Chris.C

I’m pleased I left that country, what a farce. Personally, I wouldn’t care if it was a man or a woman helping me choose a bra, it’s not like they’re seeing me naked ir touching my breasts or Fanny.

I suggest you read up about this, https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/5/17/israels-gaza-disengagement-that-paved-the-way-for-conquest Israeli officials themselves made no effort to hide what they were really up to. In 2004, while the plan was still being discussed in the Knesset, Dov Weisglass, a senior adviser to then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, stated point-blank: “The disengagement is actually formaldehyde. It supplies the amount of formaldehyde that is necessary so there will not be a political process with the Palestinians.” By “freezing” the political process, Weisglass went on to explain, “you prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state, and you prevent a discussion on the refugees, the borders and Jerusalem”. Thanks to “disengagement”, then, the whole issue of Palestinian statehood had been “removed indefinitely from our agenda” – and all with the “blessing” of the president of the United States of America “and the ratification of both houses of Congress”.

I’m sorry, I must have misread your post or mixed you up with another pro Israeli poster. Actually, I enjoy your posts and respect your unblinkered views. You are not like the others who seem to think all Palestinians, or perhaps even all Muslims are inferior to them.

Yes they did. Arguing with you about Gaza is like debating human rights with a bulldozer-cold, loud, and already flattening the facts.

The king of deflection and denial. Convenient when you can’t answer the question. Not one of the murderous, lying, Israeli animals has been punished.

Erm, by defeating Nazi Germany, stopping the machinery of genocide. The liberation of the concentration camps, the Nuremberg Trials, the exposure of the atrocities , giving you your own country by kicking out a heap of Palestinians who you still haven't allowed back(rigth of return). Ignoring UN Resolution 194 (passed in 1948) states: "…refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date…" Do you ever think for a moment that not allowing hundreds of thousands of refugees what they were promised had some part in the fight for freedom in Gaza?

Now, you’re having a troll. The Israeli military is not ‘some soldiers’ 😂 Tell me one other country who could commit a war crime, try to hide the evidence by burying all, including ambulances, lie about it when the buried bodies were found, say there were no lights on, then changed their story when a video was found. Are you saying no one in the government commented on this horrific crime? Why has there been no consequences for the animals who committed these murders? The is why no foreign media is allowed into Gaza.

If Israel stopped committing crimes, they’d not be in the news every single day. It’s not Muslims who are planning the eradication of a whole area. It’s not Muslims who are expanding them illegal settlements. Which part of ‘illegal’ do you not understand. More than 500,000 illegal settlers are now living in the occupied West Bank, and some 220,000 others in East Jerusalem [File: Mussa Qawasma/Reuters] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/6/israel-pushes-for-more-illegal-settlements-in-occupied-west-bank-amid-raids

I say the same about anything Israel says. Remember the ambulances with no lights that they buried, after killing the rescue workers?

If you're going to argue that European leaders support Palestinians just to win Muslim votes, then we should also talk about the United States and its consistent support for Israel, often in ways that go against international consensus and public opinion. Why does the U.S. send billions in military aid to Israel every year, veto UN resolutions critical of its actions, and stand virtually alone in defending it diplomatically? Is that about votes, too, or something else?

Misinformation, I guess you are conveniently talking about Hamas' 1988 Charter which is no more. Hamas distinguishes between Jews as a people and the Israeli state, stating their conflict is with Zionism and occupation, not Judaism as a religion. This clearly refutes the claim that their aim is simply to “kill all Jews.” As for Israel “leaving” Gaza in 2005: it removed settlers and soldiers but kept total control over Gaza’s airspace, waters, borders, population registry, and trade. That’s not independence, it’s open-air incarceration. Even before October 7, Gaza was blockaded for nearly two decades, with regular bombardments, mass unemployment, and collapsing infrastructure - Israel controlled all materials going in.

I can only imagine how difficult it must be to live under the constant shadow of threat ie the fear of rockets, the trauma of attacks, and the weight of national responsibility. No one denies Israel’s right to security. But true security can’t come at the cost of extinguishing another people. If there's one thing your own sacred texts emphasize, it’s the importance of justice, compassion, and the protection of the stranger, even those who are not of your tribe. The idea of tikkun olam, repairing the world doesn’t stop at borders or ethnic lines. If anything, it begins where it’s hardest. What's happening in Gaza isn’t just a military operation, it’s the destruction of a people, and it’s being watched by the entire world. You don’t have to agree with every criticism, but it’s impossible to deny that collective punishment, starvation, and leveling entire cities are not the path to peace, or moral high ground. The future of Israel’s standing in the world depends not just on military strength, but on moral clarity. If this continues, it won’t just be Gaza that’s reduced to rubble, it will be Israel’s reputation for generations. Faith, real faith, requires the courage to step back from vengeance and listen to the better angels of your tradition and the basic principles of international law. You can still demand justice without abandoning humanity. You can't deny the lies that have been uncovered, for example, those killed medical workers and buried ambulances! You can't deny this is why Israel have denied foreign media into Gaza.

