2007-06-27 13:49:06 · 10 answers · asked by cotterall&elaineadams 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You know it's true. I believe in human rights and freedom of speech but according to George Jonas, a well-known journalist, the left supported human rights to attempt to limit the rights of Conservatives, moderates and liberals because it would allow them to create an elite for themselves. He claims to have had conversations with many leftist sympathizers who supported human rights but only under the guise of limiting the rights of others and political maneuvering and not for human rights themselves, which apply to everyone.
2007-06-27 13:55:06 · update #1
If it's about human rights, isn't terrorism a violation of human rights? If you want to build houses for them and get them land, then fine. What does that have to do with terrorism? Why would anyone call himself or herself a 'human rights activist' and 'anti-racist' and then turn around and support the very anti-Semitic act of blowing up Israelis? That isn't funny or excusable.
2007-06-27 14:01:00 · update #2
Nope. Not one drop of Jewish blood.
2007-06-27 14:02:21 · update #3
Has it ever occurred to any Palestinian leader that if he fought terrorism and supported peace and actually signed a peace deal, he might be the head of a Palestinian state right now? If bargaining terms were fair to Israel, the Palestinian leaders would not sign. It is their way or the highway, and if you go down that highway, there is intifada. I call that blackmail, not bargaining. And no, I am not Jewish and it isn't about whether or not someone is Jewish. It is about common sense.
2007-06-27 14:04:25 · update #4
There are some fine examples of blatant anti-Semitism on this forum.
2007-06-27 14:06:40 · update #5
Yes, it is but you should not be surprised by anything the left does. These are the same people that are all about freedom of speech until you offend one of them.
2007-06-27 13:52:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
America is the only western country that does not consider Israel to be the biggest threat to world peace. But when the Palestinian native people fight back or when their neighbors step in to help out, it's "terrorism." I think that there are terrorists on both sides of the story.
Perhaps the Left is more humanitarian. The native Palestinians aren't even able to access roads and water utilities in many cases! They've lost their homes, their loved ones, their lives. This isn't support for terror--it's sympathy for the lack of basic human rights for these people!
2007-06-27 20:59:20 · answer #2 · answered by aminah 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't be ridiculous.
Why are we Americans allowed to be nationalistic (I'm guessing you support the war in Iraq) but the Palestinians don't have that right?
The Palestinians are the most oppressed people on this planet, most of them having lived under Israeli occupation for over 40 years. And since a large percentage of the Palestinian population are far below forty years of age, many have known NOTHING but the end of an Israeli soldier's rifle butt and a canister of tear gas. They've seen their homes destroyed, livelihoods eliminated, friends and relatives murdered.
How are people expected to live under these conditions withOUT becoming miltant? They. Want. Their. Own. Country. How difficult is that for you to understand, and how FAIR is it that the powers-that-be picked THEIR nation to become the "Jewish Homeland"?
2007-06-27 21:05:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The Palestinian leaders have never wanted peace. They stay in that region to make war with Israel. The other Islamic countries foot their bill, if the USA would quit funding them. We continually fund terror groups in pure ignorance.
2007-06-27 20:54:44 · answer #4 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are being attacked by Israelis. The Israelis stole their land and took away all their rights.
Israelis took everything away from the Palestinians. Are you saying they don't have a right to defend themselves?
What if some other country like Mexico invaded the United States and took away 80 percent of our land, and built a wall around us. Wouldn't YOU be fighting against them?
2007-06-27 20:51:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Do you think the right wingers starting a war that has gotten 600,000+ civilians killed in Iraq is a form of terrorism.
2007-06-27 20:53:24 · answer #6 · answered by Armand Steel 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Its Possible!
God Bless
2007-06-27 21:04:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you are encouraging a fight that they can't win. That in turn is leading to terrorism. So yes.
2007-06-27 20:53:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cannot condone it but I can understand it.
2007-06-27 20:52:40 · answer #9 · answered by TriciaG28 (Bean na h-Éireann) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! YES! OH 1000 TIMES YES.
2007-06-27 20:51:05 · answer #10 · answered by Joel 2 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