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#51 KC_Hokie
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[QUOTE="GazaAli"] Let's not play semantics here. Whether Judaism is a religion or an ethnicity is not the subject of discussion here. What matters is that we have a state that affiliates itself with a religion or an ethnicity and there are people of great influence and power in the name of that religion or ethnicity.GazaAli

But the case here is that it does not officially affiliate itself with a religion. To a large extent an ethnicity yes, but not religion. There are definitely powerful figures in Israeli politics advocating at the very least theocratic influences. But can you really judge a country based on minority parties not in government? Then alot of states I'm sure could be considered theocratic, racist, facist, nazi, communist and other bad words.

But these are not minority parties. To get a real understanding of their scale, just observe parties and candidates before any major elections. They seek their votes and offer them things that can be absurd at times which are strongly opposed by some Israeli citizens and politicians. They are of great influence and their votes are essential for candidates to secure a considerable representation in the Knesset. Their influence has grown over the past 25 years or so which can be seen in the serious deterioration of the more moderate left which by the way hasn't ruled in Israel for some 20 consecutive years or so. To put it simply if it was not for extreme right wing and religious parties and tendencies Israel may have had offered something substantial in the past and the conflict would have looked different by now.

Zionists are a very small percent in government and even smaller as a percentage in overall Israeli society. Using that excuse for the Palestinian situation is lame.
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#52 themajormayor
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[QUOTE="GazaAli"] Let's be honest for a moment. I do acknowledge the existence of Israel as a reality, but no I will never acknowledge that it had that right 65 years ago. And with that same honesty we all do ask of the Palestinians to accept such a reality and stop committing "violence", be we all do so because Israel is a powerful state which has the U.S as its bitch, not because any other state or nation in such situation would not commit this violence.GazaAli

I do not think that the Palestinians are completely unjustified in commiting violence but I definitely think Israel had the right to declare their independence 65 years ago. Also while it's true that USA is Israel's bitch it's also pretty much the only state that is. If Israel is so so powerful how come it's the Palestinians are even able to refuse to negotiate? I'm not even saying they are not right to do so. But such a "weak" party should really be begging Israel to come and talk instead of being completely crushed. Yes Israel is definitely much more powerful militarily, but politically? Not necessarily.

 

oh and long time no see, hope all is well etc. :3

You have to understand the mentality of Palestinians and their state of mind. We view ourselves as the victims who were kicked out and ethnically cleansed 65 years ago. Great injustice and humiliation were inflicted to us from Israel and the world by standing still while all of this happened to us and is still happening to us. We also view that we are the ones with the true right to this land. Consequently, and out of patriotism and honor, we have to stand strong and struggle for freedom and our rights. When you look at it from this angel you'll understand why we play the tough guy and won't sit for negotiations. And Israel is as politically strong as it is militarily... Hi :3

 

Well I definitely understand that. But Israelis feel kinda the same way. It's probably one of the most patriotic country of the world. Yet it is Israel who begs the Palestinians to come, seriously they released murderers just for them to COME to the negotiations. Again while understand all that honour and patriotism stuff, if Palestinians were really THAT much weaker politically it wouldn't matter one bit since Israel would just steamroll them, as they are able to do militarily. Did Germany have anything to say at the versaille conference? No (I think). Or after WWII? If you're the winner you make the rules and the losers should be happy that you're even willing to negotiate. The strong winner doesn't offer freedom of murderers so that the weak loser will come. So at the very least there is a much smaller gap from this aspect in terms of power.

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#53 KC_Hokie
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[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="themajormayor"]

I do not think that the Palestinians are completely unjustified in commiting violence but I definitely think Israel had the right to declare their independence 65 years ago. Also while it's true that USA is Israel's bitch it's also pretty much the only state that is. If Israel is so so powerful how come it's the Palestinians are even able to refuse to negotiate? I'm not even saying they are not right to do so. But such a "weak" party should really be begging Israel to come and talk instead of being completely crushed. Yes Israel is definitely much more powerful militarily, but politically? Not necessarily.

 

oh and long time no see, hope all is well etc. :3

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You have to understand the mentality of Palestinians and their state of mind. We view ourselves as the victims who were kicked out and ethnically cleansed 65 years ago. Great injustice and humiliation were inflicted to us from Israel and the world by standing still while all of this happened to us and is still happening to us. We also view that we are the ones with the true right to this land. Consequently, and out of patriotism and honor, we have to stand strong and struggle for freedom and our rights. When you look at it from this angel you'll understand why we play the tough guy and won't sit for negotiations. And Israel is as politically strong as it is militarily... Hi :3

 

Well I definitely understand that. But Israelis feel kinda the same way. It's probably one of the most patriotic country of the world. Yet it is Israel who begs the Palestinians to come, seriously they released murderers just for them to COME to the negotiations. Again while understand all that honour and patriotism stuff, if Palestinians were really THAT much weaker politically it wouldn't matter one bit since Israel would just steamroll them, as they are able to do militarily. Did Germany have anything to say at the versaille conference? No (I think). Or after WWII? If you're the winner you make the rules and the losers should be happy that you're even willing to negotiate. The strong winner doesn't offer freedom of murderers so that the weak loser will come. So at the very least there is a much smaller gap from this aspect in terms of power.

Exactly. Palestinians have been on the losing side in every conflict for the last 70 years. They are lucky at this point to have any piece of land to call their own. Historically, most groups that lose that many wars in that short a period usually have zero territory and are lucky to even exist as a group.

