CDZ U.N. Resolution on Israeli Settlements

[jwoodie]

John Kerry has just been on TV defending this resolution.

1. If it is such a good idea, why didn't the U.S. vote FOR it instead of ABSTAINING?

2. Why do WE have the right to tell the Israelis what THEY should do?

Thoughts/comments?

 

[ForeverYoung436]

1) Abstaining is the most the U.S. could do, in standing up to Israel. The U.S. isn't that courageous.

2) 38 billion dollars.

 

[jwoodie]

1) Abstaining is the most the U.S. could do, in standing up to Israel. The U.S. isn't that courageous.

At least under the present administration. Hopefully, things will change after January 20.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

The U.N. is one of the chief instruments responsible for the resurgence of antisemitism in the post WW2 world.

In deciding that it is the building of a house that is the most egregious obstacle to peace and unfettered terrorism isn't, they are merely fostering an agenda that singles out Jews for that which they single out no other group on Earth.

 

[Staidhup]

The time has come for the UN to relocate to Europe and decrease funding by 50+%.

 

[Dragonlady]

The U.N. is one of the chief instruments responsible for the resurgence of antisemitism in the post WW2 world.

In deciding that it is the building of a house that is the most egregious obstacle to peace and unfettered terrorism isn't, they are merely fostering an agenda that singles out Jews for that which they single out no other group on Earth.

No other group on earth were taken out of Europe and plunked themselves down in their own proclaimed "homeland", and proceeded to throw out the current owners.

For years, the Israelis have know that they would have to give back the West Bank lands to the Palestians, but regardless, they chose to build settlements there anyway. Now they complain that others don't see this as a good idea.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The U.N. is one of the chief instruments responsible for the resurgence of antisemitism in the post WW2 world.

In deciding that it is the building of a house that is the most egregious obstacle to peace and unfettered terrorism isn't, they are merely fostering an agenda that singles out Jews for that which they single out no other group on Earth.

No other group on earth were taken out of Europe and plunked themselves down in their own proclaimed "homeland", and proceeded to throw out the current owners.

For years, the Israelis have know that they would have to give back the West Bank lands to the Palestians, but regardless, they chose to build settlements there anyway. Now they complain that others don't see this as a good idea.

Give back to the Palis? The West Bank was annexed by Jordan in 1950....then lost it in their ill fated 1967 Six Day War with Israel. To the victor belongs the spoils

 

[Lipush]

The U.N. is one of the chief instruments responsible for the resurgence of antisemitism in the post WW2 world.

In deciding that it is the building of a house that is the most egregious obstacle to peace and unfettered terrorism isn't, they are merely fostering an agenda that singles out Jews for that which they single out no other group on Earth.

No other group on earth were taken out of Europe and plunked themselves down in their own proclaimed "homeland", and proceeded to throw out the current owners.

For years, the Israelis have know that they would have to give back the West Bank lands to the Palestians, but regardless, they chose to build settlements there anyway. Now they complain that others don't see this as a good idea.

No othe nation that won over land in a wat, after being attacked by side who "owned the land", gsve it back to the losing side after said war.

But Jordan was never the real owner. And there was no real state owning the land, since there was no state called "Palestine"... And ownership of those lands is still a grey area... So who exactly is to claim back the West Bank?

And what do they plan to do with 330,000 Israelis in there?

 

[2aguy]

The U.N. is one of the chief instruments responsible for the resurgence of antisemitism in the post WW2 world.

In deciding that it is the building of a house that is the most egregious obstacle to peace and unfettered terrorism isn't, they are merely fostering an agenda that singles out Jews for that which they single out no other group on Earth.

No other group on earth were taken out of Europe and plunked themselves down in their own proclaimed "homeland", and proceeded to throw out the current owners.

For years, the Israelis have know that they would have to give back the West Bank lands to the Palestians, but regardless, they chose to build settlements there anyway. Now they complain that others don't see this as a good idea.

Sorry...didn't happen....if muslims would stop attacking the Jews in Israel there would be peace there.....the muslims are the problem, not the Israelis....

 

[2aguy]

The U.N. is one of the chief instruments responsible for the resurgence of antisemitism in the post WW2 world.

In deciding that it is the building of a house that is the most egregious obstacle to peace and unfettered terrorism isn't, they are merely fostering an agenda that singles out Jews for that which they single out no other group on Earth.

No other group on earth were taken out of Europe and plunked themselves down in their own proclaimed "homeland", and proceeded to throw out the current owners.

For years, the Israelis have know that they would have to give back the West Bank lands to the Palestians, but regardless, they chose to build settlements there anyway. Now they complain that others don't see this as a good idea.

And why can't Jews live there? Why can't they exist in peace with the muslims? Why would the West Bank lands have to be an apartheid area..where Jews are not allowed? I mean, if muslims want peace...right?

 

[2aguy]

A quick lesson on the problem....

Why Are There Still Palestinian Refugees?



And the Settlements........by Alan Dershowitz no less....

 

[JoeMoma]

The U.N. is one of the chief instruments responsible for the resurgence of antisemitism in the post WW2 world.

In deciding that it is the building of a house that is the most egregious obstacle to peace and unfettered terrorism isn't, they are merely fostering an agenda that singles out Jews for that which they single out no other group on Earth.

No other group on earth were taken out of Europe and plunked themselves down in their own proclaimed "homeland", and proceeded to throw out the current owners.

For years, the Israelis have know that they would have to give back the West Bank lands to the Palestians, but regardless, they chose to build settlements there anyway. Now they complain that others don't see this as a good idea.

And the Israelis would have already given back almost all of the land if the Palestian would stop blowing up Israelis.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

The U.N. is one of the chief instruments responsible for the resurgence of antisemitism in the post WW2 world.

In deciding that it is the building of a house that is the most egregious obstacle to peace and unfettered terrorism isn't, they are merely fostering an agenda that singles out Jews for that which they single out no other group on Earth.

No other group on earth were taken out of Europe and plunked themselves down in their own proclaimed "homeland", and proceeded to throw out the current owners.

For years, the Israelis have know that they would have to give back the West Bank lands to the Palestians, but regardless, they chose to build settlements there anyway. Now they complain that others don't see this as a good idea.

You think Jews originated in Europe and threw out the land "owners" do you?

There is almost no rebuttal necessary to such an intentional disregard for facts.

 

[Polk]

John Kerry has just been on TV defending this resolution.

1. If it is such a good idea, why didn't the U.S. vote FOR it instead of ABSTAINING?

2. Why do WE have the right to tell the Israelis what THEY should do?

Thoughts/comments?

1. The vote was about influencing Israeli domestic politics. "Abstain" and "yea" are meaningless in terms of the resolution itself, but play out differently in the Israeli domestic context.
2. You could ask that question of anyone having an opinion about anything.

 

[jwoodie]

The root of this problem goes back to WW1, which "ended" because of the inept interference of an idealistic professor (Woodrow Wilson) from an Ivy League college who promised the moon and the stars to all the warring parties but couldn't deliver a damned thing. (So much for "hope and change.")

Instead, a bunch of bureaucrats in Versailles drew lines on a map of the Ottoman Empire and created new "countries" out of thin air. Europe had to fight another war to settle the score, and the warring tribes of the Middle East are still at it.