The Olive Branch

As you well know the vast majority of Palestinians were born exactly where they live. Touche. I suppose I should state that their roots on specific cities and not in the land as a whole. It's not like a European Country where you're a Frenchman or an Englishman. It's literally a connection to a spe...

This isn't strictly accurate, as we have come close to a deal on several occassions. Have we? Certainly there were the Camp David negotiations which in the West were considered to come close to a deal. It doesn't seem to me like Arafat and the Palestinians thought that we were close to a deal. My u...

The only thing I take for granted is my attitude towards the deal itself. I believe It is a known document, something already obvious, with the contents within already discussed. There will be no surprises in store. Unlike other peace deals, this one doesn't really have to be negotiated, it needs t...

Jacob Blues wrote:This one is for, ah hell, I'm blanking on his name, our favorite poster of discussing the topic of Arab Honor. There are a few interesting quotes in here that I'm going to break out in the next post. Enjoy, JB

Fox?

Congrats Doc.

Ah, I see the confusion. Let me put it in better context. Perhaps you are asking yourself the following: If this is right, and the comparison between Israel and the most odious political movement in European history is hard-wired into the new paradigm of international politics that is quickly advanc...

Really, would you like to tell that to the Latvians, Lithuanians, Estonians etc. whose nation-states have only flourished since the collapse of the Soviet Union Western World solely. Perhaps you could enlighten me as to who it is that is making the absurd claim that Germany and France have no right...

People sympathize with victims, underdogs. The Palestinians are seen as the underdogs. Therefore, what they do can be excused, what Israel does can't. Hence, the double standard. And of course, since the Palestinians are victims, they have to be dealt with delicately, hence the impossible standard ...

It's an interesting argument. Not sure how much of it I buy, but I think it has some validity. To put this in slightly different terms, it’s not the maintenance of a security zone in South Lebanon, or Israeli control of the Gaza Strip, or a raid on a Turkish blockade runner’s boat that is reponsible...

Jacob Blues wrote:Washington Post
Op-ed
The Economist's unforgivable silence on Sayyid Qutb's anti-Semitism
By Richard Cohen

I've found the transformation of Richard Cohen from anti-Zionist to pro-Zionist lite fascinating. Just comparing what he wrote ten years ago to what he writes now shows his progression.

Fascinating, I wonder if he thinks the Kurdish women should have a say in the matter. I would presume not.

They don't like Kurds.

To quote 'wikipedia' is not at all persuasive. I feel you misunderstood what I was noting. I was pointing out that the term "the tyranny of the majority" exists. You can see by the fact that it's on wiki that it's a) popular and b) used by influential figures. So you agree that there are ...

Gerald wrote:Lynn with the greatest possible respect you cannot have a "tyranny of the majority".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority

I take it your Supreme Court is democratically elected isn't it? It is not. They're judges nominated by the President and confirmed by the senate. Once appointed, they're in for life. Or are you happy for an unelected body to subvert democratically taken decisions? How dare they! They'll want to ab...

I'm glad to say that I don't think this would fly in the US. In some states I'm sure it would. There would be a huge uproar and the Supreme Court would call the legislation unconstitutional, but it could definetely get a majority in support in some states. This case shows why there needs to be chec...

Paul Berman takes the thesis of his outstanding new book, The Flight of the Intellectuals, to the pages of the Wall Street Journal and dubs the age we live in that of the Zipped Lip. “You are not,” he writes, “supposed to observe that Islamism is a modern, instead of an ancient, political tendency, ...

Aren't you worried that if the US would pull out, Iraq would just be another Lebanon? Maybe even worse than that. They're already another Lebanon while Iran is Syria. The problem is that just like how Lebanon's independence is somewhat important to the West, letting Iran control Iraq would be devas...

Harumph. Obviously, that's not case. I would argue most and few based on what I've seen. I've been seeing a lot more of few and few lately. Well, if I lived in Cochav V'Shahar, I'm sure I'd see more than a few. If I lived in Tel-Aviv, I wouldn't see as many. It's relative, isn't it? Let me rephrase...

Lynn wrote:Harumph. Obviously, that's not case. I would argue most and few based on what I've seen.

I've been seeing a lot more of few and few lately.

Of course not every pro-Israeli. I don't think anyone is making that claim. But the vast majority does on principle. So I started off by saying, “How many of you identify yourselves as pro-Israel,” hands went up. “How many would identify yourselves as pro-Palestine,” hands went up. “I want to ask t...

