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Irish government joins Europe in criticising Israel's new settlement law

The EU’s foreign policy chief says it “crosses a new and dangerous threshold by legalising under Israeli law the seizure of Palestinian property rights”.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS strongly criticised a decision by Israel to approve legislation that will allow further Israeli settlements on Palestinian soil – threatening to inflame relations between the two territories.

The Israeli law passed yesterday allows for the appropriation of private Palestinian land for Jewish settler outposts, meaning legalisation for dozens of wildcat outposts and thousands of settler homes.

Settlements in both the West Bank and east Jerusalem are viewed as illegal under international law and major stumbling blocks to peace as they are built on land the Palestinians want for their own state.

Commenting on the decision today, the Minister for Foreign affairs Charlie Flanagan said that he was ”deeply disappointed” by the decision of Israeli legislators.

“This represents a further serious setback for the Middle East Peace Process. It has been widely criticised both internationally and by many in Israel.

It is a deepening of the settlements and a flagrant violation of international law.

“I am calling on the Israeli government to recognise the damaging consequences of this course of action and to take a clear decision not to implement the new law.”

‘A new and dangerous threshold’

“The European Union condemns the recent adoption of the ‘Regularisation Law’”, foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said, arguing it “crosses a new and dangerous threshold by legalising under Israeli law the seizure of Palestinian property rights”.

The 28-nation EU “urges the Israeli leadership to refrain from implementing the law and to avoid measures that further raise tensions and endanger the prospects for a peaceful solution to the conflict”, she said in a statement.

International criticism to the new law has mounted swiftly, with UN chief Antonio Guterres saying it is “contravention of international law”, but the United States (an ally of Israel) has been notably silent.

Flanagan said Ireland remains steadfast in its support for a comprehensive two-state solution which protects the future of both the territories.

With reporting from - © AFP, 2017

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    Feb 7th 2017, 9:50 PM

    The Israelis and the British have one thing in common. they take land that doesnt belong to them.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 9:55 PM

    @Just Some Guy:
    By that criteria the whole map of Europe would have to be withdrawn.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:00 PM

    It was, unless you don’t count things that didn’t happen in your lifetime

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    Mute Charlie Fogarty
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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:10 PM

    @Alex Falcone:

    Our grandkids will look at our maps of the Middle East and ask “Who were they?”

    The only solace I have is that when they hear Waterford, their only reference is hydrogen powered vehicles.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:14 PM

    Britain and Israel have both won the Eurovision Song Contest! That’s something else they have in common!

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:18 PM

    Britain and Israel are both prosperous democracies, another thing they have in common.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:20 PM

    What do Palestine and Narnia have in common? Neither is a real place.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:28 PM

    John Smith. Where was before 1947??

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    Mute Alex Falcone
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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:32 PM

    @ray.farrelly:
    Palestinian is a made up word. Israel was called Palestine for two thousand years. ‘Palestinian’ sounds ancient but is really a modern invention. Before the Israelis won the land in the 1967 war, Gaza was owned by Egypt, the West Bank was owned by Jordan, and there were no ‘Palestinians.
    The Palestinian desire for statehood only began when the PLO charter was drafted in Moscow in 1964 and approved by 422 Palestinian representative hand selected by the KGB.
    In essence Palestine became a Marxist indoctrination centre to oppose democracy and capitalism much in the same manner as the KGB created Che Guevara’s National Liberation Army of Bolivia and the National Liberation Army of Colombia which probably explains why it has become a cause celebre for the western left who hate all things American.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:39 PM
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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:50 PM

    Why does Israel not work towards peace…

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    Feb 7th 2017, 11:05 PM

    @Just Some Guy:.. the real story is the sad picture of the disappearing christian population across middle east where once in lebanon the christian population where the majority but now a minority and shinkng fast gaza is now 99..999 moslim west bank is 98.7 moslim this story is repeated over and over across the middle east christian /non moslims /gay people are fleeing for their live.. only in the land of Israel christian population and all other minorities are flourishing and growing where gay people have rights un like other countries beside them they are throw off roof tops..

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    Feb 7th 2017, 11:58 PM

    @Just Some Guy: as someone from a north belfast catholic Nationalist background my loyalty is to the disappearing christian population across the west bank and gaza from the perscution of the Islamic extremists i have no issues with the isreal a country where christians and non christian populations are growing strongly unlike the surrounding hostile lands that encircle it

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    Feb 8th 2017, 12:11 AM

    @alex The Irish flag is the same as the Ivory Coast and look what happened to us

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    Feb 8th 2017, 12:58 AM

    @Jackson Bollovks: I think you’ve got that in reverse Jackson!

