Rashida Tlaib's anti-Israel event

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Most people see Jew= Zionist and Muslim=Isis. Too ignorant and biased to see the difference.

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Anonymous wrote:FACT: According to a British census in 1864, Jews constituted a majority of the population of Jerusalem. An Ottoman census in 1905 showed Jews represented two-thirds of the Jerusalem population.

FACT: In 1917, the British Government declared that they favored the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine (Balfour Declaration).

FACT: In 1936, the British government established a Royal Commission, known as The Peel Commission, to investigate the unrest between Arabs and Jews in Palestine. A report was issued in 1937 that recommended a partition of the land between Arabs and Jews. The report, after being accepted by the British Government, was rejected by the Arabs.

FACT: In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution recommending the partition of Palestine into to two states, one Jewish and one Arab with Jerusalem to be governed by an international regime. It was accepted by the Jewish side, but not by the Arabs. The Arabs immediately launched a war of annihilation against the Jewish state.

FACT: Between 1948 and 1972, 800,000 Jews were forced to leave Arab and Muslim countries. Approximately 600,000 of those Jews emigrated to Israel.

FACT: During the British Mandate, Jews were known as Palestinian Jews. The flag of Palestine had a Star of David on it.

"It is inaccurate to say the Jews just took over or stole Arab land. In addition to land owned by Jews already living in Palestine, there were substantial land purchases made by the Jewish National Fund, the Palestine Land Development Company and the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association between the late 1880s and 1930s. Most of the land purchases were made in the Jezreel Valley, Jordan Valley and Galilee where the Arab population was sparse, and soil was poor. At the time of the UN partition vote in 1947 most of the land not already owned by Jews was public land, not privately-owned land. Very little of the land was privately owned by Arabs."

https://jfedsrq.org/did-jews-take-israel-from-palestinians/

Haha this is my favorite “ FACT: In 1917, the British Government declared that they favored the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine (Balfour Declaration).”

Listen Mr Balfour and other White English dudes, that ain’t yo land, go on and favor the establishment of a state on your own land. So go on and get, and take your fancy declarations with you.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with being anti-Israel?

Nothing. It’s a tradition that goes back thousands of years.

Or since 1948. This “conflict” is not age old. It started in 1948 with the establishment of a white state on land populated by brown people. I’m anti Israel because I oppose apartheid. When the government of Israel starts following international law, I won’t be anti Israel. They could just allow all refugees to return and pay them reparations. Done. But they don’t want brown people in their pure state. Barf.

I don’t mean to be insulting but the above is genuinely idiotic.

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Anonymous wrote:FACT: According to a British census in 1864, Jews constituted a majority of the population of Jerusalem. An Ottoman census in 1905 showed Jews represented two-thirds of the Jerusalem population.

FACT: In 1917, the British Government declared that they favored the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine (Balfour Declaration).

FACT: In 1936, the British government established a Royal Commission, known as The Peel Commission, to investigate the unrest between Arabs and Jews in Palestine. A report was issued in 1937 that recommended a partition of the land between Arabs and Jews. The report, after being accepted by the British Government, was rejected by the Arabs.

FACT: In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution recommending the partition of Palestine into to two states, one Jewish and one Arab with Jerusalem to be governed by an international regime. It was accepted by the Jewish side, but not by the Arabs. The Arabs immediately launched a war of annihilation against the Jewish state.

FACT: Between 1948 and 1972, 800,000 Jews were forced to leave Arab and Muslim countries. Approximately 600,000 of those Jews emigrated to Israel.

FACT: During the British Mandate, Jews were known as Palestinian Jews. The flag of Palestine had a Star of David on it.

"It is inaccurate to say the Jews just took over or stole Arab land. In addition to land owned by Jews already living in Palestine, there were substantial land purchases made by the Jewish National Fund, the Palestine Land Development Company and the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association between the late 1880s and 1930s. Most of the land purchases were made in the Jezreel Valley, Jordan Valley and Galilee where the Arab population was sparse, and soil was poor. At the time of the UN partition vote in 1947 most of the land not already owned by Jews was public land, not privately-owned land. Very little of the land was privately owned by Arabs."

https://jfedsrq.org/did-jews-take-israel-from-palestinians/

Lol you forgot to mention the Peel commission ALSO recommended forcibly transferring hundreds of thousands of Arabs out of Palestine! I wonder why the Arabs rejected it!

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Anonymous wrote:I can support Israel and still criticize them for what they are doing.

That does not mean that I am anti-Semitic, because I'm not.

I also believe in free expression. She should have the event.

