I don't know why the Israeli government thinks everything is an existential threat of some kind or tantamount to "national suicide." They pulled the same rationale while the government was debating whether to start deporting African refugees of ethnic cleaning in Sudan and Eritrea back to their home countries last year.

Tell me again how this paves the path towards reconcilliation and peace.,,

At some point, the Israelis are going to have to either admit that a half century of this crap hasn't worked, or they're going to have to just say, "EVERYONE OUT!" and deal with a reduced labor pool.

It's like they're actively trying to become 1939 Germany now.

GAT_00: It's like they're actively trying to become 1939 Germany now.

They do try and annex a lot of lebensraum now and then.

But don't you dare call it apartheid ...

Amos Quito: I, for one, am sure glad that the US strongly supports "the only free and democratic State in the Middle East."

God bless 'em.

As much as this decision sucks, Israel is, by far, the most free country in the Middle East

ArkAngel: Amos Quito: I, for one, am sure glad that the US strongly supports "the only free and democratic State in the Middle East."

God bless 'em.

As much as this decision sucks, Israel is, by far, the most free country in the Middle East

That's like being the least derped candidate in the republican primary.

Israel's like that guy who got abused as a kid and grows up to be homicidal sociopath.

ArkAngel: Amos Quito: I, for one, am sure glad that the US strongly supports "the only free and democratic State in the Middle East."

God bless 'em.

As much as this decision sucks, Israel is, by far, the most free country in the Middle East

ThatGuyFromTheInternet: GAT_00: It's like they're actively trying to become 1939 Germany now.

They do try and annex a lot of lebensraum now and then.

Maybe they don't even realize it. It's like they are the adopted children of an abusive alcoholic parent and are now falling into that same pattern

I'm glad to see that antisemitism is alive and well.

kbronsito: ThatGuyFromTheInternet: GAT_00: It's like they're actively trying to become 1939 Germany now.

They do try and annex a lot of lebensraum now and then.

Maybe they don't even realize it. It's like they are the adopted children of an abusive alcoholic parent and are now falling into that same pattern

And they've got a rich, powerful uncle named Sam to save their butts all the time.

This is my shocked face.

How is that about racial purity if it's about ANY Israeli, whether Arab, Jewish, or anything else?

hubiestubert: Tell me again how this paves the path towards reconcilliation and peace.,,

Tell me why we have to always be the only ones to do this

Tell me the last thing THEY did to pave the way toward reconciliation and peace.

Wendy's Chili: Where's whatshisface?

I'm sure he can explain why this is awesome and totally not bigoted.

You summoned him.

Tatsuma: How is that about racial purity if it's about ANY Israeli, whether Arab, Jewish, or anything else?

But Interior Minister Eli Yishai, who congratulated the Supreme Court on Thursday, made clear that shoring up Israel's Jewish majority was also a concern.

Oops. It's about a pure Jewish state. This is as simple as that. Saying anything else is a downright lie.

Democratic state my ass.

Tatsuma: Tell me the last thing THEY did to pave the way toward reconciliation and peace.

You're the ones bombing them and oppressing Palestinians you fark.

Oh hey.

It's this dumb f*cking thread again.

Aarontology: Oh hey.

It's this dumb f*cking thread again.

YAY!

Boiled to its essence, the majority opinion by the Israeli Supreme Court could, with only slight modification, been the merits brief of Virginia in Loving v. Virginia.

Tatsuma: hubiestubert: Tell me again how this paves the path towards reconcilliation and peace.,,

Tell me why we have to always be the only ones to do this

Tell me the last thing THEY did to pave the way toward reconciliation and peace.

When Hamas stated that in the spirit of the Arab Spring that they were going to concentrate on non-violent protest? Mind you, that was to perhaps more to avoid crushing reprisals on the communities that they lived in, but without violent protests to crush, it does sort of take the steam out of the momentum to boot more folks from the Strip...

ArkAngel: As much as this decision sucks, Israel is, by far, the most free country in the Middle East



What am I? Chopped liver?

CitizenTed: ArkAngel: As much as this decision sucks, Israel is, by far, the most free country in the Middle East

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What am I? Chopped liver?

Turkey no longer counts now that is not Israel's lapdog. (Plus, I think that technically it is a part of Europe, not the Middle East.)

Tatsuma: Tell me the last thing THEY did to pave the way toward reconciliation and peace.

Well, it's nice to hear someone come out and admit it's just a race to the bottom.

Tatsuma: hubiestubert: Tell me again how this paves the path towards reconcilliation and peace.,,

Tell me why we have to always be the only ones to do this

Tell me the last thing THEY did to pave the way toward reconciliation and peace.

Like peacefully petitioning the largest diplomatic body in the world for official recognition?

hubiestubert: When Hamas stated that in the spirit of the Arab Spring that they were going to concentrate on non-violent protest?

Except that they clearly said dozens of time in Arabic since then that they were not in any way dropping Jihad and stopping the struggle until the land is free from river to sea.

So yeah nothing there

Next.


PS: They also declared that there is no need for non-violent protests in Gaza because Gaza is not under occupation. Their words.

CitizenTed: ArkAngel: As much as this decision sucks, Israel is, by far, the most free country in the Middle East

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What am I? Chopped liver?

Hmm, there's something I don't know the answer to: Is Turkey or Kuwait the most free state in the Middle East?

Israel is a solid third, at best.

GAT_00: CitizenTed: ArkAngel: As much as this decision sucks, Israel is, by far, the most free country in the Middle East

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What am I? Chopped liver?

Hmm, there's something I don't know the answer to: Is Turkey or Kuwait the most free state in the Middle East?

Israel is a solid third, at best.

Isn't Turkey trying to get into the EU, though?

Tatsuma: Tell me why we have to always be the only ones to do this.

Because you're the ones who hold the government. You have a population that you moved in with, and in coming in stripped folks of land, and representation, and were shocked when folks reacted poorly to this. Especially when you had the opportunity when the state was forming to share power, and come together as region and a people. That wasn't the route that was taken. And for this, you've had years of generated conflict. Created and managed conflict.

At this point, we have to acknowledge, that your people don't want peace. At least not a peace that involves anything other than the removal of folks from the region. Which is sort of the reason for the conflict in the first place...

ThatGuyFromTheInternet: Like peacefully petitioning the largest diplomatic body in the world for official recognition?

And when they petitioned that largest diplomatic body in the world, it was for a unilateral move, and calling to return to the British Mandate boundaries

hillbillypharmacist: Well, it's nice to hear someone come out and admit it's just a race to the bottom.

Oh give me a break we routinely do things to make peace easier, they never do.

Tatsuma: Oh give me a break we routinely do things to make peace easier, they never do.

...and so why try anymore, right?

Racist apartheid state is racist.

Tatsuma: And when they petitioned that largest diplomatic body in the world, it was for a unilateral move, and calling to return to the British Mandate boundaries

You mean the ones Israel has agreed to in the past in peace deals that you never upheld?

Tatsuma: ThatGuyFromTheInternet: Like peacefully petitioning the largest diplomatic body in the world for official recognition?

And when they petitioned that largest diplomatic body in the world, it was for a unilateral move, and calling to return to the British Mandate boundaries

As opposed to the Israeli-mandated boundaries which form the letters, "fark you, Arabs?"

cameroncrazy1984: Isn't Turkey trying to get into the EU, though?

Maybe, but I doubt they're trying all that hard since the Euro crisis hit.