News from Gaza Part 2

Read your own links properly and you tell me.

I am guessing you missed this bit in the link you provided?

In the same time that Sharon was preparing the withdrawal, pointed out critics, he was favoring settlements in the West Bank, among them Ma'ale Adumim, the largest Israeli settlement near Jerusalem. According to Peace Now, the number of settlers increased by 6,100 compared with 2004, to reach 250,000 in the West Bank.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%27s_unilateral_disengagement_plan
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Give with one hand and take from the other is how my mother puts it.

Doesn't sound like a complete withdrawal to me. Does it to you?

Again, from your link..

Yep.. sounds peaceful to me. Give with one hand while you take from the other.

 

Can't you read or remember, or just choosing to forget? You called me a liar about the numbers I provided and the links I provided. Now fucking show me where I lied.. give me links or apologise, instead of continuing to tell me I lied from that point on.

I'm sorry, I'll correct my comment to make it easier for you to understand, since it appears you have the inability to read and comprehend.. You attempted to deny they were a terrorist organisation and you attempted to deny they had attempted to contact and collaborate with the Nazis. And you do call them heroes.

 

Probably about as much as Israel recognised Hamas.

The context in which the quote was placed on that site is, well, amusing to say the least. It forgets what came before the Proclamation. It forgets about the forced removal of Palestinians from their lands and homes. It doesn't even mention it. There is always a reason for rage and anger Buffalo. Or are you choosing to ignore that?

How can you extend the hand of peace and friendship when you have forcibly removed thousands of people from their homes to establish the State in the first place. Tell me, would you feel friendly if you were removed from your home at gun point and forced to flee to a refugee camp? I wouldn't be.

 

Really? You're saying no Arabs serve in the IDF? You're really sure about that?

Muslims are not required to serve in the Israeli military, and outside the Bedouin community, very few (around 120 a year) volunteer.[49] Until 2000, each year between 5%-10% of the Bedouin population of draft age volunteered for the Israeli army, and Bedouin were well-known for their unique status as volunteers. The legendary Israeli soldier, Amos Yarkoni, first commander of the Shaked Reconnaissance Battalion in the Givati Brigade, was a Bedouin (born Abd el-Majid Hidr). However today the number of Bedouin in the army may be less than 1%.[64] As over half of the Bedouin population (80,000 out of 160,000) lives in villages unrecognized by the Israeli government and threatened demolition of these 45 villages has become increasingly acute, and as the Israeli government has failed to fulfill promises of equal service provision to Bedouin citizens, willingness among Bedouin to serve in the army has drastically dropped in recent years.[9]

IDF figures indicate that in 2002 and 2003, Christians represented 0.1 percent of all recruits. In 2004, the number of recruits had doubled. Altogether, in 2003, the percentage of Christians serving had grown by 16 percent over the year 2000. The IDF does not publish figures on the exact number of recruits by religious denomination, and it is estimated that merely a few dozen Christians currently serve in the IDF.[56]

Druze are required to serve in the IDF in accordance with an agreement between their local religious leaders and the Israeli government in 1956. Opposition to the decision among the Druze populace was evident immediately, but was unsuccessful in reversing the decision.[65] It is estimated that 85% of Druze men in Israel serve in the army.[66] In recent years, a growing minority from within the Druze community have denounced this mandatory enrollment, and refused to serve.[67][68] In 2001, Said Nafa, who identifies as a Palestinian Druze and serves as the head of the Balad party's national council, founded the "Pact of Free Druze", an organization that aims "to stop the conscription of the Druze and claims the community is an inalienable part of the Arabs in Israel and the Palestinian nation at large."[69]

It is commonly felt among Palestinians that Israel's varying treatment of different Arab populations with Israeli citizenship, according to military service, is an extension of the British colonial strategy of 'Divide to Rule.' Druze often play high-ranking roles in elite guards involved in major operations in the Occupied Territories and Lebanon; Bedouin soldiers tend to occupy roles as Border policemen, keeping Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza (some of whom may be members of their extended family) out of Israel. These realities have facilitated a sharpened division between the Druze and Bedouin communities and the rest of the former and current inhabitants of Historic Palestine.[9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_citizens_of_Israel
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I'm sorry, you provide the original link, which I quoted from, and you're accusing me of pulling a fast one? How far down did you read sweetheart?

I shall quote again from your link..

That is the whole paragraph. Learn to not skim read or skip paragraphs in your own links. And also learn to use the scroll function and scroll down about half way, or use the contents menu at the top of the page and click on paragraph 4.2.. It's not that hard.

Again, before you start accusing me of pulling a fast one, remember I got those figures and that quote from a link you posted earlier on. So if you fail to read your links properly, that's your issue, not mine.

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You have yet to retract your comments, instead you went on to keep calling me a liar.

I never said Hamas were not terrorists. They are as much as a terrorist organisation as the Lehi were. That being said, your country recognised the Lehi as being heroes and commended them for it recently and Hamas is now the Governing body of the Palestinians. What exactly does that tell you about how fucked up the situation really is?

No. I was reminding you that Hamas recognised Israel about as much as Israel recognised Hamas as a Government.

You're sure about that?

You're telling me the Israeli Army is not the IDF?

And what about the Druze and Arab Christians?