Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "Political scientist Ian Bremmer on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict" video.

  1. El Nino will bring water to California and the Big Basin, we are out of drought already. Gaza could easily be a paradise, it has 40 kilometers of Coastline. There was a ceasefire on Oct 6th, life was getting better. Then Oct 7th happened.
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  2. Yeah, they leave that out of most conversations, or that 20% of Israeli citizens are Arab, they serve on the Knesset, the Supreme Court, and the IDF, 1.8 million, and that's their idea of "genocide" and "colonialization" There are also Vietnamese citizens of Israel, since they take in refugees. Show me the comparable in the region.
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  3. You should publish the AI Prompt you used to cut and paste this crap.
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  4. Agreed, especially since 1967, they cannot abide Jews in control of Temple Mount. Arafat made that clear enough in 2001.
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  5.  @ruthhenry9577  Difference? The suffering is self-inflicted. Peace was possible in 1947 when partition was voted on, but was not, peace was possible when Israel declared a state in 1948, but was not, Nasser did not have to blockade Israel and send tanks to the Sinai in 1956, but he did, and again in 1967, and then Egypt and Syria again attacked in 1973. Egypt and Jordan made peace, other Arab nations have recognized Israel. Jews control the Temple Mount. There is no peace for some in that, and I doubt there ever will be. Make Jerusalem an international city open to all? I'd bet Islam would war on that, too. Islam needs to internalize the Jihad, stop killing others when it is yourselves you hate.
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  6. Because Israel is an open, liberal democracy with free speech, and Gaza is not.
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  7. Does "Free Palestine" mean Tel-Aviv, too. Why use the name Palestine, it's the name invented by a colonizer, Rome, a Greek name, no "P" in Arabic. Please explain.
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  8. Don't miss Ian's point, there are NO honest/reliable brokers at this point and time. Who would you choose, the United Nations?
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  9. He's not KING, and what do you propose after he's out?
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  10. He does, see him all the time on MSM
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  11. He did not dismiss the 700,000 displaced, but did not mention 130,000 stayed and became citizens of Israel, and now number 1.8 million, serve on the Knesset, the Supreme Court and the IDF. Show me the comparable in the region. No Jews or Christian wants to return to the status of DHIMMIS is a Caliphate ruled by Sharia Law.
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  12. No, not at all, oy vey!
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  13. Lebanon has signed agreements with Israel on natural gas exploration since Oct 7th, Jared Kushner has been in Saudi Arabia since Oct 7th in regard to Saudi investments which include Israel. There's a big game and little game going on. Brenner left out the big game, one of which is India's transportation corridor to compete with China going WEST, which will bypass Pakistan and Iran to the Gulf States, Jordan, Israel, and on to Western Europe. I don't believe Turkey is happy about that, and the US has nuclear weapons in Turkey. There's a much bigger game going on.
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  14. How does that contribute to the discussion? It's clear to everyone the partition was not accepted and the area, like Korea, has been at war ever since?
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  15.  @muadhnate  When is stating facts anger? Israel hasn't occupied Gaza since 2005, another fact.
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  16. Yes, they forget the 11-year civil war in Syria, the Arabs in Sudan killing Black Africans in Darfur, or their own history with Sharif Hussein and Ibn Saud, who took control of the Hejaz along with Mecca and Medina. The Hashemites are losers, and still are. Jordan never took responsibility for its failure in the region, and are still a medieval monarchy. T.E. Lawrence was correct.
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  17. Foundation Stone vs The Accession Rock, Jews controlling the Temple Mount. Total deal breaker, so the answer is no, Palestinians want it all, have since the 1920s, as written by the Supreme Muslim Council while still in the British Mandate. All well documented, but conveniently forgotten by the Woke Marxists in the West.
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  18. What occupation? You have it backwards, it's they who don't want an Israeli state.
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  19. In the late 1920s The Supreme Muslim Council demanded something similar, but with a monarchy headed by the Saud family, since they had already taken by force the Hejaz, which included Mecca and Medina, from the Hashemites. We often talk about Judeo/Christian history in the region, but not about internal Arab conflict. I often think of the famous quote of T.E. Lawrence: "So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people - greedy, barbarous, and cruel, as you are. He said that more than 100 years ago. It's time for the Arab/Muslim world to internalize the Jihad. The struggle is truly within.
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  20. "Prevented"? How?
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  21. NO, it would not, and you may want to do a little reading before pursuing that plan.
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  22. They were not left alone, and the earth is not flat, and the moon landing was real
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  23. NO, Bibi is not KING, that would be false.
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  24.  @shrin210  Bibi will not survive this conflict, you are incorrect, he is not KING. Israel also has a President and Knesset. Elections can be called at anytime, unlike other countries in the region.
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  25. Hamas intended to kill children and celebrated their deaths on social media. Israel does not intend children die, and mourn their deaths as well as their own. There is no moral equivalence.
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  26.  @brina6680  40 Kilometers of Mediterranean Coastline, yes, potential paradise, but Billions of dollars have been diverted to violence and hate.
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  27.  @brina6680  Nearly 20,000 Gazans were coming into Israel each day, including October 6th. Ask yourself why Egypt would not allow that many into its border?
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  28.  @niloticnya  Decades? Almost 20,000 Gazans a day were coming into Israel before October 7th. Billions of dollars going to UNRWA to support Gaza, but instead, money used for violence. Focus on that, children dressed in military uniforms and toy guns, focus on that, throwing LGBTQ+ people off roof in Gaza City, focus on that, no elections, focus on that. The Jihad is inside, focus on that.
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  29.  @davidbarry6900  Hamas destroyed those modern green houses and desal plants, hungry, wonder why?
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  30. Land swap on West Bank still possible, I agree with most of your long read, but Israel could do the swap, there's just no willing partner. Islam wants the Temple Mount, no Jews, no Solomon's Temple, it messes with their narrative.
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  31. Israel has always been the faithful partner, the other has not. Arafat made it clear Jews cannot control the Temple Mount, it was a deal breaker in 2000/2001, and it is today. Figure that out, then get back to me
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  32. Vietcong were based in South Vietnam, Jane visited North Vietnam. She's since apologized for that trip. Walter Cronkite flipped the script, not Jane. My draft # was 108 the year after the draft officially ended.
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  33.  @muanesy9275  No, Hamas took out the cell towers controlling the fences with drones, they bragged about it with video. Why is there always someone will to say the earth is flat, the Bush family planned 9/11, or the moon landing was fake. Nonsense.
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  34.  @Daiwie44  Does that include Tel-Aviv?
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