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Israel/Palestine

branford

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18. One of the biggest problems in the I/P mess

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #17)

Mon May 16, 2016, 10:50 PM

May 2016

is that the Palestinians and many Muslim and Arab countries (and apparently France) don't believe that the Levant is the ancestral homeland of Jews.

Denial of this historical fact and rampant antisemitism extends to the man on the street in the region all the way up to the United Nations. The recent UNESCO vote we've been discussing in other threads couldn't make this fact any clearer.

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Israel Must Recognize Its Responsibility for the Nakba, the Palestinian Tragedy [View all] Purveyor May 2016 OP

Arabs must 6chars May 2016 #1

The Nakba was a failed attempt to massacre/genocide the Jews. shira May 2016 #2

Does any criticism of Israeli policies automatically translate into "Israel haters"? procon May 2016 #3

Not at all. aranthus May 2016 #4

I disagree with your allegations. procon May 2016 #5

I understand that. You're a Leftist. aranthus May 2016 #6

Jews already claimed their own state, so that's not even an issue. procon May 2016 #8

You avoided answering a simple question from Aranthus. shira May 2016 #10

Why are you so hostile? Those are your words, not mine. procon May 2016 #12

You left out PEACE! Fozzledick May 2016 #16

You still didn't answer. Aranthus asked again & you didn't answer that either. n/t shira May 2016 #24

You won't answer that simple and fundamental question? Fine. I'll ask it this way. aranthus May 2016 #13

In the same way any group or tribe has a right to a State they can create and defend? Bok_Tukalo May 2016 #26

This is a subtly difficult question to answer, but I'll give it a go. aranthus May 2016 #27

Most of the world ? King_David May 2016 #14

Just like Poland Must Recognize Its Responsibility for starting the Second World War. Fozzledick May 2016 #7

Post of the day! n/t shira May 2016 #9

Exactly! aranthus May 2016 #11

The article is crap ! King_David May 2016 #15

Israel should acknowledge that it had a significant responsibility for the Nakba. Little Tich May 2016 #17

One of the biggest problems in the I/P mess branford May 2016 #18

I believe that those who believe that Israel isn't the ancestral homeland of the Jews and that they Little Tich May 2016 #20

The fact is that denial of Jewish history, autonomy branford May 2016 #21

Do you believe Israel should admit its responsibility for the Nakba or at least let Israelis Little Tich May 2016 #22

The Palestinians bear all the responsiblity. They attacked the Jews... shira May 2016 #25

There have been instances of Israelis admitting this Tony_FLADEM May 2016 #19

Many more than the above Tony_FLADEM...... Israeli May 2016 #23

Thank You! I'll take a look. Tony_FLADEM May 2016 #29

It's not "either/or." Igel May 2016 #28

Fortunately, Wikipedia can help with making things clearer: Little Tich May 2016 #30