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Israel/Palestine

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

15. "I apologized for how my comments were misunderstood"?

Reply to shira (Original post)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 03:08 AM

Jul 2016

They guy spread what he knew were lies about massive numbers of Arabs being bused in to vote for his opponents(thereby implying that an opposition victory, had it occurred, would have been illegitimate).

How could that possibly have been "misunderstood"?

This was the "non-apology apology" taken to a demagogic extreme.

Was it also a "misunderstanding" that Likud anti-peace rallies in the Nineties that were held only weeks before Yitzhak Rabin's assassination featured thousands of people holding posters in which Rabin was depicted wearing a Nazi uniform(something that should have led to Netanyahu being charged with incitement to murder)?

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Netanyahu calls on Israel’s Arabs to ‘thrive in droves’ [View all] shira Jul 2016 OP

and move aside for settlements, in droves nt jtunes Jul 2016 #1

Israeli Arabs can only thrive in droves if they either emigrate or are given equal rights. Little Tich Jul 2016 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Jul 2016 #3

They already have equal rights in Israel. Enough of the lies. n/t shira Jul 2016 #5

Arab Israeli citizens have what would defined in other countries as a partial citizenship, Little Tich Jul 2016 #6

Complete horseshit. 93% of Israeli lands are not earmarked for Jews only. shira Jul 2016 #7

There's no equal access for Israeli Arabs to land in Israel, even though I was wrong about Israeli Little Tich Jul 2016 #8

HRW bases that info. from Adalah's bullshit. shira Jul 2016 #9

All those Adalah batshit allegations are true. Little Tich Jul 2016 #10

They're bullshit as you already know. We've done this before & you punted. shira Jul 2016 #11

I thought I had managed to explain to you on what grounds those two laws were considered racist. Little Tich Jul 2016 #12

Laughable disingenuous hamasbara bullshit, for reasons already given. shira Jul 2016 #13

Stop implying that "Palestinian" and "Hamas commander" are synonymous terms. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #16

Stop pretending Israel faces zero security/terror threats & that everything.... shira Aug 2016 #19

I don't pretend that Israel faces NO security threats...nor that all Palestinians are saints. Ken Burch Aug 2016 #21

We were discussing an allegedly racist law before you changed course. shira Aug 2016 #22

That ruling was made. Has it led to any change in practice? Ken Burch Jul 2016 #17

Yes and Yes. n/t shira Aug 2016 #20

Nope. Little Tich Aug 2016 #23

Israeli-Arabs reject Netanyahu’s extended hand and apology as insincere Little Tich Jul 2016 #4

Consider the source - the racist Joint List party, far more rightwing than Netanyahu shira Jul 2016 #14

"I apologized for how my comments were misunderstood"? Ken Burch Jul 2016 #15

That was back then Ken ... Israeli Aug 2016 #18