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I'm disappointed that Godwin's Law appeared so soon, the circumstances are not even remotely comparable. Well, I beg you to see it from the perspective of the

I'm disappointed that Godwin's Law appeared so soon, the circumstances are not even remotely comparable. Well, I beg you to see it from the perspective of the men, women and children who are currently imprisoned in the worlds largest open-air concentration camp. And frankly, that you cannot see the similarities belies a lot about your bias in this argument. As I said above, this isn't about morality or whether Israel is right or wrong to occupy the West Bank, because that is not a real factor in this particular geopolitical strategic situation. This is purely about relative strategic postures and their implications for the Middle East. Israel could solve all of its foreign policy problems if it let the populations in the West Bank have access to fresh, clean water. If they stopped encouraging the criminal settlers from encroaching on the lebensraum of the populations who were there before them (i.e. gave back the homes stolen). There is a lot more that could be done by Israel to settle tempers in the Mid East, besides writing viruses and attacking other, peaceful nations, rights to clean nuclear power.

anamax 14y ago
> Well, I beg you to see it from the perspective of the men, women and children who are currently imprisoned in the worlds largest open-air concentration camp. This "camp" is interesting. Israel doesn't control all of the sides, yet you insist that Israel is imprisoning these folks. > Israel could solve all of its foreign policy problems if it let the populations in the West Bank have access to fresh, clean water. How about some supporting evidence for that claim? I note that the PLO turned down a separate state that wasn't big enough to suit them. And, why can't they develop their own access to fresh clean water, just as everyone else in the region has done? What? Only the Israelis have clean fresh water? What's stopping everyone else? It's always the Joooos.
- seclorum 14y ago
  Israel maintains the Gaza Strip and West Bank as administrative regions under its domain. It does control the conditions in those areas, and does in fact impose apartheid conditions on millions of inhabitants of that region. No, fresh water is not available to the Palestinians in Israels camps. Israel regularly diverts water from those populations for use by its settlers.
  - anamax 14y ago
    > Israel maintains the Gaza Strip and West Bank as administrative regions under its domain. So? Israel doesn't keep anyone from leaving via other borders. > No, fresh water is not available to the Palestinians in Israels camps. Thanks for agreeing that your claim that giving them fresh water would solve all problems is wrong.

anamax 14y ago

> Well, I beg you to see it from the perspective of the men, women and children who are currently imprisoned in the worlds largest open-air concentration camp. This "camp" is interesting. Israel doesn't control all of the sides, yet you insist that Israel is imprisoning these folks. > Israel could solve all of its foreign policy problems if it let the populations in the West Bank have access to fresh, clean water. How about some supporting evidence for that claim? I note that the PLO turned down a separate state that wasn't big enough to suit them. And, why can't they develop their own access to fresh clean water, just as everyone else in the region has done? What? Only the Israelis have clean fresh water? What's stopping everyone else? It's always the Joooos.

seclorum 14y ago
Israel maintains the Gaza Strip and West Bank as administrative regions under its domain. It does control the conditions in those areas, and does in fact impose apartheid conditions on millions of inhabitants of that region. No, fresh water is not available to the Palestinians in Israels camps. Israel regularly diverts water from those populations for use by its settlers.
- anamax 14y ago
  > Israel maintains the Gaza Strip and West Bank as administrative regions under its domain. So? Israel doesn't keep anyone from leaving via other borders. > No, fresh water is not available to the Palestinians in Israels camps. Thanks for agreeing that your claim that giving them fresh water would solve all problems is wrong.