And THEN the Palestinians make demands..lol! They need to just accept what they are offered otherwise they will just be colonized and annexed over time.

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[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="themajormayor"]

But the case here is that it does not officially affiliate itself with a religion. To a large extent an ethnicity yes, but not religion. There are definitely powerful figures in Israeli politics advocating at the very least theocratic influences. But can you really judge a country based on minority parties not in government? Then alot of states I'm sure could be considered theocratic, racist, facist, nazi, communist and other bad words.

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But these are not minority parties. To get a real understanding of their scale, just observe parties and candidates before any major elections. They seek their votes and offer them things that can be absurd at times which are strongly opposed by some Israeli citizens and politicians. They are of great influence and their votes are essential for candidates to secure a considerable representation in the Knesset. Their influence has grown over the past 25 years or so which can be seen in the serious deterioration of the more moderate left which by the way hasn't ruled in Israel for some 20 consecutive years or so. To put it simply if it was not for extreme right wing and religious parties and tendencies Israel may have had offered something substantial in the past and the conflict would have looked different by now.

Zionists are a very small percent in government and even smaller as a percentage in overall Israeli society. Using that excuse for the Palestinian situation is lame.

what? You're saying that there are hardly any zionists in israel?
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#55 themajormayor
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[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

[QUOTE="GazaAli"] Let's not play semantics here. Whether Judaism is a religion or an ethnicity is not the subject of discussion here. What matters is that we have a state that affiliates itself with a religion or an ethnicity and there are people of great influence and power in the name of that religion or ethnicity.GazaAli

But the case here is that it does not officially affiliate itself with a religion. To a large extent an ethnicity yes, but not religion. There are definitely powerful figures in Israeli politics advocating at the very least theocratic influences. But can you really judge a country based on minority parties not in government? Then alot of states I'm sure could be considered theocratic, racist, facist, nazi, communist and other bad words.

But these are not minority parties. To get a real understanding of their scale, just observe parties and candidates before any major elections. They seek their votes and offer them things that can be absurd at times which are strongly opposed by some Israeli citizens and politicians. They are of great influence and their votes are essential for candidates to secure a considerable representation in the Knesset. Their influence has grown over the past 25 years or so which can be seen in the serious deterioration of the more moderate left which by the way hasn't ruled in Israel for some 20 consecutive years or so. To put it simply if it was not for extreme right wing and religious parties and tendencies Israel may have had offered something substantial in the past and the conflict would have looked different by now.

They're about 20%. That's a minority no matter how you look at it.

They are indeed of great power since they are a balance of power. It's a common phenomenon in politics. 

While it's true that the left has greatly deterioated, but it's mostly not to the benifit of religious parties, right-wing doesn't neccesarily mean religious. The four biggest parties right now are all secular. Likud is secular, Israel beiteinu is extremely secular, yesh atid is extremely secular and the labour party is secular.

Then why did not much change when the left was in power, which was for the majority of the state's existence?

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#56 themajormayor
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[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

[QUOTE="GazaAli"] You have to understand the mentality of Palestinians and their state of mind. We view ourselves as the victims who were kicked out and ethnically cleansed 65 years ago. Great injustice and humiliation were inflicted to us from Israel and the world by standing still while all of this happened to us and is still happening to us. We also view that we are the ones with the true right to this land. Consequently, and out of patriotism and honor, we have to stand strong and struggle for freedom and our rights. When you look at it from this angel you'll understand why we play the tough guy and won't sit for negotiations. And Israel is as politically strong as it is militarily... Hi :3KC_Hokie

 

Well I definitely understand that. But Israelis feel kinda the same way. It's probably one of the most patriotic country of the world. Yet it is Israel who begs the Palestinians to come, seriously they released murderers just for them to COME to the negotiations. Again while understand all that honour and patriotism stuff, if Palestinians were really THAT much weaker politically it wouldn't matter one bit since Israel would just steamroll them, as they are able to do militarily. Did Germany have anything to say at the versaille conference? No (I think). Or after WWII? If you're the winner you make the rules and the losers should be happy that you're even willing to negotiate. The strong winner doesn't offer freedom of murderers so that the weak loser will come. So at the very least there is a much smaller gap from this aspect in terms of power.

Exactly. Palestinians have been on the losing side in every conflict for the last 70 years. They are lucky at this point to have any piece of land to call their own. Historically, most groups that lose that many wars in that short a period usually have zero territory and are lucky to even exist as a group.

And THEN the Palestinians make demands..lol! They need to just accept what they are offered otherwise they will just be colonized and annexed over time.

The point I'm making though is that they're not really on the losing side. Time is on their side, world opinion is on their side. They don't have the military power but they have everything else.
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#57 KC_Hokie
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[QUOTE="BossPerson"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="GazaAli"] But these are not minority parties. To get a real understanding of their scale, just observe parties and candidates before any major elections. They seek their votes and offer them things that can be absurd at times which are strongly opposed by some Israeli citizens and politicians. They are of great influence and their votes are essential for candidates to secure a considerable representation in the Knesset. Their influence has grown over the past 25 years or so which can be seen in the serious deterioration of the more moderate left which by the way hasn't ruled in Israel for some 20 consecutive years or so. To put it simply if it was not for extreme right wing and religious parties and tendencies Israel may have had offered something substantial in the past and the conflict would have looked different by now.

Zionists are a very small percent in government and even smaller as a percentage in overall Israeli society. Using that excuse for the Palestinian situation is lame.

what? You're saying that there are hardly any zionists in israel?

