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Refuting Israeli talking points (moving)

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Except that the lands presently occupied by Israel belonged to the Philistines and the Canaanites historically. Your godwin argument is debunked

lol Do you know what a godwin argument is?
 
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You can't just wipe the connection between the Palestinians and the land.

I can and I have.

So during WW2, the occupied Europeans should to work for peace with their Nazi occupiers in whatever jurisdiction they were in?

lol Godwin argument continues. ^_^^_^
 
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Balderdash. Cowabunga. Gaza's full of displaced refugees because they were driven out of their towns, villages and farms. Nobody wants to live in a crowded place.

I question your news sources
60% of Gaza's population is under the age of 18. Total fertility rate: 5.19 children born/woman (2008). Keep questioning as questions are beginning of wisdom. Who knows? One day you might even accept objective facts(I'm not holding my breath, fyi). Shabbat Shalom.
 
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60% of Gaza's population is under the age of 18. Total fertility rate: 5.19 children born/woman (2008). Keep questioning as questions are beginning of wisdom. Who knows? One day you might even accept objective facts (I'm not holding my breath, fyi). Shabbat Shalom.
Almost 1 million of the 1.8 miilion souls in the Gaza Strip are UN registered refugees displaced when the Israelis drove them off their land.

Keep questioning as questions are beginning of wisdom. Who knows? One day you might even accept objective facts (I'm not holding my breath, fyi). Salaam.
 
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The fact that you admit there was a Palestinian connection to be wiped off speaks for itself.

Dude, there is a Palestinian connection but it does not include the present land of Israel. Historically, Israel's claim to the land that they presently have is solid.
 
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Dude, there is a Palestinian connection but it does not include the present land of Israel. Historically, Israel's claim to the land that they presently have is solid.
Should the Native Americans claim back their lands?
 
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Nope. No similarities.

oc·cu·py [ok-yuh-pahy]
verb (used with object), oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing.
1.
to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
2.
to engage or employ the mind, energy, or attention of: Occupy the children with a game while I prepare dinner.
3.
to be a resident or tenant of; dwell in: We occupied the same house for 20 years.
4.
to hold (a position, office, etc.).
5.
to take possession and control of (a place), as by military invasion.
 
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Should the Native Americans claim back their lands?

They can't. Most of them were killed during the 18th and 19th centuries. However, the lands that Israel presently occupy are historically their land so there is no relationship between the Native Americans and the Palestinians.
 
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oc·cu·py [ok-yuh-pahy]
verb (used with object), oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing.
1.
to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
2.
to engage or employ the mind, energy, or attention of: Occupy the children with a game while I prepare dinner.
3.
to be a resident or tenant of; dwell in: We occupied the same house for 20 years.
4.
to hold (a position, office, etc.).
5.
to take possession and control of (a place), as by military invasion.

lol No oc-cu-py-ing.
 
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If it was historically solid, then the Philistines and the Canaanites decendents should get back their lands from the Israelis

Since none are left the point is moot.
 
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They can't. Most of them were killed during the 18th and 19th centuries. However, the lands that Israel presently occupy are historically their land so there is no relationship between the Native Americans and the Palestinians.
Actually the lands that Israel presently occupy historically belongs to the decendants of the Philistines and the Canaanites.

So, is it justifiable for the Israelis to drove the Palestinians outof their lands that they have worked and lived on for so long and take over their houses and their farms?
 
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If it was historically solid, then the Philistines and the Canaanites decendents should get back their lands from the Israelis

Unlike the Israelites...they all disappeared as a race....and unlike the Israelites, the Palestinians are not a race, and have no historical connection to the land.
 
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Unlike the Israelites...they all disappeared as a race....and unlike the Israelites, the Palestinians are not a race, and have no historical connection to the land.
So, is it justifiable for the Israelis to drove the Palestinians out of the land that they have worked and lived on for so long and take over their houses and their farms?
 
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Actually the lands that Israel presently occupy historically belongs to the decendants of the Philistines and the Canaanites.

So, is it justifiable for the Israelis to drove the Palestinians outof their lands that they have worked and lived on for so long and take over their houses and their farms?

I am a descendent of prehistoric people that lived in the land that your house occupies in Kuala Lumpur. I want my land back. ^_^^_^
 
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