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Israel/Palestine

RainWalker

(605 posts)

5. The map he's holding up doesn't show Palestine

Reply to WA-03 Democrat (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 24, 2023, 11:38 AM

Nov 2023

It shows Israel as a single entity.
And that tracks given Netanyahu's remarks 2 months earlier.
https://m.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-748435]

Palestinian hopes of establishing a sovereign state “must be eliminated,” Netanyahu told Knesset (Israeli parliament) committee members in a closed-door meeting about his government’s plans for the eventual departure of PA President Mahmoud Abbas.

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If "From The River To The Sea" is bad, what's this? [View all] RainWalker Nov 2023 OP

There is only one state of Israel and Palistine is in it WA-03 Democrat Nov 2023 #1

The map he's holding up doesn't show Palestine RainWalker Nov 2023 #5

Try to keep up WA-03 Democrat Nov 2023 #10

Whoosh RainWalker Nov 2023 #11

Not claudette Nov 2023 #29

Palestine is not a part of Israel Violet_Crumble Nov 2023 #19

Actually there are some Palestinians and Arabs Darwins_Retriever Nov 2023 #32

Don't expect honest answers. Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #2

Right? RainWalker Nov 2023 #6

I call it a map of countries Israel with whom Israel has negotiated peace treaties. CincyDem Nov 2023 #3

The map he's holding up doesn't show Palestine RainWalker Nov 2023 #4

Well...once you believe something, it becomes the lens through which all other information is filtered. CincyDem Nov 2023 #7

Maybe claudette Nov 2023 #30

That's not correct.... Violet_Crumble Nov 2023 #20

Maybe I misunderstood. AloeVera Nov 2023 #24

At the time of the partition, there was no Palestine Darwins_Retriever Nov 2023 #8

So what? Are you going to apply that logic to everything else? Violet_Crumble Nov 2023 #21

Interesting. AloeVera Nov 2023 #25

Except that claudette Nov 2023 #28

'from the river to the sea' IS bad stopdiggin Nov 2023 #9

Nah it's not RainWalker Nov 2023 #12

even when using terms explicitly calling for genicide ... stopdiggin Nov 2023 #13

What term is calling for genocide? RainWalker Nov 2023 #14

an overt and explicit call for the destruction stopdiggin Nov 2023 #15

Nah it isn't RainWalker Nov 2023 #16

'river to the sea', my friend stopdiggin Nov 2023 #17

It's about humanity RainWalker Nov 2023 #18

Big dreams. AloeVera Nov 2023 #22

Is there genocidal intent in THIS? AloeVera Nov 2023 #23

When will leaders learn to leave the Sharpies in the office? Always lead to controversy. Silent Type Nov 2023 #26

That's claudette Nov 2023 #27

this is a dumb meme. I'm no fan of Netanyahu but an out of context map that emphasizes some neighboring countries LymphocyteLover Nov 2023 #31