Israel has invaded Gaza...

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I agree that's a problem. However they will never, never give up Jerusalem anyway from what I've seen.

Pete

The land appropriated by the Israelis around Jerusalem is a very small percentage of the land they've illegally seized on the West Bank, Pete. Probably less than 1%. Do a Google Images search on Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Most Americans are absolutely clueless about how much land Israel continues to seize on a daily basis there. Meanwhile, believe it or not, there's quite a bit of vacant land in Israel, even for a small country, except on the coast between Tel Aviv and Haifa.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

So Israel is just supposed to accept random rocket / suicide bomb attacks?

Pete

Of course not.

And the Palestinians of course cannot accept the land-stealing, death, and destruction visited upon them by the Israelis. Can they?

Thus the endless loop.

Endless.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Can you imagine the vast international pressure Israel would face if the Palestinians stopped, whatever you want to call it?

Pete

You mean if they would shut up and just accept being treated like dogshit?

Then the international community would pretend like everything is hunky dory and forget about them. That's what would happen.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Can you imagine the vast international pressure Israel would face if the Palestinians stopped, whatever you want to call it?

Pete

They are human beings. They can't stop, until the Israelis stop.
And the Israelis can't stop either.

[piece-itpete]

Has Gaza been friendlier with Israel since they pulled the settlements out?

Wiki shows about half the settlers are in East Jerusalem.

Pete

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

You mean if they would shut up and just accept being treated like dogshit?

Then the international community would pretend like everything is hunky dory and forget about them. That's what would happen.

Too true.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

So Israel is just supposed to accept random rocket / suicide bomb attacks?

Pete

NO. nfw. US Senate to the rescue.

US Congress approves $351m in aid to Israel's Iron Dome
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ne...aels-iron-dome

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Has Gaza been friendlier with Israel since they pulled the settlements out?

Wiki shows about half the settlers are in East Jerusalem.

Pete

I suppose they've been throwing fewer rocks with fewer settlers to aim at. Gaza's a hellhole, Pete. The West Bank less so. This probably explains why the Israelis want to seize as much West Bank land as possible.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

NO. nfw. US Senate to the rescue.

US Congress approves $351m in aid to Israel's Iron Dome
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ne...aels-iron-dome

$351 Billion for this shit!

And the wingnuts are biatchin about 1% of that, 3.6 Billion to help poor Mexican kids?

Jesus Fucking Christ on a Crutch!

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

$351 Billion for this shit!

And the wingnuts are biatchin about 1% of that, 3.6 Billion to help poor Mexican kids?

Jesus Fucking Christ on a Crutch!

Correction, it's $351 million. But then there is the annual $3.1 Billion military aid to Israel, even when they don't really need it as their economy is very robust and booming.