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Israel/Palestine

shira

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21. The OP includes verbs like "deplore"....

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #20)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 10:32 AM

Sep 2016

Verbs such as “condemn” and “deplore” are sprinkled into Israel-related resolutions tens more times than they are in resolutions about other conflicts, setting a unique tone of disdain.

So forget my challenge in the last post. I didn't read the OP carefully enough. My bad. Of course, using the word "deplore" ten times more proves my point about the UN being lopsidedly hostile towards Israel & lax in comparison to the other 7 occupations.

Question is why this unique disdain for Israel? What makes Israel worse than all those other occupations?

I'm still not getting what you think you've proved, BTW...since there really isn't any way to say the UN treats Israel's occupation as it does any other. You know that for a fact.

Here's a better challenge for you....

Find how many times "settlements" is brought up WRT these other occupations & furthermore, try to find where they're called "illegal" by the UN.

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At the U.N., Only Israel Is an ‘Occupying Power’ [View all] shira Sep 2016 OP

Reminds me of a good rule of thumb: don't attack your neighbor without provocation. jonno99 Sep 2016 #1

Amen leftynyc Sep 2016 #3

I call BS on the OP. Little Tich Sep 2016 #2

From what I can see, your documents are about what "was". The OP is about what "IS". jonno99 Sep 2016 #4

The Moroccan occupation of West Sahara is still ongoing - just ask Ban Ki Moon. n/t Little Tich Sep 2016 #6

It is a very simple point: jonno99 Sep 2016 #8

It's very simple. Your opponent knows damned well how simple & factual the point is. n/t shira Sep 2016 #10

By it's singular focus on Israel, the UN effectively absolves all other nations' occupations. shira Sep 2016 #13

I seem to be the only one who actually reads the UN resolutions about occupied territories. Little Tich Sep 2016 #16

Maybe we should do a word search & comparison on the phrase "deeply deplores"... shira Sep 2016 #19

Me? I have nothing to prove - you go ahead and have fun with the resolutions... n/t Little Tich Sep 2016 #20

The OP includes verbs like "deplore".... shira Sep 2016 #21

I'll let you have all the fun reading and comparing the UN resolutions... Little Tich Sep 2016 #22

You're not responding to the precise terminology from the OP. shira Sep 2016 #5

The Moroccan occupation of West Sahara was specifically mentioned in the OP. Little Tich Sep 2016 #7

Sure, so find how many times Morocco is described as the "Occupying Power". shira Sep 2016 #9

The simplest way to refute an argument is to prove that its negation is true, which I've already Little Tich Sep 2016 #11

And you haven't refuted anything. Nice try with the bullshit. shira Sep 2016 #12

As the saying goes- jonno99 Sep 2016 #14

Your argument is to prove Morocco being an "occupying power" isn't synonymous... shira Sep 2016 #15

If you could perhaps take a look at S/RES/1483 (2003) that I linked to in post #2? Little Tich Sep 2016 #17

Problem is you don't read too well. Here's what the OP states... shira Sep 2016 #18