ISRAEL: Most Hated Country in the World?

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


Very few people realise that the UK covertly supported the Arab League attacks on Israel in 1948, according to research done at the time by The Nation magazine.

covertly???? Pasha Glubb and all that. I thought this was taken for granted.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Re: ISRAEL: Most Hated Country in the World?

Originally posted by MOBIUS

Don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger...

Funny also how the US is viewed more negatively than NK...

Still, maybe countries like Iran and NK can be forgiven for seeking nukes in the face of nations like the US and Israel who regularly attack countries that haven't attacked them...

Haven't you got tired of the taste of arab dick yet?

[Elok]

MOBIUS: Most Hated Poster on 'Poly?

That is all.

[BeBMan]

MtG sighting

[Arrian]

MtG sighting! How've you been?

-Arrian

[MichaeltheGreat]

Funny, I drop by here for the first time in a couple of months, and a mobytroll is the top thread on page 1. Some things never change.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
covertly???? Pasha Glubb and all that. I thought this was taken for granted.

Surely the common perception is that Israel is the creation of Western colonialism, with Britain at the helm.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Arrian
MtG sighting! How've you been?

-Arrian

Working too much. Did a biopharmaceutical gig for a while, but got heartily sick of half the day being meetings, prep for meetings, or "results" (using the term in the broadest sense) of meetings. So back to the energy biz.

Now I've got a bit of slack time (like a few hours) to kill before getting info to finish off a proposal and fly off to New York next week. (upstate, not NYC).

Got my Sox tix for when they're here in SD.

What's been going on with everyone/thing in polyville?

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
Funny, I drop by here for the first time in a couple of months, and a mobytroll is the top thread on page 1. Some things never change.

Apparently he wants to bore us to death.

[Arrian]

Management changes, for one thing. Postcount back for the OT. Otherwise, things are the same (as you noted ).

The other top thread, you will find, is essentially a cap/com thread.

-Arrian

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


Surely the common perception is that Israel is the creation of Western colonialism, with Britain at the helm.

well among people who arent too close to the events of 1945 - 1949, I guess.

[SlowwHand]

For my part, I've decided to petition Governor Goodhair to redirect fencing efforts away from the border with Mexico, and instead build a high wall around Wales.

[Arrian]

Got my Sox tix for when they're here in SD.

Heh, so apparently you've forgiven Theo? Cog in the machine, baby. The Nation has become somewhat Imperialistic of late

This should be a fun season. Both teams are loaded with talent again.

-Arrian

[Sava]

Originally posted by lord of the mark

Some feared massacres, which, with one disputed exception, did not happen (in stark contrast to certain other cases of alleged ethnic cleansing)

April 20th, 1948... Haifa... (and Dir Yassin a few days earlier)
Tantura... 1,500 civilians separated into categories: men (ages 13-30), women and children... the men were executed...

It's unfortunate that many more incidents like this have occurred but have yet to be fully researched.

But lets not confuse the history of Israel-Palestine.

Yes, let's please not.

The only thing that pisses me off more than hypocrisy and apologists are people who are in denial about the facts.

And those other Palestinians who fled out of fear... well, they don't deserve their land back, right? After all, they didn't stick around to get butchered. It's their own fault they left their homes, right?

Again... I'm not making a moral judgment... I'm trying to understand how you justify it in your own mind. Explain it to me.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


Well, I defend both Serbia and Israel against the respective charges made against them - that they are the root cause and chief culprit of all the problems in their regions. I opposed the NATO attacks on Serbia in 1999 as well as the bullying of FYROM by the US/EU in 2001. In both cases I felt that the West was unwisely supporting terrorism.

I believe that both Serbia and Israel have been on the wrong end of propaganda wars which crudely over-simplify extremely complex historical problems. I'm not saying either country has been 100% angelic, but I do believe the point-of-view of both countries has been understated, if properly stated at all in some quarters.

Then I praise you for being consistent.

Thank you for making your position clear.

That's all I require.