Very small percentage. Yes. Only 15-20% of Israelis are Zionists and they percentage keeps dropping over time.
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#58 themajormayor
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[QUOTE="BossPerson"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="GazaAli"] But these are not minority parties. To get a real understanding of their scale, just observe parties and candidates before any major elections. They seek their votes and offer them things that can be absurd at times which are strongly opposed by some Israeli citizens and politicians. They are of great influence and their votes are essential for candidates to secure a considerable representation in the Knesset. Their influence has grown over the past 25 years or so which can be seen in the serious deterioration of the more moderate left which by the way hasn't ruled in Israel for some 20 consecutive years or so. To put it simply if it was not for extreme right wing and religious parties and tendencies Israel may have had offered something substantial in the past and the conflict would have looked different by now.

Zionists are a very small percent in government and even smaller as a percentage in overall Israeli society. Using that excuse for the Palestinian situation is lame.

what? You're saying that there are hardly any zionists in israel?

Ugggh why don't people understand what Zionism means?
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#59 themajormayor
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[QUOTE="BossPerson"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]Zionists are a very small percent in government and even smaller as a percentage in overall Israeli society. Using that excuse for the Palestinian situation is lame.KC_Hokie
what? You're saying that there are hardly any zionists in israel?

Very small percentage. Yes. Only 15-20% of Israelis are Zionists and they percentage keeps dropping over time.

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#60 KC_Hokie
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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

 

Well I definitely understand that. But Israelis feel kinda the same way. It's probably one of the most patriotic country of the world. Yet it is Israel who begs the Palestinians to come, seriously they released murderers just for them to COME to the negotiations. Again while understand all that honour and patriotism stuff, if Palestinians were really THAT much weaker politically it wouldn't matter one bit since Israel would just steamroll them, as they are able to do militarily. Did Germany have anything to say at the versaille conference? No (I think). Or after WWII? If you're the winner you make the rules and the losers should be happy that you're even willing to negotiate. The strong winner doesn't offer freedom of murderers so that the weak loser will come. So at the very least there is a much smaller gap from this aspect in terms of power.

themajormayor

Exactly. Palestinians have been on the losing side in every conflict for the last 70 years. They are lucky at this point to have any piece of land to call their own. Historically, most groups that lose that many wars in that short a period usually have zero territory and are lucky to even exist as a group.

And THEN the Palestinians make demands..lol! They need to just accept what they are offered otherwise they will just be colonized and annexed over time.

The point I'm making though is that they're not really on the losing side. Time is on their side, world opinion is on their side. They don't have the military power but they have everything else.

No it's not. Look at the map over time of Palestinian territoriality. Another 20-30 years at this rate and there will be no Palestinian area.

map.jpg?w=600&h=440

 

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#61 BossPerson
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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

 

Well I definitely understand that. But Israelis feel kinda the same way. It's probably one of the most patriotic country of the world. Yet it is Israel who begs the Palestinians to come, seriously they released murderers just for them to COME to the negotiations. Again while understand all that honour and patriotism stuff, if Palestinians were really THAT much weaker politically it wouldn't matter one bit since Israel would just steamroll them, as they are able to do militarily. Did Germany have anything to say at the versaille conference? No (I think). Or after WWII? If you're the winner you make the rules and the losers should be happy that you're even willing to negotiate. The strong winner doesn't offer freedom of murderers so that the weak loser will come. So at the very least there is a much smaller gap from this aspect in terms of power.

themajormayor

Exactly. Palestinians have been on the losing side in every conflict for the last 70 years. They are lucky at this point to have any piece of land to call their own. Historically, most groups that lose that many wars in that short a period usually have zero territory and are lucky to even exist as a group.

And THEN the Palestinians make demands..lol! They need to just accept what they are offered otherwise they will just be colonized and annexed over time.

The point I'm making though is that they're not really on the losing side. Time is on their side, world opinion is on their side. They don't have the military power but they have everything else.

Time is on the Israeli's side, they're "winning" just by the status quo remaining. As for world opinion, America and Western Europe is on their side (for the most part) and thats all that matters really. And Im not even gonna engage KC, the guy is just gonna make me pull my hair out with his stupidity
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[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]Exactly. Palestinians have been on the losing side in every conflict for the last 70 years. They are lucky at this point to have any piece of land to call their own. Historically, most groups that lose that many wars in that short a period usually have zero territory and are lucky to even exist as a group.

And THEN the Palestinians make demands..lol! They need to just accept what they are offered otherwise they will just be colonized and annexed over time.

KC_Hokie

The point I'm making though is that they're not really on the losing side. Time is on their side, world opinion is on their side. They don't have the military power but they have everything else.

No it's not. Look at the map over time of Palestinian territoriality. Another 20-30 years at this rate and there will be no Palestinian area.

map.jpg?w=600&h=440 

You realize that according to this kind of logic there was no palestinian area after 1967 and that they have been growing since?

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[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]Exactly. Palestinians have been on the losing side in every conflict for the last 70 years. They are lucky at this point to have any piece of land to call their own. Historically, most groups that lose that many wars in that short a period usually have zero territory and are lucky to even exist as a group.

And THEN the Palestinians make demands..lol! They need to just accept what they are offered otherwise they will just be colonized and annexed over time.

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The point I'm making though is that they're not really on the losing side. Time is on their side, world opinion is on their side. They don't have the military power but they have everything else.

