Strike a Blow at Tel Aviv!

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No, because the world operates on might makes right, and wars have consequences.

Correct

That's why nations have standing armies and borders change after a war to end the war.

Okay no particular feeling on this statement

The ONLY reason why Hamas is allowed to artificially exist is because Israel refuses to exercise might to end that evil on the Earth. In my opinion, a nation that refuses to eliminate genocidal enemies deserves to have their children beheaded. Go woke, get smoked.
I agree with what uncle Ted was saying about why these particular problems exist. It's from collective over socialization. It's something Hamas is making use of. They literally targeted civilians for raping, murdering, torturing and holding hostage and then Israel responds and thy say

"We are victims here look at what Israel did"

It is similar to a kid poking a bees nest and then blaming the bees for why he is stung and playing a victim.

Over socialization has caused western nations to act like bitches. War at one point could be quick but very ugly. This despite being very bad for propaganda purposes was what was best for both the invading army and the invaded people. 

Since it is so ugly and western nations have preferred to slow down war, move slow and it does make it harder to show the evils of war, but it spreads out and increases suffering for both the host and the invader. It's honestly why nations re typically better off with right wing leadership. 
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No, I said that the only real way you “own” land is through your ability to defend it from invaders. I don’t see the word “justified” in there. And as I said, terrorism alone is a poor way to conquer land.
I mean, they recently took troops and crossed over into Israeli occupied areas, killed lots of soldiers, police etc. That is more than just terrorism. That is war. 

Ah, you are a “power structure” person. In that case, I still call BS because you are essentially concluding this: evil + power > evil + terror tactics presumably done out of desperation. If Palestinians had all the power, there would be no Jews.
no, if Hamas had power, there would be no jews, maybe. Hamas does not equal "Palestinians". Hamas exists only because Palestinians want to fight back against Israeli occupation. If Israel was actually willing to have peace, then Hamas would almost certainly lose alot of support. 

Hamas runs the prison, actually.
the israeli barbed fences and machine guns around the outside say otherwise. The Israeli blockade does too. 

Oh, so you think their virulent antisemitism is largely justifiable.
I didn't say it was justifiable. Also, this plays into a common argument that is bullshit. You can hate Israel without being anti-semetic. Israel is not a people, it is a nation. It's like saying you hate all Asians because China does something shitty. Pretending all criticism of Israel is Anti-semetic is a common trope people throw around to shut down any question of what they do.

 Palestinian leaders are loathe to compromise, and they refuse to recognize the Jewish state. It constitutes sort of a non starter in good faith negotiations.
this is true. I have never said that negotiations would be easy. I have never said that Palestinians leaders are always negotiating in good faith. But the Palestinians don't have the Israeli's surrounded. They don't blockade Israel. Israel has most of the power in this scenario. If they don't negotiate in good faith, then peace is impossible. And since they adamantly refuse to give back land their illegal settlements are on, peace is impossible. 
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You lie.  I never said I support genocide.  That is your interpretation 
you support keeping them in a permanent state of slavery. And when questioned about your stance, you compare it to a genocide. If you don't support genocide, why do you keep comparing the situation to genocide (IE the american destruction of native americans). 

the only reason to keep bringing this up is that you think this is a good solution. 

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I'm playing devil's advocate
My apologies then. 

Israeli's, to be clear. But only israel has the ability to actually resolve the situation since they hold all the ground, they keep palestinians in a giant open air prison. 
I would say it was a prison of thir own making for the most part. I think Israel will solve this situation soon, and it is a shame that because of hamas (mostly not entirely), it will be an ugly solution but unavoidable to ultimately improving the lives of both the Palestinian people who are held hostage by radical Islamics and improving the safety and security of Israel. 
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Let's talk about slavery.....another lie


When are they bought and sold?  When are they forced to work for no wages?


Oh wait.....it FEEEEEEEEELZ like slavery to YOU.


You have repeatedly lied to support your position
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I would say it was a prison of thir own making for the most part. 
they certainly bare some responsibility for the current state of affairs. They are not blameless victims, as some would suggest. 

I think Israel will solve this situation soon
how do you think they will do that? so far they are making everything worse. If you bomb a hospital with terrorists in it, you might kill a dozen terrorists. But you create 50 more. The family and friends of the people you killed, now hate you even more. You cannot solve terrorism with bombs. The only way to solve terrorism is to address the underlying reasons people are resorting to terrorism. And Israel is quite emphatic that they have no intention of doing that. 

