Israel at war

Frankfooter

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So you're using loser talk to say that by following the rules of the UN, no significant actions or declarations against Israel have been forthcoming. They continue their campaign with impunity. Nobody is doing anything to stop them. The world wants Hamas eradicated.
Hammy, you sound like someone from North Korea or Iran now.
'The UN will never stop us'.....

Meanwhile the entire world has turned against your hate.

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Hammy, you sound like someone from North Korea or Iran now.
'The UN will never stop us'.....
Reality is that the UN has not passed any resolutions forcing Israel to stop. And since there are NO such resolutions, then Israel cannot defy things that don't exist.

Meanwhile the entire world has turned against your hate.
How silly. Now you are claiming that the entire world cannot stop Israel's goal of eradicating Hamas.

Listen to yourself.
 

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Your reply does not address ICC/ICJ demands for Hamas to immediately and unconditionally return the hostages.
The only demands the ICJ makes are through 'provisional measures'.
The only provisional measures the ICJ gave were for Israel to not commit genocide, prevent killing Palestinians in Gaza and allow all aid through.

Israel obeyed none of those and zionism will go on trial for genocide.
 

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The Israeli lobby is neither a religion, nor a race.
But the peoples of Israel and their Jewish religion are who the lobby are speaking for. Your demonizing of the Israeli lobby is racist and anti-Semitic because of that.

They are a group of individuals and being against a group of lobbyists does not even fall in the realm of racism or anti-semitism. This trope is used to silence people, who are concerned their country is being taken for a ride by the Israelis. It works with some white people who feel white guilt due to the Holocaust. But for me such accusations fall flat.
That's your choice. Knock yourself out.

In reality the Israeli lobby is very powerful, way richer than the Arab lobbies and way more influential. If a politician needs to survive in Washington he needs to be in bed with the Israeli lobby. They have been doing this for the last 60 years.
Only because the other Arab nations don't care enough. Undeniably, if they wanted to, they could outspend Israel in a heartbeat. Why don't they spend more?

Lobbying in general is undemocratic, and should be abolished, because it buys out politicians for causes that are not of great concern to the public who elected them in the first place. So instead of working for the people who elected them, these guys are servicing the interests of a foreign state because of the control and influence AIPAC and other pro-Israel lobby groups exercise.
Unfortunately for you lobbying is currently a worldwide reality. Go ahead and change it. Until then, you have to deal with it.

There is nothing Israel provides the US that the US does not already have. The US is 50 years ahead of the rest of the world in terms of military tech, and they dont need the Israelis to provide them with anything.
The Iron Dome was developed by Israel. Just one example of why your statement is incorrect. Regardless, Israel's intelligence agencies have information on threats to American interests that the US can only dream of. Israel has informants and insiders already in place. They have infiltrated and are deeply embedded in institutions that are mutual enemies of Israel and the US. And by reasons of geography, Israel can deal with Iranian and other regional threats much quicker than the US can.

So there there is more than just technology that Israel can provide.

If the US wanted to, they can very much develop similar alliances with countries like Saudi Arabia or UAE. It is just a matter of money, political influence and military strength. But as I mentioned when your politicians are already controlled by agents of a foreign state, you are not going to have any of that happen. They are not going to let it happen.
The US does not need to seek these alliances. They already have Israel. It's these other countries that need to pursue the US. They clearly have the means but for some reason they do not have the resolve/desire/interest to do so.

So in reality, Israel is a wolf in sheep's clothing. They are allies in name only, using the world's richest and most powerful military and political entity, for their own benefit.
Your reality and the US' seem to be different. You need to pay more attention to what the US believes to understand what is going on in the world.
 
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But the peoples of Israel and their Jewish religion are who the lobby are speaking for.
Those are two different groups unless you're saying that all Israeli Arabs back AIPAC and lobbying for the genocide of their people.
Even claiming all Jewish people back AIPAC is antisemitic, not all Jews back genocide, hammy.

We are talking only about zionists.
 

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The only demands the ICJ makes are through 'provisional measures'.
The only provisional measures the ICJ gave were for Israel to not commit genocide, prevent killing Palestinians in Gaza and allow all aid through.
Actually, the UN passes declarations and resolutions that are not provisional. They are direct and absolute. Like the one that told Hamas to immediately and unconditionally return the hostages. Direct and absolute and Hamas continues to ignore.

Israel obeyed none of those and zionism will go on trial for genocide.
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The US is a secular state. Israel is also a multi-religious state - 20% of its population are Muslims. So if AIPAC is lobbying for Israel, then they are lobbying for everyone, not just the Jews. So again your explanations do not add up and this is not a case of racism or anti-semitism.
Pretzelism 101.

The Arabs couldn't possibly outspend the Israelis because the Israeli lobby is richer,
This is insanity. You are claiming that the Israeli lobby, even with their 8 billionaires has more money that Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, etc. How much do these 8 billionaires contribute?

