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      andyc
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      Done.

      Thanks for posting the link Mike.

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        Stinkie
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        Done.

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          tomot
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          Nothing is going to happen this time or next time, THEY are simply mowing the lawn, and if you don't like it, THEY will make it a future hate crime if one chooses to make comments in favor of the Palestinian cause.

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            Done.

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              srx
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              So, now international law and history depends on corporation's will? And we have to ask them for the basic human right? The god of profit was never on the "right side of the history", and never will be. It has no conscience.

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              • Mike LuceyM Offline
                Mike Lucey
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                @tomot said:

                Nothing is going to happen this time or next time, THEY are simply mowing the lawn, and if you don't like it, THEY will make it a future hate crime if one chooses to make comments in favor of the Palestinian cause.

                'THEY' may well do that but we can only raise our voices by whatever means are available to us.

                @srx said:

                So, now international law and history depends on corporation's will? And we have to ask them for the basic human right? The god of profit was never on the "right side of the history", and never will be. It has no conscience.

                You put the current situation well. I agree its a sad state of affairs when it comes to this type of leverage but at least its one that ordinary folk can use.

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                • Mike LuceyM Offline
                  Mike Lucey
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                  This is not right!


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                  • kenK Offline
                    ken
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                    I agree Mike this is not right.


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                    • Mike LuceyM Offline
                      Mike Lucey
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                      I can understand where you are coming from Ken and I agree two wrongs don't make a right. Both sides need to be flexible and its normally the stronger side that should be the most flexible. Is this case it looks to me that the Palestinians and the Israelis have to sit around a table with a totally independent arbitrator, some totally neutral country and reach an agreement. I actually think arbitration by Ireland could help as achieving peace in Northern Ireland was no easy task.

                      I'm also wondering if this is one of the main reasons for war, 'War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza’s Offshore Gas Fields'
                      http://www.globalresearch.ca/war-and-natural-gas-the-israeli-invasion-and-gaza-s-offshore-gas-fields/11680

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                        andyc
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                        Ken,
                        As Mike has said, there is plenty of blame to be shared by both parties in this. Personally, I find the actions of both sides beyond contempt.
                        However, it is too easy to be diverted by debating the political rights and wrongs, whilst in the real world ordinary men women and children are suffering under the most appaling circumstances. This is what needs addressing now. My decision to sign the petition was wholly apolitical. For me, it is about doing what we can to stop the human suffering NOW. On that basis, discussing the rights and wrongs, in an effort to determine which side is worse, or less bad, feels uncomfortably like 'fiddling whilst Rome burns'.

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                          ken
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                          Mike and andyc

                          Thanks for not hammering me.

                          To put it bluntly, I have zero respect for people/nations that put children in harms way. Hiding behind women and children is an act that gets zero respect from me. No historical or present day wrong justifies this type of behavior.

                          Mike, I look at the natural gas map. It looks to me as there is plenty to go around. I just happen to work in the oil/gas recovery business. It would be nice if there was some possible cooperation there and both societies make gains.

                          However, drilling for gas or oil in a potential war zone would be catastrophic; personnel and environmental wise.

                          Now, I will back out, don't want to highjack your thread. Just wanted to point out, there are children and old people on both sides, that have a right to safe life.

                          Ken, gone. Mike, sorry about the thread high jack

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                          • Mike LuceyM Offline
                            Mike Lucey
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                            @andyc said:

                            Ken,
                            As Mike has said, there is plenty of blame to be shared by both parties in this. Personally, I find the actions of both sides beyond contempt.
                            However, it is too easy to be diverted by debating the political rights and wrongs, whilst in the real world ordinary men women and children are suffering under the most appaling circumstances. This is what needs addressing now. My decision to sign the petition was wholly apolitical. For me, it is about doing what we can to stop the human suffering NOW. On that basis, discussing the rights and wrongs, in an effort to determine which side is worse, or less bad, feels uncomfortably like 'fiddling whilst Rome burns'.

                            I also signed in the hope that it might lead to pressure for a ceasefire and talks .... until a solid agreement is reached for both parties.

                            @unknownuser said:

                            Mike and andyc

                            Thanks for not hammering me.

                            To put it bluntly, I have zero respect for people/nations that put children in harms way. Hiding behind women and children is an act that gets zero respect from me. No historical or present day wrong justifies this type of behavior.

                            Mike, I look at the natural gas map. It looks to me as there is plenty to go around. I just happen to work in the oil/gas recovery business. It would be nice if there was some possible cooperation there and both societies make gains.

                            However, drilling for gas or oil in a potential war zone would be catastrophic; personnel and environmental wise.

                            Now, I will back out, don't want to highjack your thread. Just wanted to point out, there are children and old people on both sides, that have a right to safe life.

                            Ken, gone. Mike, sorry about the thread high jack

                            You have your opinion Ken and you are entitled to same. I can understand your stance with regard to not putting children in harms way.

                            Concerned people should try and keep this conflict on the agenda until a final lasting settlement is reached. Both sides have to come up with compromises that will work. Hopefully this will be done before matters escalate into something that spreads throughout the middle east. This looks to be the way things are heading at the moment.

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                              micione
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                              Lasting Peace: attempts unfailingly failed.
                              The suspicion is that in the Middle East prevail interest in keeping up the tension...

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                                cuttingedge
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                                Im with Ban Ki Moon on this.." stop fighting, start talking and take on the root causes of the conflict so we are not back to the same situation in another six months or a year"

                                Im for peace but wont go for a one-sided campaign. Hamas I believe has committed war crimes against its own people.

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                                  Stinkie
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                                  @cuttingedge said:

                                  Hamas I believe has committed war crimes against its own people.

                                  No doubt about that. Hamas, in my opinion, is a band of criminals. They've been leveraging the Palestinian cause to further their own agenda for years. However, Israel is currently waging war, boots on the ground and all, against a populace that consists mostly of civilians and has nowhere to run. I hold the Israeli government in no higher esteem than I do Hamas. And the fact that we -by which I mean the EU- do nothing, makes me cringe.

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                                  • Mike LuceyM Offline
                                    Mike Lucey
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                                    Freedom Fighters or Terrorists! It all depends on which side of the fence one is on.

                                    I doubt the Israelis will ever defeat Hamas no more that the UK government could ever defeat the IRA or the US government the Taliban. In the end folks have to talk and do a deal .... the sooner the better.

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                                      Bhoritz
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                                      @mike lucey said:

                                      Freedom Fighters or Terrorists! It all depends on which side of the fence one is on.

                                      No. It is simpler than that. Freedom fighters target the state forces, terrorists target civilians.

                                      Using capitals does not make your point more valid, only more grandiloquent and ridiculous.

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                                        solo
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                                        @bhoritz said:

                                        @mike lucey said:

                                        Freedom Fighters or Terrorists! It all depends on which side of the fence one is on.

                                        No. It is simpler than that. Freedom fighters target the state forces, terrorists target civilians.

                                        So are you saying that Israeli's are terrorists as they are killing women and children?

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                                          andyc
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                                          Breaking news on the BBC website:

                                          "At least 15 people have been killed and more than 200 injured when a UN-run school used as a shelter in Gaza was shelled, the Gaza health ministry says.

                                          Hundreds of Palestinians were in the school in Beit Hanoun, fleeing heavy fighting in the area.

                                          It is the fourth time that a UN facility has been hit in Israel's offensive against Hamas militants."

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                                            solo
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                                            Question: What is worse, using women and children as human shields or attacking targets knowing that women and children are being used as human shields?

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