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It's hardly 'someone else's war' is it. As I've been trying to communicate throughout this thread. This present conflict has deep roots in European Colonialism. I also agree with Noam Chomsky when he says that what we are currently seeing from 'settlers' in the OPT's are the last throws of...

I wouldn't be too surprised by our Government's support really. Nothing much changes. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63145992 And if anyone wants to just dismiss that as all in the past. Then you can read this from today as well...

I don't think peaceful, keeping your head down, is quite how 'settler' communities tend to work unfortunately. At least they haven't, in the main, historically.

Interesting that Pirates were mentioned by the Enoch Powell impersonator, since 'The West' was basically built on piracy.

You speak for yourself. The world has had well over 400 years of European domination, with the baton then handed over to the US. What a fecking mess that has caused! If it's coming to an end, and it surely is, then good riddance to it.

Tbf, I sometimes feel like this. Why do I need to have an opinion on everything, and also, why do others have to hear it? But then I remember the clue is in the word 'forum'. Anyone not keen on hearing other people's opinions can just as easily not visit a forum. It's just like the TV. The off...

Do you mean without comment on The Argus website? I must admit that from all the Argus links I've opened from this site before, that seems unusual to see no comments. I would 100% agree with you that that's an alarming situation, given the content of the report. There's certainly some pretty...

Regarding Netanyahu's comments from 2019.... 'And to be frank, we were told continually.....' To hang up the phone when the questions get awkward?

I think we're flogging a dead horse here. Despite posting repeated links to reports such as this, there are some on this thread who have their fingers in their ears and just want to keep stating how evil Hamas is, a fact which we all agree on anyway.

1. US vetoes pretty much. 2. No.

It's been posted several times in this thread already. As recent as 2019 Netanyahu had a policy of supporting Hamas, expressly with the desire to ensure a two state solution doesn't become a possibility.

Unfortunately I really can't see any end to it at all. All the borders of the countries in that region were basically drawn up by Britain and France (well, plus Turkey to an extent later on) in various conferences. The League of Nations and later the UN are involved too of course, but even a...

What fascinates me is the continued belief by so many that somehow the US can broker some kind of peace deal. Even their Democrat leader goes to Israel and uses the term 'the other team' :facepalm: Yes, true that they hold considerable influence on any Israeli Government, but short of the US...

Could we ever?

Quite. This is an interesting watch on the British involvement from 1917 - 48 which is a pretty crucial time period for what we see today. Of course, there's much more nuance than this to the whole situation so it's by no means a definitive explanation. It's worth reading the comments section...

Well Netanyahu is already on record as telling his party that they need to support Hamas if they don't wish to see a two state solution. That's the clear divide and rule tactic at play. What you say here is certainly feasible too IMO.

In the interests of balance, I suspect, although I can't be certain, that there's a likely probability that @Bozza may be correct in that it may be impossible to independently verify who fired it, and that both sides will likely blame each other. One thing's for sure though, I've never believed...

That'll be the RUSI think tank founded and still based in London, UK will it? Thanks, but I think I'll wait for more independent information if that's ok.

I wouldn't hold your breath.

On a matter of less importance, but telling nonetheless, Russia also gets a ban from UEFA competitions and from the Eurovision song contest. Israel however gets to stay in both, and last time I checked Israel isn't even in Europe (nor is Australia for that matter).