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For your information I am not looking for an excuse to "pee all over Israel" (your words not mine) in fact I visited Israel once when I was stationed in Cyprus many years ago. I don’t know if you are an Israeli or Jewish and its none of my business nor does it matter but for some reason you feel that I want to pee all over Israel (your words not mine) so I will try to explain how I see it and I expect quite a few others as well. Perhaps you should ask yourself why you feel people want to pee all over Israel (again your words not mine) could it be that Israel appears to consider itself and its citizens superior to anyone else and feels it has the right to do anything it wants, attack any country it pleases because its militarily superior or steal other peoples land and treat its inhabitants as second class inferior beings with no rights at all. I don’t see anyone disagreeing that Hamas is an evil terrorist organisation that should be eliminated and destroyed and Israel should be supported in doing just that. But that does not give Israel the right to slaughter or starve tens of thousands of innocent people men women and children in the process as they have been doing in Gaza. To destroy a building hospital school or any building with possibly hundreds of innocent people in it just because there may be one or even a few Hamas terrorists in it is not acceptable to most people. Is it that the Israeli army are such cowards or afraid of the terrorists that they cant go in and arrest or kill the terrorists or is it they consider that the innocent civilians are only Palestinians so their lives aren’t worth anything and don’t matter. Israel's military occupation of the West Bank is illegal and in contravention of international law. It should in no way whatsoever be subject to Israeli laws and all Israeli settlers should be expelled from the West Bank. A lot if not most Israeli settlers carry guns some even provided by the IDF and are backed by the Israeli military, there is no doubt they use them to intimidate the Palestinians. According to the United Nations 1001 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since 7 October 2023 – one in five are children. There is even a two tier justice system in the West Bank Israeli settlers are subject to civil law whereas the Palestinians are subject to Military law. The West Bank is not part of Israel however much you may want it to be as affirmed by the International Court of Justice, even the Israeli Supreme Court recognises the status of the West Bank as a militarily occupied territory and the United Nations Security Council has repeatedly affirmed that Israeli settlements in that territory are a "flagrant violation of international law". Palestine is recognised by 4 out of the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council, which are China, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom, leaving the United States as the only permanent member not to recognise Palestine. The State of Palestine is also recognised by 157 nations as of September 2025 (most of the world) but not by Israel or the USA. Im sure Israel would love to incorporate both the West Bank and Gaza into a greater Israel and expel all the Palestinians but being realistic that is not going to happen and the only reason Israel can continue to act as it does is because the USA is backing them but the world turns things change and that may not always be so. Israel has a right to exist and defend itself but so do the Palestinians have a right to exist both sides have to come together and agree a solution thats acceptable to both parties perhaps it could even mean completely redrawing the boundaries of Israel and Palestine. Continually fighting each other or one side trying to impose its will on the other is doomed to fail and could very well see the rise of something even worse that Hamas. If there is to be lasting peace a solution has to be found that both sides can live with, there are always two sides in any conflict understanding each other and trying to accommodate each other is a first step. I am not anti Jewish nor anti Israel but I do feel Israel does needs reigning in. I very much doubt anything I say will change your mind but perhaps it will explain why the majority of the world is now increasingly beginning to see Israel as a rogue state.

Hardly Labours fault more the prison and prison service's fault. But then Farage would try to blame them, wasn't it Farage that said if we left the EU we could stop all the illegal immigrants.

The fire engine was being shipped to and is intended for Nablus in the West Bank Palestine not Israel. It should be treated as a trans-shipment. The West Bank does not belong to Israel even though Israel is trying to steal it. "When goods arrive at a port in one country that is not their final destination, they undergo a process called transshipment. During this process, the goods remain under customs supervision but are not officially imported into the transit country. Instead, they are moved under a customs transit procedure that suspends duties and taxes until they reach their final destination."

I thought Trump had decided seeing as he's already been voted President theres no need for any more elections.

The biggest threat to my mind would be a missile and drone attack on the UK. The fact is we dont have a dedicated missile defence system as such. The only missile defence would be what the Royal Navy could provide. A House of Dynamite https://www.forcesnews.com/usa/house-dynamite-how-prepared-are-us-and-uk-missile-attack?utm_source=Forces+Newsletter&utm_campaign=9dc16cf9ca-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_04_04_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-18a1b7d468-441396865

I'm sure they would if ordered to unfortunately its not their call.

Perhaps someone may be interested in this. https://www.forcesnews.com/services/raf/uk-and-germany-pledge-join-forces-hunt-russian-submarines-north-atlantic?utm_source=Forces+Newsletter&utm_campaign=9dc16cf9ca-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_04_04_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-18a1b7d468-441396865

I have one son in the Royal Navy and another in the Royal Marines and I can assure you the navy is more than capable of just watching.

The next step will be to ban all Russian vessels from British waters including the Channel and Irish Sea.

I had a good friend who was shot in the face by the IRA in Northern Ireland. I wasn't there or even in Northern Ireland when it happened but I did go to his funeral.

Trump doesn't just consider himself above the law thinks he is the law and can do anything he wants. The MAGA faithful are quite happy with that and will continue to be until they become a victim.

You shouldn't talk about the White House like that its not patriotic.

So I wasn't just paying for mine I was paying for his as well.

Thats not difficult I'm sure they knew where the Chemical plant was they could get the coordinates off a map or even google. They have probably got people inside Russia as well.

Storm Shadow missile's target is programmed before before it is launched from a plane once launched it cannot self destruct nor can the target be changed. Fire and forget. I'm pretty sure the Ukrainians would have been taught how to program and use them before they were supplied. UK or NATO does not need to be involved. P.S. I do know what I am talking about.

Of course they didn't they just started a special military operation against Ukraine. That's not a war a war would mean both countries fighting each other and people dying it only turned into a war because Ukraine resisted and fought back so it must be Ukraine's fault it turned into a war not Russia's right.

Madder than a wet hen

I pity the poor immigrants

I would say most if not all people who are not as fit as they could be know it and dont need anyone else to tell them especially someone they dont know

Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania are NATO member countries that border Ukraine Putin knows any use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine could trigger NATO's article 5 from any one of them. Putin has most likely already been warned not to go there not only by NATO but probably China as well. Putin may be a lot of things but he's not stupid.

I for one hope you are right we really are stronger together sharing the same ideals and values.

The founding fathers of America never intended it to be a dictatorship which sadly it is starting to look like.

Perhaps its time for America to rewrite the constitution to bring it up to date to reflect todays realities and limit the power of the President, removal of his powers to overrule the courts and issue pardons or to act independantly would be a good start. As for "the right to bear arms" we've come a long way from the old flintlock single shot muzzle loading muskets and pistols that were common when it was written perhaps the right to bear arms if it must be kept could be limited to single shot not exceeding a certain calibre say .22.

Well done pleased for you.

Palestine Action made a mistake by infiltrating an RAF base and damaging an RAF plane thats why they were proscribed a terrorist organisation, which to me says more about the woefully inadequate RAF security than anything else it was an utter disgrace. they should never have been able to get anywhere near the plane let alone enter the airfield. The courts will rule and make the decision based on UK law. In the UK the Prime Minister or government does not have the power to overrule the courts or pardon anybody only Parliament can make laws which are then interpreted and applied by the courts and judges.