Gee whiz, every time I try to post this, it doesn't take... now if I did have a psychotic dislike of certain ethnic groups I might really believe there was something going on... :-)

"please substantiate your statement that Palestinians have deeds/titles to the lands they claim "

I have never been there - I have only seen this in several documentaries (screened here in Oz on SBS - sourced from overseas countries, such as the USA, Canada, France, Germany, et al) in which the people hold tattered old pieces of paper with official stamps on in a language which I cannot understand but the reporter claims are authentic looking appropriate documents. I don't keep a diary of what I watch and when sorry...

"taken his land for public use" .. and then sold it to 'settlers'? There has been discussion here on Mudcat about the US Govt seizing 'private land for public use', and how many are not happy with it, even though it is 'the law of the land, upheld in the courts'...

I also have no doubt that some people have gone thru the valid 'legal processes' for acquiring the land from someone, but also in passing I must note that in 30's Germany, valid (not my definition!) 'legal processes' existed to strip on a whim Jewish and other citizens of their property without reasonable and just compensation: that didn't make that morally right either!

Thanks for the interesting link - but since I have no real idea who 'owns' CAMERA, although the self explanation on the site gives some hints as to what their agenda is, I will place no more objective believability in their content than any other source of 'alleged absolute truth' without further investigation of the source.

Ah 'Balanced Coverage' - my hackles always rise when I hear that - you hear that from everybody, as if only their personal opinion is the real 'balanced viewpoint' (and of course it's a great 'put down' tactic to discredit all other viewpoints by implication!), including George and Johnny and their mates, and even Goebbels espoused that... Fisk's self opinionated wankerism is known to Australians, it's no secret really anyway - we don't have to rely on just him for a source here anyhow. Here in Oz, we have a program called Media Watch that investigates such things as 'journalistic distortions' and even awards prizes for the most outrageous cases. Unfortunately (and it is often castigated for this!), it also often points out that there are many groups with their own private agendas, whose only interest is to present a viewpoint favourable to just them.


In intellectual discussions that stray into emotional territory, those who are not committed to either side as a matter of 'faith', always get pelted with stones from all others who are.