[faintpraise]

South Africa was sanctioned and boycotted internationally over apartheid, which discriminated against native blacks. Therefore, it's no less reasonable to boycott Israel over the occupation, which discriminates even more brutally than apartheid against native Palestinian Arabs.

[NoLongerLurker]

War is war. The Palestinians are trying to kill as many Israeli civilians as they can and are still formally at war with Israel. We chased Pancho Villa all the way to Mexico City after he killed a few people in Texas.

[sheik yerbouty]

The "Palestinians" are not native to the area, so that analogy is false.

[rmlew]

What of the Apartheid and expulsions of Jews and other minorities in the neighbooring states. Israel is held to a higher standard by the left, the same way the US is. Teh idea is to destroy us.

Thatnk you for falling for "Rules for Radicals".

[knighthawk]

1. What is a "native Palestinian Arab"?

2. Why doesn't the world/UN condemn the apartheid-like laws regarding Palestinians in Lebanon and Jordan?

3. Why the world/UN never condemned Jordan for occupying these same lands?

4. Why doesn't the world/UN boycott Saudi Arabia, as it discriminates against other believes than islam, like forbidding bibles or even praying to another god than allah?

5. Why doesn't the world/UN condemn Syria for killing 30.000 civilains in 1982 in Hama?

6. Why doesn't the world/UN boycott China for it's invasion of Tibet and it's bloody reign for decades?

7. Where were the boycotts when Pakistan killed more than 1.5 million Hindus in Bangladesh in 1971?

PS. Why don't you stop bothering us and head back to the DU or islamic forum you came from?

[monkeyshine]

Your response it typical of the lack of logic and empathy residing on the left.

Israel captured this territory because of war, and offered to return it for peace. So far the Palestinian leadership has not offered peace, only more war. But that doesn't stop people like you from asking Israel to give up the land anyway.

Why should Israel give up the only thing she has to trade for peace in exchange for nothing? It makes no sense. It would be stupid for Israel to give away her only bargaining chip for nothing in return.

It makes no sense at all to reward terrorism. It makes no sense to surrender and acquiesce to the losers in war. This kind of attitute only encourages more terrorism and more war.

[Radix]

I would not defend apartheid, but I would defend an accurate presentation of Historical facts. You might want to consider some research in to just who was in South Africa first