Even if they can destroy Hamas, another organization will take over and carry on fighting. 
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Let's talk about slavery.....another lie
they are told they where they are allowed to live. They are told where they are allowed to work. They are told where they are allowed to go. They have little to no control over their lives, that control is held by the Israeli government. Their access to food, medicine etc is controlled by Israel too. Slave is closest comparison to their situation. Maybe prison inmate would also work. But they definitely don't have the rights or freedoms most people in the world have. 

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So not REALLY slavery.   That was a lie

Let's talk about genocide

gen·o·cide
/ˈjenəˌsīd/


noun
  1. the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.
    "a campaign of genocide"
Hamas is killing Israelis and has the stated purpose of destroying the state of Israel 

They are committing genocide


Your lies are exposed
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Even if you fix the underlying causes you still have to remove the terrorist organization. The 9/11 commission report laid out exactly what to do after destroying the terrorist organization though.

Israeli occupation. Israelis occupy it and change the school system. The school system was teaching hateful things and now you make the school more western like. There was television programs which supported terrorism. A kids show with a clone of mickey mouse not too long ago for example. 

So you have to do a lot of work to westernize these people so you can then step back and empower them to build a great nation or even invite then to be a part of your nation and build a great nation together. 

I think an acceptable strategy is also push these people back to arab states like Egypt or Saudi Arabia. The right to self determination is a stupid philosophy and we also have the fact it doesn't apply here because there is nothing uniquely different about Palestinian people than other Arabs, which has been genetically proven. The reason the term Palestinian was used to name the Arabs who were told to settle there is because calling them a people is a tool for propaganda purposes. 

So they can combine a couple of these situations. I don't think the Jews should try to make Palestinians refugees for western nations though, just Arab ones so they can live among their people in peace and prosperity
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they are told they where they are allowed to live.
They actually could go back and forth to Israel for work until Hamas put a stop to it
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I mean, they recently took troops and crossed over into Israeli occupied areas, killed lots of soldiers, police etc. That is more than just terrorism. That is war. 
I can only address what you say. Earlier, you were talking about terrorism as a means to annex territory. Now that you mention open war here— Israel’s ownership of land will depend upon their ability to defend it from invaders, which is what I have been saying.

no, if Hamas had power, there would be no jews, maybe. Hamas does not equal "Palestinians". Hamas exists only because Palestinians want to fight back against Israeli occupation. If Israel was actually willing to have peace, then Hamas would almost certainly lose alot of support. 
Hamas is the leadership in question, yes. If they had more might than Israel, there would be no Israel or Israelis. In my view, that puts them more in the wrong than the Israeli government. Whereas you think that Israel’s power advantage makes it more evil. I have more to say about Hamas as they relate to Palestinians in general, but I don’t want the semantics of that to distract from my point here.

the israeli barbed fences and machine guns around the outside say otherwise. The Israeli blockade does too. 
Israel created and enforces the boundaries, yes. That happens when you wish a nation be eradicated. My point is that Hamas runs what happens inside those borders.

“Oh, so you think their virulent antisemitism is largely justifiable.”

I didn't say it was justifiable. Also, this plays into a common argument that is bullshit. You can hate Israel without being anti-semetic. Israel is not a people, it is a nation. It's like saying you hate all Asians because China does something shitty. Pretending all criticism of Israel is Anti-semetic is a common trope people throw around to shut down any question of what they do.
Ok, understandable then. Wishing the Jews dead is the definition of antisemitism, so you are going off into the weeds here…

this is true. I have never said that negotiations would be easy. I have never said that Palestinians leaders are always negotiating in good faith. But the Palestinians don't have the Israeli's surrounded. They don't blockade Israel. Israel has most of the power in this scenario. If they don't negotiate in good faith, then peace is impossible. And since they adamantly refuse to give back land their illegal settlements are on, peace is impossible. 
Recognizing Israel’s right to exist would do a lot, as I’m sure you know. What we are seeing is what happens when a group refuses to do this.


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Even if you fix the underlying causes you still have to remove the terrorist organization.
agreed. Hamas will have to be dealt with. But dealing with hamas without dealing with the underlying causes is pointless. 

So you have to do a lot of work to westernize these people so you can then step back and empower them to build a great nation or even invite then to be a part of your nation and build a great nation together. 
you seem to be basically describing what the US tried in Iraq and Afghanistan. That was a colossal failure. I don't see any reason it would work better here. 

