I don't know him closely and looked up his Bio:George Mitchell named special envoy for the Middle East,
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/obama.mitchell/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
good choice.....
:lol: Nice trap! But sure, I would swim back to Germany. Problem is, would they take me back? I'm no longer a citizen = no rights; would have to beg for asylum!:roll:Well Loon, here is the hypocrisy in that statement.
You stand as a European on Native Land. This land was taken from Native North Americans by Europeans through the unlawful use of force.
And while you yourself did nothing, nor did the Israeli citizens. In your case, the fighting was done even by the ancestors of others, you just immigrated here. So too is the case with more Israelis.
So If a native told you to abandon your house right now and leave , and all your children and their children had to leave Canada too? Would you? And if you didn't would they be right to shoot rockets at your house and try and kill your family?
I'm glad to hear that from you, Gopher. He seems like a decent man. I wish him lots of luck with his job.Mitchell: very well qualified for the job.
:lol: Nice trap! But sure, I would swim back to Germany. Problem is, would they take me back? I'm no longer a citizen = no rights; would have to beg for asylum!:roll:
As for the Natives having the right to shoot and kill me... hm... in a way, yes, if we hadn't made peace and signed certain agreements. I would try to negotiate with them and propose to take one of their many cottages on Lake Huron, and they can have my house here in town. :lol:
Zzarkov, aren't you comparing apples with onions? It is not the Palestinians (Natives) who drive the Jews (Europeans) off the land, it's the other way around.
The Jews are in the process of taking the Land away from the Natives to this day! All agreements worked out over the years always failed, because of Israelis not wanting to give back the land unlawfully taken from the Natives.
You and MHz have discussed these issues in the meantime, and eao, and ein Mensch are much more knowledgeable than I could ever be on these topics.
(I've been stuck for the last 2 hours on a site about the Russian Oligarchs - am tired now.)In case anyone is interested, here is the link:
Creative Commons Search
2nd page under this heading:
Russland: Personen (Postsowjetische Oligarchen)
Sorry, I see it is in German. Ein Mensch might be interested?
Anyway, Zzarchov, all I wanted to find out was, when did the first Europeans come over here and started to drive the Natives off their land? Was it 1600 something?
Long time ago. We were then like the Israelis are now.
Uh huh, its a good thing they also have a birth rate and a growing population, not the least in thanks to their growing Arab Muslim population with its statistically higher birthrate. Who by the way, are also proud Israelis and are quite happy with their time in the military.[/quote]
Yes Zz-And the Israeli Minister of Education stated that Arab, Bedouine schools didn't need washrooms because they wouldn't know how to use them.
Nowadays Assad Ghanem scoffs at being called an Arab citizen of Israel. "We are not full citizens, this country is only for the Jews," he told IPS. He has become markedly more disillusioned about the situation over the last couple of years. "The way the police killed our people in 2000 shows that we don't count, we don't even have the possibility to demand our rights."
Businesses in the Arab villages close to the border with Lebanon will get less compensation simply because they are Arab.”
The Arabs of Israel are people to be pitied. They are second-class citizens. They have split loyalties. They suffer all kinds of slights. Some of this may be correct, although I didn't see much of this when I lived in Jaffa eight years ago.
The educational system has given a low priority to teacher training for the Arab school system and provides less "in-service" training to Palestinian Arab teachers already within the system than is routine within the majority system. Palestinian Arab teachers on average have lower qualifications and receive lower salaries than non-Palestinian Arab teachers. Financial incentives for teachers assigned in particularly deprived areas like parts of the Negev are lower than those made available to teachers in Jewish schools identified as hardship postings. Training in special education for teachers in the Arab school system has been largely insufficient.
On June 2, 2004 a report was published by The Musawa Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel. The report paints a grim picture, documenting numerous cases of racism against Israeli Arabs in the past four years. Among other examples, the report cites 16 incidents where Arabs have been killed since the October 2000 riots, where 12 Israeli Arabs died.
The rise in the Bedouin recruitment rate is attributed to Bedouin's difficulty in finding well-paid jobs outside the military and problems with the local authorities. The IDF has also improved its treatment of Bedouin army veterans and is helping them find employment.
Israeli Arabs are treated like dirt but they LOVE to fight for Israel. Zz-give us some sources for your claim.
Uh huh. You're logic seems to be that Minorities feel excluded therefore the society is aparatheid. Up until a few days ago, America was much the same. Canada still is, let alone France, Britain or any European country.
No matter how you shake it the facts dispute you.