Time is on the Israeli's side, they're "winning" just by the status quo remaining. As for world opinion, America and Western Europe is on their side (for the most part) and thats all that matters really. And Im not even gonna engage KC, the guy is just gonna make me pull my hair out with his stupidity

Status Quo is only benefitial for the Palestinians. How many times have you not heard that Israeli occupation is contributing to increasing isolation and loss of support of Israel?

America is on Israel's side to a great extent. Western Europe is neutral at best.

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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

[QUOTE="themajormayor"] The point I'm making though is that they're not really on the losing side. Time is on their side, world opinion is on their side. They don't have the military power but they have everything else.themajormayor

No it's not. Look at the map over time of Palestinian territoriality. Another 20-30 years at this rate and there will be no Palestinian area.

map.jpg?w=600&h=440 

You realize that according to this kind of logic there was no palestinian area after 1967 and that they have been growing since?

This is a demographic not political map. They are losing territory over time and being colonized and annexed.
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Isreal should have never existed in the first place it was a stupid idea. i have no problem with Jewish people or muslems but this bring back Isreal has got to be one of the most insane ideas ever. Give muslem land to people they hate and see how good that works out.

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[QUOTE="BossPerson"][QUOTE="themajormayor"] The point I'm making though is that they're not really on the losing side. Time is on their side, world opinion is on their side. They don't have the military power but they have everything else.themajormayor

Time is on the Israeli's side, they're "winning" just by the status quo remaining. As for world opinion, America and Western Europe is on their side (for the most part) and thats all that matters really. And Im not even gonna engage KC, the guy is just gonna make me pull my hair out with his stupidity

Status Quo is only benefitial for the Palestinians. How many times have you not heard that Israeli occupation is contributing to increasing isolation and loss of support of Israel?

America is on Israel's side to a great extent. Western Europe is neutral at best.

Don't agree at all. Especially with all the troubles in the middle east today that have nothing to do with Israel. The notion Israel is the root of all the problems in the middle east has been debunked by the 'Arab spring' aka Arab nightmare.
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[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]No it's not. Look at the map over time of Palestinian territoriality. Another 20-30 years at this rate and there will be no Palestinian area.

map.jpg?w=600&h=440 

KC_Hokie

You realize that according to this kind of logic there was no palestinian area after 1967 and that they have been growing since?

This is a demographic not political map. They are losing territory over time and being colonized and annexed.

There seems to be at least four words in your post that you do not fully understand.

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Isreal should have never existed in the first place it was a stupid idea. i have no problem with Jewish people or muslems but this bring back Isreal has got to be one of the most insane ideas ever. Give muslem land to people they hate and see how good that works out.

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Maybe but that argument is about 70 years late.
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[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

[QUOTE="BossPerson"]Time is on the Israeli's side, they're "winning" just by the status quo remaining. As for world opinion, America and Western Europe is on their side (for the most part) and thats all that matters really. And Im not even gonna engage KC, the guy is just gonna make me pull my hair out with his stupidity KC_Hokie

Status Quo is only benefitial for the Palestinians. How many times have you not heard that Israeli occupation is contributing to increasing isolation and loss of support of Israel?

America is on Israel's side to a great extent. Western Europe is neutral at best.

Don't agree at all. Especially with all the troubles in the middle east today that have nothing to do with Israel. The notion Israel is the root of all the problems in the middle east has been debunked by the 'Arab spring' aka Arab nightmare.

I agree that the Arab spring puts some pressure of off Israel. But it's only temporary.
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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="themajormayor"]You realize that according to this kind of logic there was no palestinian area after 1967 and that they have been growing since?

themajormayor

This is a demographic not political map. They are losing territory over time and being colonized and annexed.

There seems to be at least four words in your post that you do not fully understand.

Look at the demographics. The Palestinians aren't going to exist in terms of territory over the next 20-30 years.

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Isreal should have never existed in the first place it was a stupid idea. i have no problem with Jewish people or muslems but this bring back Isreal has got to be one of the most insane ideas ever. Give muslem land to people they hate and see how good that works out.

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So lets not give any "Jewish land" to people they hate then?
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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="themajormayor"]

Status Quo is only benefitial for the Palestinians. How many times have you not heard that Israeli occupation is contributing to increasing isolation and loss of support of Israel?

America is on Israel's side to a great extent. Western Europe is neutral at best.

themajormayor
Don't agree at all. Especially with all the troubles in the middle east today that have nothing to do with Israel. The notion Israel is the root of all the problems in the middle east has been debunked by the 'Arab spring' aka Arab nightmare.

I agree that the Arab spring puts some pressure of off Israel. But it's only temporary.

Doubt it. The aftermath of the Arab mess will trump anything Israel does for years to come.
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I do not think that the Palestinians are completely unjustified in commiting violence but I definitely think Israel had the right to declare their independence 65 years ago. Also while it's true that USA is Israel's bitch it's also pretty much the only state that is. If Israel is so so powerful how come it's the Palestinians are even able to refuse to negotiate? I'm not even saying they are not right to do so. But such a "weak" party should really be begging Israel to come and talk instead of being completely crushed. Yes Israel is definitely much more powerful militarily, but politically? Not necessarily.

