Peter Ferguson

@JerusalemiteAC @christianjbdev I love Israel is sniping children in the face yet you still refuse to believe people have rational reasons to dislike the state of Israel.

@christianjbdev I met an Irish guy once abroad he was great. But let’s not pretend that you guys don’t hate our guts for who we are, and that’s not related to the Palestinian issue and never gonna change. It’s best we stay away from each other.

Israel & Ireland. In an ever so slightly different world, I could honestly see many Irish people getting on great with Israelis. And I can see that many Israelis would love to love the Irish, but are heartbroken by how so many Irish people now seem to hate them.

In a slightly different world where Zionism isn't a genocidal, racist ideology. Sure.

@IAmClintMurphy @IMelanidou @raz_sauber_ Saying you're smarter than 97% of people is a wild claim and, again, not something an actual smart person would say.

@Humanisticus @IMelanidou @raz_sauber_ She made a point. I'm not boasting, Peter.

Feels a lot better than how our grandparents felt standing in line for the gas chambers.

@IAmClintMurphy @IMelanidou @raz_sauber_ Those who have to boast about their intelligence frequently have very little.

@IMelanidou @Humanisticus @raz_sauber_ Sharper than most, roughly 97%

@IAmClintMurphy @raz_sauber_ Occupation in the West Bank. Don't be obtuse. You're aware medics have reported children being targeted and shot by snipers? Just because it's war, it doesn't mean anything and everything is permited. You're aware of that, right?

To some extent, yes. Describe what you see as "occupation" Tell me more about what you mean by "ethnic cleansing" Nobody wants to see innocent women and children murdered AND, in a war it's inevitable. What I'd ask is what the death rate of women and children is as a percentage of people killed and how that compares to past or current examples of urban warfare. The problem with most of you brainwashed sheep is you're ignoring that word, WAR. When Hamas crossed into Israel and went on a rape, torture, murder and hostage taking spree, they started a WAR and they started what's happened since.

@IAmClintMurphy @raz_sauber_ Being against occupation, ethnic cleansing and murder of children. So brainwashed.

@raz_sauber_ We also don't all hate y'all. The only people who do are often low IQ morons who've been too easily brainwashed.

Capitalists suppressing wages is now communist lol

@MarshallColman @CoKeynesian Lol. That's not how it works. Zionists don't want equal rights for all. It's not a solution they want.

@Humanisticus @CoKeynesian If that were the obvious solution it would already have been implemented.

I'm sympathetic to the claim that the Two-State Solution is dead, but I do find it difficult to accept the implicit corollary that making Israelis and Palestinians live peacefully in the same state would be easier.

@MarshallColman @CoKeynesian No. The solution is obvious. One state with equal rights for all. But alas the racist ideology of Zionism prevents it.

@CoKeynesian The solution to this conundrum has eluded the most brilliant diplomats and policy analysts for a hundred years. We think that hard problems can be solved by great intelligence, but there may be some problems that are beyond human ability.

@CoKeynesian Not without DeZionisation.

@Aldamir @roger_oshea All names given to the place by outsiders. And the term "British" originally referred to the native Celts. A term co-opted by English colonisers. Eire is the name of Ireland long before English people ever stepped foot in Britain.

@roger_oshea The expression "British Isles" dates back to at least the 2nd century AD (Ptolemy's Geography, for example) & was a standard description of the islands for much of the time since.

Ireland is in the British Isles…

@jbentley @DrDiGiorgio Other countries have figured it out. It ain't that hard.

The conversation is wrong. Declaring something a basic right doesn't solve scarcity. Instead of talking about the moral position of healthcare we should be figuring out how to optimize it. Access is obviously a part of that, but you still need to actually figure out how to make that happen.

If there are 50 people who want to see the neurosurgeon but he only has 10 appointments available, how does one guarantee that right to healthcare?

@DrDiGiorgio "what if this entirely made up scenario in my head happenes, check mate".

@stuey_beef Maybe he shouldn't have murdered civilians.

A British soldier served in Northern Ireland. Risked his life. Followed orders. Came home. He is now in his 70s. Keir Starmer’s Government has decided he deserves to spend his final years in court. The IRA got the Good Friday Agreement. The veterans got Keir Starmer. Remember that next time he talks about “values.”

While making life as hard as possible for Palestinians. Slowing annexing land while not overtly angering allies. If allies allowed, Israel would have ethically cleansed both Gaza and West Bank a long time ago. Only a fool doesn't see this.

Oh. This is easy. Israel's ambitions are held back by its European and US allies. Especially the US. It can expand without their say so. It explains their policy in the West Bank. Can't just annex as allies won't allow it, so they go via illegal settlement route 1/

@aj_inapi And Palestinians are supposed to put up with what Israel has been doing since prior to 1948, which is far worse than anything that has been to done to Israel?

There’s a lot of hatred towards Israel right now, and I think a lot of people are looking at this situation with absolutely no historical perspective. No country on Earth would tolerate what Israel has lived with since 1948. We’re talking about a country that was invaded the moment it was created. Multiple wars. Suicide bombings. Bus bombings. Rockets fired into civilian neighborhoods. Children growing up with bomb shelters as a normal part of life. Sirens going off and people having seconds to run for cover. Hostages taken. Civilians massacred. And people expect them to just sit there and do nothing? Americans talk big about freedom and security, but the truth is Americans could not live like that for 70+ years. If rockets were being fired into Texas or California for decades, if terrorists crossed the border and killed 1,000 Americans in one day, the response would be overwhelming and it would not even be debated. It would be finished quickly and decisively. But when Israel responds, suddenly the world holds them to a completely different standard than every other country on Earth. Another thing people don’t want to talk about is history. The Jewish connection to that land is not something that started in 1948. It goes back thousands of years. Archaeology, recorded history, ancient kingdoms, temples, language, culture - all tied to that land long before most modern countries even existed. Meanwhile countries like America, Australia, Canada - we can’t even make that same historical claim to the land in the same way. So if we’re going to be honest and fair, we have to be consistent. Either every country has the right to defend its citizens and exist in security, or they don’t. But singling out one country in the world and expecting them to live under constant attack, constant terrorism, constant threats of destruction, and then condemning them every time they respond is not fairness. That’s politics.

Ben Gvir is Israel personified. Ben Gvir is Israel without the PR.

@jacobtaber @Cici_RNinNYC @ElliotMalin True. But my point is not even Israelis that murder Palestinians are labeled terrorists.

@Humanisticus @Cici_RNinNYC @ElliotMalin The law only applies in the case of murder, not rock-throwing.

Two things are true: 1. People are willfully misrepresenting the new “death penalty” law that passed the Knesset; and, 2. The new “death penalty” law is stupid and will do more harm than any good.

@Cici_RNinNYC @jacobtaber @ElliotMalin Lol. They have control over who they label a terrorist and who gets arrested for it. But guess what, a Palestinian throwing a stone at a tank is labeled a terrorist but an Israeli burning down a village or murdering a Palestinian is not labeled a terrorist and isn't even arrested

@Humanisticus @jacobtaber @ElliotMalin Imagine being this disingenuous. Israel has no control over who decides to be a terrorist — if they could control that then they’d be no terrorism (or this law). If people want a law evenly applied across all demos then some groups will need to choose to be less terrorist-y.