What Does Israel Fear from This ‘Terrorist’? (2021)

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Post by nyokodo »

hpcjoe wrote: post #10
assbuttbuttass wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure what you mean, "the state of Israel" was created in 1948, it's less than 80 years old

The modern state of Israel declared its independence in 1948 (and was immediately attacked by all of its neighbors, something which re-occurred multiple times). The ancient "state" of Israel has been in that land for north of 3000 years. As archaeological evidence continues to demonstrate.

> The ancient "state" of Israel has been in that land for north of 3000 years

With a ~2500 year gap between the fall of the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel and Judah and the 1948 modern state.

Re: What Does Israel Fear from This ‘Terrorist’? (2021)

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Post by [deleted] »

ethotool wrote: post #9
fffobar wrote: post #4

The most fascinating fact about the state of Israel is that it is in an on-again-off-again state of war for something like the last 4000 years. I cannot fathom how is it possible for neither sides to win, especially the broadly speaking Arab side. Now with the nuclear arsenal and the very competent military they'll most likely survive at least till the first nuclear war, whenever that happens.

Palestinians lived there for over 2000 years. Mainly Muslims and Christians but also a small percentage of Palestinian Jews (1%). It wasn’t until Zionisim and the movement that was first founded before WWI who conspired with the British to illegally take over Palestinian lands and expel over 750,000 refugees to neighboring countries.

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Re: What Does Israel Fear from This ‘Terrorist’? (2021)

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Post by jacooper »

The entire state is built on illegality and thugs.

Israel is an illegal occupation started by the British government, that turned into an Apartheid occupation later on.

They still want the world to believe they are Democratic, while they lack a single thing of a real democracy.

Their propaganda machine is what kept it alive.

They turned antisemitism to basically being anti-israel and anti-occupation, pretending to be a democracy while occupying a land they have no right to.

The affect of Israeli propaganda is super clear when comparing the coverage of the Russian occupation in Ukraine, and the Zionist occupation in Palestine.

But luckily their propaganda is getting defeated left, right and center, because the truth is finally available to the masses because of social media (which themselves try to censor Palestinians).

And they are killing journalists covering the truth(1) and innocent childern(2).

Its an illegal apartheid occupation that will end, its just a matter of time, just like what happened in south Africa.

1. https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1560172508426522624

2. https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1558094704645787652

Re: What Does Israel Fear from This ‘Terrorist’? (2021)

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Post by ethotool »

hpcjoe wrote: post #10
assbuttbuttass wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure what you mean, "the state of Israel" was created in 1948, it's less than 80 years old

The modern state of Israel declared its independence in 1948 (and was immediately attacked by all of its neighbors, something which re-occurred multiple times). The ancient "state" of Israel has been in that land for north of 3000 years. As archaeological evidence continues to demonstrate.

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Re: What Does Israel Fear from This ‘Terrorist’? (2021)

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Post by School-Cotton »

hpcjoe wrote: post #10
assbuttbuttass wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure what you mean, "the state of Israel" was created in 1948, it's less than 80 years old

The modern state of Israel declared its independence in 1948 (and was immediately attacked by all of its neighbors, something which re-occurred multiple times). The ancient "state" of Israel has been in that land for north of 3000 years. As archaeological evidence continues to demonstrate.

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Re: What Does Israel Fear from This ‘Terrorist’? (2021)

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Post by achenet »

ethotool wrote: post #5

IMO when all is said and done the human rights abuses against the Palestinians will go down as one of the worst in history.

disagree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_genocide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide

Re: What Does Israel Fear from This ‘Terrorist’? (2021)

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Post by treeman79 »

jacooper wrote: post #15

The entire state is built on illegality and thugs. Israel is an illegal occupation started by the British government, that turned into an Apartheid occupation later on. They still want the world to believe they are Democratic, while they lack a single thing of a real democracy. Their propaganda machine is what kept it alive. They turned antisemitism to basically being anti-israel and anti-occupation, pretending to be…

Well Europe has just finished killing six million Jews. The entire region wants to kill them all.

By all means let’s blame the victims for defending themselves.

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