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Thread #129840   Message #2953422
Posted By: beardedbruce
27-Jul-10 - 05:29 PM
Thread Name: BS: New Israeli atrocity: attack on Gaza aid
Subject: RE: BS: New Israeli atrocity: attack on Gaza aid
"So if someone drops fully armed onto your boat in international waters would it be wrong to defend yourself with a club?"

If Customs inspectors stop your ship, and come on board armed, AND YOU ATTACK THEM, YOU WOULD BE KILLED. The port was under blockade, and Israel has the right to prevent MORE illegal ( according to Geneva Convention) rockets from coming in.



"During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, around 750,000 out of 900,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from the territories that became the State of Israel
-United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine. "
( The number I have seen as best estimate is 640,000)

Which overlooks the population of the Mandate Palestine declared in 1923 to be the Jewish Homeland- THOSE territories were captured by Egypt and Jordan. ONLY the Jews and Christians were removed from those areas.



And the 820,000 Jews driven out of Arab countries? THAT was the vast majority - YET YOU IGNORE THEM. A LARGER NUMBER, but since they were just Jews, I guess they have no significance to you.