I am not obligated to answer questions. If I was answering your questions, I would have quoted your question to answer it. I instead quoted that last line that I had a comment to make and made a comment on it.
Weird.
Do you ever wonder why people ignore your posts? Because your posts are neither well thought through, nor in tune with reality. You should never begin a response with a personal attack or quip about someone's supposed character you have purported to deduce when you lack such connection with reality. That just tells me your argument is weak and you are trying to buttress your comment with a milld personal attack, to try and put someone on the backfoot.
Nonsense. You didn't ignore my post, and neither did others. I'm not interested in "attacking you". In all seriousness, I believe you need to be introduced to some well recognized principles of social interaction.
Now back to topic, I did not go off on a tangent, rather directly commented on your comment.
Thick, perhaps even impenetrable. You are a sloooooooow learner.
They do. And they are asserting sovereignty from the river to the sea. Likud Charter - "between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty." A Palestinian state cannot be formed without a) Israel handing back stolen lands and b) Working with the Palestinians to make that happen and most of all recognize Palestinian sovereignty.
Obvious points:
1. A party's charter is not a national mandate, except where a ruling party like Hamas IS the nation and is not subject to democratic re-election or political opposition.
2. As a matter of geography, Israel DOES extend from the river to the sea - not the entire river, and not the entire shoreline of the sea. It does extend from its border with Jordan to the sea. It also extends from its border with Syria to the sea. And what are the West Bank and Gaza? Nothing, at the moment. TBD. Israel does not claim sovereignty over those areas.
3. There are no "stolen lands". There are some occupied lands. None of the occupied territories were under the sovereignty of a Palestinian nation. Complaining about Israel's relationship with Syria, or Lebanon, or Jordan is a red herring when it comes to claiming Palestinian sovereignty.
However, you know all this. You just find it convenient to ignore it.
Guilt by association is not a thing. Hence any actions against the poor people living under the Outlaw, is a crime against humanity, even if said poor people elect or cheer for the Outlaw for his attacks against the townspeople.
Nonsense. Depends on the form of association. Surely all bikers in a criminal biker club bear some moral responsibility for the actions of that organization. Surely all members of the Mafia bear some moral responsibility for the activities of their criminal organization. You're trying to claim that Palestinians who are not formally members of Hamas bear no responsibility for their election, support, and assistance to Hamas. That simply is not true.
Now, there will be citizens who are completely innocent of Hamas' crimes, and even openly oppose Hamas, who will be harmed in the crossfire of this war. Tragic, but unavoidable consequences of war.