I think an acceptable strategy is also push these people back to arab states like Egypt or Saudi Arabia.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia would treat that as a Declaration of war. You can't forcefully eject millions of people. They won't go without you killing a large number of them and no other state is going to let you force them into their country. 

there is nothing uniquely different about Palestinian people than other Arabs, which has been genetically proven
there's nothing genetically different between Canada or the US, or the republic of ireland vs northern Ireland. They would be very angry to hear someone say they are not distinct people. 

I don't think the Jews should try to make Palestinians refugees for western nations though, just Arab ones so they can live among their people in peace and prosperity
that's not going to happen. No country wants millions of refugees. Egypt would rather fight Israel than let Israel deport the Palestinians. The saudi's would also have some harsh words about it.
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I can only address what you say. Earlier, you were talking about terrorism as a means to annex territory. Now that you mention open war here— Israel’s ownership of land will depend upon their ability to defend it from invaders, which is what I have been saying.
modern warfare doesn't really work that way. Hybrid warfare is the norm now. Their direct attack across the border and their terror attacks are different branches of the same strategy. You can't really separate the two. Every nation fighting an insurgent force sees them as terrorists. The british saw the americans that way. The americans saw the taliban that way. The Israeli's see Hamas that way. War isn't all about taking and holding ground.

Hamas is the leadership in question, yes. If they had more might than Israel, there would be no Israel or Israelis.
this very much depends on the scenario you are talking about. If the leadership of Hamas was given godlike powers with no consequences, I'm sure they would make all Israeli's disappear. But if the situation were reversed and the Palestinians had power, they would likely act like Israel does. They know that wiping out the Israeli's would trigger a response from the west, so they slowly strangle them and steal more and more land until there is no way for a peaceful resolution to happen. Then you use some excuse to make it look like the jews are "barbaric" and then you can kill or expel them. Which is exactly what israel is doing. And I have every confidence if Israel had such a godlike power, all Palestinians would cease to exist.

Israel created and enforces the boundaries, yes. That happens when you wish a nation be eradicated.
and what is Israel's position on a Palestinian state? I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same thing as the Palestinian position on a Jewish state. Let's not pretend like Israel is somehow more tolerant than the Palestinians. 

Ok, understandable then. Wishing the Jews dead is the definition of antisemitism, so you are going off into the weeds here…
no, i'm not. If you wish all jews dead, that is anti-semitism. If you wish the nation of Israel to cease to exist, that is politics. Israeli's want there to be no difference between Israel and all jewish people because then they can do whatever they want and any criticism is anti-semetic. It is a shield they hide behind. Israel can do shit things, and I can point out those shit things. That does not mean I dislike jewish people. The same way I can criticize China and not dislike chinese people. 

Recognizing Israel’s right to exist would do a lot, as I’m sure you know. What we are seeing is what happens when a group refuses to do this.
ok. and Israel refuses to acknowledge the Palestinians have a right to a state. It is the same thing. both sides refuse to acknowledge the other's right to exist. I agree that acknowledging that is important, but even if the Palestinians did agree to that, it wouldn't really help them or change anything. Israel has no intention of allowing the Palestinians to have a state of their own.
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that's not going to happen. No country wants millions of refugees. Egypt would rather fight Israel than let Israel deport the Palestinians. The saudi's would also have some harsh words about it.
Then they can take a nuke to the face TBH. The world can become civilized and peaceful voluntarily or by the people who stand in the way getting nuked in the face. 

I dont k ow that expulsion is needed, but if it is, it's none of the business of the country the get expelled to, if they dont like it, they can get a nuke to the face, fuckem. 
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Then they can take a nuke to the face TBH. The world can become civilized and peaceful voluntarily or by the people who stand in the way getting nuked in the face. 
by that logic, the simplest solution is to destroy Israel. you'd have to kill an awful lot (100's of millions) of muslims/arabs to make this go away. There's only about 7 million Jewish Israelis. I'm not advocating the mass murder of anyone, ever. But if the solution you are looking for is mass murder, the easiest solution would be destroying Israel.

Also, I don't think imprisoning millions of innocent people and treating them like animals is civilized. I don't see Israel as a more civilized country than any other middle eastern nation. They treat their enemies just as cruelly as Egypt or the Saudis. 

