Re: Any Muslims embarrassed that so many are claiming victory for Hezbollah?
You are an idiot. I'm sorry, I just couldn't say it any more politely. Israel never GAIN land for their settlements. You have obviously never been to Palestine. I keep reiterating this because some of us have been there and seen the conditions with our own eyes. Your view of Palestine is the one shot through the American lens, a lens which is hugely influenced by Zionist lobby groups.
Israel occupies Palestinian terriroty whenever they wish. They create random checkpoints, called "Flying checkpoints"... basically what that means is that say you're in a city in Palestine and you wish to get to the downtown of that city. On your way, you will encounter an Israeli hummer with rude and arrogant soldiers that will ask you to identify yourself and keep you at their 'checkpoint' for at least one hour. Some of us have witnessed this first hand.
Also, once the Israeli's settle into Palestinian land (illegally might I add), they come and destroy Palestinian farms. Some of us have witnessed this with their own eyes. Some of us have also seen innocent, poor Palestinian families being evacuated from their house and watching their place get bulldozered down by Caterpillars.
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Instead of relieving tension, they get rockets and kidnappings.
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Are you forgetting the systematic assassianation of numerous families related to Hamas? Are you forgetting the beach bombings? Or the innocent women and children that are killed by IDF weekly? Please be reminded that the rockets are in retalliation for their actions... And kidnappings? What about Israeli kidnappings of numerous Fatah, PLO, Hamas members of parlaiment? These kidnappings have been occuring for 15 + years dude.
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They leave Lebanon six years ago and they get rocketing and kidnapping. It seems whenever they give back land their neighbors attack them more.
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Yes. The angelic Israeli's left ALL of Lebanon and never violated any airspace or borders at any time during that period. They also didn't kill innocent shepherds and civilians in the south during this time... Oh and it would be blasphemous to say that they kidnapped anyone during this time!! Because by God, Israel would never kidnap innocent doctors and politicians, would it ?
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I do not believe that the Isrealis live to torment the Palestinians. They have done far more to pursue peace than any Palestinian.
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Either you're young and naiive, or you're old and ignorant, because you clearly have no idea about various jewish terror groups right after the formation of Israel. In fact... do you know why Great Britian left Palestine in the 1940s in the first place? Because of a bomb set up by an extremist Jewish group. Oh No! I can't say extermist and jewish together, can I? Surely the word extremist is only to be used with "Muslims". Please look into the history, and PLEASE visit the country first before making any assumptions based on your bias FOX/CNN perspective. Israel has quite clearly tormented Palestinians, and they still do so til this day. Zionism is an outright racist ideology that belives that Jews are the chosen people of God and that anyone else is inferior to them. Not judaism... Zionism. Don't get it twisted. Sure, the Palestinians (politically) may not have done much to pursue peace (frankly I don't want to argue this with you right now), but what has Israel done? Withdrawing itself from an ALREADY illegal occupation of Gaza does not count. Building communities that block water supply to Palestine does not count. Creating random checkpoints so that families cannot see each other for MONTHS even if they live in the same city does not count.
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Arafat was a joke. A corrupt leader who raped the finances of his people and led them to perpetual war, abject poverty and horrible conditions.
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At least we can agree on this :).
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Beyond all else, I blame Arafat.
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Sure he is partly to blame. But beyond all else? Umm... what about the lovely and peaceful Palestinian-loving PM's Israel has had?
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But most Muslims cannot bring themselves to criticize an icon like Arafat, as it is so much more fun to blame the Jews than to look in a mirror.
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I've noticed your subtle 'punking' of Muslims on any opportunity you get. You clearly have something against Muslims. What you fail to realize is that what's being fed to you in your trust worthy media is hardly true. Muslims dont blame "jews"... Muslims blame Zionism.
Your media always shows that Iran 'hates jews' and wants them all 'dead', when they clearly say that the Zionist regime should be wiped off the map. This is no different from Israel claiming that Hezbollah should be 'wiped out', but no one dares to criticize that as being Islamophobic.