| Comrade Tovya said: [...] D) So if I claim that Arabs attacked my home in Texas, but the media didn't report it, that suddenly makes it true? Please... If such bogus claims were true, there would be some media outside of the Arab world that would report it. I know many "settlers" and they just want to be left alone, and the vast majority of those who are around them feel the same way. The Jewish "blood in matzos" conspiracy theories without an ounce of proof has gotten so old. Arab conspiracy theorist should be put in the same category as right-wing new world order kooks... all talk, and no substance. [...] |
Well, let's be realistic -- if it's a Voice of America news story on the Prime Minister of Israel denouncing violence by settlers against Palestinians, then there's probably some goddamn violence going on against some Palestinians.
On the other hand, I seriously doubt that the "pogrom" comparisons are not exaggerated. The fact is that even though terrorism gets more attention than oppression, the settlers are not equally violent. Google search gave 59,300 results for "palestinian sucide bomber". "jewish suicide bomber"? 637. And the fourth one was a hypothetical scenario that implied a comparison between Jews and Nazis -- classy.
(Having said that, the article in question is clearly referring to a large outburst of violence by the settlers, as a result of the Israeli gov't cracking down and removing some settlements. So I would guess this is a wave of new and unusual violence that will recede.)
As for people's power getting shut off, how sure are you that they weren't simply staggering the schedule for who got electricity? Or perhaps the settlers paid extra money for the privilege? I am not impressed and anyway it's massively off topic.
Tag (courtesy of fkusumot): "Please feel free -- nay, I encourage you -- to offer rebuttal."
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