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enid602

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30. Contact

Reply to milestogo (Reply #25)

Sun Nov 5, 2023, 03:54 PM

Nov 2023

And yet, I wonder how many Gazans have actually been in contact with Israelis, or vice versa. It’s easier to hate and kill each other when you don’t know each other. Their peculiar living arrangements seem to preclude any sense of inclusion.

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How will Israel know when they have beaten Hamas and secured their nation? [View all] Chainfire Nov 2023 OP

Rhetorical questions with no meaningful answers. NCIndie Nov 2023 #1

Thank you for your thoughtful reply, but I contend that it is a life and death question for the people of Palestine. Chainfire Nov 2023 #5

LOL! You're looking for a fight. Pass NCIndie Nov 2023 #10

It isn't a life or death question for the people of Israel too? FBaggins Nov 2023 #32

de rec this flippant and inaccurate reply Celerity Nov 2023 #13

The emotional level of these discussions has revealed much about those involved NCIndie Nov 2023 #14

We can only know what you tell us. Chainfire Nov 2023 #17

And I told you that the OP posed a series of rhetorical questions. NCIndie Nov 2023 #21

Again you misuse 'rhetorical'. Celerity Nov 2023 #27

Doubling down on your silliness. I will leave you to it. NCIndie Nov 2023 #28

So now you turn to ad hominem. A telling sign of a weak argument. Celerity Nov 2023 #29

What was that thing Maya Angelou said? LuvLoogie Nov 2023 #19

This? NCIndie Nov 2023 #22

they meant this: Celerity Nov 2023 #34

Irrelevant, but a fantastic quote from Angelou NCIndie Nov 2023 #36

I find it very relevant when applied for this thread, and once again you resort to ad hominem, slagging off the board Celerity Nov 2023 #37

I am a native English speaker and thus can analyse your verbiage with no mind-reading needed. Celerity Nov 2023 #26

When every Palestinian in Gaza Bettie Nov 2023 #2

This. This is what they're clearly doing. onecaliberal Nov 2023 #3

+1 leftstreet Nov 2023 #4

I think that's a very reasonable thought. David__77 Nov 2023 #9

If that's the case, then why haven't they already killed a lot more people? BlueCheeseAgain Nov 2023 #11

Did you see what Netanyahu said? Bettie Nov 2023 #16

If Israel does in fact do what you claim, it will certainly be genocide. BlueCheeseAgain Nov 2023 #18

Right now, they hope to get hostages back Bettie Nov 2023 #20

You took the words outta my mouth. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2023 #12

Details Schmetails... jcmaine72 Nov 2023 #6

Beats me. Elessar Zappa Nov 2023 #7

How many hostages are there? Will we know if they are all released? Chainfire Nov 2023 #8

Has The Twelfth been mentioned? czarjak Nov 2023 #15

Simple answer: When Fatah could take over Gaza from Hamas andym Nov 2023 #23

I think it would be edhopper Nov 2023 #24

When they are up to their knees in blood. milestogo Nov 2023 #25

Contact enid602 Nov 2023 #30

The wording of your question implies more than you realize FBaggins Nov 2023 #31

While generally true, a war can be also won when the enemy are all killed or displaced as well as by surrender. Chainfire Nov 2023 #33

They won't know. roamer65 Nov 2023 #35