Thousands in Gaza protest against worsening living conditions

nicko wrote:Palestine leaders such as ABBAS enjoy a good life funded by lefty snowflakes, while the people believe that Israel is the cause of their problems because they are told that by Hamas !

Original Quill wrote:

nicko wrote:Palestine leaders such as ABBAS enjoy a good life funded by lefty snowflakes, while the people believe that Israel is the cause of their problems because they are told that by Hamas !

Well, Israel makes it hard for them not to conclude it (Israel) is the cause, when it keeps stealing their land.  Netanyahu vouches for it.

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Well, Israel makes it hard for them not to conclude it (Israel) is the cause, when it keeps stealing their land.  Netanyahu vouches for it.

Really, based on what evidence?

RT wrote:No Palestinian state if I remain PM – Israel’s Netanyahu on election eve
Published time: 16 Mar, 2015

Benjamin Netanyahu said as long as he remains Israel’s prime minister he won’t allow the creation of a Palestinian state. The words came a day before the parliamentary election, in which the polls predict victory to rivals of Netanyahu’s Likud party.
In his interview with NRG news website, the prime minister was asked whether no Palestinian state would emerge if he remains Israel’s leader.

“Indeed,” replied Netanyahu, who has led the Israeli government since March 2009.

The answer contradicted his previous statements on the issue, as the PM backed the creation of a demilitarized Palestinian state as part of a permanent peace deal in his famous “Bar Ilan speech” shortly after being elected.

Among Netanyahu’s main competitors in the Tuesday’s vote is the Zionist Union – led by Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni, who have initially agreed to run the government for two years each, should they win.

However, the Zionist Union announced on Monday that Livni has agreed to give up on the power sharing deal to increase the party’s chances against Likud.

According to Haaretz, she told Herzog that the rotation will not become a hurdle in the coalition talks and said that the most important thing is removing Netanyahu from office.

They have criticized Netanyahu for Israel's cooling relations with the US and Europe. It comes after failed peace talks with the Palestinians and the PM's opposition to talks on resolving Iran's nuclear status.

Netanyahu's Likud party is struggling for more seats in parliament, as the party is currently falling behind the Zionist Union. The PM switched from words to last-minute actions, offering the finance minister position to yet another rival, Kulanu party leader Moshe Kahlon.

READ MORE: Palestinian Authority arrests dozens of militant Islamists ahead of Israeli election

In an interview with Israel Radio, Netanyahu said he could work together with Kahlon to decrease real estate prices, just as Kahlon did with cellular prices when he was communications minister for Likud. He then admitted that he cannot form a government without Kahlon.

Kahlon has dismissed the offer, saying “there was no doubt such spin would come” 48 hours before the elections.

On Sunday, Netanyahu attended a rally in support of right-wing parties at Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, where he warned Israelis about the threat of a leftist victory.

“There is a danger that a left-wing government will come into power, despite the fact that most of the public wants me as prime minister," Netanyahu said.

A general view shows part of Rabin Square during a right-wing rally in Tel Aviv March 15, 2015 (Reuters / Amir Cohen)

But according to the law, a government can be formed only if a party gets more than 60 of the 120 total seats. However, no party has ever managed to gain such wide support alone. The final victory has always depended on a party's ability to find allies and form coalitions.

Thus, Kahlon and his Kulanu party could be a deciding factor for Netanyahu and Likud. This scenario would be the fourth time that Netanyahu has formed the government.

However, Kahlon has so far been silent about his preferences. It is expected that Kahlon’s own Kulanu party – which is focused on social and economic issues, ignoring politics and national security – will gain eight to 12 seats. However, Kahlon could shift the balance if he chooses to support one of Likud's main rivals.

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Recent polls predict the Zionist Union will get between 24-26 mandates in the future Knesset, while Netanyahu’s Likud should expect a somewhat fewer – 21-22 seats.

This is when it would be up to Kahlon's party to decide who to support and lead to the top position – either Likud or the Zionist Union.

Netanyahu’s Likud could also be supported by several smaller parties. Political analysts predict he may be joined by the Jewish Home party, Yisrael Beiteinu, United Torah Judaism, and/or Shas. But even with support from all of those parties, analysts say Likud would gain 56 seats maximum.

Meanwhile, the Zionist Union may agree to a coalition with United Arab List, Meretz and Yesh Atid – which, like Kulanu, is focused on social and economic support of the secular middle class.

Israelis shout slogans as they take part in a right-wing rally in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square March 15, 2015 (Reuters / Amir Cohen)

If she wins the election on March 17, Zionist Union's Tzipi Livni has pledged to re-build Israel’s relations with its Western allies, which have been ruined by what she describes as Netanyahu’s “hawkish” politics.

“Netanyahu pushed the entire world away from Israel,” she told the media.

At the same time, Netanyahu has accused “Western governments” of spending “tens of millions of dollars” to topple him and support his opposition.

While Netanyahu still hopes to stay in power, recent polls revealed by the Jerusalem Post say 72 percent of those surveyed want changes. However, 12 percent have still not decided who to support.

Netanyahu has been losing popularity recently, mostly due to his domestic policies, though external issues – such as the situation surrounding Iran's nuclear program – have also been blamed for his slipping approval rating.