I dont k ow that expulsion is needed, but if it is, it's none of the business of the country the get expelled to, if they dont like it, they can get a nuke to the face, fuckem. 
and this is a good way for Israel to get destroyed. Western nations are not going to support a mass expulsion of civilians, especially when Israel has done everything it can to make peaceful co-existence impossible. you'll find the whole world against you very fast if you go full nazi and try to kill or expel all the Palestinians. 
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You know the people you're rooting for hate you, right? Most Jews don't actively hate gentiles who aren't anti-semites, but the same Muslims who participate in or celebrate the killing of Jews would love to cut open your infidel neck too.
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You have offered nothing to negate the concept I offered, which is that one’s ownership of territory depends upon one’s ability to defend it against invaders. Time to move on from that one…

You believe that if the balance of power were reversed, the behaviors would simply be reversed between the Israelis and Palestinians. I disagree. I think if Palestinians had a large military and nukes and the Israelis had only small rockets and such, the situation would be quite different. As this is all hypothetical, we can just call that one an “agree to disagree.”

and what is Israel's position on a Palestinian state? I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same thing as the Palestinian position on a Jewish state. Let's not pretend like Israel is somehow more tolerant than the Palestinians.
That is easy enough to look up. You should find that it is not exactly as you claim.

no, i'm not. If you wish all jews dead, that is anti-semitism. If you wish the nation of Israel to cease to exist, that is politics. Israeli's want there to be no difference between Israel and all jewish people because then they can do whatever they want and any criticism is anti-semetic. It is a shield they hide behind. Israel can do shit things, and I can point out those shit things. That does not mean I dislike jewish people. The same way I can criticize China and not dislike chinese people.
Yes, you are in the weeds because I was clearly talking about Hamas’ antisemitism, and you are making it about you.

ok. and Israel refuses to acknowledge the Palestinians have a right to a state. It is the same thing. both sides refuse to acknowledge the other's right to exist. I agree that acknowledging that is important, but even if the Palestinians did agree to that, it wouldn't really help them or change anything. Israel has no intention of allowing the Palestinians to have a state of their own.
Not exactly. As I said, this is easy enough to look up, but you clearly have your heels dug in on the issue.
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You know the people you're rooting for hate you, right? Most Jews don't actively hate gentiles who aren't anti-semites, but the same Muslims who participate in or celebrate the killing of Jews would love to cut open your infidel neck too.
I'm guessing this was directed at me. 

I assume they would hate me. The west has been propping up Israel this whole time. Israel treats them like animals, the west wags their finger and says "ooh that's bad" then gives them another billion worth of bombs and guns to use on the Palestinians. Why wouldn't they hate me? My government has given them very good reasons to. Not even getting into all the other bullshit like invading Iraq etc.
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You have offered nothing to negate the concept I offered, which is that one’s ownership of territory depends upon one’s ability to defend it against invaders. Time to move on from that one…
of course I have. Because that line of thought died after ww2. The international system is predicated on the idea that borders should not be redrawn by force. 

You believe that if the balance of power were reversed, the behaviors would simply be reversed between the Israelis and Palestinians. I disagree. I think if Palestinians had a large military and nukes and the Israelis had only small rockets and such, the situation would be quite different. As this is all hypothetical, we can just call that one an “agree to disagree.”
I think a reversed situation would be pretty much the same. If the existence of their country were balancing on western support, they wouldn't dare wipe out the Israeli's. The same way Israel has been doing for decades. they'd love to wipe out or just expel the palestinians, but they can't. 

Yes, you are in the weeds because I was clearly talking about Hamas’ antisemitism, and you are making it about you.
I'm not making it about me. I'm pointing out a ridiculous argument made pretty much constantly about Israel. 

Not exactly. As I said, this is easy enough to look up, but you clearly have your heels dug in on the issue.
look up what exactly? Has israel announced they support a 2 state solution that I am unaware of?
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the same Muslims who participate in or celebrate the killing of Jews would love to cut open your infidel neck too. 
Same can be said about Israel and America.

The same Israel and USA who steal land from others, would obviously have no problem with stealing your land and bombing you in the process, if they could.
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I think the best solution is to send 1 trillion dollars to Palestine.
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I think a reversed situation would be pretty much the same. If the existence of their country were balancing on western support, they wouldn't dare wipe out the Israeli's. The same way Israel has been doing for decades. they'd love to wipe out or just expel the palestinians, but they can't. 
Ah, sneaky of you to insert a Palestine operating under western support in your hypothetical. You think Israel’s alliance with western nations and predisposition toward western values is just some cosmic coincidence rather than a conscious choice?

