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US Changes Stance on Isreali Settlements, No longer considering them Illegal.
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This changes little. They are only making it official policy decades after the fact.
Still if Israel needed advice on land theft, America is certainly the right country to ask.
Still if Israel needed advice on land theft, America is certainly the right country to ask.
You would need to be capable of some form of self reflection in order to do that. There's little room left for anything but hate in the Middle East.
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The worst part is that even after Trump leaves office, I expect no administration after him to reverse this decision, much less do anything about it.
Both Democrats andRepublicans are licking the boots of AIPAC, even progressive darling Warren.
Then again, it was a position that was held for just lip service, the US has been subsidizing Isreali warcrimes with tax payer money, shielding it from UN resolutions and giving it unconditional support for years.
This is just a symbolic fuck you to the Palestinians.
Both Democrats andRepublicans are licking the boots of AIPAC, even progressive darling Warren.
Then again, it was a position that was held for just lip service, the US has been subsidizing Isreali warcrimes with tax payer money, shielding it from UN resolutions and giving it unconditional support for years.
This is just a symbolic fuck you to the Palestinians.
I just read the thread title and let out a sigh so heavy I blew some paper off of my desk. This was obviously to be expected with how much Trump loves to roll over for Bibi, but it still sucks to see. It sucks so much.
You would think, but unfortunately human history is just a long revolving cycle of people inflicting injustices upon one another after experiencing injustices themselves.
Yet Israel's government is against origin labeling products that are produced in those settlements. It's like they're ashamed of something... /s
Usually an origin label is a symbol for quality and pride. Not for Israel though...
Usually an origin label is a symbol for quality and pride. Not for Israel though...
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Bibi seeing the writing on the wall for trump. So he is just making sure that his puppet does a few more tricks for him before he is gone.
The Trump administration has put in the work. Recognized Jerusalem as the capital complete with an embassy and now changing it's stance on land grabs. No president that comes afterwards will dare try and roll these back.
The fear of AIPAC is too strong. Bibi done great.
Someone already wrote this I see.
The Trump administration has put in the work. Recognized Jerusalem as the capital complete with an embassy and now changing it's stance on land grabs. No president that comes afterwards will dare try and roll these back.
The fear of AIPAC is too strong. Bibi done great.
Someone already wrote this I see.
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There are no consequences or ramifications to their actions, they have the support a world power and politicians are cheering them on.
If there are no laws governing you, no punishments, you have full immunity and you have world powers telling you you're always right, even in comitting atrocities, then there are no incentives to self-reflect.
Didn't mean to offend.
Hey, I've lived here all my life...AMA if it's not clear.
"Don't care for them."
"Too much money."
Do... do you have anything else to say about them?
How do yourself and your countryman justify (tolerate) living in what is, for lacking a better term, an Apartheid state?
No leg to stand on with Crimea now.
if you don't think Turkey will annex a part of northern Syria, you've got another thing coming.
if you don't think Turkey will annex a part of northern Syria, you've got another thing coming.
I believe some things you read about it are lies or exaggerated, but I know it's a gray area. My people are definitely most afraid of weapons and suicide bombers coming through Gaza.
Do you mean the Palestinians or the Jewish people in the settlements
So you want them to build more efficient and self-sustainable illegal settlements? That's a noble goal
You're most concerned about weapons and suicide bombers, and your best plan of action to combat that is to annex their land? Don't you feel that's a tad counter productive?
This.
Come on people, the dudes replies are already showing how he really feels. You aren't gonna get anything unexpected
Trump's agenda from day one was to GIVE Crimea to Russia and not hold Russia responsible for anything they did.
This West Bank policy echoes that.
Trump has personal investments in all these contested areas.
Depressing that US is now only acting in the interest of Israel (more so then before). Whats infuriating is that they're actively undermining Palestine's right to exist (2 state solution) and with the same breath, say this is something only Israel + Palestine can resolve. Its simply illogical. Trump + Kushner have made things worse then ever.
Say what you will about Sanders and his flubs on race relations or differences in domestic policy, he is an absolute rockstar when it comes to foreign policy.
(and he's not "pro-Palestinian" by any means)
1) Get a job
2) Get a spouse
3) Get a hobby
4) I'm not your mate and I didn't come to a forum to feed trolls or to argue.
5) This is my last post to you, diss my entire family if you want.
You're being called a troll because you look at grave injustice, and your main problem with it is "that's a waste of my taxes".
Obviously not, so Sanders obviously isn't that great - he's pro-Israel and makes a distinction between Israel and the Israeli right wing, even though there's no practical difference as the vast majority of the "left" in Israel still has a very right wing stance vis à vis Palestinians (as an example, during one of the recent military excursions into Gaza, some "lefty" Israelis were holding viewing parties on the border). I should've clarified that I was speaking relative to the other candidates.
I was talking about the jewish settlements, not the palestinians ones.
No worries, just wasn't sure what you meant.
Palestinian settlements? Okay, you're definitely trolling.