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To: woodpusher
Israel has been unlawfully occupying the Palestinian territories since its war of aggression in 1967. Arabs were forced from their homes, the homes were given to Jewish settlers, Arab homes were bulldozed and new settlements built, etc.

I can't tell, are you being sarcastic about that?

24 posted on 04/23/2024 7:32:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
I can't tell, are you being sarcastic about that?

No, it is just statements of fact, or legal fact.

Israel has been unlawfully occupying the Palestinian territories since its war of aggression in 1967.

That is simply legal fact as established at the United Nations and the International Court of Justice. Israel was confirmed as the aggressor. Its claim of a Premptive Strike was rejected. In international law, a claim of a preemptive strike is legal nonsense. Israel started the war as the aggressor. That it may have believed that it would have been attacked only shows that it was not attacked first.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/preemptive-force

Proponents of preemptive force cite Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, as it explicitly protects “the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations.” Opponents of the strategy of preemption argue that the article clearly conditions a defensive action on the previous occurrence of an attack, not on the perception of the possibility of an attack.

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Arabs were forced from their homes, the homes were given to Jewish settlers, Arab homes were bulldozed and new settlements built,

Those things certainly happened. If Martians had invaded and took one's home and gave it to Martians, or bulldozed one's home and built a Martian settlement over it, I believe one just might be peeved about it.

It may be compared to the British and the Irish, especially the Irish in Northern Ireland. The Catholics have fueded with the Protestants for about four centuries, but it is not about religion.

34 posted on 04/23/2024 11:37:06 PM PDT by woodpusher
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