Pat Robertson In Israel: The Arab-Israeli Conflict

[Resistance]

(for the record, I don't agree with this viewpoint in the least. I just thought it was interesting to take a look at the 'opinions' of the Religious Right)

:crazy:

http://www.cbn.com/CBNNews/News/031217a.asp

ARIEL, Israel -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is preparing to unveil his latest plan for dealing with the Palestinians later this week, and at this crucial time in the Middle East, Pat Robertson has traveled to the city of Ariel in Israel. He’s there to learn first hand about the ongoing struggle between Israel and the Palestinians.

LEE WEBB: Pat, I understand you are in the West Bank now. Where exactly in the West Bank are you?

PAT ROBERTSON: Lee, I am in Ariel, they call this the capitol of Samaria. This is an amazing city. It has 18,000 people in it. Behind me is the Biblical Mount Garazeem, the place is filled with Biblical tradition and this is what is known in the Bible as Judea and Samaria...

:crazy:

NACHMAN: Not only he, but you know, all the claims. The policy is that this is the West Bank. But in the Bible there is no West Bank, in the Bible there is no green line, and in the Bible there is no occupied territories. In the Bible, you see, we have only promised land to Israel. That's what we have and the question, and this is the basic question -- whether we have the right to that land. And if we have the right to the land, so we will stay here. If we don't have the right, we cannot stay here, and how do we know that we have the right? We go to the Bible.

:crazy:

[legin]

1. Damn

If one was thinking logically, with Saddam captured the next item on the agenda would probably be sorting out the I/P issue, so the extreme right wing are heading bush* off at the pass to make sure he doesn't get any 'funny ideas'.

This visit assuming it was planned only very recently goes hand in hand with the Gary Bauer remarks.

[tinnypriv]

2. LOL

And there wasn't an Ari'el until very recent history. And 'g-d' didn't create it, Ariel Sharon did (others were behind it too).

It wasn't actually even called Ari'el at first, and it was essentially a military base. :crazy:

* Then the GOI induced people to live there on the (mostly stolen) land.

* Then the population increased hugely with Russian immigrants.

And then it becomes the "capital of Samaria".

(BTW that title was first used in a book published in Philly I think, which no doubt is where Robertson is (probably unwittingly) stealing it from).

Of course, there is no reason to expect the people asking the questions to mention (or probably know) any of these facts. Being "pro-Israel" suffices.

[Party of the People]

3. Just curious...

why did you post the exact same article with the exact same title one minute apart here, over 3 hours ago and yet both are still open?

[tinnypriv]

4. LOL

:dunce: :boring:

[Aidoneus]

5. exact same article? exact same title?

Which would those be?

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[drdon326]

7. kick

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[Resistance]

8. why?

Do you agree with these guys?