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sabrina 1

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20. Well, they certainly have at least two openly racist members of their parliament. Nothing has been
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 04:02 PM
Jul 2014

done to either of them that I am aware of. And what would you call those mobs in the streets beating up Israelis who are protesting these horrific attacks on Gaza, chanting songs, mocking the deaths of Palestinian children? We have our own racists here who were given free rein for far too long, but I cannot imagine anyone in Congress today remaining there if they were to advocate the killing of all African American children and their mothers, calling them 'little snakes'.

If the world is getting the idea that Israel's Govt is racist, don't blame the world, look at WHY the world is getting that impression.

Don't you think the rocket attacks that proceeded the IDF operation had something to do with it? nt hack89 Jul 2014 #1
Oh, come on. Get real. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2014 #2
So give me a couple of examples of this "debunking" hack89 Jul 2014 #3
Oh, man. here we go again. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2014 #5
I knew you had nothing. nt hack89 Jul 2014 #7
you are so full of it. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2014 #21
happy to oblige.. frylock Jul 2014 #12
not sure it was actually an invitation for info bigtree Jul 2014 #24
of course it wasn't.. frylock Jul 2014 #25
Debunk doesn't mean an alternative argument was offered. TheKentuckian Jul 2014 #16
I'm going to make this clear for you. You're free to disagree bigtree Jul 2014 #6
"Hamas will pay,"??? Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #11
horrible bigtree Jul 2014 #14
how very telegenic frylock Jul 2014 #26
Yes. It was ever so generous of Israel to supply the models for the photo-shoot. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #27
It's weird how out of the innumerable crimes Israel commits against the Palestinians cpwm17 Jul 2014 #35
this is true, cpwm bigtree Jul 2014 #36
FFS malaise Jul 2014 #31
Trying to end Hamas? 4Q2u2 Jul 2014 #4
If they believe they can 'finish off' any group of people who exist BECAUSE of all the killing and sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #19
Israel was just looking for an excuse to kill Gazans. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #8
Why does Israel want to kill Gazans? oberliner Jul 2014 #10
Because they exist. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #13
They existed a month ago oberliner Jul 2014 #18
Because Hamas and Fatah had formed a unity government and they were going to hold elections. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #28
Thanks oberliner Jul 2014 #30
Why don't you ask the Israelis? Maybe the racist crowds in Tel Aviv will give you a hint. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2014 #15
Because Israelis are racists? oberliner Jul 2014 #17
Well, they certainly have at least two openly racist members of their parliament. Nothing has been sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #20
plus, those videos of cheering Israelis, each time a new missile/bomb/shell explodes in Gaza ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2014 #22
As do most countries oberliner Jul 2014 #23
We, the US, have zero moral authority, a priceless quality we lost when we invaded a country based sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #32
Good points oberliner Jul 2014 #34
Israel hated/was scared to death of unity between the PA and Hamas. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2014 #9
Hamas did something alright, they formed a unity government with Fatah and were going to hold Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #29
I believe you got it exactly right, Uncle Joe. sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #33
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