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Old 11-18-2012, 04:02 PM
 
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There are more Jews in the U.S. (6,588,065) than there are in Israel (5,978,600) --- that is part of the reason for American political support of Israel.


http://www.jewishdatabank.org/Report...tates_2011.pdf

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/...re/newpop.html
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Old 11-18-2012, 04:16 PM
 
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As long as the palestiians continue to act as they just have and attck support will only get firmer. They fool no one with their support of rqadical islam by deed and words are meaningless.
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Old 11-18-2012, 04:18 PM
 
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As long as the palestiians continue to act as they just have and attck support will only get firmer. They fool no one with their support of rqadical islam by deed and words are meaningless.

by the same token , as long as israel continues to steal the pallestinians land , not to mention dignity , israel will remain under attack

cause and effect , even israel kills each and every member of hammass , dont think for a second that a new generation of rocket throwers will not emerge , thats how it works
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Old 11-18-2012, 04:41 PM
 
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
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I wonder how much of European hatred of Israel is about their actions in defending themselves from Palestinians and how much of it goes back to their hatred of Jews that goes back to before WW2? Personally, I'd rather support the country with the democratically elected government which hasn't had an official policy of wiping out their neighbors off the face of the earth.
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Old 11-18-2012, 04:53 PM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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its truly extrordinary how when it comes to this issue , all political sides come together as one to profess their deep devotion to the state of israel , pledging undieing devotion to israel appears to be a rite of passage for every american politican or public personality of any kind

my question is this , is their any quater in the usa where an alternative view towards this global issue exists

do american realise how at odds they are with the rest of the world when it comes to this matter
Americans do not unconditionally support Israel. I have, on numerous occassions, posted in many threads speaking my disdain for many of Israels policies. I think they should draw a line in the sand and not have any more settling of land across that line, period. Palestine should be its own country, with no outside influence from Israel.

But Hamas is firing rockets into Israel over the last two months just because they felt like it. Israel isn't keeping food and medicine out of Palestine, those idiots are still trying to smuggle weapons into the country to attack Israel. Iran has given them the longer range missiles which can hit Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

The Palestinians need to stand up and fight Hamas, with Israel. Show the world that they won't tolerate idiots using their country as a means to attack an otherwise peaceful people. Then, if Israel keeps being idiotic and trying to settle in land given to the Palestinians, then the United States should be against Israel.
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Old 11-18-2012, 08:28 PM
 
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Arabs didn't create Pakistan. The Punjabis, Sindhis, Pashtun, and other groups aren't Arab.

You do know that not all Muslims are Arabs(and not even all Arabs are Muslims)...
Arab colonialism did. Pakistan used to be part of India, it belonged to the Hindus. The partitioning was done by the British -- Hindus on one side, Muslims on the other. Muslims despise the Hindus and kill them.

Pakistan wants halt to Arab 'religious colonialism' - Democratic Underground

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Old 11-18-2012, 08:32 PM
 
Location: southern california
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sad that PLO and hammas say they speak for the rest of the world.
i am just wondering the american response to 300 rockets fired from a foreign country at NYC.
LOL.
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Old 11-18-2012, 08:53 PM
 
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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sad that PLO and hammas say they speak for the rest of the world.
i am just wondering the american response to 300 rockets fired from a foreign country at NYC.
LOL.
Look at how we reacted to 4 airplanes. I'd imagine the response would be similar, if not even more aggressive.
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Old 11-18-2012, 10:04 PM
 
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Arab colonialism did. Pakistan used to be part of India, it belonged to the Hindus. The partitioning was done by the British -- Hindus on one side, Muslims on the other. Muslims despise the Hindus and kill them.

Pakistan wants halt to Arab 'religious colonialism' - Democratic Underground
The article you linked to is about fairly recent Wahhabi incursions into Pakistan and has nothing to do with the creation of Pakistan, nor the historical spread of Islam into the Indian Subcontinent.
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Old 11-18-2012, 11:01 PM
 
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This cartoon captures perfectly what Israel is doing to the Palestinians.

https://twitter.com/mah4rmkk/status/...553088/photo/1
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