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[coupjarret]

Yom Ha'atzmaut is Israeli indendance day. It is not a time to celebrate however - it is a time to mourn. 56 years ago a conglomerate of nations, after the end of WWII, declared that the previously British controlled area of the middle east known as Palestine, would be called Israel. In many ways it was the culmination of nearly 3000 years of

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[justlost]

Sweetheart,

Your post has moved me deeply, I too face this stuggle. I love Israel with all my heart, and feel my heart break each time I think of all of the death and pain that is there. That my own people, who I have chosen, and to whom I have always belonged, become everything that they we were trying to escape makes me weep. I just wanted to let you know that my heart crys and hopes with yours.

Shalom,

Megan

so we've came face to face with a crime that has no name?

[calmtissue]

do you think that the word genocide as defined by the un can be used to describe the exile of palestinians? i doubt it matters though. the un likes to ignore genocide then pretend to feel bad afterward.

a. killing members of the group;

b. causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

c. deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

d. imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

e. forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

thanks Lemkin

Re: so we've came face to face with a crime that has no name?

[coupjarret]

One of the many gripes I have with the UN. You are correct, grasshopper. I agree whole-heartedly.