...or is not influenced by the White House's pro-Israel propaganda. By the way, there's only one "S" in "asinine".
Boycotting Israel
by Crumpet 42 Replies latest social current
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moshe
Western Intelligence Estimates of PLO Assets
In 1990, the U.S. government estimated that a 5 percent tax charged to every Palestinian working in an Arab country had generated PLO assets ranging from $8 to $14 billion - revenues above and beyond international contributions. In 1993, just prior to the signing of the Oslo accord, the British National Criminal Intelligence Service reported that the PLO generated a considerable portion of its budget from "extortion, payoffs, illegal arms dealing, drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud, etc." 6 Immediately after the signing of the Oslo agreement, the Palestinians received an additional $3 billion from the U.S. and the international donor community. A year later, a British intelligence report stated that Yasser Arafat controlled assets worth $10 billion and that the PLO had an annual budget of $2 billion. 7Maybe, just maybe the PLO could have BOUGHT a homeland for it's displaced people , if it's corrupt leaders hadn't stolen and hidden the money donated for it's people. Keep the war going and keep stealing the money from it's people , that's the game plan. Spend a million dollars to kill one Jew in Israel, while watching it's poor children suffer malnourishment and disease. Makes perfect sense to a Muslim , I guess.
Fact is, none of the Arab countries want Palestinians - they are labeled troublemakers. Kuwait kicked 100,000 of them out of it's country for supporting Saddam in the Gulf wars.
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barry
Hezbolla doesnt have a problem with voilence they use civilians to protect their missiles and when the missiles are destroyed along with the civilian population they use it as a publicity stunt. I know this because of Islamofasists here in Australia all have told me 'We dont have a problem with voilence.
So you people like to be manipulated do you? Israel has the right to defend itself and has the right to destroy the missiles even if they have women and children as human shields. Does Hezbolla care about civilians their rockets are to exclusively target civilians because they arent accurate.
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katiekitten
I will boycott Hezbolla just as soon as I find out what they export...
How about boycotting bowler hats? And im NOT buying any more phalacteries. No sir!
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G Money
Israel is the 51st state of the US. It produces little, just sucks up US tax dollars and loans it never repays. No one dare talk againt them lest be labeled anti semetic or some other term to chill free speech. They've never learned to play well with their neighbours. They still terrorize other peoples and nations and use the 10 to 1 rule, ten enemies killed for every one of theirs killed. They often kill civilians even though the one of theirs that fell was military.
It seems like some jews like to think that they have a special place carved out when it comes to prejudice and discrimination. This seems to be the tone of many comments I hear in the media.
Well I've got news- they don't. Get in line with the Native Americans, the Hawaaians, the blacks in the US and in Africa, the Arabs, the Muslims, the Tibetans, Buddhists, the Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese, Koreans, Caucasians, Christians, Greeks, Algerians, Mayans, Toltecs, any number of indigenous peoples throughout history, gypsies, the list is endless of peoples who have been discriminated against, killed for their beliefs and because of who they were or what they stood for. As of 9/11, add Americans to the list.
You don't have any special rights to claim the word holocaust as your special word. Tell any of the above groups that the decimation of their people was anything else but a holocaust. Tell the Atsina Warrior that his experience of seeing his entire race slaughtered and his land ripped off somehow just doesn't equal your special situation. Maybe they wish to call it that or something else. What's the difference. It's not your call to make. Murder is murder, discrimination is discrimination, hate is hate. You think you were the only people to be displaced, thrown out of everywhere you tried to settle, driven off land you claim is yours by right?
Human history goes back 160,000 years. Humans have killed each other for land and because of beliefs probably since the beginning.
This "special" attitude is what many people don't like. It doesn't make them Anti-Jew or Anti-anything. It's common sense. Stop expecting people to tip-toe around your situation. Take this for what it is, constructive criticism. -
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Bryan
If Hezbolla had not kidnapped the the 2 members of the IDF and killed one... there would be no war in Lebanon.
I suggest we boycott Hezbolla and anyone who supports them.
Bryan
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Finally-Free
I think I will boycott both sides equally. Since I don't consume any Israeli products I will boycott the Old Testament. I will also phase out hummus, falafel, and shawarma from my diet to protest the actions of Hezbolla.
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Elsewhere
I think Israel is the #1 producer of Dreidels.
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Stan Conroy
Be careful. It is illegal to boycott Israeli goods in the USA. Check this out: http://www.boycottwatch.org/abi/divest002.htm I read a while ago (I can't find a link, sorry) that over $23 million dollars in fines have been handed out for attempting to boycott Israeli goods, and for even inquiring if a product is made in Israel. That too is against the law in the good old US of A.
