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1st March 2024, 10:48 PM
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Can anyone explain why the Isreali intellegence services did not take action against Hamas before the October 7th attacks on Israeli citizens?
They are credited as having the finest intelligence network in the world. They knew Hamas had a tunnel network to attack Israeli targets. Why was action not taken?
Netanyahu turned a blind eye , he wanted Hamas to attack Israelis.
He needed a war as he was politically weak, he is trying to keep himself out of court because of corruption charges.
This week an Israeli journalists or a government spokesman replied that they have enough support in the USA(Jewish money) so what Joe Biden says carries no influence with the jewish state concerning the war in Gaza.
Netanyahu’s government – the most right-wing in the country’s history. It includes ultranationalist and ultraorthodox Jewish parties.
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2nd March 2024, 01:20 AM
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Re: Iran
The ones calling others infidels were themselves the infidels in the Middle Ages.
#129 Maybe because the Jewish nation goes back in history to the 13 ? Tribes of Judea , and 13 is an unlucky number.? Much was made in early Christianity that the death of JC was due to his own people the Jews themselves so much of the early mistrust of Jews can be put down to the Vatican. The Jews have carried that miscarriage of justice to the present day. For anyone who studies theology would be able to give a more truthful account of events. Both the Bible and the Koran contain the same names of past prophets and disciples
But with different aims in life. You either believe one or the other , or in some cases neither.
JS..
In a previous post about freemasonry tried to give a very broad outline of such to dispel the myths made about such. We have ******s in lodges as a lodge is defined as not being an entity to one religion. It just meant that the member took any obligations on his own Holy Book. To my mind immigrants to a country should not be allowed in if they are going to live in groups apart from the general practices of the country and they want to continue with and should return to their own country’s to practice such as they want to do.
It should be a condition of permanent entry. JS…..
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2nd March 2024, 02:41 AM
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Re: Iran
Francis.
That is one of the problems, everyone thinks it is between the Arabs and Jews. If you read history this hatred thing goes back centuries, there were Programs against Jews in Russia way back when, the royal family was in charge, and long before Marx had published his Communist manifesto, the middle ages in Britain had attacks against Jews. A few years ago I watched a program on TV about the interviews with German prison camp guard's the interviewer asked one ex guard why he ad hated the Jewish People so much, he said, " I was a worker on one of their farms before the war they where slave drivers", only thought about themselves and their Jewish friends."
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2nd March 2024, 05:36 AM
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The Bible mentions Jesu many times.
In the Quran Mohamad is mentioned once Jesu man, many times.
The Jewish/Arab conflict goes back so far no one really knows where it began or why.
But the current conflict is one pursued by one man who has some hatred of the Palestine people no one understands.
If the news is correct he is now losing faith with his own people, but as James correctly states why did Israel not know an attack was coming.
In my opinion they did know but did a Nelson because it suited their aims.
However, why would you even consider firing at a crowd as a warning shot when all they were doing was looking for food.


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3rd March 2024, 12:20 AM
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John.
Biden is now going to follow Jordan by dropping supplies by air to the as he put it poor Palestinians, why then did he order his rep at the UN to vote against a cease fire around 10 times?
Hamas has said that the Israeli bombing has killed 8 more hostages, won't be any of the poor sods left to save shortly.
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3rd March 2024, 12:40 AM
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Des I would be surprised if there are any left alive!!!! Should have mentioned Saint Davids day yesterday.
“Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus”.
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3rd March 2024, 12:49 AM
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Got n e-mail from a mate who lived in the same village and went to school with, he was 90 on the day two years younger than me. Now lives in Queensland, millionaire; as he invented the tap that runs when one puts their hands under it, got a gold medal in Geneva.
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