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branford

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6. You didn't answer my question or really address the issue in my post.
Mon Jan 9, 2017, 01:23 PM
Jan 2017

I understand you don't want to see any retaliation against purportedly innocent parties. However, many of those parties are often not nearly as innocent as you suggest.

If the family is associated with various terror groups and/or knew of the attack, are they legitimate targets of reprisal?

Similarly, if the PA lauds the terrorist as a hero or martyr and then even goes further and financially compensates the family (with a budget mostly comprising aid received from the EU and USA), is the PA a legitimate target of retaliation?

Is property owned by the terrorist himself subject to destruction, even though it might benefit third-parties like family members?

Moreover, if you don't want to see Israel retaliate, wouldn't the most effective evidence that it would be unnecessary or unproductive almost certainly be demonstrated action by the PA (since this attacked originated in the West Bank or Jerusalem) that they are sincerely attempting to apprehend and punish all groups and individuals associated with the attack or planning others, and at the VERY least, not actually lionizing a murderer and financially rewarding his family?



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So much for peace HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #1
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This was the 51st vehicular terror attack in Israel since Sept 2015. branford Jan 2017 #4
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You didn't answer my question or really address the issue in my post. branford Jan 2017 #6
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That's twice you've totally ignored the express point of my posts. branford Jan 2017 #11
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Your last paragraph leftynyc Jan 2017 #18
Savages. grossproffit Jan 2017 #3
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Terrorist's sister: 'It's the most beautiful martyrdom' oberliner Jan 2017 #9
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If the PA actually sought to investigate and arrest branford Jan 2017 #12
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It's all talking points and never an actual response to a post. branford Jan 2017 #15
Note that the poster chose a Nazi-era German term to describe what Israel is doing oberliner Jan 2017 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Little Tich Jan 2017 #21
How did you happen to land on that particular term? oberliner Jan 2017 #17
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The Nazis created the term "Sippenhaft" oberliner Jan 2017 #23
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That was a quote from Uri Avnery oberliner Jan 2017 #26
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It's certainly possible that Uri Avnery is wrong oberliner Jan 2017 #28
Nazi terminology leftynyc Jan 2017 #19
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Changing the subject leftynyc Jan 2017 #24
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