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    Feb 8th 2017, 1:03 AM

    @Alex Falcone: Palestine is mentioned four times in your Christian Old Testament, and in more modern times, before the creation of the artificial made-up rogue state known as Israel, the British colonists formalised the name as the British Mandate of Palestine in 1922. The land belonging to the Arabs has been called Palestine since time immemorial, 1947 does not change history, it merely legitimises genocide by a fake populace in a fake state that is bank-rolled by morally reprehensible Western Superpowers.

    Israel is filled with citizens originating from Europe, America, Australia and other continents who have no ties to Palestine, yet delight in the annihilation of the indigenous population, whilst pocketing money to move there.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 2:13 AM

    Israel has more in common with South Africa in the 80′s than they do with any modern democracy

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    Feb 8th 2017, 7:14 AM

    Britain is not taking land from anyone. Israel is.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 9:06 AM

    @ben: Israel don’t do peace. They thrive on conflict. Always have and always will.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:03 PM

    History will not be kind to Israel. Their land grab, and murderous rampage, is one of the greatest injustices of the modern era.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:03 PM

    On what grounds do Israel justify this,? And I assume those who appose this will be terrorists.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:06 PM

    Of course they will.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:08 PM

    They will be called anti-Semites

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:27 PM

    The bullied have become the bullies, since they have a place to call home since 1947

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    Feb 7th 2017, 11:48 PM

    @Andrew Giles: and who’s bully the christian populations in west bank and gaza to become all most extinction like what happen to all the other countries over the middle east

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:04 PM

    Flanagan criticising Israel, Well life is full of surprises.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:28 PM

    He’s still a member of the Oireachtas Friends of Israel group though isn’t he

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    Feb 8th 2017, 1:09 PM

    @Donal O’Leary: Well he wait until every other European politician did first so that he didn’t have to leave his ‘safe zone’.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:29 PM

    Said it once and I’ll say it again – disgusting country.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:06 PM

    Jesus were really loosing the run of ourselves. What next the government will actually look after Irish people.

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    Mute Alex Falcone
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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:08 PM

    And finally, no one is surprised at the response of the Irish government coming down on the side of Hamas, an organization which is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.
    Historically Irish people have proven themselves to be anti Semitic. Irish universities are markedly anti Jewish, Irish media in the main are anti Jewish and the government delegation to Cairo recently which included Charlie Flanagan tells you all you need to know about where our current government stands on this issue.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:17 PM

    Just wanted to get a few salient points across before the Hamas operatives arrive.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:31 PM

    @Alex Falcone: So when are you going to provide these “salient points”??

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:49 PM

    @Alex Falcone: Ask a “Palestinian” or one of their “supporters” if they support Hamas or Hezbola, whose leaders have stated multiple times, the Isreal state is a good thing, so that they do not have to scour the earth to eradicate the jews, if their answer is anything but support of these two organisations, their goals are antithetical and contradicting to the goals of those they support. If they support these groups they should be shown nothing but the logical and rational aggressive or hostile response on these issues. Isreal is a paradise of freedom surrounded by an encroaching hateful antisemetic darkness that wants nothing but the destruction of every Jew. How Irish people side on this issue is a matter of national embarrassment.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:49 PM

    @Alex Falcone: Nothing like a good Israeli apologist desperate to make a humanitarian issue a religious one.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 1:11 AM

    @Guybrush Threepwood: I’m thinking Alex Falcone and James Guinan are completely unaware that before the early 1980′s, when Yasser Arrafat’s Fatah Party were the Israeli government’s bogeymen, Hamas were aided by the Israeli government as a counter-balance to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/07/30/how-israel-helped-create-hamas/?utm_term=.7a4173d757f3

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    Feb 8th 2017, 1:19 AM

    @OpenBorders: What do they stand for now Liam? Because you know, what they stood for in the 80′s is not repersentative of what they stand for now. “OpenBorders, the idiots guide to illogical and logical fallacy”

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:09 PM

    Israel the final frontier for democracy in the middle east.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:11 PM

    @John Smith:
    An oasis of democracy in a desert of Arab fanaticism.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:54 PM

    @John Smith: democracy lol terrorist state more like

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    Feb 8th 2017, 12:45 AM

    Israel being a liberal democracy (and generally a far nicer place to live than anywhere that surrounds it if you’re gay, or non-muslim) doesn’t excuse the land grabbing of the Israeli government.

    Why is it so hard for people to separate these issues?

