LogFAQs > #976538867

LurkerFAQs, Active DB, DB1, DB2, DB3, DB4, DB5, DB6, DB7, DB8, DB9, DB10, DB11, Database 12 ( 11.2023-? ), Clear

Topic List	Page List: 1
Topic	Israel declares war after massive attack from Hamas.
darkknight109 10/08/23 1:00:40 AM #24:	Devil_May_Cry posted... Sure there is some favoritism in treatment of Jewish people above other ethnic groups but it is hyperbole to compare it to an apartheid state because it is minor if so. apartheid noun A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race. Israel has a law that says only Jews have national rights: https://www.vox.com/world/2018/7/31/17623978/israel-jewish-nation-state-law-bill-explained-apartheid-netanyahu-democracy Israel routinely approves projects built for and by Jews, but overwhelmingly rejects building applications submitted by Arabs and Palestinians: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-rejects-98-of-palestinian-building-permit-requests-in-west-bank-s-area-c-1.8403807 ...and some of those housing units that are built are "Jewish only", with non-Jewish Israelis barred from living there. This is entirely legal under Israeli law. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-advances-plans-for-over-2100-new-settlement-homes/ Property law in Israel is heavily slanted to favour Jews over non-Jews, which includes allowing Jews to simply lay claim to Arab homes and forcibly evict the current occupants: https://www.ft.com/content/830e05ed-244c-4e9f-a7ac-265c41f79546 Israel routinely expropriates and demolishes housing and land in Jerusalem to make way for highways, "green space" and other "urban improvements"; curiously, these policies are wielded exclusively against Arab neighbourhoods: https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2016/06/22/land-and-conflict-in-east-jerusalem-the-role-of-urban-planning/ Israel has laws that allow it to demolish the homes of terrorists, but has only ever used those laws against Arabs; no Jewish Israeli terrorist's home has ever been subject to demolition: https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/analysis-is-demolishing-palestinian-terrorists-homes-but-not-jewish-ones-discrimination-467955 Israeli settlers regularly conduct "price tag" rampages against Palestinian villages, destroying Palestinian property and attacking and sometimes killing the inhabitants. The Israeli military rarely intervenes, unless the Palestinians fight back. Israeli settlers are almost never arrested or charged for these incidents: https://time.com/6289342/israel-palestinians-turmus-ayya-violence/ Please explain to me, in detail, how these policies do not constitute apartheid. Devil_May_Cry posted... The reason Palestinians are viewed so harshly by the Israelis is because Hamas. If Hamas didnt exist than expansions of the settlements would cease and there would possibly be a two state solution. Hamas was founded in 1987. Israeli settlements have existed and been in a state of active expansion since the 1970s. Devil_May_Cry posted... There are good and bad people of all ethnicities backgrounds,etc but it is clear Hamas is the bad actor not the israeli government Both are awful and deserve one another. In a just world, the Israeli government and the wingnuts of Hamas would all be locked in a room and left to rot, while the civilians of both groups figured out their lives. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! <cite>darkknight109 posted [p:976538867] in Israel dec... [t:80587529]...</cite> <quote>Devil_May_Cry posted... </cite><quote>Sure there is some favoritism in treatment of Jewish people above other ethnic groups but it is hyperbole to compare it to an apartheid state because it is minor if so.</quote>apartheidnounA policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.Israel has a law that says only Jews have national rights: https://www.vox.com/world/2018/7/31/17623978/israel-jewish-nation-state-law-bill-explained-apartheid-netanyahu-democracyIsrael routinely approves projects built for and by Jews, but overwhelmingly rejects building applications submitted by Arabs and Palestinians: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-rejects-98-of-palestinian-building-permit-requests-in-west-bank-s-area-c-1.8403807...and some of those housing units that are built are "Jewish only", with non-Jewish Israelis barred from living there. This is entirely legal under Israeli law. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-advances-plans-for-over-2100-new-settlement-homes/Property law in Israel is heavily slanted to favour Jews over non-Jews, which includes allowing Jews to simply lay claim to Arab homes and forcibly evict the current occupants: https://www.ft.com/content/830e05ed-244c-4e9f-a7ac-265c41f79546Israel routinely expropriates and demolishes housing and land in Jerusalem to make way for highways, "green space" and other "urban improvements"; curiously, these policies are wielded exclusively against Arab neighbourhoods: https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2016/06/22/land-and-conflict-in-east-jerusalem-the-role-of-urban-planning/Israel has laws that allow it to demolish the homes of terrorists, but has only ever used those laws against Arabs; no Jewish Israeli terrorist's home has ever been subject to demolition: https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/analysis-is-demolishing-palestinian-terrorists-homes-but-not-jewish-ones-discrimination-467955Israeli settlers regularly conduct "price tag" rampages against Palestinian villages, destroying Palestinian property and attacking and sometimes killing the inhabitants. The Israeli military rarely intervenes, unless the Palestinians fight back. Israeli settlers are almost never arrested or charged for these incidents: https://time.com/6289342/israel-palestinians-turmus-ayya-violence/Please explain to me, in detail, how these policies do not constitute apartheid.Devil_May_Cry posted... </cite><quote>The reason Palestinians are viewed so harshly by the Israelis is because Hamas. If Hamas didnt exist than expansions of the settlements would cease and there would possibly be a two state solution.</quote>Hamas was founded in 1987.Israeli settlements have existed and been in a state of active expansion since the 1970s.Devil_May_Cry posted... </cite><quote>There are good and bad people of all ethnicities backgrounds,etc but it is clear Hamas is the bad actor not the israeli government</quote>Both are awful and deserve one another. In a just world, the Israeli government and the wingnuts of Hamas would all be locked in a room and left to rot, while the civilians of both groups figured out their lives. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster.Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List	Page List: 1