Heartbreaking!!!!

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Originally Posted by Swanny

The people in control of Israel are evil

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There was programme on C4 last week, showing Israeli defence civil servants running through a war-game between Israel and Iran.

The belligerent tone of the Israelis pretending to be Iranians, Americans and Palestinians was shocking. They seemed totally unwilling to show any restraint, and I thought their imagined response to an israeli-iranian conflict by the americans and the iranians was totally incorrect.

Hamas has a lot to answer for, but the way Israel conducts itself surely needs to be addressed by non-middle east countries.

I have a sneaking admiration for the Israelis and the way they do things.
No messing about, no seeking permission from other countries, if they think something needs doing they do it, and when they do something it's with 100 percent commitment.

Can't help thinking that they wouldn't put up with mouthy terrorists living in their Country like we do.

When Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for the Syrian president to step down earlier in the year, both the US and UK reacted furiously. Yet despite the fact that Israel has broken more UN resolutions than any other country in the history of the international organisation, both the US and the UK (all be it to a lesser degree) consistently back the Jewish state.

Israel has been occupying large areas of Palestine in breach of UN resolutions for fifty years. And will continue to do so in the knowledge that its biggest Ally and military sponsor ($3.075 billion next financial year for arms alone) the USA will veto any serious resolution, preventing any action being taken against them.

Is it any wonder that the UK’s record as a self-appointed peacekeeper in the region isn’t that great? For obvious reasons, the last person on planet earth who we should have appointed as our Middle East Peace Envoy is former PM Tony Blair.

Gerry, does that include constant shelling of residential areas? How can such action set them apart from the 'mouthy terrorists' you rightly condemn?

From what I see, both sides are shelling each other but the Israelis are better at it !

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From what I see, both sides are shelling each other but the Israelis are better at it !

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Well they would be with the might of the US dollar behind them and IMHO there lies the problem.

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Yet despite the fact that Israel has broken more UN resolutions than any other country in the history of the international organisation, both the US and the UK (all be it to a lesser degree) consistently back the Jewish state.

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Who do you think put them there in the first place?

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Originally Posted by dan_geoghegan

[quote author=monday21 link=1353278642/12#12 date=1353357746] Yet despite the fact that Israel has broken more UN resolutions than any other country in the history of the international organisation, both the US and the UK (all be it to a lesser degree) consistently back the Jewish state.

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Exactly Dan. The US involvement is a big part of the problem.

The whole region and beyond will never be stable until there is a solution to the plight of the Palestinian people.

This is pure and simply genocide

http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...76177692_n.jpg

As the Israelis have killed about 100 in the last week (according the to BBC*) and there is an estimated 1.7 million people living in the Gaza Strip with an annual birth rate of approximately 3%, the Israelis are going to have to increase their killing by ten fold just to keep up !

It’s going to be the slowest Genocide in history :-?

And that’s conveniently forgetting the 183 million Egyptians, Syrians and Iraqis that surround Israel

G

PS. And my Grandad used to say never trust a man with a funny hat and a red beard ;)