Founder of Breaking the Silence: Israeli settlers poisoning Palestinian water

[shira]

25. No one is defending extremist settlers. They're an absolute cancer....

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And I don't doubt for a moment they've done destructive, evil things. I just don't believe every single accusation like you do. I have reason to doubt some of the claims (including libels like poisoning the wells, aphrodisiac gum...). Only Jew haters believe antisemites who make constant false accusations against Jews.

It's basically impossible for settlers to destroy hundreds or thousands of olive trees without getting caught in the act. If you know the 1st thing about olive trees, they're kinda difficult to destroy. Simply pruning the branches takes a helluva long time. Uprooting or destroying the trunks is a GINORMOUS task. So yeah, if the claim is settlers destroy 10 trees - okay - but 450 or 1000? No fucking way.

What's also dubious is that so many claims against these settlers are made on Saturdays (the Jewish Sabbath). While it's not impossible, it's HIGHLY unlikely these religious fanatics would go to town "working" on the Sabbath.

Now here's the catch:
PALESTINIANS have been caught on camera destroying their own olive trees but SETTLERS have not. And there's a reason Palestinians would do so....

http://israelstreet.org/the-great-olive-tree-hoax/
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/10/16/did-palestinians-destroy-their-own-olive-trees-and-then-blame-israel-settlers-say-they-have-the-video-to-prove-it/
http://www.rosenblit.com/big_lie.htm

Finally, let's remember it's the ridiculously antisemitic ISM (FreeGaza, Alison Weir, Greta Berlin, Gilad Atzmon) that is almost always involved in these accusations. The very same racist ISM that you've supported for years. In a post above this one, I pointed out an article by the ISM's Joe Catron who calls for Hezbollah bombing Tel Aviv. While you may take every word for granted from these Jew haters, I can assure you that decent people do not, and are repulsed by that kind of hate.

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If the accusations were that 10 or 20 trees were destroyed at one time, that's believable. It's impossible for 450-1000 trees to be destroyed in a short period of time without any witnesses to that destruction.

Also, lots of human rights groups have reported on incidents. I don't know where you get the idea that it all comes from one group. Probably the same place you get the idea that I support the ISM. I don't hate them with a frothing, bubbling, intense and manic hatred, but neither do I support them.

Actually - you do support the ISM - or at least you did:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=26470

Violet_Crumble (35,316 posts)
47. I'm quite happy to support the ISM....

Whoever those 'same people' are, they've got zero to do with my support of an organisation that reflects my stance on the conflict. And Guilt By Six Degrees of Association isn't a game I'm particularly fond of...

You wrote that they reflect your stance on the conflict. Creepers like Joe Catron, FreeGaza assholes like Greta Berlin, Alison Weir, Mary Thompson Hughes, Paul Larudee.

You regret writing that?