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Israel/Palestine

aranthus

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10. All because of political expedience.

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #9)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 02:33 AM

Dec 2016

The victors in war removed them. Not because there was any legal or moral duty that they be moved. Now if you want t try t argue that the Palestinians won't make peace unless the Israelis remove all the settlements, have at it. There's an argument at least as good that they won't make peace even if that happens. But trying to claim that there is some moral or legal obligation to remove them just proves that you don't have a clue how the world works.

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A PALESTINIAN STATE FREE OF JEWS? [View all] shira Sep 2016 OP

More from OP... shira Sep 2016 #1

There is perhaps no better proof of antisemitism WRT settlers than this. n/t shira Nov 2016 #2

What happened to the Israeli settlements built on Egyptian territory? Little Tich Nov 2016 #3

There is no precedent other than Jews needing to be expelled. shira Nov 2016 #4

Do you have a real source to back up your argument? Little Tich Nov 2016 #7

A source for what? That settlements actually exist elsewhere in other occupied territory? shira Nov 2016 #8

Kontorovich's claims seem to be completely incorrect, Little Tich Nov 2016 #9

All because of political expedience. aranthus Dec 2016 #10

Interestingly, I think the settlements should be allowed to stay. Little Tich Dec 2016 #11

Interestingly, I think that they may need to be moved. aranthus Dec 2016 #13

I agree with you. Best case scenario, pretend there's actual peace & 2 states... shira Dec 2016 #15

For me, it would constitute Apartheid to remove an ethnic group in order to make place for another. Little Tich Dec 2016 #16

Do u think it's legal to ethnically cleanse Jews from the W.Bank? shira Dec 2016 #20

Just removing civilians is in itself not Apartheid, IMHO. Little Tich Dec 2016 #21

You keep saying the author's claims are factually untrue, without pointing to specifics. aranthus Dec 2016 #14

I could find six other examples of settlers being removed after occupation Little Tich Dec 2016 #17

Aranthus is right, you're wrong. With your 1st example, Gaddafi expelled Italians... shira Dec 2016 #12

Perhaps you should ask Kontorovich about his view on the removal of settlers in the six other cases Little Tich Dec 2016 #18

What 6 other cases? Be very clear please. I'll tackle 2 at a time if you want. n/t shira Dec 2016 #19

No surprises in there leftynyc Nov 2016 #5

Israel is evil to clowns who support Chavez, Castro, Hamas.... shira Nov 2016 #6

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