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Wow ! You have checked out all my posts back to 2014 on this topic. All Pro Palestine you say.I won't argue with you. No point is there?On reflection it probably reflects the comments you made on "seeing problems and issues from multiple viewpoints rather than blinkered views of youth". Once upon a time I probably did see Israel as defending itself against Arab aggression.Around the mid 90's when President Clinton managed to get a public handshake and a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel I thought the world could see a two State solution. One land for Israel. An independent land for the Palestinians. Perhaps an uneasy peace.What iIhave recognised as happening since then has been an aggressive Right wing Israeli policy to expand it's territory through financing settlers in the West Bank and turning Gaza into an open air prison.In the last 7-10 years it seems clear that Israel will never accept a Palestinian homeland state and is working to take all lands the Bible decrees were Israels. So as the facts of Israeli expansionism become clearer my sympathies for the Palestinian efforts to protect what little they have has overtaken my initial views on Israels legitimate defense of their country.[URL unfurl="true"]https://apnews.com/a-look-at-how-settlements-have-grown-in-the-west-bank-over-the-years-0000019079d8d0f6a3da79dcbd0a0000[/URL][URL unfurl="true"]https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-07-03-2024-033deab379a16efdf9989de8d6eaf0f8[/URL]
Wow ! You have checked out all my posts back to 2014 on this topic. All Pro Palestine you say.
I won't argue with you. No point is there?
On reflection it probably reflects the comments you made on "seeing problems and issues from multiple viewpoints rather than blinkered views of youth". Once upon a time I probably did see Israel as defending itself against Arab aggression.
Around the mid 90's when President Clinton managed to get a public handshake and a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel I thought the world could see a two State solution. One land for Israel. An independent land for the Palestinians. Perhaps an uneasy peace.
What iIhave recognised as happening since then has been an aggressive Right wing Israeli policy to expand it's territory through financing settlers in the West Bank and turning Gaza into an open air prison.
In the last 7-10 years it seems clear that Israel will never accept a Palestinian homeland state and is working to take all lands the Bible decrees were Israels. So as the facts of Israeli expansionism become clearer my sympathies for the Palestinian efforts to protect what little they have has overtaken my initial views on Israels legitimate defense of their country.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://apnews.com/a-look-at-how-settlements-have-grown-in-the-west-bank-over-the-years-0000019079d8d0f6a3da79dcbd0a0000[/URL]
[URL unfurl="true"]https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-07-03-2024-033deab379a16efdf9989de8d6eaf0f8[/URL]
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