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aranthus

(3,385 posts)
3. It's not that at all.
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:30 PM
May 2016

It is that so much of the anti-Israel crowd seeks the destruction of the Jewish state, and that there is so much interconnection between groups with legitimate concern and those that are hateful and that try to conceal their hatefulness in the usual high souding slogans, that it is safer to err on the cautious side and have no truck with anything that smacks of being anti-Israel.

I think a lot of this .... Israeli May 2016 #1
Fortunately, today there's the internet, and it's very good at unindoctrinating people. Little Tich May 2016 #2
Funny you should say that ..... Israeli May 2016 #10
It's not that at all. aranthus May 2016 #3
No IMO it's that many proIsrael American already believe that the West Bank settlements azurnoir May 2016 #4
As one of those pro-Israel American Jews aranthus May 2016 #5
well as ou say you're 1 azurnoir May 2016 #7
And you're not. aranthus May 2016 #8
you make oh so many assumptions don't you azurnoir May 2016 #9
More of a conclusion, but please correct me. aranthus May 2016 #11
Wow........ Israeli May 2016 #13
Yea but he's talking about the average secular American Jew King_David May 2016 #17
" secular " KD ..........????? !!!!!!!!!!!!........... Israeli May 2016 #20
Maybe you should come learn about us KD ? Israeli May 2016 #21
Oh I turned up alright, but you weren't anywhere near Tel Aviv King_David May 2016 #31
Liar , liar ..... Israeli May 2016 #40
Strange , I don't remember making any concrete plan at all King_David May 2016 #43
See Post 37. n/t aranthus May 2016 #38
Since you are so free with your interrogation..... Israeli May 2016 #15
Correct decision by the court. Beyond that, not at all relevant. n/t aranthus May 2016 #26
I'm pretty sure the assumptions Aranthus made are correct King_David May 2016 #18
If I were you I would let "Aranthus " answer for himself .... Israeli May 2016 #22
somehow your comment makes me remember this does it seem familiar to you? azurnoir May 2016 #23
Go easy on him azurnoir..... Israeli May 2016 #27
Lol I know can't say I wasn't warned azurnoir May 2016 #28
What an ignorant,sexist and in this case - homophobic thing to say on a progressive forum... King_David May 2016 #34
kick King_David May 2016 #47
What an ignorant,sexist and in this case - homophobic thing to say on a progressive forum... King_David May 2016 #48
I have absolutely no idea WTF your talking about here and I assume you have absolutely no idea WTF King_David May 2016 #32
lol I said I knew what it signified but I'm glad to see you do too azurnoir May 2016 #33
Clueless King_David May 2016 #35
are you? sorry to hear that azurnoir May 2016 #36
" Clueless " Israeli May 2016 #44
Thank you King_David May 2016 #45
Not an assumption aranthus May 2016 #25
I am not nor was I ever religious so there for no torah lessons azurnoir May 2016 #29
Gadol .... Israeli May 2016 #30
I wasn't asking if you were religious. aranthus May 2016 #37
You think Peace Now is anti-Israel ? Israeli May 2016 #14
Way to divert. aranthus May 2016 #41
That's absolutely the reason without a doubt. n/t shira May 2016 #39
The same? Of course not. FBaggins May 2016 #6
The Illegality of all Israeli Settlements Little Tich May 2016 #12
Adalah is a joke. We went over that already with their fictitious list of 50 discriminatory laws... shira May 2016 #16
You never convinced me with your weak arguments about Adalah's list. Little Tich May 2016 #19
Adalah's claims would make the Gregorian Calendar & Scandinavian flags discriminatory.... shira May 2016 #24
I think that it would be more inclusive to include official references to Israel's Arab heritage and Little Tich May 2016 #49
The Christian Gregorian Calendar is not discriminatory, nor are Scandinavian flags.... shira May 2016 #50
Was that supposed to be responsive? FBaggins May 2016 #42
It seems to me that the offer to the Palestinians was just unspecified areas of desert: Little Tich May 2016 #46
As to transferring civilians, you have no idea what you're writing about... shira May 2016 #51
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