Comments by "John Beerschoten" (@JohnBeerschoten) on "Breaking the Silence: Israeli Army Veterans Tour U.S. & Canada to Speak Out Against Occupation" video.

  1. The Palestinian people are the descendants of the inhabitants of the area known as 'Historic Palestine'.
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  2. Israel has no right to exist on other people's land. This follows from the November 2nd 1917 Balfour Declartation. When you read the one page carefully. It states the conditions by the British Crown under which the refugee jews were allowed to live in Palestine. One of the conditions is “‘that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-jewish communities in Palestine”. Consistently violated.
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  3. The Berlin Conference took place from November 15, 1884 to February 26, 1885, in which Africa was divided among the European powers. Without one African present and without consuling the African people. Thus without their consent. This is called colonization. The same goes for other people to decide over the territory of Palestine without the consent of the people, as in 1917 by the British Crown, is called colonization. The International Community (UN) does not have the right to constitute a new state (Israel) on other peoples land (Palestine). This follows from the one page November 2nd 1917 Balfour Declaration on behalf of the British Crown.
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  4. Read: Jimmy Carter: Palestine, Peace not Apartheid; Shlomo Sand: The Invention of The jewish People, How I Stopped Being a Jew, and The Invention of the Land of Israel; Rashid Khalidi: The Hundred Year's War on Palestine; Yahya Sinwar, The Thorn and The Carnation; Ilan Pappe: The History of Modern Palestine; Dries van Agt: Palestine in Agony and A Cry for Justice.
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  5. There is no good understanding of terrroristm. The definition is: “Terrorism (from the Latin word terror, panic) is the commission of serious violence, or serious threat thereof, WITHOUT LAWFUL GROUNDS, for a political or religious purpose. In most understandings of what terrorism is, it must involve illegal violence, usually linked to civilians and victims. This means that Hamas is not a terrorist organization but a resistance movement that even has the right to use violence. Israël, together with the US are the terrorists because the occupation is not a legal ground.
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  6. Let's be enlightend. There are bad and good things written in the Bible yet, that does not make it the Word of God. These books, including the Torah, were written by and for the jews themselves. There is no Word of God other than our conscience, no Chosen People and no Holy Land. The land was and is Palestinian territory in the Arab Middle East. All the Israelites must be moved to the United States because the Israelites have abused, during 75 years, the unique and dubious opportunity for their own state. They will never follow and obey the law, not even after 75 years. God did not speak to Abraham through the burning bush.
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  7. This jewish illusion is nothing more than a religious obsession, imagination and a fantasy. The entire Middle East is Arab territory, so what can the jews expect?
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  8.  @arielstarr8524  Read: Jimmy Carter: Palestine, Peace not Apartheid; Shlomo Sand: The Invention of The jewish People, How I Stopped Being a Jew, and The Invention of the Land of Israel; Rashid Khalidi: The Hundred Year's War on Palestine; Yahya Sinwar, The Thorn and The Carnation; Ilan Pappe: The History of Modern Palestine; Dries van Agt: Palestine in Agony and A Cry for Justice.
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  9.  @arielstarr8524  Are you a zionist?
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  10.  @arielstarr8524  This jewish illusion is nothing more than a religious obsession, imagination and a fantasy. The entire Middle East is Arab territory, so what can the jews expect?
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  11.  @arielstarr8524  The Berlin Conference took place from November 15, 1884 to February 26, 1885, in which Africa was divided among the European powers. Without one African present and without consulting the African people. Thus without their consent. This is called colonization. The same goes for other people to decide over the territory of Palestine without the consent of the people, as in 1917 by the British Crown, is called colonization. The International Community (UN) does not have the right to constitute a new state (Israel) on other peoples land (Palestine). This follows from the one page November 2nd 1917 Balfour Declaration on behalf of the British Crown.
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  12.  @arielstarr8524  I ❤Palestine
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  13.  @arielstarr8524  I'm not a 'believer', I'm a Humanist and scientist. Read: Jimmy Carter: Palestine, Peace not Apartheid; Shlomo Sand: The Invention of The jewish People, How I Stopped Being a Jew, and The Invention of the Land of Israel; Rashid Khalidi: The Hundred Year's War on Palestine; Yahya Sinwar, The Thorn and The Carnation; Ilan Pappe: The History of Modern Palestine; Dries van Agt: Palestine in Agony and A Cry for Justice.
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  14.  @arielstarr8524  Like I said, read some history books and law books instead of religious books. Science has nothing to do with assumptions, but with facts. Get out of your religious comfort zone, if you dare.
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  15.  @tzav  Did you read it?
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  16.  @tzav  May I ask you what your expertise is? A zionist is not a scientist. A zionist is a religious freak. Are you?
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  17. The state of Israel deceives its own residents.
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