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Israel/Palestine

flashman13

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3. I suggest everyone read the complete Al Jazeera article. It provides

Reply to radicalleft (Original post)

Mon Nov 6, 2023, 11:24 PM

Nov 2023

a very good thumbnail history of the last 150 years of involvement between Palestinians and Jews/Israelis. As I have tried to explain multiple times, October 7, 2023 is only a single atrocity in an unending string of atrocities committed by both sides in a conflict that has been going on for the last 100 years. The last real chance at peace died in 1995 with the murder of Yitzhak Rabin by a religious nut. Now Israel is governed by religious nuts and a narcissistic, corrupt Prime Minister. And no - I have no solution to end this horrific blood feud.

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Opinion piece: Why Israel wants to erase context and history in the war on Gaza [View all] radicalleft Nov 2023 OP

Removing a people's history Big Blue Marble Nov 2023 #1

What a croc of crap masquerading as historical analysis! Beastly Boy Nov 2023 #2

You really should brush up on your Middle East history. flashman13 Nov 2023 #4

Tell me qbout it! Where do you want to start? Beastly Boy Nov 2023 #5

I suggest everyone read the complete Al Jazeera article. It provides flashman13 Nov 2023 #3

Yes, the article is vert wroth reading! burrowowl Nov 2023 #6