Israel has opened the gates of Hell

[DanaC]

Apparently, J & J might be going to Gaza in March!

Part of some academic delegation or something. All a bit exciting. It'll be interesting to hear their experiences of the area and the people.

[Lamplighter]

This diplomatic move shows there is a change in world-view developing towards Israel.
Most support Israel's right to self-defense, but Israel's extreme politics in recent years is back-firing...

NY Times
ISABEL KERSHNEr
12/4/12

5 European Nations Summon Envoys of Israel

JERUSALEM — Britain, France, Spain, Sweden and Denmark summoned
the Israeli ambassadors to their countries on Monday to protest Israel’s plans
for increased settlement construction, an unusually sharp diplomatic step
that reflected the growing frustration abroad with Israel’s policies on the Palestinian issue.

After the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly last week to upgrade
the status of the Palestinians at the United Nations, Israel announced plans
for 3,000 more housing units in contested areas of East Jerusalem and around the West Bank.

Israel raised particular alarms with its decision to continue planning and zoning work
for the development of a contentious area known as E1,
a project vehemently opposed internationally because it would partially
separate the northern and southern West Bank, harming the prospects
of a contiguous Palestinian state in that territory.<snip>

Philippe Lalliot, a spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry, said in a statement on Monday,
“Settlement activity is illegal under international law,
hurts the confidence necessary for a return to dialogue and constitutes
an obstacle to a just peace founded on the two-state solution.

Does anyone remember the events following the "partition of India" ?

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Apparently, J & J might be going to Gaza in March!

Part of some academic delegation or something. All a bit exciting. It'll be interesting to hear their experiences of the area and the people.

J just confirmed. They'll be going in March. They'll both be lecturing during their stay. Exciting but I am a touch nervous for them :p

[Lamplighter]

Israeli government tactics are looking more and more like a hand-me-downs from WWII

The Guardian

3/3/13

Israel to launch 'Palestinians-only' bus service
across the border of the West Bank towards Tel Aviv

The Israeli government will on Monday begin operating a "Palestinians-only" bus service
to ferry Palestinian workers from the West Bank to Israel, encouraging them to use it
instead of travelling with Israeli settlers on a similar route.
<snip>
The Israeli civil rights group, Checkpoint Watch, which monitors the army's treatment
of Palestinians at West Bank checkpoints has reported recent incidents of Palestinians
being ejected from buses and told they were not allowed to board them.

In 2011 Palestinian activists were arrested after they boarded Israeli buses
in the West Bank to protest against segregation.

Will the next step be to require these passengers to wear a arm-band ?

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Does anyone remember the events following the "partition of India" ?

Before my time. But I certainly learned about it.
There's a lot not to be proud of in English history - I specify English because despite The Union, we were the driving force.

Originally Posted by DanaC

J just confirmed. They'll be going in March. They'll both be lecturing during their stay. Exciting but I am a touch nervous for them :p

I'd be nervous too. I think Israel needs to take a long, hard look at itself. But in the meantime innocent people will be exploded. Sorry. Not what you want to hear. But I worried every time we went on the Tube when I was a girl. My prayer to my Guardian Angel every night I was in London was not to be blown up.

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Israeli government tactics are looking more and more like a hand-me-downs from WWII

And some of their clerics could teach the Taliban a thing or two about oppressing women.
I am definitely not an anti-Semite. But all the children of Abraham have questions to answer if their God is truly righteous, and created women as well as men. Animals need to be killed in a special way, you need to eat certain things on certain days, but it's okay to belittle and control and damage the mother of your sons? If they come from such a dirty place, how can they be holy too?

Rant over.
A bit sick of hypocrisy today. Thanks Cardinal O'Brien.