Nice move by the Syrian regime to deflect attention from their own problems closer to home
So the Syrian government orders the Israelis to shoot unarmed civilians and the Israeli government complies ?
That's crazy Nora - I never knew that.........who told you ?
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So the Syrian government orders the Israelis to shoot unarmed civilians and the Israeli government complies ?
Anyone who's ever spent any time in Syria (obviously not you Ernie, because you have the ring of an armchair critic) will know that you can't just walk upto the border. The town of Quneitra is guarded by the police and can only be visited by arranging it in advance ( or paying some baksheesh), normal Syrian citizens can't visit the border at all. For 400 people to wonder through must have involved some cooperation with the government. The area is also mined, so the government must have told the protestors where to walk.
Settling occupied land is a direct violation of International law
Blah blah international law. International law is a load of old cobblers, which just recognizes the status quo. All the land in the world has been appropriated by force at some point and by multiple parties. Is England's "occupation" of Scotland illegal under international law?
Secondly as we are so keen on international law, was Syria not breaching international law in 1948, 1967 and 1973 when it tried to occupy Israel by invading its sovereign territory (as recognized by the above aforementioned international law) or have you forgotten about that little incident.
The international law arguments are as tiresomely boring as the idiots with the biblical claims.
Syria used the strategic advantage or the golan heights again and again to attack Israel, from constant small arms harassment of farmers on the kineret to a full blown invasion in 1967 (And again in 1973). So Israel smacked Assad's bum and annexed it. Whatever. Fair is fair.
Ernie, to my cynical eye the Syrians got the reaction they were hoping for and the Isreali soldiers duly obliged. Though just watching it on the news the firing of live rounds was a bit OTT it seems.
Blah blah international law. International law is a load of old cobblers, which just recognizes the status quo. All the land in the world has been appropriated by force at some point and by multiple parties. Is England's "occupation" of Scotland illegal under international law?
That's odd as I thought the 1707 act of union ratified by both the Scottish and English parliaments making it legal.
The point being and something you have "left out" that Israel is the still grabbing land from the Palestinian territories.
For 400 people to wonder through must have involved some cooperation with the government.
Yes but you didn't start this thread because 400 people wandered up to the border. You started this thread because the Israelis killed some Palestinians, that after all the the main issue behind this news story.
So if it's all just a clever ploy by the Syrian government to turn the world's attention away from their domestic problems - how the **** did they manage to get the Israelis to shoot unarmed civilians ? Had the Israelis not shot at unarmed civilians their cunning plan would have failed - are the Israelis trying to help the Syrian government ?
And how exactly do you think all this somehow helps the Syrian government ? They are trying to put down a rebellion - they couldn't give a toss what you or I think. If the world's eyes are turned towards Israel is the rebellion in Syria suddenly going to magically "disappear" ?
The Syrian government has far serious things to worry about than to dream up some convoluted plan concerning what headlines dominate tomorrow's front page of the Telegraph. You need to think things through before coming out with any old nonsense to try to justify Israel's acts of barbarism.
Blah blah international law. International law is a load of old cobblers
Spoken in the manner of a true despot.
The point being and something you have "left out" that Israel is the still grabbing land from the Palestinian territories.
This is to do with the golan heights and nothing to do with the Palestinian territories.
Blah blah international law. International law is a load of old cobblers, which just recognizes the status quo.
You a lawyer or a scholar hard to tell which?
All the land in the world has been appropriated by force at some point and by multiple parties. Is England's "occupation" of Scotland illegal under international law?
they dont occupy it and it was a Union 😯
Secondly as we are so keen on international law, was Syria not breaching international law in 1973 when it tried to occupy Israel by invading its sovereign territory (as recognized by the above aforementioned international law) or have you forgotten about that little incident.
The war began when the coalition launched a joint surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, which coincided with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Egyptian and Syrian forces crossed ceasefire lines to enter the Israeli-held Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights respectively, which had been captured and occupied since the 1967 Six-Day War.
They invaded the Golan heights which was still their territory and today is still not recognised as israeli territory under said law.
Do you think D - Day was wrong under International law?
Do you have to put effort in to being this wrong or does it come naturally?
ah naturally I see
This is to do with the golan heights and nothing to do with the Palestinian territories.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_West_Bank_barrier
if you keep typing you are bound to say something that is correct
Good luck
Joe I think you have now made it abundantly clear that this comment in your OP :
Joe - MemberSurely they must be the winners for this years darwin awards? They even managed to set off an anti tank mine while they were at their silly folly.
Has absolutely nothing to do with "darwin awards" or "silly folly". You are without any doubt pro-Israeli and anti-Palestinian, so whatever action the Palestinian people took to protest against Israeli actions, you would have opposed it. Your OP was a smoke screen.......I'm glad we've cleared that up 8)
This is to do with the golan heights and nothing to do with the Palestinian territories.
Of course not. Accuse other countries surrounding Israel of "land grabbing" by all means but don't turn a blind eye to the Israelis doing the same.
Joe - Member
...All the land in the world has been appropriated by force at some point and by multiple parties. Is England's "occupation" of Scotland illegal under international law?..
Not only did England not occupy Scotland, but it was a Scottish king who took over the English crown and ruled England.
We did not accept that the Germans had a right to occupy France and a few other European countries, so why should we accept that Israel has a right to occupy Palestinian land?
Save the world nuke each other out. Problem solved. 😆
This isn't a metaphor for gardens, is it?
We did not accept that the Germans had a right to occupy France and a few other European countries, so why should we accept that Israel has a right to occupy Palestinian land?
this absolutely sums it up for me...
I often wish that some of the warmongering nazi types would just try and imagine themselves in this situation before spouting off about how Palestine and other places such as Afganistan deserve everything they get..
I'm a staunch pascifist but if I had an occupying force in my backyard I'm pretty sure that even I would have to consider taking up arms when the shit hit the fan..
Hooray for us and hooray for democracy
LOL @ konabunny
Is England's "occupation" of Scotland illegal under international law
It wasn't occupied. Scotland went broke and there was a merger where England took on their debts.
So, yes, perfectly legal. Lucky Scotland had some oil. It would have been a crap deal otherwise.