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SpankMe

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5. If Palestinian settlers did something like this...

Reply to Prairie Gates (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2025, 10:16 AM

Aug 14

...Israel would call it Hamas-backed terrorism and it would draw a military attack. Instead: "While Israel usually prosecutes Palestinians under military law, settlers are typically charged under civil law, if they are prosecuted at all."

I get that Hamas attacked first in 2023. But that doesn't mean you throw out the rule of law. By allowing Israeli settlers to conduct terrorism against Palestinians, you create a whole new generation of disgruntled Palestinian people that will lead to more terrorism in the future. It's a cycle.

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With Arson and Land Grabs, Israeli Settler Attacks in West Bank Hit Record High [View all] Prairie Gates Aug 14 OP

I Really Think We Are Past The Point of Calling Them "Settlers" - This Is Not Little House on the Prairie DrFunkenstein Aug 14 #1

Colonists? n/t xocetaceans Aug 14 #2

YES! Bayard Aug 14 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Aug 14 #11

Little House on the Prairie involved genocide and forced resettlements. yardwork Aug 14 #4

The groups committing these atrocities are paramilitary death squads Prairie Gates Aug 14 #6

Trump's election unleashed this. yardwork Aug 14 #3

If Palestinian settlers did something like this... SpankMe Aug 14 #5

They call it terrorism if the people Bettie Aug 14 #13

Terrorism. Not exactly state sponsored, but certainly state condoned. patphil Aug 14 #7

Israel/Israelis have been doing this since the 1940's! This is not new. Grins Aug 14 #8

Link to the full article - "Such attacks were on the rise before Hamas led a deadly raid on Israel in 2023, ... cliffside Aug 14 #9

State-protected ethnic cleansing. Martin68 Aug 14 #12

It continues to go on. Disgusting! electric_blue68 Aug 14 #14