Jerusalem? Big deal? Stumbling block to world peace?

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Post by Animavore » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:15 am

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Re: Jerusalem? Big deal? Stumbling block to world peace?

Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Dec 09, 2017 4:58 pm

It's like throwing grit at a deranged Elephant. I thought Hamas would have learned that lesson by now.
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Re: Jerusalem? Big deal? Stumbling block to world peace?

Post by Strontium Dog » Sat Dec 09, 2017 6:29 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:It's like throwing grit at a deranged Elephant. I thought Hamas would have learned that lesson by now.
Of course they've learned that lesson. They do it precisely to get a reaction. They must be running low on funds and need a bit of Western charity to get them through.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Dec 09, 2017 8:43 pm

I guess they're always going to come up short in that respect, at least in comparrison to Israel's US taxpayer handouts.
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Re: Jerusalem? Big deal? Stumbling block to world peace?

Post by Forty Two » Thu Dec 14, 2017 4:15 pm

Animavore wrote:And so it begins...

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Did they launch rockets at Israel from the Gaza strip?
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