 

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You have to understand the mentality of Palestinians and their state of mind. We view ourselves as the victims who were kicked out and ethnically cleansed 65 years ago. Great injustice and humiliation were inflicted to us from Israel and the world by standing still while all of this happened to us and is still happening to us. We also view that we are the ones with the true right to this land. Consequently, and out of patriotism and honor, we have to stand strong and struggle for freedom and our rights. When you look at it from this angel you'll understand why we play the tough guy and won't sit for negotiations. And Israel is as politically strong as it is militarily... Hi :3

 

Well I definitely understand that. But Israelis feel kinda the same way. It's probably one of the most patriotic country of the world. Yet it is Israel who begs the Palestinians to come, seriously they released murderers just for them to COME to the negotiations. Again while understand all that honour and patriotism stuff, if Palestinians were really THAT much weaker politically it wouldn't matter one bit since Israel would just steamroll them, as they are able to do militarily. Did Germany have anything to say at the versaille conference? No (I think). Or after WWII? If you're the winner you make the rules and the losers should be happy that you're even willing to negotiate. The strong winner doesn't offer freedom of murderers so that the weak loser will come. So at the very least there is a much smaller gap from this aspect in terms of power.

Times have changed my friend you can no longer just annihilate a group of people. The world is extremely globalized and connected. Israel is strong but the fact that the conflict is still going and is still receiving attention from world leaders put Israel in a place where it just can't play winner. Israel still has to play the game of world politics as long as the conflict has not been resolved.
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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]This is a demographic not political map. They are losing territory over time and being colonized and annexed. KC_Hokie

There seems to be at least four words in your post that you do not fully understand.

Look at that demographics. The Palestinians aren't going to exist in terms of territory over the next 20-30 years.

The first map is not territory. And as I said between the last two pictures they didn't exist in terms of territory. Hence they have been growing and the opposite would be true according to this map logic.
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[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]Don't agree at all. Especially with all the troubles in the middle east today that have nothing to do with Israel. The notion Israel is the root of all the problems in the middle east has been debunked by the 'Arab spring' aka Arab nightmare.KC_Hokie
I agree that the Arab spring puts some pressure of off Israel. But it's only temporary.

Doubt it. The aftermath of the Arab mess will trump anything Israel does for years to come.

Well that would be good
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@BossPerson doesn't KC's avatar fit miraculously in this thread :lol:
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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="themajormayor"]

There seems to be at least four words in your post that you do not fully understand.

themajormayor

Look at that demographics. The Palestinians aren't going to exist in terms of territory over the next 20-30 years.

The first map is not territory. And as I said between the last two pictures they didn't exist in terms of territory. Hence they have been growing and the opposite would be true according to this map logic.

Yes it is. It shows where the Jews were living and where Arab Muslims (aka Palestinians) were living. The Palestinian part will be gone soon as Israel is colonizing and annexing over time.

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[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="themajormayor"] I agree that the Arab spring puts some pressure of off Israel. But it's only temporary.

Doubt it. The aftermath of the Arab mess will trump anything Israel does for years to come.

Well that would be good

Good for Israel and their allies. It's going terribly for the Arabs.
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[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

[QUOTE="GazaAli"] You have to understand the mentality of Palestinians and their state of mind. We view ourselves as the victims who were kicked out and ethnically cleansed 65 years ago. Great injustice and humiliation were inflicted to us from Israel and the world by standing still while all of this happened to us and is still happening to us. We also view that we are the ones with the true right to this land. Consequently, and out of patriotism and honor, we have to stand strong and struggle for freedom and our rights. When you look at it from this angel you'll understand why we play the tough guy and won't sit for negotiations. And Israel is as politically strong as it is militarily... Hi :3GazaAli

 

Well I definitely understand that. But Israelis feel kinda the same way. It's probably one of the most patriotic country of the world. Yet it is Israel who begs the Palestinians to come, seriously they released murderers just for them to COME to the negotiations. Again while understand all that honour and patriotism stuff, if Palestinians were really THAT much weaker politically it wouldn't matter one bit since Israel would just steamroll them, as they are able to do militarily. Did Germany have anything to say at the versaille conference? No (I think). Or after WWII? If you're the winner you make the rules and the losers should be happy that you're even willing to negotiate. The strong winner doesn't offer freedom of murderers so that the weak loser will come. So at the very least there is a much smaller gap from this aspect in terms of power.

Times have changed my friend you can no longer just annihilate a group of people. The world is extremely globalized and connected. Israel is strong but the fact that the conflict is still going and is still receiving attention from world leaders put Israel in a place where it just can't play winner. Israel still has to play the game of world politics as long as the conflict has not been resolved.

Well then that would be one reason that the political power between the two is more balanced then. However their are alot of occupations in the world and whatnot not receiving much attention. So the world seems to be extra connected in this case

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@BossPerson doesn't KC's avatar fit miraculously in this thread :lol:GazaAli
it was more fitting when he had that ogre from that movie whose name escapes me...... The Goonies I think it was?
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[QUOTE="GazaAli"]@BossPerson doesn't KC's avatar fit miraculously in this thread :lol:BossPerson
it was more fitting when he had that ogre from that movie whose name escapes me...... The Goonies I think it was?

His name is Sloth and he loves rocky road.
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[QUOTE="BossPerson"][QUOTE="GazaAli"]@BossPerson doesn't KC's avatar fit miraculously in this thread :lol:KC_Hokie
it was more fitting when he had that ogre from that movie whose name escapes me...... The Goonies I think it was?

His name is Sloth and he loves rocky road.

and you're intellectual faculties are akin to his
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[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"] Look at that demographics. The Palestinians aren't going to exist in terms of territory over the next 20-30 years.KC_Hokie
The first map is not territory. And as I said between the last two pictures they didn't exist in terms of territory. Hence they have been growing and the opposite would be true according to this map logic.

