[Curtman]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

desertdude desertdude:

Not really

And yes your correct both sides do act like pricks, But compared to the Pals the Israelis are much bigger pricks when provoked by terrorist acts.

Fixed for accuracy.

Which terrorist acts provoked the disruption to these peace talks? Wasn't it Israel refusing to end settlement expansion?

[andyt]

Curtman Curtman:

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

desertdude desertdude:

Not really

And yes your correct both sides do act like pricks, But compared to the Pals the Israelis are much bigger pricks when provoked by terrorist acts.

Fixed for accuracy.

Which terrorist acts provoked the disruption to these peace talks? Wasn't it Israel refusing to end settlement expansion?

Well God gave Israel that land. Also I believe part of Jordan. The sooner the Palestinians accept that, the sooner there will be peace. Why can't they just peacefully settle in a refugee camp somewhere and quit making trouble?

[Curtman]

andyt andyt:

Well God gave Israel that land. Also I believe part of Jordan. The sooner the Palestinians accept that, the sooner there will be peace. Why can't they just peacefully settle in a refugee camp somewhere and quit making trouble?

At least we had the good sense to lock Vince Li up when he said God told him to cut that guy's head off.

[EyeBrock]

desertdude desertdude:

Nope not fixed but distorted

Maybe the PLO/Hamas guys just need a few billion more dollars from the UN? The 60 years of charity they have received in Gaza and the West Bank have really changed things eh? A few more of those Hamas Sesame Street shows with Jews as monkeys would be nice.

You guys in Dubai need to get out and vote more often to make your true feelings known.

[raydan]

EyeBrock EyeBrock:

desertdude desertdude:

Nope not fixed but distorted

Maybe the PLO/Hamas guys just need a few billion more dollars from the UN? The 60 years of charity they have received in Gaza and the West Bank have really changed things eh? A few more of those Hamas Sesame Street shows with Jews as monkeys would be nice.

You guys in Dubai need to get out and vote more often to make your true feelings known.

Just to clarify a bit... you do know that Israel receives aid too.

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Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. From 1976-2004, Israel was the largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign assistance, having since been supplanted by Iraq. Since 1985, the United States has provided nearly $3 billion in grants annually to Israel.

$1:

...the Jews of the U.S., who have supported the new state to the tune of over $100 million a year...

[BartSimpson]

andyt andyt:

Well God gave Canada that land. The sooner the Quebeckers/First Nations accept that, the sooner there will be peace. Why can't they just peacefully settle in a reservation somewhere and quit making trouble?

Just thought I'd let you try that on for size.

[EyeBrock]

Fair point Ray.

[raydan]

I knew that Jews outside of Israel sent a lot of money but I didn't know it was that much... and that's only from the US jews.

[BartSimpson]

raydan raydan:

I knew that Jews outside of Israel sent a lot of money but I didn't know it was that much... and that's only from the US jews.

Bear in mind that most of that figure is in the form of remittances from US Jews to their family members and non-governmental organizations like kibbutzim in Israel.

Natalie Portman (nee Herschlag) reportedly single-handedly supports a kibbutz on the West Bank.

[raydan]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

raydan raydan:

I knew that Jews outside of Israel sent a lot of money but I didn't know it was that much... and that's only from the US jews.

Bear in mind that most of that figure is in the form of remittances from US Jews to their family members and non-governmental organizations like kibbutzim in Israel.

Natalie Portman (nee Herschlag) reportedly single-handedly supports a kibbutz on the West Bank.

The article does say that they support the "state".

Here's the link...
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... -1,00.html

[Curtman]

PM blasts rabbis' calls not to sell apartments to non-Jews

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Netanyahu roundly condemned calls not to rent apartments to non-Jews, saying the Torah teaches us to “love the stranger.” He made the comment at the start of the National Bible Contest for Adults in Jerusalem on Tuesday, saying that non-Jews are also citizens of the country.

Peres criticizes petition banning sale of land to non-Jews

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President Shimon Peres said Wednesday that a petition signed by 47 state-employed rabbis banning the sale of apartments to non-Jews creates a fundamental moral crisis in Israel, Israel Radio reported. Peres stressed that a minority could not make decisions for everyone in Israel, adding that everyone is equal and everyone has equal rights.

I'm still a bit confused how they have a Prime Minister and a president. But it's nice to hear about tolerance from them anyway.

[ShepherdsDog]

for the same reason most republics have a President and a prime minister/premier. The President is the head of state, like our GG, and the PM is the head of the government.

[Curtman]

U.S. gives up on renewal of Israeli settlement freeze

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U.S. officials who briefed reporters here and in Jerusalem on the condition of anonymity said Tuesday that the administration had taken off the table a package of political and security incentives (including $3 billion worth of jet fighters) offered to Israel in exchange for a 90-day freeze on West Bank settlement construction.

So where now? Back to firing rockets? Or toward recognition of Palestine?

[desertdude]

EyeBrock EyeBrock:

desertdude desertdude:

Nope not fixed but distorted

Maybe the PLO/Hamas guys just need a few billion more dollars from the UN? The 60 years of charity they have received in Gaza and the West Bank have really changed things eh? A few more of those Hamas Sesame Street shows with Jews as monkeys would be nice.

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[ShepherdsDog]

Have you ever been to Israel, or met Israeli citizens, the people you paint as being big pricks? I've met Arab Israelis(Christians, Druze and Muslim), West Bank Jordanians(Christaian and Muslim) and Israeli Jews(Ashkenazi, Ethiopian and Sephardim). You need to learn a little bit more about the the place and the people, and not just what you hear from the imams and mullahs in the mosque or Al Jazeera, before you are qualified to actually comment and qualify them.

$1:

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Pot meet kettle