I'm not making it about me. I'm pointing out a ridiculous argument made pretty much constantly about Israel.
I was saying that Hamas is antisemitic. This is not a controversial claim. You went off the fairway ever since you admitted their antisemitism is understandable.

look up what exactly? Has israel announced they support a 2 state solution that I am unaware of?
Rather than merely speculating on it, look it up is what I’m saying. Do I need to give you the exact search terms now?
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Actually, I was referencing the OP. I'm guessing you have some principled reason for supporting Palestine whereas Triangle just hates Jews.
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Ah, sneaky of you to insert a Palestine operating under western support in your hypothetical. You think Israel’s alliance with western nations and predisposition toward western values is just some cosmic coincidence rather than a conscious choice?
I think that Israel's reliance on the west has certainly had a large impact on what they do. They can't stray too far from what Washington is ok with because if they cut off support, Israel is dead (maybe not today, but certainly in the past). I think that if they had a free hand to do what they want, they would have forcefully expelled all the palestinians decades ago. 

Even now, they have supposedly "western values" but they keep millions of people in an open air prison and blockade them. That isn't a western value that I am aware of.

I was saying that Hamas is antisemitic. This is not a controversial claim. You went off the fairway ever since you admitted their antisemitism is understandable.
I never said their anti-semitism is understandable. I said their hatred of Israel is. And I would agree that hamas as an organization is anti-semetic. But many of their supporters probably aren't. 

Rather than merely speculating on it, look it up is what I’m saying. Do I need to give you the exact search terms now?
you barely even really hinted at what you are talking about. I can't possibly search if I have no idea what you are talking about.
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Actually, I was referencing the OP. I'm guessing you have some principled reason for supporting Palestine whereas Triangle just hates Jews.
oh fair enough. I have no idea what that guy's going on about. I wouldn't say I support either side. They both do terrible things. 

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But if the solution you are looking for is mass murder, the easiest solution would be destroying Israel
No, they get options. Nuke to the face or accept our will. 

They treat their enemies just as cruelly as Egypt or the Saudis. 
Categorically false. There is a reason why zorastrians are nearly extinct while jews, christians and Muslims coexist peacefully in Jerusalem.  

you'll find the whole world against you very fast if you go full nazi and try to kill or expel all the Palestinians. 
Nobody is suggesting that nonsense. In fact many Palestinian Israelis are fighting side by side with Jews against Hamas. I find it odd though that you are defending the side who wishes to kill 6 million plus jews currently in Israel in a new holocaust as the victims of the Nazi Jews.
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oh fair enough. I have no idea what that guy's going on about. I wouldn't say I support either side. They both do terrible things. 
This is moral cowardice. It's no different than a person defending a rapist by pointing out the victim was wearing a short skirt and was in a bad part of town.

Technically yes both sides did something wrong but everyone knows which side needs to take responsibility for the crime. 
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Even now, they have supposedly "western values" but they keep millions of people in an open air prison and blockade them. That isn't a western value that I am aware of.
I, too, question the wisdom of giving Jews a homeland right next to a people who wish them dead. It hasn’t worked out well. As I said earlier, the Arab League was given a seat at the table at the time of Israel’s creation and partitioning, but they boycotted it. Such unwillingness to compromise hasn’t worked out well, either.

I never said their anti-semitism is understandable. I said their hatred of Israel is. And I would agree that hamas as an organization is anti-semetic. But many of their supporters probably aren't. 
Here’s my quote:

“Hamas wishes for the eradication of Jews and the Jewish nation.”

You responded, “Of course, they do. Israel has been shitty to them.” (Paraphrased from memory) And now, you seem to believe that people can support Hamas without being antisemitic themselves? This keeps getting better and better… or worse and worse.

you barely even really hinted at what you are talking about. I can't possibly search if I have no idea what you are talking about.
I didn’t bring it up. To remind you, YOU tried to establish a moral equivalence by speculating that the Israelis are just as against a Palestinian state as vice versa. I have said that rather than speculate on it, look it up… “Israel’s views on a Palestinian state.” But I also said that you are very dug in on the issue, meaning that such a search might not sway you at all.
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I, too, question the wisdom of giving Jews a homeland right next to a people who wish them dead
Hey, you suddenly sound smarter.

Although you still need to work on interpretation.

For example, it is not true that "Jews were given the land right next to..."

No, the Jews stole the land. But its okay. Take small steps and thats how you learn.
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