    Israel being a country with Western values = good

    Israel continuously gobbling up land = bad

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    Feb 8th 2017, 2:11 AM

    This new bill goes against all democratic principles whether in the west or the middle east ,so calling israel a democratic state ,one would definitely have a hard time keeping a straight face

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    Feb 8th 2017, 8:27 AM

    @John Smith: true there is no better way to assert your Democratic principles, than bombing schools and hospitals, shooting women and children or is it stealing peoples land and denying them a living.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 12:00 AM

    Calling on Israel. Honestly is all politicians do is call on things.
    Israel couldn’t give a rat’s ass as long as they get what they want. The old tired approach of calling anyone anti Semite that tells them they’re in the wrong has long lost its sting.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:01 PM

    Important to remember also that under the Repatriation Law , Palestinian landowners get a choice: if possible, they are given an alternate plot of land. If not, they will be paid an annual usage payment of 125 percent of the land’s value as determined by an assessment committee for renewable periods of 20 years.
    Very fair on the face of it.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:06 PM

    What about the choice to stay where they are?

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:16 PM

    What about the Palestines that flee Palestine and get safe refuge in istael. They flee because they are homosexual or disagree with sharia etc… Palestine is a hell hole of hate to everything non Muslim.

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:21 PM

    @cholly appleseed:

    So you agree Palestinians exist?

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:57 PM

    @Alex Falcone: Very fair ? According to who ? You ?

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    Feb 7th 2017, 11:14 PM

    @Charlie Fogarty: answer the question of the treatment of Gay people by the Palestinan population in gaza and west bank compared to isreal treatment of Gay cummuinity

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    Feb 7th 2017, 10:30 PM

    So Charlie what are you going to do about this? Introduce sanctions?

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    Feb 8th 2017, 6:38 AM

    Who could blame them? Theyve had unbelievable offers for the Palestinians slapped away several times – look up the offers Arafat and Abbas declined. Viva Israel!

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    Feb 8th 2017, 8:20 AM

    @Charlie Wrex: Hi Chas can you tell me what thee connection is with loyalist Israelites and the kkk. What is the reason for the love in with these three. Is it that they are globally hated and their actions couldn’t be justified by any reasonable person. Is it that they are religious fanatics, whose actions are the result of religious bigotry. Is it that they live on land stolen from its rightful owners, presumably loyalist like yourself will be making alliances with Isis another group with shared ideology.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 10:33 AM

    Joe, me old flower. Why bother asking me anything then? You appear to have furnished your own galloping rant. Lol. Where did you get im a loyalist from? Are you another simpleton building strawmen in lieu of saying something worth reading? Run along scamp!

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    Feb 7th 2017, 11:01 PM

    Where’s ireland ..I know where Israel is and always was and will be

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    Feb 8th 2017, 1:40 AM

    @Henry Waldner: Hey everyone look! It’s Henry’s first time on the Internet, hi Henry!

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    Feb 7th 2017, 11:13 PM

    Where’s Ireland. ..I know where Israel is and always will be and has been..the oldest flag in the world

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    Feb 8th 2017, 6:47 AM

    Ok we get, kindly f off then!

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    Feb 8th 2017, 8:38 AM

    @Henry Waldner: you should know. I thought all you white supremacist were friends with the uvf

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    Feb 7th 2017, 11:04 PM

    Where’s ireland..I know where Israel is and was and has always been and will be.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 12:19 AM

    @Henry Waldner:
    Ironically Ireland has always been there.
    Gaelic is the third oldest language in Europe coming from Celtic roots.
    Israel was supposed to be a safe haven for all the displaced Jews after they survived the concentration camps and hundreds of years of persecution. However they have well exceeded their boundaries. As their territory seems to always be on the expansion taking over others land. If someone moved in next door to me and built a wall over part of my garden I’d be a bit miffed. But then to build right up against it and say sorry I need to build a new wall to protect my building eventually taking up the whole of my driveway I wouldn’t take it lying down.
    White phosperous was also made illegal to use as a weapon yet Israel love laying that stuff down cos they know it burns flesh to the bone

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    Feb 8th 2017, 12:22 AM

    @Henry Waldner:@Henry Waldner: Israel has has become what it was supposed to be a haven from, a fascist state. Jewish people outside of Israel even think it’s a disgrace how Israel is operating. Yet the world stands by……

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    Feb 8th 2017, 12:31 AM

    @Henry Waldner: Israel has now well set itself as the modern version of fascist Germany, for which it was supposed to be a haven from. Jewish people outside of Israel oppose these actions, as does most moderate countries around the world. But as usual no one will do anything against this blatant disregard for international law. Israel only exists today because of international support

