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agingdem

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12. As a child of Holocaust survivors (Auschwitz) with family

Reply to T_A (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 07:28 PM

Oct 2023

living in Israel and still mourning the loss of two cousins who had the audacity to go out for a cup of coffee, I'm long past caring about the blight of the Palestinians..Israel has been under siege since it's birth 75 years ago, Arab states refusing to recognize it's existence...I can't stand Bibi but if bombing Hamas back to the Stone Age as retaliation for the wanton killing of the innocent then so be it...

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"Hell on Earth": Mehdi Hasan reveals what life is like in occupied Gaza [View all] Gaugamela Oct 2023 OP

Gee, Mehdi you're bias is showing... agingdem Oct 2023 #1

Except T_A Oct 2023 #2

As a child of Holocaust survivors (Auschwitz) with family agingdem Oct 2023 #12

Don't Know What That Has To Do With My Post T_A Oct 2023 #13

Palistine was already an oasis WhiteTara Oct 2023 #5

Mehdi's remarks are quite balanced, but of course you wouldn't Gaugamela Oct 2023 #8

Gaza is not occupied. speak easy Oct 2023 #3

If you watch the video Mehdi addresses that canard. Gaugamela Oct 2023 #6

If the border with Egypt was open, would you still say speak easy Oct 2023 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Oct 2023 #11

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2023 #4

of course they always leave out the 1967 and 1973 unprovoked wars by the Arabs to destroy Israel. JohnSJ Oct 2023 #7

Those wars weren't started by the Palestinians. Not sure what the missing money Gaugamela Oct 2023 #10

They were told and encouraged by those Arab neighbors NOT to make peace with Israel. It wasn't JohnSJ Oct 2023 #14

I'm not taking sides. Aussie105 Oct 2023 #15