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3_Limes

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8. Just a personal sore spot that you've hit - I HATE the word "settler" in this context.

Reply to Bettie (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 11:16 AM

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Bulldozing somebody's home and orchard, and displacing a family that's been there for decades in NOT "settling" anything! I have no idea how the Israelis got us to accept that terminology but it really needs to be changed!!

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