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Jews in the Judean Desert?

Len185 Wrote: Dec 21, 2012 11:33 AM
HermanBB, What Palestinian homes did Israel destroy? Can you refer to any information about it. Probably you got it from Iranian newspapers. Israel is American ally, of course not your ally. Your ally is Khaled Meshal,
Bondman60 Wrote: Dec 24, 2012 10:55 AM
5. Israel can, and would, survive and prosper just fine without the U.S. aid, which is more of a political tool for Washington than it is a necessity for Israel. Many on the right in Israel would like to see U.S. aid to Israel (whose economy is better than the U.S.'s right now) cut, provided aid to Israel's enemies is cut proportionally.

6. Epic fail, chicaree.
Bondman60 Wrote: Dec 24, 2012 10:53 AM
3. In 1967, Israel was attacked from combined Arab armies, who attempted to destroy Israel, even though, at the time, Jordan occupied the West Bank, and Egypt occupied Gaza (as they had since 1949). Israel captured these territories and the Golan Hieghts in a defensive war, which means they are allowed to annex those lands.

4. Israel only "bulldozes" Arab homes if they were used in terrorist activities, like harboring a terrorist or hiding a smuggling tunnel. Homes of both Jews and Arabs are sometimes demolished if they were built illegally, as illegal dwellings are demolished in many countries.
Bondman60 Wrote: Dec 24, 2012 10:50 AM
1. Israel was willing to accept the UN partition plan of 1947. The Arabs replied to that plan by attacking Israel and trying to destroy it. Israel won, and the territory within the 1949 armistice lines were the borders between 1949 and 1967.

2. The area referred to as "Palestine" was actually the British Mandate for Palestine, which included what is now Israel and Jordan. This was formed after WWI, when the Ottoman Turks lost the territory, which they had occupied for hundreds of years. There never was an independent nation called Palestine, or a distinct people called Palestinians. Under the British, both Jews and Arabs living there were referred to as Palestinians.
chicaree Wrote: Dec 21, 2012 7:57 PM
The israelis have a defined country boundary that was set up when Israel was carved out of the area called palestine. They have not stayed within those boundaries and have no inclination of ever doing so. Israel has and does and will continue bulldoze palestinian homes and orchards and build israeli homes in its place. If you do not understand that then you are unaware of reality. Israeli is receives billions in US aid and will continue their agression against palestinians as long as we continue supporting them. http://tinyurl.com/235heng

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