Yes it is. It shows were the Jews were living and where Arab Muslims (aka Palestinians) were living. The Palestinian part will be gone soon as Israel is colonizing and annexing over time.

Well first of all, it only shows were Jews were living, not were palestinians were living (even though this is what it states).

And I think there is a difference between territory and what ethnicities live within. My house is not "Jewish territory".

Israel has only performed an annexation once in its history with regard to any territory claimed by Palestinians. And it was shortly after 67. 

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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"] Doubt it. The aftermath of the Arab mess will trump anything Israel does for years to come.

Well that would be good

Good for Israel and their allies. It's going terribly for the Arabs.

yeah good for Israel.
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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="themajormayor"] The first map is not territory. And as I said between the last two pictures they didn't exist in terms of territory. Hence they have been growing and the opposite would be true according to this map logic.themajormayor

Yes it is. It shows were the Jews were living and where Arab Muslims (aka Palestinians) were living. The Palestinian part will be gone soon as Israel is colonizing and annexing over time.

Well first of all, it only shows were Jews were living, not were palestinians were living (even though this is what it states).

And I think there is a difference between territory and what ethnicities live within. My house is not "Jewish territory".

Israel has only performed an annexation once in its history with regard to any territory claimed by Palestinians. And it was shortly after 67. 

The map shows Israeli/Palestinian territory in terms of demographics. Not that complicated.
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[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="themajormayor"]

But the case here is that it does not officially affiliate itself with a religion. To a large extent an ethnicity yes, but not religion. There are definitely powerful figures in Israeli politics advocating at the very least theocratic influences. But can you really judge a country based on minority parties not in government? Then alot of states I'm sure could be considered theocratic, racist, facist, nazi, communist and other bad words.

themajormayor

But these are not minority parties. To get a real understanding of their scale, just observe parties and candidates before any major elections. They seek their votes and offer them things that can be absurd at times which are strongly opposed by some Israeli citizens and politicians. They are of great influence and their votes are essential for candidates to secure a considerable representation in the Knesset. Their influence has grown over the past 25 years or so which can be seen in the serious deterioration of the more moderate left which by the way hasn't ruled in Israel for some 20 consecutive years or so. To put it simply if it was not for extreme right wing and religious parties and tendencies Israel may have had offered something substantial in the past and the conflict would have looked different by now.

They're about 20%. That's a minority no matter how you look at it.

They are indeed of great power since they are a balance of power. It's a common phenomenon in politics. 

While it's true that the left has greatly deterioated, but it's mostly not to the benifit of religious parties, right-wing doesn't neccesarily mean religious. The four biggest parties right now are all secular. Likud is secular, Israel beiteinu is extremely secular, yesh atid is extremely secular and the labour party is secular.

Then why did not much change when the left was in power, which was for the majority of the state's existence?

20% is not a minority. You have to take into account that within Israeli politics you have all sorts of political philosophies, not just religious and secular. So between the religious, the secular, the independent, the socialists, the Arabs and others, 20% is not a minority. I mean you have to take relativity into account here. Right wing does not necessarily mean religious, but it agrees on a lot of things with religious parties, even if this agreement stems from different incentives and ideologies. The important thing is that it reinforces the same values of war mongering and political arrogance. Although I must say that things would not have necessarily turned out to be better if the left was in a better situation right now. I'm just saying its a possibility. The left ruled at times when the conflict was still fresh and its two sides were at direct and plain military confrontation. Now the conflict has ripen and its two sides are worn out, relatively speaking with each side in its own context and settings.
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[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="themajormayor"]

 

Well I definitely understand that. But Israelis feel kinda the same way. It's probably one of the most patriotic country of the world. Yet it is Israel who begs the Palestinians to come, seriously they released murderers just for them to COME to the negotiations. Again while understand all that honour and patriotism stuff, if Palestinians were really THAT much weaker politically it wouldn't matter one bit since Israel would just steamroll them, as they are able to do militarily. Did Germany have anything to say at the versaille conference? No (I think). Or after WWII? If you're the winner you make the rules and the losers should be happy that you're even willing to negotiate. The strong winner doesn't offer freedom of murderers so that the weak loser will come. So at the very least there is a much smaller gap from this aspect in terms of power.

themajormayor

Times have changed my friend you can no longer just annihilate a group of people. The world is extremely globalized and connected. Israel is strong but the fact that the conflict is still going and is still receiving attention from world leaders put Israel in a place where it just can't play winner. Israel still has to play the game of world politics as long as the conflict has not been resolved.

Well then that would be one reason that the political power between the two is more balanced then. However their are alot of occupations in the world and whatnot not receiving much attention. So the world seems to be extra connected in this case

Well yea of course you'd be blind to deny the sensitivity and importance of this particular conflict.
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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]Yes it is. It shows were the Jews were living and where Arab Muslims (aka Palestinians) were living. The Palestinian part will be gone soon as Israel is colonizing and annexing over time.KC_Hokie

Well first of all, it only shows were Jews were living, not were palestinians were living (even though this is what it states).

And I think there is a difference between territory and what ethnicities live within. My house is not "Jewish territory".

Israel has only performed an annexation once in its history with regard to any territory claimed by Palestinians. And it was shortly after 67. 

The map shows Israeli/Palestinian territory in terms of demographics. Not that complicated.

