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Israel/Palestine

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1. Wow. The homeland for the Jews has always been about oil and Israel as our agent in the ME.

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Sun Nov 24, 2024, 01:42 AM

Nov 24

The old saying of "follow the money" should really be "follow the pipelines" the were built before, cut off, before the 1948 creation of Israel.

It's what the 1917 Balfour declaration was about.

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Wow. The homeland for the Jews has always been about oil and Israel as our agent in the ME. brush Nov 24 #1

conspiracy theorists love to think every war is about oil in some way. It's just not that simple LymphocyteLover Nov 24 #2