Palestine, Let's Turn Our Attention Away From Gaza, Which Is A Shambles At The Moment, To Another...

[sandyRoe]

...area occupied by Israel.

There have been more than 300 people killed by the occupiers, the Israeli army, in the last few months. This is supposed to be a peaceful area.

Any thoughts?

[wolf63]

West Bank?

[sandyRoe]

I thoughtlessly haven't named the area, assuming all the experts here in AB would know I referred to the West Bank.

[Atheist]

Some of the West Bank Palestinians have been attacked (and some killed) killed by Jewish settlers, sometimes while the IDF looked on.

Also, Israel has been evicting from their homes, which were then bulldozed, the families of Palestinian men who attacked Israelis. It seems that punishing the families of miscreants is part of the culture over there.

[wolf63]

The Israelis have been building homes in the area for some time now.

[sandyRoe]

The Nazis had a word for the peoples they considered sub human, which I can't remember just now. That was quite a while ago.  Curious how the Israelis, Zionists, Jews, are now occupying the space where the racists once strutted.

[bazwillrun]

"which I can't remember just now"

yes you can, youre on a fishing trip and waiting to see if anybody will take your bait...

[sandyRoe]

bazeillrun,

I truly can't remember.  You'll probably know.  What was the word?

And do you think the Israeli butchers, at their work as we type, would say they're nothing like that?

[bookbinder]

sandyRoe @ 16:18: the word is Untermensch.

[sandyRoe]

Yes, Untermensch, thank you .  Now it's Palestinians .

 

[Khandro]

//It seems that punishing the families of miscreants is part of the culture over there.//

It's not unique to Israelis, it's called 'collective responsibility' and it can be very effective.  It is the form of collective punishment & is often used as a disciplinary measure in wartime and in institutions, e.g. boarding schools, military units, prisons etc.

[Henry1865]

An aside.

When I was at RAF Fayid in the Egyptian Canal Zone, 1954-1955 there was Gerry, a man who pushed a cart around the base selling ice cream. He was a very angry man. He used to complain bitterly that he was Palestinian and was not allowed back into his own country. 

[sandyRoe]

I'm sure everyone here will know a shambles was a slaughterhouse, á place where lesser creatures where butchered.

[Khandro]

Henry // He used to complain bitterly that he was Palestinian and was not allowed back into his own country.//

 

He didn't have a 'country'. Palestine then was simply a geographical area in which lived Arabs, Jews, Christians & others.

There has never been a Palestinian government or a Palestinian language. 

 

[ToraToraTora]

16:54, yes like the ones your Hamas buddies created in a rock festival and a kibbutz on 7/10.

[royfromaus]

OP, Bazwillrun is right, you are out and out lying.

[naomi24]

Khandro. That's nit-picking.  Palestine was his home. 

sandyRoe, I can only hope your appalling language emanates from ignorance.

[sandyRoe]

Khandro,

He might have had a home, a  small business in his homeland . He had good reason to be disgruntled..

[Peter Pedant]

collective punishment was a British  invention a bit like er concentration  camps

we passed on as it didnt work - NOT it did work. 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/181225

policw bombing in Mesopotamia ( another place that didnt exist o god why do I even bother with rubbish like this?) 1917-22.

How do I know? my grandfather basically threw his career away in the ICS by saying it was a stupid idea and obviously was dooooomed.

winston churchil keen

[sandyRoe]

Naomi24,

You think what I say comes from ugnoránce! No.

[Peter Pedant]

sandyRoe, I can only hope your appalling language emanates from ignorance.

delete it Naomi - you know you can

and then our innnocent eyes will not be offended, protected  even and we will all applaud that we can only read Aprroved Tevts