Rob Olson’s April 5 column “The Israel Question” touched on some interesting points. Yes, dialogue and context is necessary in any situation. Yes, both Palestinians and Israelis have their faults. But there are certain facts that can not and should not just be pushed under the rug. College students may be liberal thinkers, but giving gays and women rights does not cover up the fact that Israelis are stealing land from those who were there before them and putting Palestinians through the humiliation and torture of check points, arrests, and limited rights. College students should be discussing how the world has allowed Israel to carry on in such a manner. Why does the U.S. send over $8.2 million dollars of military aid per day to Israel when right in our backyard, education at all levels is suffering and we have yet to recover from the housing crisis? We should be discussing how the world’s hegemonic power, that which prides itself on equality, liberty, and freedom for all, can support a nation that segregates people based on race, down to the license plates on the cars and the roads they can travel on. Israel puts on a good front, but their true intentions are to continue building scattered and expanding settlements, despite the United Nations condemning them, making the goal of a Palestinian state ever more difficult to reach.
LYLA RAYYAN
Junior, International Relations
Ignoarance is bliss. Your name is a testament to your knowledge base.
Did you know Richard Dawkins, Winston Churchill, John Quincy Adams among others saw Islam as an expansionist, militaristic organization.
Here is what they said about Islam and it goes a long way towards explaining why wherever we find Islam we find either repression and/or violence.
http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/islam/T9VLFM30K16SAHC66
I can quote just as much as you can and I leave you with this, because I did the same as you: googled whatever I can find to try and prove you wrong *rollin my eyes of course
“If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true God promised it to us, but how could that interest them? Our God is not theirs. There has been Anti – Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault ? They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?â€
nam123
David Ben-Gurion quotes (Polish born Israeli Statesman and Prime Minister (1948-53, 1955-63). Chief architect of the state of Israel and revered as Father of the Nation, 1886-1973)
Justrg123 – good points.
Arafat: sigh, im not even going to look at your posts/links, theres no use. keep spreading the hate my man. goodluck and peace be with you.
There is, of course, enough land for both parties. The only reason the conflict arises is because both parties think god cares about real estate: one arrogantly thinks itself entitled to land because of a divine promise; the other refuses to give even an inch because of a divine command. The whole situation, if anything, shows that our stupid puny mammalian species still continues to live in the dark. I mean really? You’re telling me that some Jew in Brooklyn is entitled to some plot of land half way across the world, by genealogy? And so I guess Mexico is entitled to one third of the United States.
This one is for the girls:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX6vyT8RzMo
Ignorance is quoting made up information. She might try the following sources too, but that would assume she was able to open her mind to something other than Islamic propoganda and hatred.
http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?ID=7508
Ignorace, evidently has not heard that Richard Goldstone is now admitting his report was essentially fabricated.
Ignorance evidently does not know about the severe obesity problem in Gaza as shown here:
http://vladtepesblog.com/?p=21265
Ignorance writes, “Listen, really listen. Everyone wants peace, period.”
Yes, the veracity of this taqiyya can be seen throughout the Muslim world where war seems to be the answer to everything.
* Buddhists being killed in southern Thailand. All Buddhists eliminated from Afghanistan and their former homelands.
* Hindus being killed in Pakistan, Bangaldesh and India. Most Hindus eliminated from their former homelands in Pakistan and Bangaldesh. (Remember Hindus lived there for over 5,000 years before Mohammed’s unfortuate birth.
* There is a gradual and systematic genocide of Christians throughout the Muslim world, in Lebanon, Nigeria, Iraq, Egypt, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sudan, etc…
* Jews gays and transgenders are not allowed to exist in the Muslim world other than occassionally in ghettos.
But Ignorance tells us Muslims want peace. She picked her name well.
Girls,
Thank you for calling me an Islamophobe. It puts me in the same company as the following brilliant men.
http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/islam/T9VLFM30K16SAHC66
Arafat, stop, no look, STOP right now before you post again and this time please have a legit dialogue, I seriously look forward to it. We are no different, we’re both human and want to live peacefully among each other, and we only want to see justice for all. But please, do yourself a favor, you sound awfully ignorant, educate yourself by looking into both sides, not just ONE side.