Just Saudi Arabia:

Saudi Arabia has since become the world's third-largest oil producer and largest oil exporter, controlling the world's second-largest oil reserves and the sixth-largest gas reserves.[33] The kingdom is categorized as a World Bank high-income economy and is the only Arab country to be part of the G20 major economies.[34][35] The Saudi government has attracted criticism for various policies such as its intervention in the Yemeni Civil War, alleged sponsorship of terrorism as well as for its use of executions.[36][37]

Saudi Arabia is considered both a regional and middle power.[38][39] The Saudi economy is the largest in the Middle East; the world's nineteenth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the seventeenth largest by PPP.

How much money does Saudi make from oil?

The state-owned energy giant pumps out oil at a rate no other single company can match—at margins that are the envy of every competitor. Its revenues, which reached $440 billion in 2023,


Saying that your claim of all Arab countries not being able to outspend the Israel lobby is insanity. It is not hyperbole. It also perpetuates the anti-Semitic trop of the Jews controlling the world with their money.

They are not going to let another lobby group, take their place, as it were. They are entrenched now.
If it's all about money (you say that Israel offers nothing to the US), then what's to stop the arabs from outspending. How is Israel supposed to defend their position because, as you say once again, Israel has no leverage. There is nothing of value to offer the US.

And just because lobbying is a thing, does not mean one has to just "put up and shut up". It needs to be actively called out, and when pro-Israeli lobbies are called out, it shouldn't be falsely and nonsensically be branded antisemitism.
Once again, go ahead and speak out. I didn't say not to. I said it's not going away so you need to find a way to deal with it instead of incessantly whining about it. It accomplishes nothing.

And Iron Dome is not some unique weaponry. It is an air defence system and there are plenty of air defence systems that perform the same functions as the Iron Dome does. The US has similar surface to air defence systems.
As I'd said, it is but one example. ]Israel is credited with developing the Iron Dome. And you can be sure they have more.

More than the US not needing to seek new alliances, they are not allowed to by the Israeli lobby, which controls its politicians.
More rubbish and anti-Semitic tropes of Jews controlling everything. The oil-rich arabs have enough money to make these greedy politicians change allegiances faster than Bob Menendez collects gold bars.

It is the politicians who define foreign policy and how they engage with other countries. They are in bed with the lobby, who pull the strings and the corrupt politicians dance to their tune.
Money talks. The Arabs don't care enough to bother spending it to help the Palis. Golf, soccer and motor sports appeal to them more. They probably spend $50B a year on just those.

So yes, the objective reality is that Israel is wolf in sheep's clothing. The American politicians understand this too. Heck, former US presidents like Carter and Nixon have spoken about this openly. It is just that there is too much power and political influence, that no one politician can stand up to the lobby. That is hostile, not friendly.
Your claims of reality are actually fantasy. Arab money can sway them the other way. but the arab nations don't give a fuck about the Palestinians and even less so terrorist Hamas.
 
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Pretzelism 101.

This is insanity. You are claiming that the Israeli lobby, even with their 8 billionaires has more money that Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, etc. How much do these 8 billionaires contribute?

Just Saudi Arabia:

Saudi Arabia has since become the world's third-largest oil producer and largest oil exporter, controlling the world's second-largest oil reserves and the sixth-largest gas reserves.[33] The kingdom is categorized as a World Bank high-income economy and is the only Arab country to be part of the G20 major economies.[34][35] The Saudi government has attracted criticism for various policies such as its intervention in the Yemeni Civil War, alleged sponsorship of terrorism as well as for its use of executions.[36][37]

Saudi Arabia is considered both a regional and middle power.[38][39] The Saudi economy is the largest in the Middle East; the world's nineteenth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the seventeenth largest by PPP.

How much money does Saudi make from oil?

The state-owned energy giant pumps out oil at a rate no other single company can match—at margins that are the envy of every competitor. Its revenues, which reached $440 billion in 2023,


Saying that your claim of all Arab countries not being able to outspend the Israel lobby is insanity. It is not hyperbole. It also perpetuates the anti-Semitic trop of the Jews controlling the world with their money.

If it's all about money (you say that Israel offers nothing to the US), then what's to stop the arabs from outspending. How is Israel supposed to defend their position because, as you say once again, Israel has no leverage. There is nothing of value to offer the US.

Once again, go ahead and speak out. I didn't say not to. I said it's not going away so you need to find a way to deal with it instead of incessantly whining about it. It accomplishes nothing.

As I'd said, it is but one example. ]Israel is credited with developing the Iron Dome. And you can be sure they have more.

More rubbish and anti-Semitic tropes of Jews controlling everything. The oil-rich arabs have enough money to make these greedy politicians change allegiances faster than Bob Menendez collects gold bars.

Money talks. The Arabs don't care enough to bother spending it to help the Palis. Golf, soccer and motor sports appeal to them more. They probably spend $50B a year on just those.


Your claims of reality are actually fantasy. Arab money can sway them the other way. but the arab nations don't give a fuck about the Palestinians and even less so terrorist Hamas.
You’re talking to a guy who basically said that israel could send Daniel Craig to Qatar to take out Hamas but chose not to do so because that would not be bloodthirsty enough. Sanity has left that building long ago.
(I’m trying to be disciplined lately and not open any vomit from team hamas that I have on ignore but I still see what you post )
 

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