| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Pope calls for an immediate end to the barbarity in Palestine. | |
| Posted by: | John Hawkes | |
| Date/Time: | 27/07/25 12:11:00 |
| Mr Boyce You say of Mr Rose "You’re happy to engage in pompous word-play and endless whataboutery with the only aim of excusing the appalling barbarity that is taking place." Your resort to insult says more of you than him because Mr Rose is able to articulate clearly and rationally the reality of the situation. You can only shout slogans from the back of the playground. And as he points out, you also can only web-trawl for articles written by those antipathetic to Israel. What about some straight answers telling the rest of us what YOU really believe regarding the conflict ? 1) Does Israel have the right to exist on the land it now governs ? Note the current UN situation on its recognition. "As of June 2024, the State of Israel is recognized as a sovereign state by 164 of the other 192 member states of the United Nations. The State of Israel was formally established by the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948, and was admitted to the United Nations (UN) as a full member state on 11 May 1949. It also maintains bilateral ties with all of the UNSC Permanent Five. 28 member states have either never recognized Israel or have withdrawn their recognition; others have severed diplomatic relations without explicitly withdrawing their recognition. Additionally, many non-recognizing countries have challenged Israel's existence—predominantly those in the Muslim world—due to significant animosity stemming from the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the Arab–Israeli conflict." 2) If you think it does NOT have the right to exist what do you think should be done to obliterate it ? 3) Do you support HAMAS in its aims to obliterate the state of Israel and its Jewish citizens ? 4) What constitutes in your mind the state of Palestine (which I believe should be recognised as such once Israel feels secure it will not be attacked by it) other than Gaza and the West Bank ? 5) As Hamas ruling in Gaza and The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank are deadly enemies how do you imagine the governance of Palestine ? |