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R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)
13. You do seem to be speaking / writing from ignorance.
Sun Mar 22, 2015, 04:16 PM
Mar 2015

Last edited Sun Mar 22, 2015, 06:38 PM - Edit history (1)

I believe Israel has the right to exist. It's been established in 1948, UN-recognized.


I never mentioned that at ass so thanks for adding in a strawman argument. What that was for is bewildering.

However, if Palestine can get their government together and get rid of their terrorists and cleanly and formally (and I mean on the lips) recognize the state of Israel, then maybe Israel might do the same.


You do know that many of Israel's founding members and later PM's were terrorists, right? I mean you must know that, right?

So that leaves me with two questions: 1) Do you believe that Israel has the right to exist? and 2) Do you believe that Israel has the right to defend itself from enemies, domestic and foreign?


Israel has a right to exist: within its own borders and not beyond them. I believe that Palestine has just as much right as Israel to exist; especially without illegal colonies peppered throughout its land.

So what if I am for Israel?


Well, Israel is an apartheid state. There can be no debating that at all. The Likrud win, coupled with a majority of Israelis voting for the right, has sealed that.

Live with it, but learn how to live within your borders as well.

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