JoyV wrote:
The term, "mostly peaceful protest" has been heard a lot from the left these days. Either its a peaceful protest or it isn't.
Apparently, you've never taken part in a large and diverse protest. If you did you would know that when 80 out of 3,000 people become confrontational, it's "mostly" a peaceful protest.
JoyV wrote:
If I remember my geography, Gaza borders Egypt as well as Israel. Does Israel prevent them from leaving via Egypt? Oh! Egypt has closed that border to Palestinians and NOT at any request from Israel. Egypt cites the threat of violence by Palestinians.
You don't put much thought into these morsels of anti-Arab rhetoric do you?
1. Egypt didn't close the border until 2007 and the reason why is because in 2006 the Palestinians elected Hamas as their provisional government. Hamas is associated with the Muslim Brotherhood that has been banned in Egypt since 1954.
2. Egypt closing their border (for whatever reason), doesn't make Israel any less guilty.
...Egypt isn't controlling all the resources going in and out of Gaza. Israel is.
...Egypt isn't blocking every attempt the Palestinians make to be recognized, Israel is.
...Egypt isn't killing them. Israel is.
JoyV wrote:
So if Palestinians impose too great a threat to Egyptians to be allowed into the Sinai; how much more of a threat do they pose to Israelis?
My previous answer invalidates this premise. But nice try. You should join the liar league. ;)
JoyV wrote:
In fact the free movement of Palestinians into and out of Gaza was only terminated in 1993 after many incidents of terror perpetrated by the freely moving Palestinians and in particular the 1st intifada. After the 2nd intifada more restrictions were imposed. But in recent years the restrictions have been reduced. 47 checkpoints have been terminated. 140 roadblocks have been removed. Another 140 roadblocks have been opened to traffic.
Yes, Israel is always willing to be kinder when the Palestinians behave and accept their subhuman fate.
JoyV wrote:
As for water and electricity, if we built a power plant in a border state and allowed Mexico to receive free power from it, would that be a hostile act?
Israel isn't supplying electricity to another sovereign country Joy. A more correct analogy would be if we built a power plant to supply electricity to a fenced strip of Arizona and forced the people to depend exclusively on that supply, THEN used that supply as a political tool, by shutting it off anytime the people there complain. THAT is what Israel is doing.
I'm sure the rest of your post is a similar collection of Zionist propaganda and I'm running short on time so...