Hamas strike on Israel

The figure of 75% of the populace being refugees relates to the amount of people who have been forcibly displaced within the Gaza Strip continuously.

The fact that this simple element of the video you had linked has to be explained to you is pathetic, but I’m sure you’ll continue to engage in your own imagined reality.

Israel is an obvious pariah state or terrorist state but we are into the quite bizarre scenario where the US, Canada, the UK, the EU etc have decided said terrorist state is an "ally". This is clearly not going to end well for the West : being pals with a pariah state which is currently carrying out genocide (and even arming and financing them) raises all sorts of moral, legal and ethical considerations.

It's gas. A couple of mild instances of abuse and it's time to start clutching the pearls and screaming blue murder.

Meanwhile in Gaza children are being lured to area with the promise of some meagre rations and then being shot, with absolutely no condemnation from the people who are "outraged" because some guy got a slap on a bus.

They don't want peace. Peace means the end of expansion and the end of the greater Israel project that's so dear to Likud's heart. They need a perpetual enemy so they can spout off about an "existential threat" that nobody can actually achieve. Tyranny's need enemies. It's justifies their hideous existence.

Israeli supporters always have to resort to lies.

Yes, criticising Israel isn’t inherently antisemitic, but calling any proposal for a rights-based state ‘genocidal’ simply because it doesn’t preserve Jewish demographic supremacy is a problem. You can’t both say critique is fine and then equate it with genocide the moment someone proposes equal rights for everyone.

Demanding equal rights and justice for Palestinians, even if it means reimagining the political structure isn’t ‘destroying Israel’ any more than ending apartheid destroyed South Africa. Jews would still live there, with full rights alongside Palestinians, not over them.

"States work better when people are bound by ethnic ties."

That’s not a universal truth, it’s a colonial era myth. The most stable and thriving societies in the world today such as Canada, Switzerland, India and the U.S. are diverse and pluralistic. Ethnic purity doesn’t guarantee peace; it often leads to authoritarianism and violence against minorities.

Regarding your point about Sykes-Picot, yes I agree that colonial powers drew awful borders and imposed destructive mandates. But the solution isn’t to embrace ethno-nationalism, it’s to build societies based on justice and inclusion, not more exclusion. Arguing that diversity inherently leads to civil war is a self-fulfilling, defeatist worldview.

I know you are just trolling but do you actually believe any of this drivel that you post?

You're the biggest "jew basher" on here Sean and you dont even realise it!

"the libs" are taking a serious knocking though. To be fair, at least he's honest with his bigotry unlike the rest of them.

Another imaginative stretch of reality.
Very selective as always on the accusations/insults that you wish to criticise.

I always forget to blame the Ottomans and leave the fault solely on the shoulders of the Brits and French. They were as bad a colonial power as any.

It's not my philosophy or what I want in this world. But it's the way of the world and to think otherwise is to be deluded.

Why did America leave Afghanistan? They were being met with constant geurilla force making the campaign too costly to sustain.

Why hasn't Russia conquered Ukraine? Force

Why has Russia conquered 20% of Ukraine? Force

Why did Assad control Syria? Force

Why the the Turkish backed Sunnis take it over? Force

Why did many Druze just die? Force

Why are all the Druze currently not dead? Force

Why are the Gazans getting beaten to a pulp? Force

Why does Israel exist? Force

I can go on forever but when I read Irish people waffling about diplomacy I just think of a bunch of brainwashed people in leafy suburbs not realising the way of this world.

It's easy to have this attitude in Ireland at the corner of our great western empire. Not so easy if you're on the battle lines between Judaism and Islam or Russia and Ukraine or Islam and the Druze or Islam and Hindu.

Gibberish? Are you a Brit lover? My post was in response to those who claim they're now boycotting countries for travel or products from places like America or Israel. I ask the question surely you boycott all things Britain as well then?

I definitely don't do a full boycott, I've had trips paid for me as presents to the UK etc but I've never once gone out of my way to go there.

As for the other point should we not use force? We should and we would have if we could. The reality is we are completely outgunned. I'll add another to the list.

Why does Britain occupy the north of Ireland? FORCE