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[Steven P]

1 hour ago, Mike Hill said:

 

Why dont you petition Egypt instead of bleating on here? Lots of room in Egypt for Palestinians,integrate seamlessly I would imagine. 

 

It is not a bleating Mike, but there is a lot of one sided - and inaccurate posting on here - so for the sake of balance what is above is noting what is not reported on this forum as much.

 

However I suspect that most in Palestine would like to live in Palestine... in their homes... without fear... as any civilian might (this also covers The Ukraine which whose civilians have also suffered)

[5thelement]

26 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

Mmmm well the people of the Gaza Strip are in a pickle then.  Maybe they should have considered this before they slaughtered Jews two years ago and plastered it all over social media.
 

OK, I know there are innocent people caught up in all this, but we should all be wary of blindly accepting what Hamas tell us.  When they state that the majority of the casualties are women and children it reminds me of that stupid British politician who said that most of the small boat crossings from France to the UK are women and children.

 

And don’t get me started on the Hamas offshoot called UNRWA.

This war didn’t start two years ago or when Hamas where created in 1987. 

[Squaredy]

6 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

This war didn’t start two years ago or when Hamas where created in 1987. 

No indeed.  It goes back at least to the Roman Empire.  They indeed were (if I remember rightly) the ones who came up with the word Palestine (a corruption of the biblical Phillistines) in what was Judaea.  Yes the Israelites have been persecuted for thousands of years,

[Mike Hill]

7 minutes ago, Steven P said:

 

It is not a bleating Mike, but there is a lot of one sided - and inaccurate posting on here - so for the sake of balance what is above is noting what is not reported on this forum as much.

 

However I suspect that most in Palestine would like to live in Palestine... in their homes... without fear... as any civilian might (this also covers The Ukraine which whose civilians have also suffered)

 

Have you considered starting a Cycle convoy to Palestine?

"Peddles for Palestine" sounds catchy,you could let your home to some migrants while you were gone and seek sponsorship for your carbon neutral quest?

 

I could be responsible for your PR,we could sell branded Cycles with catchy names , Shemah scarfs and AK47 shaped key rings.

[Mark Bolam]

24 minutes ago, Steven P said:

Half right of course, we should be wary of what both sides are telling us, in this conflict neither are coming out as shining examples of humanity.

 

I think it’s possible to hate both sides equally.

They’re both warmongering murdering bastards.

[Steven P]

8 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

I think it’s possible to hate both sides equally.

They’re both warmongering murdering bastards.

 

Very possible to do that.

 

 

As long as we arn't all looking at the conflict with rose tinted glasses, I reckon a lot of people will think the same

[sime42]

It's important to correctly define the sides. 

 

On one we have Netanyahu and the IDF, supported by the US. On the other we have Hamas the terrorists, supported by Iran.

 

On no side at all we have the vast majority of the ~66,000 innocent civilian casualties, Gazan and Israeli. Of them, the lion's share are victims of the IDF. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tree-fancier123]

34 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

No indeed.  It goes back at least to the Roman Empire.  They indeed were (if I remember rightly) the ones who came up with the word Palestine (a corruption of the biblical Phillistines) in what was Judaea.  Yes the Israelites have been persecuted for thousands of years,

that is an interesting post - to grasp the whole history of the Arabs and the Jews back to before Jerusalem would take a while and give a better perspective. I know Jews throughout the world have faced pogroms, but during the Crusades europeans murdered plenty of Arabs.

The history that is being written now - Netanyahu is a modern day crusader  - slaughtering Arabs and stealing their land

[Johnsond]

2 hours ago, Mike Hill said:

 

Have you considered starting a Cycle convoy to Palestine?

"Peddles for Palestine" sounds catchy,you could let your home to some migrants while you were gone and seek sponsorship for your carbon neutral quest?

 

I could be responsible for your PR,we could sell branded Cycles with catchy names , Shemah scarfs and AK47 shaped key rings.

Maybe he could take a few more off here Mike and keep going to China and get them told about all those coal fired  power stations, point out to them what a shining example the UK and Millimong are, maybe best not mention the cost of our electricity here though eh. 

[BillQ]

15 hours ago, Squaredy said:

 It goes back at least to the Roman Empire.

The name might but iirc Islam's roots are 7th C? Or are you meaning just "Arabs" in general, just for clarity's sake?