Lots of ignorance in this thread, especially the routine finger pointing at Israel. If Israel did not exist, the region would probably be worse off. The region of Israel would be a mix of Eqypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and who knows who else, that is if they are even done fighting after the brits left. The concept of Palestinians would likely not exist, and whatever gains these nations have had since Israel came to be, would likely also not exist. There is not a good track record for those countries, and we can look at other countries that are similar to see where they have come since WW2. Without Israel, the same conflicts exist across Africa, with the prosecution of Christians leading the way. Israel is just a country to blame while wealthy elite redirect the suffering of their people away from themselves. The fact anyone in Canada (or elsewhere in the free world) can't see this, is actually embarrassing.
We should add as well that the creation of Israel brought about human rights in the region, including a focus on minority rights, gay rights, woman's rights and pretty much everything else in the humanities. The victim attitude that Israel caused all the problems just doesn't hold up. Jews that survived the holocaust flourished, Palestinians living side by side with Jews had a real opportunity, and could have led the way for the region. The creation of the state of Israel should have been a good thing, instead Palestinian leaders have done everything possible to make it bad for themselves. The people are the victims in this, and the blame Israel attitude in this thread allows that victimhood to continue, in fact it enables it.
Yes, Israel was created and there was turmoil, but the Jews were always there and tried to bring about peace in the region. And yes, when you blame everything on Israel, and have a different set of rules for that country, repeating falsehoods meant to discredit Israel, then yes, it is anti-semitism.
The mental gymnastics that goes on and on by the same posters trying to figure out how to blame Israel would be comedic except for the fact that this dangerous mindset is very common, taught across university campuses.
On top of all that, with the terrible human rights in many of the middle east countries, the far left demonizes Israel and celebrates some of the human rights abuses. It is very ironic.
Sam Harris podcast #175 Leaving the Faith is must listening on this topic.
Back to the original topic, Iran has been a major sponsor of terrorism, with dead bodies piling up as the usual suspects remain silent. The world has pretty much let Iran do this, enabling them with the constant blame on Israel. This is in my opinion the root cause of the plane exploding. The enabling has to stop, from the UN to the people in this thread.
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