Calling the founding of one of our allies a "catastrophe" does not seem appropriate for an event on Capitol Hill.

Calling Israel an ally is not appropriate. Israel does not meet the criteria by any definition.

Ally: a state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose or combine or unite a resource or commodity with (another) for mutual benefit.


Israel does not cooperate militarily with the US. Israel refuses to allow US to use Israeli bases or allow US to use Israel air space. This would have been greatly appreciated in the fight against ISIS and Syria civil war. Israel actually supported ISIS during that time. Not what an ally does.

Israel receives a lot of aid, technology, weapons and intelligence from the US but gives nothing back. Israel was noticeably absent in all our recent wars in the Middle East. There is no love for the US in Israel. Israel is a dependent state of the US not an ally.

It is interesting that the top countries receiving aid from the US are Israel(3.31 billion), Jordan(2.6b), Egypt(1.47b), Ethiopia(1.21b) and Iraq(1.18b). Why should the US continue this spending? Specially if countries receiving aid are not living up to the terms of agreements- ie dismantling settlements?

Israel was absent from the United States’ middle eastern wars because the United States wanted them to be. As far as giving nothing back, well, yeah, if you don’t count defense contracts, technology and medical knowledge sharing, cultural and educational exchange, and the like, you may be right.

How many Israelis fought in Vietnam? We've been in plenty of wars and have always had allies by our side, but Israel has never been one. They're a great customer for the defense industry (though largely using American tax payer money), but that's about it

Omg you are using Vietnam as a barometer here? That’s laughable. Plus, Israel was an incredibly poor nation the first decades after its establishment and was in its own war defending itself from Arab invasion in 1967.

Then when have they supported US? Even Japan has sent it's self defense forces to Iraq. South Korea was poor, but was heavily involved in Vietnam. The Canada, the UK and Australia have been in every war that we have. Can you name a single time that Israeli troops have deployed to support American troops in a war zone? Personally, that's how I define ally

Again: the US does … not … want … them … to. But, you’re ignoring the humanitarian aid and contributions Israel makes when disasters strike—even in such a Jew-hating world.

It is always a very small token group sent for PR purposes.

Seek therapy.

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Look Palestinians are not a threat to Israel. The Palestinian are use to squelch descent in Israel. Kill a few Palestinians maybe they fire a rocket in response. The Israeli public falls in line and new settlements are built.

The real threat to Israel is internal. By 2050 Israel is projected to grow from 9.2 million to 16 million with Orthodox Jews growing to a 1/4 of the population. The orthodox women are averaging 6.7 children and as a result the population is growing twice as fast as other Jews population.

This means Israel will need more land and have a more right wing religion government. Remember many of the orthodox live off the state and do not have to serve in the military.

It also means more and more conflicts with the US. Israel will become more right wing and take more land for growth. The US just does not support that and will not support an ultra conservative religious state.

Also climate change has resulted in lower rain fall for the past 30 years. Israel is already pumping ground water faster than it can be replaced. The projection sea level rise shows lost of of coast line.

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Anonymous wrote:According to this article Tlaib’s event took place thanks to the intervention of Bernie Sanders. Also, the event was partially sponsored by a Jewish group who believes Palestinians are also human beings. McCarthy failed to stop the meeting from taking place.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mccarthy-palestine-tlaib/tnamp/

Nice spin by The Nation, the Newsmax of the far left.

What spin? Seems like pretty nuch straightforward reporting

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:According to this article Tlaib’s event took place thanks to the intervention of Bernie Sanders. Also, the event was partially sponsored by a Jewish group who believes Palestinians are also human beings. McCarthy failed to stop the meeting from taking place.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mccarthy-palestine-tlaib/tnamp/

Nice spin by The Nation, the Newsmax of the far left.

What spin? Seems like pretty nuch straightforward reporting

An “educational” event? Please.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:According to this article Tlaib’s event took place thanks to the intervention of Bernie Sanders. Also, the event was partially sponsored by a Jewish group who believes Palestinians are also human beings. McCarthy failed to stop the meeting from taking place.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mccarthy-palestine-tlaib/tnamp/

Nice spin by The Nation, the Newsmax of the far left.

What spin? Seems like pretty nuch straightforward reporting

It is propaganda, not “reporting.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most people see Jew= Zionist and Muslim=Isis. Too ignorant and biased to see the difference.

Perhaps.


But there are 2 million living in Gaza, who elected a designated terrorist organization - Hamas - as their government.

To equate Gaza with terrorism is apropos.

The 3 million in the West Bank follow the actual Palestinian government, who speaks for the people: Fatah.