I don't understand what the polls are trying to prove. That the idea of every pro-Israel supporter is willing to accept a Palestinian State(i.e is a moderate) isn't true. Most of the Pro-Israel people that I've recently listened to in real life have been very much against the idea of a Palestinian ...

Happy Birthday!

Lynn wrote:
odp1 wrote:Really? So, Yisrael Beitanyu supports a Palestinian State?

Of course.

Hmmmph, serves me right.

Next time I stick with polls when arguing something like this. It's probably more accurate.

http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=48307

http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=43912

I wish it wasn't. It could be that I haven't been talking with the right people. Or that those full of hate just talk the loudest and the most often. Interesting. I wonder what they think about us? Actually, I think I know the answer to that question and can assure you that it's nothing very good. ...

On one thing I totally agree with Dershowitz on. There are very few pro-Palestinian people. 99% of those who call themselves pro-Palestinian are just anti-Israel and full of hate. Pro-Palestinians are a rare breed. Yikes. A tad harsh, don't you think? If Israel were to reach a final status agreemen...

sabashimon wrote:Let me know when he repeats some of this stuff in.......Arabic.

Think of it this way, even if he is saying it in English, it's still more Israel friendly then most of the world. That's gotta count for something, right?

Studies Show Genetic Similarities of Jews By NICHOLAS WADE Jewish communities in Europe and the Middle East share many genes inherited from the ancestral Jewish population that lived in the Middle East some 3,000 years ago, even though each community also carries genes from other sources — usually t...

I don't think it's against US law. There is a university in Massachusetts that bans the niqab that actually has a campus in a pretty ugly city that I'm simply not interested in remembering... but then again it is Mass. Everyone knows they're racist there, so it's not so surprising. Are you talking ...

Honestly to date, I have yet to see anyone wearing a Burqa in the US. I've seen Hijab's a plenty, and on an extremely rare occassion a chador, but Niqui's or Burqua's, nope. I have seen women wearing Burkas where I am. It's very rare, but I've seen it. I don't think it's against US law. There is a ...

Better tax everything, just to be safe. Probably. low self esteem, eating disorders and girls aren't good at math Of course. Low self-esteem means that girls will go out with guys, if they don't think they're good at math then they'll be afraid to think for themselves and if they have eating disord...

but it's caused enough worry for plenty of research to be funded on how to filter contaminated water properly. In this case, maybe the tax isn't so badly placed. The problem is that in the US, we find out that some of these contaminants are worth worrying about ten years after the fact. PCBs, PBDEs...

Jacob Blues wrote:
Lynn wrote:
The only thing I see them being used for

Should I presume you've never been to their website or read any of their reports?

Hey Oren,

I'm assumeing that you're pointing to HRW and A/I as the "their" in your comments?

Yup.

Gas-station owners want tax overturned Angered by environmentalists' push to more than double the tax on oil and other chemicals, an association of gas-station owners has sued the state to overturn the tax altogether. By Jim Brunner Seattle Times political reporter OLYMPIA — Angered by environmental...

Mark your calendars — General Motors fires up the Volt assembly line on Nov. 1. Lyle Dennis over at GM-Volt.com got his hands on the 2011 model year ordering guide the brass sent to dealers, and it says that’s the day GM plans to begin building production models of the Chevrolet Volt. The General al...

Sit down and take a deep breath, EV fans. The Nissan Leaf electric car will cost $32,780 when it rolls into showrooms in December. Add in the federal EV tax credit, and the bottom line is $25,280, a price that makes the Leaf competitive with the Honda Civic and the Toyota Prius. Nissan announced the...

The only thing I see them being used for Should I presume you've never been to their website or read any of their reports? But in the grand scheme of things, are any of them important at all? Depends on how much public opinion is worth. They aren't the arbitrators of any decisions, but they do coll...

Jacob Blues wrote:What's interesting is that this is the party line that Bernie was arguing in the 2012 and "no Arab settlements" threads.

There's a lot more support for Bernie's ideas in the Arab World that people give him credit for.

Margie wrote:It sounds as if all tunnels have been closed for business : perhaps it's because of Yom haatzmaut. What do you think?

I agree that this is what it sounds like. I wonder whether or not it IS.

Which or should I say WHOSE tunnels have been closed off?

Um, Oren, that is a recreation of Lebanon and would be based on Israel occupying Syria. I don't see that happening. Syria itself may dissolve, and Israel may need to continue to cross the border to handle random terrorist / guerrilla groups, but I don't see it falling apart like that. It's a bit to...

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