Palestinaisn being slaughtered and a prick with a cowboy hat is on frint page

mad muffin wrote: »

The people laughing at my suggestion that Arabs don't need Israel as an excuse to kill. The kill each other just fine.

Just like in:

Syria
Iraq
Afghanistan
Libya
Egypt

As to the notion that Israel's survival is laughable? I don't think so.

Arabs?.

S.O wrote: »

Walking through town saturday evening, I happened to walk past one of those palestine solidiarity support groups, where they had a petition and a stall asking people to sign their petition to expell the israili ambassador, I politely declined and kept walking, my view of it is its a conflict outside Ireland that has nothing to do with Irish domestic affairs where I take neither side, if you re gonna campaign about something, campaign about homelessness/rising rent prices/water charges, campaign about something that is an issue for people here.

Many of the people involved in those groups are socially aware and do campaign for those less fortunate then ourselves here in Ireland.

Guillermo Faithful Tractor wrote: »

That was the plan when Israel elected Ehud Baraks government, he began by disengaging from Lebanon at first, then Gaza and granting them limited autonomy, including free sea and air ports. He also agreed to halt the settlements in the WB but not to a pull out.

But Arafat thought opening a second intifada seemed like a better idea.

That's the problem always. Ehud Barak's moderate Israeli government did do their best but then Arafat caved into extremists in his own camp to try and get further concessions. This in turn fueled more extremism on both sides and the continued bad feeling and hatred.

Always, just when hope appears, some unhelpful idiot is always there to derail things. It is the same in Iran: Hassan Rouhani is met by stubborn judiciary and military junta along with corrupt priests who all fear for their future under a more moderate Iran. It is the same everywhere in the Middle East. Hardliners protecting their own patch and causing trouble.

mad muffin wrote: »

OK sorry. Towel heads. Or camel jockeys. Better?

Wow. I have a lot of sympathy for Israel but, just, wow.

mad muffin wrote: »

What? To racisty?

Your post left me gobsmacked. Perhaps if we could all try not de-humanizing other races / religions / etc. the world would be a bit happier.

Meglamonia wrote: »

On sky Israeli millitary telling Gaza city residents to leave their homes.

Yup, thats what they do.

Done it in Lebanon after Grapes of Wrath.

Meglamonia wrote: »

Will they actually do anything or is it just talk?

And where are the gazans supposed to evacuate to?

Why did you thank a blatantly racist post?

Is the title ever going to be fixed?

Tasden wrote: »

Is it not possible to do both?

Well if you re working full time or in college full time, you won,t have time to help out in numerous campaigns, going to meetings/campaigning etc, you only can give and volenteer so much of your time, where you have to and prioritise whats more worth and deserving volenteering your time to, for me domestic issues are more important then external issues.