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To: Enterprise
The youths supported the Palestinians. The Palestinians have engaged in terrorist bombings and shootings of innocent civilians, including teenagers for decades.

Not all Palestinians. One does not have to be an anti-semite or terrorist to recognize that the Palestinians have been dealt a bad card by history. There is a middle ground between supporting the terrorists on one hand and condemning a whole group of people as subhuman criminals on the other. The dilemma is the search for that middle ground where the Palestinians can live a decent life and Israel's security can still be upheld.

54 posted on 07/24/2011 6:16:17 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
From the article:

"On Wednesday AUF leader Eskil Pedersen said that the AUF wants a unilateral economic embargo of Israel from the Norwegian side.

Labour Youth will have a more activist Middle East policy and we have to recognize Palestine. We have to get the peace process into a new track, said Pedersen."

Mr K's Post: "There is a middle ground between supporting the terrorists on one hand and condemning a whole group of people as subhuman criminals on the other."

"Hamas has launched violent attacks against Israel, most recently exchanging heavy cross-border fire over the Gaza Strip last month and condemns all negotiations with Israel."

On brink of unity deal, Palestinian official says Hamas needn't recognize Israel

Mr. Kangaroo: Can you tell me where the youths have clearly voiced their support for the Palestinian moderates, condemnation of the militants, recognition for the right of Israel to determine its own future, and how a unilateral ECONOMIC boycott of Israel with help solve a damned thing?

"Peres continued to condemn Hamas' actions which he said harmed both the Palestinian and Israeli people. "Hamas has one goal," he said, "to destroy the State of Israel."

Hamas wants to destroy Israel, says Peres

Mr. Kangaroo: The above article is dated 2007, but since then has Hamas altered its view that Israel should be destroyed? Do you have proof that the Norwegian youths who have demanded a unilateral economic boycott of Israel are at odds with Hamas?

If enough nations engage in a unilateral economic boycott of Israel, it would eventually destroy Israel. How do the youths of Norway reconcile this as being different with the demands of Hamas that Israel be destroyed? How can the youths pretend to support the "moderates" of Palestine, when the "moderates" are not in power? Since Hamas was elected by a majority vote, how does this suggest that a majority is composed of "moderates?"

55 posted on 07/24/2011 7:13:24 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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