Mr Bigstuff

The mandate that gives Israel the right to exist DOESN’T include the West Bank or Jerusalem or the Golan Heights. These areas were never given to Israel and are not recognized as being part of the state of Israel. Israel is required to return all the land that doesn’t belong to them (with the issue of Jerusalem being a matter for negotiation).…[Read more]

I didn’t say anything about getting rid of Jews. There are Jews in Britain and in Israel who oppose the brutality of the Occupation. There are even Israeli soldiers who have gone to prison because they refused to take part in the oppression of the palestinian people. The peace movement in Israel wants to remove all settlements and create 2 states…[Read more]

It’s a lot easier for innocent people to go to prison for crimes they didn’t commit than people imagine. I know of cases where people have gone to prison on the flimsiest of evidence. If you’re on legal aid and you can’t provide a checkable alibi then you’re screwed. If you’re on legal aid, can’t provide an alibi and face charges of a sexual…[Read more]

How does having smaller families help a farmer in Mozambique sell his crop on the international market? How does having less mouths to feed create universal access to healthcare and education? How does contraception stop a European or American company from taking the lion’s share of profits from an African diamond or gold mine?

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So every palestinian is a terrorist? That must mean that every Tory is a sex-maniac, a crook or a liar e.g. Shirley Porter, Jeffrey Archer, Jonathan Aitken, cecil parkinson, harvey procter, neil hamilton, etc. Yes, the conservative party must be full of degenerates and criminals and let’s not forget John selwyn gummer trying to posion the public…[Read more]

Drivel, yeah the USA had nothing to do with Africa except for slavery, overthrowing elected governments, propping up dictators like colonel mobutu, etc. I guess the USA also has nothing to do with the IMF or world bank or WTO. And I guess it must have been a different George Bush who opposed a treaty restricting the sale of small arms.

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I wonder how long it will take before Ugo’s post gets deleted?

(Sorry it took so long people – I was snoozing after a heavy BBQ lunch – Ed)

If you get accused of a crime like this and you’re completely innocent, there’s a good chance you will go to prison anyway if the case goes to trial. A jury will not give you the benefit of the doubt because the public has the mindset that there’s no smoke without fire. So it will always be a case of guilty until proven innocent with these…[Read more]

Well the Palestinians are being oppressed by the Israeli government and military. So you can’t blame me for speaking the truth. Of course though, conservatives were never too keen on freedom. Thatcher opposed the ANC, she supported saddam, and she is a good friend of General Pinochet like the rest of the Tory party. The tories are a backward party…[Read more]

Ok, even though I intended not to reply to Emma’s bullsh1t, I feel I have to set the record straight on this particular issue (not for emma’s benefit but for everyone else’s). Africa is dealing with the legacy of colonialism, the cold war, the imposition of failed economic neo-liberalist policies by the IMF/world bank and the unfair trade…[Read more]

I’ve given up on replying to Emma. The poor woman’s off her head and you’ll not get any sense out of her.

The French national anthem has the most inspiring lyrics and the tune is uplifting too.

@ForumHostPB wrote:

Well not necessarily Mr B. I apologise to you for not being an ‘apologist’ for the Palestinian cause and also for perhaps sympathising with the Israeli side of things. You have your view and you’re entitled to it.

I am afraid that I cannot get over excited with the historical aspect of all this. It seems to me that for every…

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@ForumHostPB wrote:

@Mr Bigstuff wrote:

…Finally, the van carrying rockets was actually an ordinary car carrying 2 militants. 9 innocent by-standers were killed by the explosion. Imagine a helicopter gunship hitting a car on your high-street and you’ll get some impression of what the Palestinians have to put up with on a regular basis.

Oh how…

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Didn’t he have some sort of mental disability? Maybe that explains why he confessed. Alternatively, the police gained a confession from him under duress.

She hit the nail on the head. Even some people born and bred in England don’t feel welcome here. The country would be a much more harmonious place if it wasn’t for all the hate-mongering of right-wing tabloids and certain right-wing parties. They encourage a climate of ignorance and prejudice.

Firstly, taking land by war is illegal and it was Israel that launched a pre-emptive strike in 1967 anyway.

As for the term Palestinian being created in 1967, what about the Philistines? Philistine is the name of an ancient people from that land. The arabic for Palestine is “Falastin” or something like that, so I guess you were wrong on that…[Read more]

Drivel’s history of that area is predictably flawed. First of all, the Hebrews were not the original inhabitants of that land, the Canaanites were. They arrived there in 3000 bc, the Hebrews moved there a long time later. Secondly the jews did not have continuous rule over that land there were several people such as the assyrians who ruled there…[Read more]

The Israelis have taken Palestinian land because the West Bank was not part of Jordan it was part of Palestine. Jordanian forces moved into the area during one of the conflicts. The “green line” was established in 1949 I think and that is the recognized boundary for the state of Israel. The annexation of the West Bank is illegal and violates the…[Read more]

@ForumHostPB wrote:

Very true Pikey. All the Arabs do is moan and whinge about how unfair it all is whilst the Jews get on and develop their bit of desert, grow crops build businesses and so on.

Meanwhile the Palestinians continue to live like pigs constantly begging for International financial handouts and blaming everybody but themselves for the…

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