Other way round. It sheds light on the utter hypocrisy which is fuelling this war.
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Other way round. It sheds light on the utter hypocrisy which is fuelling this war.
Why are you specifying 'Muslim'?
Most of those conflicts you've listed are not of a religious nature and are not linked to one another. Invasions, revolutions, election protests and faction rivalries are standard across the globe, not just in the 'Muslim world'.
Muslims? What?
We are talking about Israel's actions here. A focused and prolonged attack on a smaller nation. If you want Israel to be judged alongside any religious fundamentalist with a home-made rocket then fine. Don't expect respect from the international community.
Indeed. He didn't help himself with his crude anti-Islamic propaganda.
Israel might be good at building defences against ballistics missiles but they could do a bit of work on winning hearts and minds. In this media saturate age we live in, it's incredibly naive to be so reckless about how your actions are being perceived by the outside world.
Which reminds me of Kaufmann's comments the other day. The current Israeli government are not only war criminals, they're fools.
Yep, although the hypocrisy has long been evident to most.
This.
You can kid yourself all you want. This is a religious conflict dressed up as geo-politics.
Fajr 5's are not homemade.
Just read through the past 9 pages. Winning posts include the one above and the one about Jeezus and his homies.
That's not the point, though.
It's the holy RedCafe outrage at the death of innocents that is reserved to the disproportionate Israeli-Arab conflict.
Exactly.
IDF = Terrorists
Wow, would you like a list of the global protests against Istael in the last 2 weeks?
It's not Redcafe, it's the world you are arguing with here.
The Syria, Arab Spring, Ukraine/Malaysia flight and other threads seem to have garnered plenty of outrage.
Nonsense, if you think a few lefties on a football site are your only and biggest critics you need to engage google a bit more.
Agree on this.
This. In many ways they're fighting an old fashioned war in a very old fashioned way.
What's happening is turning into a slaughter. It's disgusting. I would like to see any Israeli try and defend the proportionality argument here.
Nor do I expect that.
We're Israel, we do what we want.
One rocket might slip our defense system, lets kill some civilians.
But they are winning, with no reprisals from the international community. So why should they do any different?
Reading this thread and you'll get plenty of that.
So far we've seen defenses including:
- Muslims have killed more anyway
- The world hates Jews anyway so we don't care
- Jesus told me to unconditionally support Israel
Well, exactly, which is why I said earlier that it's unrealistic for anyone to expect them to stop.
We need international intervention, certainly.
And 'God promised that land to the Jews', was that mentioned already?
The people who lived in Palestine in 1918 were the direct descendants of people who lived there for centuries. They had a right to self-determination which was unfairly denied them.
Can't you see that this is a symptom and not a cause?
You left out 18,000 rockets, kidnapping and Hamas's charter. Besides that, good list!
I like the message these blokes are sending.
What is the level of opposition to the war, if any, inside Israel?
Who said I brush them aside? What moral high ground? What are you on about?
18,000
Israel has kidnapped and indiscriminately imprisoned thousands of Palestinians. Its excuses for killing over a thousand Palestinians are both tenuous and indefensible.
There have been protests in Tel Aviv. "Thousands" attended according to what I've seen.
I like the message these blokes are sending.
What is the level of opposition to the war, if any, inside Israel?
Wasn't there a poll done in Israel recently that states roughly 97% agree with what's taking place?
I hate videos like that. So hard to watch, as a parent.
Yeah they throw rocks blah blah but have a little perspective ffs.
Part of me feels sorry for the Israeli soldiers too. They're not much older than kids themselves and it must go against every instinct as a human being to be instructed to act like such a cnut to a little boy who's not long out of nappies. They've no choice but to follow orders and protocols though. Even if they're blatantly inhumane. Yer man with the glasses in that video certainly looked deeply uncomfortable with his role in what was going on.
Incidents like that explain the existence of pressure groups like these guys.
http://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/
Yeah they throw rocks blah blah but have a little perspective ffs.
Part of me feels sorry for the Israeli soldiers too. They're not much older than kids themselves and it must go against every instinct as a human being to be instructed to act like such a cnut to a little boy who's not long out of nappies. They've no choice but to follow orders and protocols though. Even if they're blatantly inhumane. Yer man with the glasses in that video certainly looked deeply uncomfortable with his role in what was going on.
Incidents like that explain the existence of pressure groups like these guys.
http://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/
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Hebron really is a tragic place, settlers have moved in terrorising the Palestinians and are allowed to do so with absolute impunity since they're protected by IDF soldiers.
How anyone could defend this is beyond me.
I wouldn't mind if we gave up ours too tbh.
It appears that many people have fluctuating thresholds.
Indeed. He didn't help himself with his crude anti-Islamic propaganda.
Israel might be good at building defences against ballistics missiles but they could do a bit of work on winning hearts and minds. In this media saturate age we live in, it's incredibly naive to be so reckless about how your actions are being perceived by the outside world.
Which reminds me of Kaufmann's comments the other day. The current Israeli government are not only war criminals, they're fools.
Very poor effort that poster. Really bad taste. I wonder whose idea ity was. Anyway, trying to win hearts and minds in what is the most hostile European country is futile in the first place.
I for one can ensure Holyland Red that vast majority of the population of the Netherlands, no matter what race or religion, whether Jewish or Muslim for example, are in united in their condemnation of the current violence carried out by the Israeli forces. It is regarded as wholly disproportionate and inhumane.
Home made rockets, eh? Cheers for the respect.
We get plenty of respect from the international community. We don't get plenty from Ireland, I'll give you that, but very few here are bothered about that.