Israel - Palestine discussion thread

[Joey D]

aLl US sOlDiErS aRe wAr cRiMiNaLs

Meanwhile, they support Benjamin Naziyahu committing war crimes freely.

Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants.

apnews.com

 

[HenrySwanson]

From The Times' letters to editor:

Sir, Max Hastings (Oct 12) is right to highlight the absurd claims of those who, ignoring the geopolitical reality, champion either the destruction of Israel or a two-state solution. However, his apocalyptic vision of an apartheid one-state Greater Israel is not the only alternative. The Balfour declaration of 1917, and the subsequent mandate, proposed the creation of a homeland for the Jewish people but one that would protect the rights of all inhabitants of Palestine regardless of faith or background. This did not come to pass; the result has been a hundred years of hostility. Yet, if all its citizens were declared equal before the law and treated with the same degree of tolerance, overseen by a power-sharing executive, the nation could become a beacon of civilisation in a dark world.

(I swear it wasn't me)

 

[Carbonox]

and capturing other countries for dinner.

The irony of course being that for all the overseas fighting the US have done lately, none has resulted in annexation of territory.

 

[inCloud]

none has resulted in annexation of territory

Iraq, Afghanistan were under occupation for how long?

 

[Sprite]

Iraq, Afghanistan were under occupation for how long?

Occupation: “the action, state, or period of occupying or being occupied by military force.”

Annexation: “annexation, a formal act whereby a state proclaims its sovereignty over territory hitherto outside its domain. Unlike cession, whereby territory is given or sold through treaty, annexation is a unilateral act made effective by actual possession and legitimized by general recognition.”

So… not the same thing.

 

[inCloud]

So… not the same thing.

Original quote was

capturing other countries

So, occupied is fine, IMO.

Last US annexed territory was Hawaii, AFAIK.