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Posted by Nilet on Sat May 10 10:53:34 2014, in response to Re: Palestinian university students’ trip to Auschwitz causes uproar, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri May 9 13:05:59 2014. I'm sick of you blaming Israel for singlehandedly creating the Palestinians' plight...And that's another straw man beaten. I don't think anybody here believes Israel has "singlehandedly" created the Palestinians' plight. while making no mention of the refugees in camps in countries such as Syria and Jordan who blah blah blah blah blah How many times have I had to tell you this? Criticising one problem does not imply endorsement of any others. Criticising one contributor to a problem does not imply endorsement or denial of any other contributor's actions. They are most definitely not irrelevant, I guess you don't read or care what the Jordanians and Egyptians on the street feel about Israel. OK, so we've gone from "Egypt" to "some random dude in Cairo." What he thinks doesn't particularly matter. Egypt is keeping to itself. Israel targets terrorists, not civilians. Yes, and Guantanamo locks up terrorists, not civilians. If you're willing to take a government's word that all the people it kills are "terrorists" then you really haven't gotten the hang of democracy. Israel regrets doing so, but Hamas doesn't follow the rules of war. Wait, I thought you said Palestine was not a country? Would you make up your mind on whether it's a country or not? Incidentally, Israel isn't following the rules of war either since their blockade targets civilians. Perhaps you should call them out for it. I have. Repeatedly. You don't seem to have noticed, because you're married to the assumption that I somehow support them. Actually, Israel and the Palestinians might reach a peace agreement if they started serious negotiations, oddly enough. Did you ever consider that possibility? Repeatedly. You're the one who dismissed it. Unfortunately, peace negotiations are unlikely to happen— Hamas doesn't want peace, and Israel doesn't want to get rid of Hamas. Actually, Israel exerts little to no control in various parts of the West Bank, per the Oslo Accords, and in Gaza where they have fully disengaged. However, when this is pointed out to you, you insist otherwise. So the blockade is simultaneously justified and nonexistent. Got it. Seriously, a terror state. My point is, "terror state" is one of the meaningless buzzwords politicians made up to drive unthinking outrage. My point is people like you who who insist Israel can't have it both ways are the ones setting the ridiculous double standards that Israel can't possibly overcome because no matter what decision it makes, it makes the wrong one in your eyes. How am I setting a "ridiculous double standard?" I'm the one criticising Israel for its double standard. Your argument that I'm setting a double standard is based on the assumption that I hold beliefs that I don't. |
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