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In reply to the discussion: Report: PA President Mahmoud Abbas worked as KGB agent in Damascus during 80's [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)28. Didn't say you did - but those acts, celebrating murder, is pure evil unseen anywhere else....
Name another part of the world where the murder of young and old, pregnant or holocaust survivors....is praised, celebrated, and rewarded. You can't. And why can't you, Ken? What's different in this situation? Don't tell me you don't know. No deflections please...
BTW, you have yet to explain how, if this WAS solely due to antisemitism, the tactics the IDF has used against ordinary Palestinians on a day-to-day basis would cause that particular feeling to go away. You do realize that it's not possible to oppress a people into tolerance, right?
You think Israel oppresses decent Palestinian people for no other reason than that Israel is "bad"? The antisemitism won't go away because the leadership constantly incites its people, rewards terror....to the point that a majority of Palestinians support terror attacks. Name another situation globally where any people - oppressed or otherwise - supports murdering innocents. If you can't, then why can't you?
The PLO was formed in 1964 because the Palestinians, in addition to not wanting to ever be ruled by the Israelis, didn't want to be ruled by the Hashemites(and rule by the Hashemites is the ONLY thing that could ever come to Palestinians of your preferred option of an Israel-Jordan confederation, Jordan is going to be ruled by the Hashemites for the rest of eternity and the Palestinians would have no hope of any control over their destiny in that scenario.
That's dumb.
What are the goals within the PLO charter of 1964? Maybe summarize in 1-2 sentences, Ken. Did the PLO want 2 states in 1964? Be honest and tell me what they wanted.
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Report: PA President Mahmoud Abbas worked as KGB agent in Damascus during 80's [View all]
ericson00
Sep 2016
OP
It's a waste of time trying to discredit Abbas, which is mainly about trying to discredit Fatah.
Ken Burch
Sep 2016
#7
If it was wrong for the Palestinians to reject those, it was equally wrong for the Israelis
Ken Burch
Sep 2016
#25
I don't personally know all the history there, and wasn't one of those who did the rejecting.
Ken Burch
Sep 2016
#29
kill the messenger? All of Abbas' moral authority, not that there was much to begin with,
ericson00
Sep 2016
#6
The PLO still incites, praises, & rewards terror. Their charter still calls for that....
shira
Sep 2016
#18
I don't approve of their tactics, but Israeli intransigence is the reason Fatah and Hamas exist.
Ken Burch
Sep 2016
#20
You don't approve their Jew hatred, rewarding & praising of murder of innocents....
shira
Sep 2016
#22
Didn't say you did - but those acts, celebrating murder, is pure evil unseen anywhere else....
shira
Sep 2016
#28
I don't have your ability to draw definite conclusions from such ambiguous evidence. Sorry. n/t
Little Tich
Sep 2016
#10