But the three last ones does not take into account demographics whatsoever. And when do I get any retort to the fact that they've been growing according to your logic since 67?
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[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

[QUOTE="GazaAli"] But these are not minority parties. To get a real understanding of their scale, just observe parties and candidates before any major elections. They seek their votes and offer them things that can be absurd at times which are strongly opposed by some Israeli citizens and politicians. They are of great influence and their votes are essential for candidates to secure a considerable representation in the Knesset. Their influence has grown over the past 25 years or so which can be seen in the serious deterioration of the more moderate left which by the way hasn't ruled in Israel for some 20 consecutive years or so. To put it simply if it was not for extreme right wing and religious parties and tendencies Israel may have had offered something substantial in the past and the conflict would have looked different by now.GazaAli

They're about 20%. That's a minority no matter how you look at it.

They are indeed of great power since they are a balance of power. It's a common phenomenon in politics. 

While it's true that the left has greatly deterioated, but it's mostly not to the benifit of religious parties, right-wing doesn't neccesarily mean religious. The four biggest parties right now are all secular. Likud is secular, Israel beiteinu is extremely secular, yesh atid is extremely secular and the labour party is secular.

Then why did not much change when the left was in power, which was for the majority of the state's existence?

20% is not a minority. You have to take into account that within Israeli politics you have all sorts of political philosophies, not just religious and secular. So between the religious, the secular, the independent, the socialists, the Arabs and others, 20% is not a minority. I mean you have to take relativity into account here. Right wing does not necessarily mean religious, but it agrees on a lot of things with religious parties, even if this agreement stems from different incentives and ideologies. The important thing is that it reinforces the same values of war mongering and political arrogance. Although I must say that things would not have necessarily turned out to be better if the left was in a better situation right now. I'm just saying its a possibility. The left ruled at times when the conflict was still fresh and its two sides were at direct and plain military confrontation. Now the conflict has ripen and its two sides are worn out, relatively speaking with each side in its own context and settings.

Hunh? 20% isn't even a plurality in their parliamentary system.

You seem to be reading straight out of the Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood propaganda book.

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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="themajormayor"]Well first of all, it only shows were Jews were living, not were palestinians were living (even though this is what it states).

And I think there is a difference between territory and what ethnicities live within. My house is not "Jewish territory".

Israel has only performed an annexation once in its history with regard to any territory claimed by Palestinians. And it was shortly after 67. 

themajormayor
The map shows Israeli/Palestinian territory in terms of demographics. Not that complicated.

But the three last ones does not take into account demographics whatsoever. And when do I get any retort to the fact that they've been growing according to your logic since 67?

It's a territory map in terms of demographics. The Palestinian population may be larger than it was 30 years ago but in terms of territory populated by Palestinians they are losing territory while Israel is colonizing what was once Palestinian areas just 20 years ago.
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[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="themajormayor"]

They're about 20%. That's a minority no matter how you look at it.

They are indeed of great power since they are a balance of power. It's a common phenomenon in politics. 

While it's true that the left has greatly deterioated, but it's mostly not to the benifit of religious parties, right-wing doesn't neccesarily mean religious. The four biggest parties right now are all secular. Likud is secular, Israel beiteinu is extremely secular, yesh atid is extremely secular and the labour party is secular.

Then why did not much change when the left was in power, which was for the majority of the state's existence?

KC_Hokie

20% is not a minority. You have to take into account that within Israeli politics you have all sorts of political philosophies, not just religious and secular. So between the religious, the secular, the independent, the socialists, the Arabs and others, 20% is not a minority. I mean you have to take relativity into account here. Right wing does not necessarily mean religious, but it agrees on a lot of things with religious parties, even if this agreement stems from different incentives and ideologies. The important thing is that it reinforces the same values of war mongering and political arrogance. Although I must say that things would not have necessarily turned out to be better if the left was in a better situation right now. I'm just saying its a possibility. The left ruled at times when the conflict was still fresh and its two sides were at direct and plain military confrontation. Now the conflict has ripen and its two sides are worn out, relatively speaking with each side in its own context and settings.

Hunh? 20% isn't even a plurality in their parliamentary system.

You seem to be reading straight out of the Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood propaganda book.

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[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

[QUOTE="GazaAli"] But these are not minority parties. To get a real understanding of their scale, just observe parties and candidates before any major elections. They seek their votes and offer them things that can be absurd at times which are strongly opposed by some Israeli citizens and politicians. They are of great influence and their votes are essential for candidates to secure a considerable representation in the Knesset. Their influence has grown over the past 25 years or so which can be seen in the serious deterioration of the more moderate left which by the way hasn't ruled in Israel for some 20 consecutive years or so. To put it simply if it was not for extreme right wing and religious parties and tendencies Israel may have had offered something substantial in the past and the conflict would have looked different by now.GazaAli

They're about 20%. That's a minority no matter how you look at it.

They are indeed of great power since they are a balance of power. It's a common phenomenon in politics. 

While it's true that the left has greatly deterioated, but it's mostly not to the benifit of religious parties, right-wing doesn't neccesarily mean religious. The four biggest parties right now are all secular. Likud is secular, Israel beiteinu is extremely secular, yesh atid is extremely secular and the labour party is secular.

Then why did not much change when the left was in power, which was for the majority of the state's existence?

20% is not a minority. You have to take into account that within Israeli politics you have all sorts of political philosophies, not just religious and secular. So between the religious, the secular, the independent, the socialists, the Arabs and others, 20% is not a minority. I mean you have to take relativity into account here. Right wing does not necessarily mean religious, but it agrees on a lot of things with religious parties, even if this agreement stems from different incentives and ideologies. The important thing is that it reinforces the same values of war mongering and political arrogance. Although I must say that things would not have necessarily turned out to be better if the left was in a better situation right now. I'm just saying its a possibility. The left ruled at times when the conflict was still fresh and its two sides were at direct and plain military confrontation. Now the conflict has ripen and its two sides are worn out, relatively speaking with each side in its own context and settings.

