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Israel/Palestine

The Mouth

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2. I don't get that, either.

Reply to oberliner (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 15, 2017, 11:57 AM

Dec 2017

Maybe sometimes starting with an extreme position works in a negotiating process, but if you deny my right to exist I am going to regard terminating your corporeal existence as a viable option.

Likewise, anyone of any political or religious persuasion who expects Israel to give up Jerusalem is about as sane as someone expecting Saudi Arabia to give up Mecca.

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I don't get that, either. The Mouth Dec 2017 #2

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