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In reply to the discussion: Palestinian village undergoing 'ethnic cleansing' by Israel [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)6. Nothing that you've written here is actually true
Do you characterize the Ottoman Empire as Palestinians or as European colonialists?
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Yes, Israel has a vast colonial empire rivaling Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire
oberliner
Jul 2015
#27
Actually, the educated know it is called a straw dog, straw man and even an aunt sally.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jul 2015
#34
And now that you have come to the realization that there are many ways to say the same thing let's
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jul 2015
#36
Do you believe both ethnic groups have equal rights to the land between the Jordan river and the
Little Tich
Jul 2015
#15
I believe in 2 nation states side-by-side in peace. Each people with their own land....
shira
Jul 2015
#18
They should be give the right of return from the country that ethnically cleansed them
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jul 2015
#39
Many refugees during WW2 were driven out but made citizens along with their kids....
shira
Jul 2015
#81
Interesting that you have decided what constitutes anti-Palestinian behavior,
guillaumeb
Jul 2015
#93
Why should one ethnic group have the right to more dibs on their ancestral homeland than the other?
Little Tich
Jul 2015
#41
Interesting R. Daneel that there has been so little discussion about the actual
guillaumeb
Jul 2015
#14
The OP wasn't preposterous, my F-grade friend. It's was a statement of fact.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jul 2015
#84
You can't defend the charge of "ethnic cleansing". You know that, I know that....
shira
Jul 2015
#89
There's an arrow pointing towards historical Susya, called "Archaeological Site" in English. n/t
Little Tich
Jul 2015
#66
Yep, that's an ancient Jewish archaeological site. Now here's an aerial photo....
shira
Jul 2015
#69
Do you believe Israel expelling Jewish squatters in remote outposts is ethnic cleansing?
shira
Jul 2015
#60
Perhaps the UN should pass a resolution on the subject, affirming the inadmissibility of the
Little Tich
Jul 2015
#67
They are illegal Israeli settlers. But thak you for conflating Jew to equal Israeli once again.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jul 2015
#68
BDS isn't rotten, poor shira. BDs has a noble cause: the end of apartheid.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jul 2015
#86