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Israel/Palestine

geek tragedy

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2. The mindset is that their god promised the land

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 6, 2017, 09:00 PM

Feb 2017

to their tribe.

Not much to negotiate when people with that mindset have all the power and their counterparts have none. The laws of humankind are of no consequence in this dispute.

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This message was self-deleted by its author Little Tich Feb 2017 #1

The mindset is that their god promised the land geek tragedy Feb 2017 #2

A den of thieves? oberliner Feb 2017 #3

You don't think the settlers are ... Israeli Feb 2017 #4

Have you ever read the New Testament? oberliner Feb 2017 #5

No ...I have not Israeli Feb 2017 #6

That makes sense oberliner Feb 2017 #7

I consider America's ancestors to be thieves ... Israeli Feb 2017 #9

Do you make a distinction among the settlers? oberliner Feb 2017 #10

Sure I do ..... Israeli Feb 2017 #15

Do you consider Jews living inside the Green Line to be thieves? oberliner Feb 2017 #16

My post #9 .... Israeli Feb 2017 #17

It was just a question oberliner Feb 2017 #18

Wasnt being personal ..... Israeli Feb 2017 #19

More accurately, it was just a question which consistently moved the goalposts on its own. LanternWaste Mar 2017 #20

Maybe so oberliner Mar 2017 #21

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Really? oberliner Feb 2017 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Little Tich Feb 2017 #12

I guess I sometimes forget how unfamiliar people are with the Bible oberliner Feb 2017 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Little Tich Feb 2017 #14