Well 20% is a minority in any case. What you're meaning is that they could be a plurality. But just look at labour and yesh atid alone being about 25%. And while I see your point, when we talk about secularism there is only one scale. So maybe meretz and labour disagrees on many things, but they would vote similarily on religious questions. I think is your point is that a party like Likud which is right wing is secular but not secular enough to refuse to give in to this balance of power that small religious parties have. I agree with this. But it's still far from making it a theocratic state.

Yeah well I would not vote right wing in any case. I hope they become more left wing. 

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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

[QUOTE="GazaAli"] 20% is not a minority. You have to take into account that within Israeli politics you have all sorts of political philosophies, not just religious and secular. So between the religious, the secular, the independent, the socialists, the Arabs and others, 20% is not a minority. I mean you have to take relativity into account here. Right wing does not necessarily mean religious, but it agrees on a lot of things with religious parties, even if this agreement stems from different incentives and ideologies. The important thing is that it reinforces the same values of war mongering and political arrogance. Although I must say that things would not have necessarily turned out to be better if the left was in a better situation right now. I'm just saying its a possibility. The left ruled at times when the conflict was still fresh and its two sides were at direct and plain military confrontation. Now the conflict has ripen and its two sides are worn out, relatively speaking with each side in its own context and settings.GazaAli

Hunh? 20% isn't even a plurality in their parliamentary system.

You seem to be reading straight out of the Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood propaganda book.

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[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]The map shows Israeli/Palestinian territory in terms of demographics. Not that complicated.KC_Hokie
But the three last ones does not take into account demographics whatsoever. And when do I get any retort to the fact that they've been growing according to your logic since 67?

It's a territory map in terms of demographics. The Palestinian population may be larger than it was 30 years ago but in terms of territory populated by Palestinians they are losing territory while Israel is colonizing what was once Palestinian areas just 20 years ago.

Arab_population_israel_2000_en.png

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[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]Hunh? 20% isn't even a plurality in their parliamentary system.

You seem to be reading straight out of the Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood propaganda book.

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[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="themajormayor"]

They're about 20%. That's a minority no matter how you look at it.

They are indeed of great power since they are a balance of power. It's a common phenomenon in politics. 

While it's true that the left has greatly deterioated, but it's mostly not to the benifit of religious parties, right-wing doesn't neccesarily mean religious. The four biggest parties right now are all secular. Likud is secular, Israel beiteinu is extremely secular, yesh atid is extremely secular and the labour party is secular.

Then why did not much change when the left was in power, which was for the majority of the state's existence?

themajormayor

20% is not a minority. You have to take into account that within Israeli politics you have all sorts of political philosophies, not just religious and secular. So between the religious, the secular, the independent, the socialists, the Arabs and others, 20% is not a minority. I mean you have to take relativity into account here. Right wing does not necessarily mean religious, but it agrees on a lot of things with religious parties, even if this agreement stems from different incentives and ideologies. The important thing is that it reinforces the same values of war mongering and political arrogance. Although I must say that things would not have necessarily turned out to be better if the left was in a better situation right now. I'm just saying its a possibility. The left ruled at times when the conflict was still fresh and its two sides were at direct and plain military confrontation. Now the conflict has ripen and its two sides are worn out, relatively speaking with each side in its own context and settings.

Well 20% is a minority in any case. What you're meaning is that they could be a plurality. But just look at labour and yesh atid alone being about 25%. And while I see your point, when we talk about secularism there is only one scale. So maybe meretz and labour disagrees on many things, but they would vote similarily on religious questions. I think is your point is that a party like Likud which is right wing is secular but not secular enough to refuse to give in to this balance of power that small religious parties have. I agree with this. But it's still far from making it a theocratic state.

Yeah well I would not vote right wing in any case. I hope they become more left wing. 

A minority necessarily means there is a majority. One can not exist without the other. Since we can all agree that there is no majority in Knesset, this evidently means there is no minority either, of course after a certain threshold that is. Well yea Israel is not a theocracy per say, but religion does play a considerable role in it to say the least.
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#97 GazaAli
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[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]Hunh? 20% isn't even a plurality in their parliamentary system.

You seem to be reading straight out of the Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood propaganda book.

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kos 2o5t manzarak Can you understand that BossPerson :lol:

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lol but you do get the intended curse yea?
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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="themajormayor"] But the three last ones does not take into account demographics whatsoever. And when do I get any retort to the fact that they've been growing according to your logic since 67?themajormayor

It's a territory map in terms of demographics. The Palestinian population may be larger than it was 30 years ago but in terms of territory populated by Palestinians they are losing territory while Israel is colonizing what was once Palestinian areas just 20 years ago.

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Yea...most of those Arabs in Israeli territory are Israeli citizens not Palestinians.
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[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="BossPerson"][QUOTE="GazaAli"] kos 2o5t manzarak Can you understand that BossPerson :lol:

the vagina of the sister of his image

lol but you do get the intended curse yea?

Did you just put a jihad on me?
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#100 GazaAli
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[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="BossPerson"]the vagina of the sister of his image KC_Hokie
lol but you do get the intended curse yea?

Did you just put a jihad on me?

I just jihaded your sister