It will not go away.

[sinkov]

There is no peace coming to the Middle East BT, not in my lifetime, not in your lifetime, not in our children's lifetime. While the destruction of the state of Israel and the elimination of all Jews remains the stated aim of so many Islamist states and terrorist organisations, Israel faces a battle for it's survival. Israel realises this fact and acts accordingly, as indeed it would be very foolish not to.

In the meantime, @OfficialPaliPro and their ilk, such as your good self mon ami, howl at the moon. Keep on howling.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

There is no peace coming to the Middle East BT, not in my lifetime, not in your lifetime, not in our children's lifetime. While the destruction of the state of Israel and the elimination of all Jews remains the stated aim of so many Islamist states and terrorist organisations, Israel faces a battle for it's survival. Israel realises this fact and acts accordingly, as indeed it would be very foolish not to.

In the meantime, @OfficialPaliPro and their ilk, such as your good self mon ami, howl at the moon. Keep on howling.

Israel wants the best of both worlds mon ami, it wants to operate an apartheid state and reap the benefits of tourism and the protection of the US political and military umbrella.

Life does not work out like that.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Fifth column?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...?ocid=msedgntp

[sinkov]

it wants to operate an apartheid state

Howl away mon ami, I think there's a full moon soon.

[sinkov]

Fifth column?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...?ocid=msedgntp

I saw that Ian Dale piece last week BT, normally I quite like Dale and often find myself in agreement with him, but in this case he seems to have gone completely bananas. He states quite simply Russia is our enemy. Is it ? In what respect is Russia our enemy ? Does Russia threaten to invade us, does it flood us with thousands of illegal immigrants every year as France does, does it threaten to turn off the electricity supply to the Channel Islands as France has, does it try to destroy our fishing industry as France does, does it play silly buggers with the NI Ireland protocol as France does, does it cause delays at Channel ports through deliberately obstructive bureaucracy, as France does, does Russia actively seek to destroy our financial services industry as France does ?

If Dale thinks Russia is our enemy, then WTF is France ?

I'm with Jezza and Diane on this, they are right, and Dale is talking out of his arse.

[wanderlust]

Curious where is here then?

That'll be England Balam.

[wanderlust]

Israel wants the best of both worlds mon ami, it wants to operate an apartheid state and reap the benefits of tourism and the protection of the US political and military umbrella.

Life does not work out like that.

Apparently it does - look at Israel for example.

[sinkov]

Apparently it does - look at Israel for example.

I think BT's premise is correct, you cannot have all three, and as Israel reaps massive benefits from tourism and protection from the US, spot the odd one out.

[Supersub6]

Come on sinkov, you have to admit that Russia has weapons of Mass Destruction, surely that is enough reason for us to invade Russia ---or does it not work like that? Political agendas take a lot of understanding ----I gave up trying year ago!

[wanderlust]

I think BT's premise is correct, you cannot have all three, and as Israel reaps massive benefits from tourism and protection from the US, spot the odd one out.

The US sends Israel over $3 billion per annum of military and economic aid on top of diplomatic support precisely to maintain the status quo - it is the will of America to keep a foothold in the area. Supplement that with a vibrant tourist industry and Israel has the military might and finances to do exactly what they are doing for pretty much as long as they want to.
So yes, you can have all three - in fact they are mutually dependent in this scenario.