Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested
Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested
Why do they call it arrested and not kidnapped? What's the difference in these cases?
taken hostage
He was arrested in the same way ICE arrested Mahmoud Khalil.
Very good point. I mean they're going to incriminate him for terrorism and/or association with Hamas for sure anyway
When Israel does it they use the nice words.
Only IDF terrorists can be kidnapped, from a tank for example
A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal
There isn't a better way to describe this. This is a straight-up lynching. The only thing being left out is him being publicly executed. Knowing the govt, this is a very real possibility.
Technically, in a lynching a mob kidnaps a suspect from police custody—this was more of a reverse lynching. (Same ultimate intent, though.)
At this point, I think the only path to “peace” is a 2 state solution based on 1967 borders and settlers get one hour to decide whether they want to get on the last bus back to Israel or stay in Palestine and see how it feels when the turntables have turned exactly one π radians.
Israel wants to expand to become a "Greater Israel" reaching form the Nile to Anatolia and including half of the Arabian peninsula all the way until the Persian golf.
Israels long term vision is to annihilate Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran and the Gulf States and defeat Turkey militarily.
A two state solution in the 1967 borders would only be possible, if Israel is militarily contained by a permanent military force inside a buffer zone inside its borders and strict control of weapons, industry and technology being allowed in.
Appeasement against an expansionist settler colonial fascist nation does not work. Appeasing Nazi Germany has failed and they kept expanding until the world united to defeat them.
Why does Israel want to push the Palestinians into Sinai? First to annex Gaza. But they know there will be resistance forming in Sinai. Then they get to "defend themselves" by annexing Sinai. The same game is played towards Lebanon and Syria.
By shrugging at Israels invasion of Syria, the EU countries have moved another step on a devastating path for Europe. Israel will push for war with Syria and Lebanon. They will push for dozens of millions of Arab refugees to destabilize Turkey and they will push for the influx of Refugees to Europe to give a final rise to Fascist governments in the EU, which then will help them to exterminate the Arabs in a Genocide that will dwarf the Holocaust.
Unless the EU gets itself together now and removes every and all support for Israel and imposes a total arms and economic blockade, Israel will set West Asia ablaze in a way that the fire will also consume Europe.
The only path for peace, is Israel being cut from the world, no more money, no more political protection, no more economical relation then a one state solution should be imposed and people responsible from atrocities against civilians from both side being punished
I think there can be 2 states as long as certain people get thier comeuppance. Israel can and should exist. Palestine can and should exist. But if far right religious fanatics are open hand slapped in the face for global television audiences, peace is achievable. Some people need to be slapped before lasting peace is possible.
No one likes Hamas. No one likes Likud and friends. But a solid, televised open hand slap would unite the world.