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    Feb 8th 2017, 6:06 AM

    @Pat McCarty: world stood by and watched and still are in the slaughtering of Christian arab populations and non sunni moslim across the middle east and north africa over the past 70 years by Islamic extremists and now its happening across Europe with dash

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    Feb 8th 2017, 6:47 AM

    @Pat McCarty: say that to a gay person living in Isreal about suppression and a gay person living in west bank and gaza and all the other Islamic states across the middle east and north africa as far Islamic society is concerned they don’t exist or if they do they must be put death by stoning along with women who have sex outside marriage

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    Feb 8th 2017, 8:36 AM

    @Henry Waldner: Hi Henry how’s things going in the k.k.k

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    Feb 8th 2017, 5:35 PM

    @Bobby wilson: Yes, the world stood by and did very little, if anything, and this has been going on longer than 70 years. Not sure what your comment has to do with what i said?. If you read the article it is in relation to the Israeli settlements. Because extremist are committing atrocities your view is that is fine to push people off their land, punish them for someone elses crimes, just because of their religion and race?? I in no way support or defend any Islamic extremist but that doesn’t mean i support what Israel has become, its actions and its disregard for human life. By all means they have the right to defend themselves but this is not defence, this is aggression to illegally seize land.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 5:44 PM

    @Bobby wilson: Say that Israel is like a Fascist state in the way it behaves? It is. Again attacking innocent people that cant defend themselves, pushing them off their land, disregarding international law. Israel does what Israel pleases and is never held to account, not even international sanctions are given. Again NONE of what i have said says that i support the way Christians / gay people or anyone else that doesnt fit into Islams ideals are treated in other Islamic countries. I am wholeheartedly against how these people are treated.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 9:25 PM

    @Pat McCarty: land of Israel is the size of leinster surrounded by very large hostile Islamic states of 800 million moslims pitted against 6 million jews similar to 3000 catholics of short strand in east belfast encircled by large wall for protection against 400000 loyalists of east belfast and north down built juring the the troubles and still protects even to this day so if isreal people let their guard down they will be force into the Mediterranean sea like what will happen to catholic population of strand force into the river lagan the most exposed Nationalist area in the North of ireland

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    Feb 8th 2017, 9:01 AM

    The abused becomes the abuser. Kenny should call in the Israeli ambassador to show our disgust withe their behaviour.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 10:22 AM

    It’s about time this is being highlighted, the treatment Israel dish out to the people of Gaza# is in called for. Israel are just land grabbers!

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    Feb 8th 2017, 10:36 AM

    Lol. Land grabbers who withdrew entirely from Gaza and were rewarded with suicide bombers, literally thousands of missiles and rockets and border incursions. Seems to me those blinkers are affecting your perception of the reality.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 12:54 PM

    I think I may be descended from vikings. Can someone put me in touch with an Israeli lawyer.. I think I’m entitled to evict a family in Stockholm and get a free apartment.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 3:22 AM

    O gawd shut up….
    What happened to us been neutral,
    If these gobshiites keeping opening their mouth we won’t be neutral for much longer

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    Feb 8th 2017, 6:40 AM

    We were never neutral, but fancied ourselves as.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 1:05 PM

    @stephen mc galey: You don’t understand the concept of neutrality.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 1:42 PM

    Isn’t it bizarre how all the pro – Israel commenters have blank/obtuse profiles?.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 9:00 AM

    Only the strong survive.

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    Mute Peter Higgins
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    Feb 8th 2017, 2:14 PM

    Don’t argue with the Hasbara trained Warriors. It’s pointless. It says a lot about Zionist Israel when their ONLY friend in the civilized world is – wait for it – the Donald !

    The most effective way to express our disgust at this illegal occupation of Palestinian land by Apartheid Israel is by BDS.

    BDS :- Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions. This is a peaceful,non-violent protest movement, similar to the successful effort made against Apartheid South Africa in the eighties.

    Check out BDS on Google. It’s growing rapidly in response to this injustice. Now – - wait for the Hasbara attack..

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    Feb 8th 2017, 12:11 PM

    This is only the start of things to come. With Uncle Donald in the White House, paying for the Israeli murderous war machine, and supporting them all the way, Bibi Netanyahu can do what he likes…
    A European ban on Israeli goods might make a statement, but this softly-softly approach Europe uses isn’t worth squat. With Republicans in power in the States and the Jewish Lobby commanding the Republicans, Israel has nothing to worry about.

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    Feb 8th 2017, 2:55 PM

    Hewlett Packard: the latest company to understand that compliance in Apartheid Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land is frowned on by the civilized world. BDS is working in a peaceful,non-violent way !

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