Last Saturday, tens of thousands of people rallied against the PM and his government in Tel Aviv, carrying banners reading 'Israel Wants Change’. Demonstrators called for a peace agreement with the Palestinians and expressed their dissatisfaction with Netanyahu's domestic policy. Organizers estimated the total number of protesters at 50,000 people, while police figures were more modest. The rally was not officially endorsed by any political party, but media reports said that most of the participants were from leftist and centrist parties.

Israel's president gives an order to form a new government within a week after the elections, after the results are published. The responsible deputy has 42 days to do this. If he fails, the president replaces him, and that person will have 28 days to complete the task. If a third candidate is appointed, he or she will have an even shorter deadline of two weeks. If all attempts to form a government fail, the country will hold new elections.
https://www.rt.com/news/240985-netanyahu-israeli-election-standings/

Original Quill wrote:It's temporary.  It will all be undone when Trump is impeached.

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:It's temporary.  It will all be undone when Trump is impeached.

Change the record you boring twat and actually answer the points at hand

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:

Change the record you boring twat and actually answer the points at hand

War mongering.  You like killing babies?  You are good at it..

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:

Change the record you boring twat and actually answer the points at hand

War mongering.  You like killing babies?  You are good at it..

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:It's temporary.  It will all be undone when Trump is impeached.

Change the record you boring twat and actually answer the points at hand

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:

Change the record you boring twat and actually answer the points at hand

You deserve to have the shit slapped out of you, but of course that would be the last of what brains you ever had.  But, I don't engage in violence...I just empty the trash.

Back to the point: you remind me of those who reject climate change, yet see evidence of it all around and say, hmm...that's interesting.

With the Palestinian situation, you are always posting threads--hmmm...that's interesting--yet you never seem to realize you're in a 1000-year war.  Nobody wants to end it, least of all from the US and Israel's side, yet they are all cluck, cluck when anything happens.  The definition of inertia is: in the absence of any influence to change, what is, is what will be.

Now, go have another drink.

smelly-bandit wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

War mongering.  You like killing babies?  You are good at it..

Only Palestinian babies

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

You deserve to have the shit slapped out of you, but of course that would be the last of what brains you ever had.  But, I don't engage in violence...I just empty the trash.

Back to the point: you remind me of those who reject climate change, yet see evidence of it all around and say, hmm...that's interesting.

With the Palestinian situation, you are always posting threads--hmmm...that's interesting--yet you never seem to realize you're in a 1000-year war.  Nobody wants to end it, least of all from the US and Israel's side, yet they are all cluck, cluck when anything happens.  The definition of inertia is: in the absence of any influence to change, what is, is what will be.

Now, go have another drink.

1) What by a wetfuck like you? Please, you would piss your pants, you pathetic snowflake. Best you dont engage, as you would be having your food drank through a straw for the rest of your days, dummy  

Didge wrote:2) More misdirection, nothing on the points I made

Didge wrote:4) Now crawl away you pathetic little weasel

Original Quill wrote:
You're a fookin' pussy.
You...points??
Another of your points?  The whiskey is on the second shelf, on the left.

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:
You're a fookin' pussy.
You...points??
Another of your points?  The whiskey is on the second shelf, on the left.

Ah Quiver the little wetwipe, trying to act hard

One moment



Try again Quiver

Israel provides and allows hundreds of thousand of Gazan, to have access to their hospitals, whilst Hamas spends its money on weapons to attack Israel.
It builds no bomb shelters for its people and does nothing for their economy.
Israel sends in thousands of aid everyday and why left wing idiots like you have not a clue what you are talking about. As again you excuse the problem, the terrorists Hamas.

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:


Ah Quiver the little wetwipe, trying to act hard

One moment



Try again Quiver

Israel provides and allows hundreds of thousand of Gazan, to have access to their hospitals, whilst Hamas spends its money on weapons to attack Israel.
It builds no bomb shelters for its people and does nothing for their economy.
Israel sends in thousands of aid everyday and why left wing idiots like you have not a clue what you are talking about. As again you excuse the problem, the terrorists Hamas.

Ho-hum.  And southerners fed the slaves.

It doesn't stop the 1000-year war, does it?

Didge wrote:So basically you are still a retard and a terrorist supporter in Hamas

Not once have you condemned the harm and problems that Hamas does to Gaza

That says it all

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:So basically you are still a retard and a terrorist supporter in Hamas

Not once have you condemned the harm and problems that Hamas does to Gaza

That says it all

That's all ya got?  What was all this talk about your points?

Original Quill wrote:

smelly-bandit wrote:

Only Palestinian babies

Bet you had a good time in South Africa under Apartheid, Russ.  Anyone from the International Criminal Court ever investigated you?

Someone should drop 'em a note.

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

That's all ya got?  What was all this talk about your points?

So still being a retard and not even denouncing you support Hamas

We always knew you supported terrorism

smelly-bandit wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Bet you had a good time in South Africa under Apartheid, Russ.  Anyone from the International Criminal Court ever investigated you?

Someone should drop 'em a note.

TRC baby

Original Quill wrote:

smelly-bandit wrote:

TRC baby

What is that, The Roman Cops?  I hope someone from the Rome Accord (International Criminal Court) is looking into you!

smelly-bandit wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

What is that, The Roman Cops?  I hope someone from the Rome Accord (International Criminal Court) is looking into you!

Truth and reconciliation commission Quill

You really should do some research on a topic you insist on  gobbing off on.

The TRC cleared all the naughty boys of the apartheid era

No crimes left to answer silly Quill