Settlers are taking over East Jerusalem! What to do you say about this?

@Human1000 Hamas - Werewolf!

Fatah -Wolf in the sheep skin! 🙂

@SoLeRiMix Animal metaphors...so much for your supposed research.

@Human1000 [quote]HAMAS VS FATAH
Ideology:
Hamas – Islamist
Fatah – Secular
Strategy towards Israel:
Hamas – Armed resistance
Fatah – Negotiations
Objectives:
Hamas – Does not recognise Israel, but accepts a Palestinian state on 1967 borders
Fatah – Recognises Israel, wants to build a state on 1967 borders[/quote]

Lots ignored in this research! 🙂

@MalteseFalconPunch Simply because there's something right in wrong and something wrong in right! I just like the points that are valid in wrong and right. 🙂

@MalteseFalconPunch As a friendly acquaintance I feel I should point out you are likely arguing reason with an insane person .

@Adaydreambeliever I'll stick to my opinion and will forever. I formed an opinion only after learning who the real culprit is. I have seen the story from the perspective of other side and it certainly did not convince me. 🙂

@SoLeRiMix Ethnic cleansing and apartheid..how ironic of the Jews who support this.

@Adaydreambeliever Israel is about as "innocent" as the bloody US of A

@SW-User [quote]When was it ever considered the "Las Vegas" of the Middle East? And, if it's a quote "from the history," who said that?
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He's confused. At one point, before 1975, Lebanon was the place rich Arabs went to party, and was a huge destination for Europeans who can vacation there. A secular government, absolute freedom of the press, western minded society, a huge casino where sometime a show would debut in Beirut, before it moves on to Vegas, educated people, close family ties to the US, France and South America (more than 50% of the Christian population fled during the Ottoman occupation to these destinations), first rate hospitals, superb night life, etc.

This, however, masked a fucked up reality, where the Catholic elite monopolized everything: the Presidency, Armed force command, Intelligence services, and when you add the other Christian denominations, central bank command, and 50% of the Parliament, even though they made up 1/3 of the population of Lebanon. Everyone else got their table scraps.


Throw Palestinians in. The 1948 Palestinian refugees were put in camps that provided manual labor for restaurants, construction, labor, etc. However Christian Palestinian refugees did not suffer this fate, they were all naturalized and integrated into Lebanese society. Meanwhile it was ILLEGAL for camps Palestinians to get an education, or hold a white collar job. In addition, Arabs used them to fight proxy wars against Israel, secretly. In return Israel bombed the camps, and people living in these camps had no idea why. All in all, they had nothing to live for, so they were easy recruits for Lebanon's "left" as it tried to create a more equitable system, but it turns out the left also committed mega atrocities.

A friend of mine, in Seattle, who somehow managed to escape the camps, with his brother and sister, and all got their undergrad degrees and PhDs in various engineering disciplines, working for Boeing, could not go back to his family and get a job better than a dishwasher or day laborer. These restrictions remained in place in Lebanon until after 2010.

Not all that shine is gold and Lebanon was in fact all shine, but no gold.

@Northwest I remember hearing it was once called the Paris of the Middle East. I just think the OP is so off the rails here with his brain droppings that he's probably trolling.

@SW-User Yeah I’ve heard the Paris or the Monte Carlo of the Middle East. Point is it was western influenced with a free press and media, a democracy and absolute banking secrecy. Problem is that it was mostly the Christians who benefited.

In any case, yes I agree with your observation of the OP.

@Elevatorpitches It does according to me! I have no problems if you feel Jerusalem does not belong to Israel or vice-versa! 🙂

@SoLeRiMix well there are LOTS of genocide-supporters on the internet everywhere.

No exception here.

@Elevatorpitches Right! Lots of radical minded Muslims support Palestine. As a result, there should be more and more supporters of Israel. 🙂

@SoLeRiMix And your world view is racist. Quite simply.

@Human1000 You love playing the repeat mode game. Well, arcade is all yours now! 🙂

@SoLeRiMix You are free not to respond. I give you permission.

@MethDozer Left wingers wobble! 🙂

@SoLeRiMix I don't actually think ou're left wing but you just think you are.

@MethDozer Nope! I think, few decisions of Left are right and few decisions of Far-right are right! 🙂