How accurate are these allegations?Macbeth wrote:
Some of you mock this idea. You live in a bubble where anti-Semitism at the University doesn’t exist, and despite all evidence pointing toward the affirmative, you close your eyes and you shut your mouths. Calling for the destruction of a Jewish state in Israel is anti-Semitism. A University official calling a student a “Zionist pig” and then encouraging other students to post hateful messages about him in order to have their “voice” heard is anti-Semitism. A University official starting a petition to censor a columnist because of his support for Israel is anti-Semitism. Threatening to harm another student because of their support for Israel is anti-Semitism. The Medium stealing the identity of a Jewish student to write a pro-Hitler column that possessed zero comedic value with the sole purpose to spew hatred is anti-Semitism. In fact, The Medium supported this claim last week when their paper made a “serious” statement on the cover that “Virtually every article that appears … is designed to entertain.” Notice their usage of the word “virtually” — not every article but “virtually” all are intended to entertain. Clearly one of those exceptions was their anti-Semitic diatribe that praised Hitler.
I'm honestly beginning to come to that conclusion myself. That is an absolutely off-limits concept to the right wing of Israel however (and Hamas obviously).Jay wrote:
That's because the solution is simple. Make it a single country, Have the international community put pressure on Israel to give Palestinians equal rights like that which was done to end Apartheid, and whoever breeds more wins.
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lol. We'll give him the Nobel prize for tosspottery after.Jay wrote:
Have Bono Perform at a few benefit concerts And this thing is in the bag
the uneven moderation, the eventual maturity and sobriety of some of the membership, and simply the age of this forum.CameronPoe wrote:
This forum isn't as responsive as it once was...
That would need to be done before giving the Israelis the rest of Palestine.Jay wrote:
That's because the solution is simple. Make it a single country, Have the international community put pressure on Israel to give Palestinians equal rights like that which was done to end Apartheid, and whoever breeds more wins.
NopeA University official starting a petition to censor a columnist because of his support for Israel is anti-Semitism.
Nope.Threatening to harm another student because of their support for Israel is anti-Semitism.
That's exactly what's going on.CameronPoe wrote:
The international community has found various ways to pressure/marginalise Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, Zimbabwe, etc., some methods effective, some not so much. Globally, few people disagree that the state of Israel don't exactly adhere to the straight and narrow of international law. How can the world effectively apply pressure on Israel (in the same manner as pressure is applied to similarly unruly members of the international community like Iran) to get them to stop eating away at Palestine? Time is running out for Palestine. If hawkish right-wingers continue to occupy the political foreground in Israel for much longer the consequences could be dire - hopeless situations produce extreme responses, rightly or wrongly. Why does Israel seem to be exempt from the standards that others are held to? If the answer is realpolitik then that is extremely depressing. It would be nice if we could return to morals and principles.
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taking out hamas would be the obvious first step. actually, it's waaaay overdue. the fact that nothing's done about those dickheads for so long, while saddam, taliban, mubarak and the likes are fucked up speaks volumes, imo - those in this world who could actually solve israel/palestine problem are not interested in doing so.CameronPoe wrote:
How can the world effectively apply pressure on Israel (in the same manner as pressure is applied to similarly unruly members of the international community like Iran) to get them to stop eating away at Palestine?
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So you're saying its all made up, Israel doesn't exist and they aren't ever expanding their settlements?Cheeky_Ninja06 wrote:
Using ambulances as ammo dumps, massively photoshopped "destruction" images, videos of palestinians in a gun fight (with nobody else), Mock funerals, making a fuss over dead children to walk past the camera, then throwing the body on the floor.
Loads of things that would look really bad for an international invader / peace keeper / whatever.
Judging by this thread it is working pretty well..
No. Im saying they are using events to their maximum pr advantage. Not that the events are not happening. Can find you a bucket load of evidence if you need. This is exactly the attitude that would destroy a western invasion / occupation.Dilbert_X wrote:
So you're saying its all made up, Israel doesn't exist and they aren't ever expanding their settlements?Cheeky_Ninja06 wrote:
Using ambulances as ammo dumps, massively photoshopped "destruction" images, videos of palestinians in a gun fight (with nobody else), Mock funerals, making a fuss over dead children to walk past the camera, then throwing the body on the floor.
Loads of things that would look really bad for an international invader / peace keeper / whatever.
Judging by this thread it is working pretty well..
