The Israeli Occupation in a Microcosm

[Tribesman]

By their fruits ye shall know them.
Hey come on , they can clean up the excrement the soldiers left behind , pity they can't clean up the bullet in his sons back .

[King Henry V]

Yep, another case of evil, Christ-murdering Jews torturing the innocent, freedom-loving Palestinians.

[King Henry V]

By their fruits ye shall know them.
Hey come on , they can clean up the excrement the soldiers left behind , pity they can't clean up the bullet in his sons back .

They can always take it out

[Tribesman]

They can always take it out
Yes Henry , removing a bullet from next to someones spine is so very easy , I wonder why the doctors didn't just dig it out

[Goofball]

This is most definitely not a microcosm of the situation as a whole. Microcosms are by definition representative of a larger whole. If this were a true microcosm of the larger situation, the Palestinian father would have spent his time trying to figure out how he could somehow strap a few kilos of C4 to his son and sneak him into the middle of the group of soldiers. Actually, belay that last; he would more likely try to sneak his explosive-laden son onto the bus the soldiers' children took to school.

The Palestinian family in this story are reasonable, calm, almost saintly people who appear only to want peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

If that were truly the case will all Palestinians, there would be no conflict.

Sadly, this is not the case.

[Azi Tohak]

Newspaper: Guardian.



Azi

[Beirut]

If that were truly the case will all Palestinians, there would be no conflict.

Sadly, this is not the case.

Hmm, perhaps not. Even if from 1948 onwards the Palestinians were Ghandiesque in their comportment, the intent of the Zionist and Jewish leaders, in their own words, was to take control of the entire country, by force if necessary.

That being said, the only difference would be that the Palestinians would have been peacefully living under Israeli subjugation instead of violently living under Israeli subjugation. The subjugation, however, would still have existed.

For my part, given human nature, I cannot imagine anyone living peacefully under such conditions. JFK said you can have freedom without peace - but not peace without freedom.

[Goofball]

Hmm, perhaps not. Even if from 1948 onwards the Palestinians were Ghandiesque in their comportment, the intent of the Zionist and Jewish leaders, in their own words, was to take control of the entire country, by force if necessary.

Makes a nice offset to the Palestinian leadership, whose stated goals in their own words have always been nothing less than the complete destruction of Israel, and the murder of every Jew in Israel (sometimes they even throw in some nice little phrases about the raping and subjugation of Jewish women, just for a little color).

No wonder they can't get along.



Here's our impasse Beirut: I know that both sides are at fault.

You don't seem to understand that.

[Proletariat]

Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me

[Beirut]

Here's our impasse Beirut: I know that both sides are at fault.

You don't seem to understand that.

I'm well aware that both sides are at fault. But in my opinion one side is much more at fault than the other.