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The Obama administration cut off funding for the U.N. cultural agency on Monday, after its member countries defied an American warning and approved a Palestinian bid for full membership.

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Hi oldhippy, and welcome to the forum.

Thanks to everyone who gave me feedback on this. After reading what you guys said, I've decided that in the best interests of having a forum that isn't the empty and neglected thing that no-one...

Israel didn't release 1000 terrorists. It released over 1000 prisoners, and they ranged from people who had never participated in any terrorist act, to some who did. Labelling them all terrorists is...

All 'negotiations' are for Israel and the US is a way of keeping the status-quo going so Israel can continue to create facts on the ground. They both like it that way, and if there's the slightest...

No, it's not just you, bb. I've heard the same complaints for a long time and it's moving to vbulletin that made me wonder about whether it'd be a good idea or not to set up a sub-forum like that. As...

I haven't really thought out the details yet, and I'm not even sure it's a good idea, because I'm not keen on blocking access for specific members to any part of the site. It'd definately not be a...

I think Shakti gets pretty busy with real life stuff and he doesn't leave you hanging on purpose. I wish he posted there more frequently because even though I disagree with him most of the time, he's...

There would be a difference if the drafters of Article 49 had meant it to be understood in such a narrow way, but they didn't. Here's what they had to say in the commentary that accompanies Article...

Yr going to have to give me an example where that's done on that site. I just read the article that was linked to several times and it's not in there. Towards the end of the article it says:...

Welcome back, Roger! It's really good to see you back here and posting again :)

I've had feedback from a few members that they're not comfortable posting in an environment where there's 'supporters' of Israel posting stuff they strongly disagree with. My stance has been that a...

The Israeli government encourages them to move to the West Bank, and provides all the required infrastructure for them to remain there. That's what's meant when the Geneva Convention talks about...

Not true at all. If any moderator at this forum used antisemitism to back their POV, they'd not only lose their role as a mod, but they'd no longer be welcome at this forum. If they use links I...

It speaks of transferring parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, and that's exactly what Israel does. It does not state that the transfer has to be forcible, as the...

The senior echelons of the Palestine Liberation Organisation are expected to meet in the coming days to discuss a proposal to declare Mr Blair persona non grata, officials said.

Predicting...

Urgh, exams. One of the two reasons I became a uni dropout! Have fun grading the exams and hope to see you posting real soon...

The section of Article 4 that's relevant to the Israeli settlers in the West Bank is: 'The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it...

Alternative thread title - Watch me brag about my superior yet rather retro taste in music...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjNjJR9jUGo

One of my fave songs. Ignore the boring Chris Cornell...

What Richard said. Also, I'm going to be playing around with a few functions vbulletin has that the old forum didn't have, so if anyone sees anything new that they really like or really hate, let us...

Well, the US is very good at tut-tutting and sometimes even making out it's going to get tough with Israel, and then backing right away from it and turning a blind eye, or in some cases showing they...

Hey, Whodey! It's good to see you posting again!

Great post. Up till now I've always seen Abbas as a wimpy type who was far too amenable to Israel's ridiculous attitude that Abbas must work for...

DECLARING ''enough, enough, enough'', Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has starred in a day of diplomatic drama at the United Nations, as his quest for international recognition of Palestine sparked...

Hi Keith. I've got a bit of a problem with that sentence for what should be obvious reasons. It promotes an untrue image of Jews being powerful and manipulative and seeing themselves as outsiders and...

I think back before I joined this forum, Richard did have it set so 'guests' could post, and he turned it off. The problem with allowing 'guests' to post what's on their mind, is what's on a lot of...