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Imagine you are sitting with 12 other people all of whom are telling you that what you are doing to your neighbor is wrong. You would think you would be swayed, but not the country of Israel.

That is what just happened in the UN resolution. What is Israel doing? It is violating international law by building homes and moving their citizens onto land that was taken by military force. The 12 countries are China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, Angola, Egypt, Japan, Spain, Ukraine, Uruguay, New Zealand and Senegal.

Israel is defiant! This last Monday, they announced they are planning "to approve 600 housing units in the predominantly Palestinian eastern section of town on Wednesday in what a top official called a first installment on 5,600 new homes (which we are paying for, at least indirectly)." 2016 saw the construction of almost 1,600 settler homes in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, this number is four times the number of illegal homes constructed ...See More
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the way it is On 12/28/16, T.E.C. - Iowa wrote: > About "You end up losing something to them", it is a violation > of international law for Israel to take what they are taking. > No wonder this country is in trouble! People like ETS think > that laws should only apply to those other people. > > And about "Israel takes this worthl...See More
Dec 28, 2016
fixed it for ya' nm On 12/28/16, the way it is wrote:
> On 12/28/16, T.E.C. - Iowa wrote:
>> About "You end up losing something to them", it is a
violation
>> of international law for Israel to take what they are
>> taking. No wonder this country is in trouble! People
>> like ETS think that laws should only ap...See More
Dec 28, 2016
EasTexSteve And, you need to read the text of the resolution. It's the most assinine piece of legal proposition I've ever seen. Among other things, it basically says that Jews can't live in Jerusalem.

On 12/28/16, T.E.C. - Iowa wrote: > About "You end up losing something to them", it is a violation > of international law for Israel to ...See More
Dec 28, 2016
T.E.C. - Iowa International law is very clear! You cannot take land by
military action and then settle your citizens on that
land. If you want to know what Israel is really doing,
have a look at the maps below. Look again at the map and
tell me who the aggressor is in this situation!

And about the Palestinians being angry, if Mexico was
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Dec 28, 2016
why do progressives see the need to denigrate countries? On 12/28/16, T.E.C. - Iowa wrote: > International law is very clear! You cannot take land by > military action and then settle your citizens on that > land. If you want to know what Israel is really doing, > have a look at the maps below. Look again at the map and > tell me who the aggressor is in this situation!

Really? Yo...See More
Dec 29, 2016


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