Is Israel sending aid to Sudan, Syria and other mentioned countries? Taking in refugees? Condemning war crimes? Or is it too busy bombing hospitals and cutting off food and water to a captive population? If someone wants to shift the topic away from Gaza to "other places with suffering," fine, but let’s be honest. Israel isn’t stepping up as a moral leader elsewhere. In fact, its actions in Gaza are what brought so many people into the conversation in the first place. You can’t ask why people care about Gaza and then ignore who’s dropping the bombs. If you want empathy to be universal, maybe start by applying that standard to Israel’s actions, not the people protesting them.

I thought it was relevant as is this one. Good intention, I wish Jews and Muslims read their holy books more, their are many common factors and they both want peace. Exodus 23:31-33 (KJV) "And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me..." Surah Al-Ma'idah (5:21–26) “O my people! Enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you, and do not turn back or else you will become losers.” They said, “O Moses! There is a tyrant people in it. We will never enter until they leave. If they do, then we will enter.”

Our countries, or The USA, are not supporting the Janjaweed militia, but are arming and supporting the notorious IDF.

Ah, nothing says “measured geopolitical insight” like quoting novelty T-shirts from the 1980s. I suppose next you’ll argue for drone strikes using bumper stickers: “Nuke 'em till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark.” And calling for the death of "Radical Islam" as if it's a video game boss you can just delete with a cheat code? That’s not strategy, that’s pub-level bravado dressed up as policy. You’re not defending civilization; you're auditioning for a Fox News segment from 2003. You’re mistaking moral clarity for moral bankruptcy and if scorched-earth fantasies are your idea of patriotism, then I’d hate to see what you wear on casual Fridays.🤪

Are you joking? They are in the process of annexation, full takeover and extermination of the people.

Suggesting that the whole population "deserves" collective punishment, including death for voting the "wrong" party is morally indefensible. Democratic elections are not a license for mass retribution, especially when the electorate includes people who were too young to vote or never supported that party in the first place. This kind of thinking strips away the humanity of an entire people and sounds like you are justifying war crimes. Yes, Hamas won the 2006 election, but.....The election was nearly two decades ago. Many Gazans alive today were not even born then. Hamas has not allowed free elections since, and dissent is suppressed. People under authoritarian regimes often have no realistic path to change their leadership. Not all members of Hamas are part of its military wing, and not all Palestinians support Hamas. Painting 2 million people with the same brush is harmful. Saying "they made a bad mistake and are now paying the price" shows a humanitarian catastrophe, a blockade, thousands of civilian deaths, widespread destruction, and lack of food, water, and medical care, as a form of just punishment. That is a profoundly inhumane view. You don’t have to pick sides in a way that dehumanizes the other. Standing for human rights means standing for all human rights, whether the victims are Israeli or Palestinian.

20 killed after trucks overturn on crowd in Gaza, Hamas-run civil defence says https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgvnp57yp7t

They have a lot to hide. Media might find buried medical workers and ambulances.

Do you have any proof Hamas is responsible for the food shortage? Do you not believe the 100 ++ aid agencies that say Israel is starving Gazans? This is what I find very strange how Israel defenders can ignore these experts, Oxfam, Amnesty, etc. Thanks for acknowledging you don’t care if people supporting a political group all are denied food until death.

It is rape. No one beheaded babies and you know that has been proven as Israeli propaganda. Videoing one or two IDF soldiers is not even 1/100 th as bad as forced starvation of millions of civilians. Jewish Americans are really clutching at straws now to find any rebuttal to all Israel’s crimes and looking very foolish now, or not human. The world is watching Israel dig its own grave, as well as Jews around the world.

You're mistaken about what Hamas and Fatah actually are - and frankly, rather sick if you're calling for nuclear genocide. Conflating Hamas - a Palestinian political and militant group based in Gaza - with Fatah al-Islam - a jihadist group based in Lebanon - reveals a gross misunderstanding of the situation. It’s like confusing Sinn Fein with Al-Qaeda because both have political aims. That destroys any credibility and shows you have no understanding of the factions involved, their ideologies, and goals. As for your "mushroom cloud and home in time for a beer" comment - it's one of the most appalling things I’ve read. You’re casually fantasizing about nuclear genocide. That would mean the death of millions of civilians - men, women, children - followed by regional collapse, global fallout, and generational suffering.

Shortage of food is a war crime, are you ok with that? Many children have died of starvation or malnutrition. Support the ongoing Israeli government is becoming more wrong every day. I can understand standing with Israel on Oct 7 but now defending the crimes makes one look stupid, uncaring, or religious extremist.