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I think Bengali and Japanese would be more appropriate than Italian and Indonesian. Not only are they spoken by more people but also in terms of intellectual heft in literature and art.

The word now has become taboo, but fundamentally, it is what nationhood is. Incompatible people living apart. Whether it is "Two-State solution", "Two-Nation theory", dissolution of USSR, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Pakistan (1971), they all represent separate nations for different peoples.

Pretty impressive, purely as an engineering accomplishment.

I think racism is a milder problem in the Middle East compared to intense religious hatreds. Minor irritants pale into insignificance compared to primal desire to exterminate the other based on religious difference.

Don't say such things. It whips up needless controversy and fills tens of pages of angst.

Unfortunately, Ghazi Hamad, Hamas's official spokesman doesn't believe in such niceties. He is very firm and clear in what Hamas wants. What he says matters more to Israel than what someone in U.S. thinks about Hamas' goal. I have posted video of him speaking in Arabic earlier, if you can...

There is no peace or two state solution because Hamas doesn't believe in such a charade. They want a pure Palestine from sea to the river without the filthy Jews to contaminate their sacred land. The only way Israel will get peace with Hamas is by exile or suicide. This is according to Hamas.

What is this logic? How does wealth and richness come into threat perception? Do you even see a connection? Wealthy and rich are either minding their business or supporting Israel in one form or another. It is the not so wealthy or the poor that are shouting with impotent rage asking the wealthy...

They have had 1400 deaths. They have come to their senses. They have felt the pain. They just don't want to feel it again and again.

Can someone paraphrase his explanation?

Pakistan should simply say, 'Heck with your assistance', we will sleep tight with China.

Who should Israel trust? The Hamas spokesman giving interviews on TV in Arabic or you sitting 6000 miles away and posting anonymously on a comment board in English?

Capitalism. Truest religion of all times. There are no hypocrites in that religion. Example: Loudest voices critical of the war are all comfortably seated in the warm confines of their homes in the West. Those living in Arab and other countries are busy going on with their life.

It is a stated goal of Hamas to destroy Israel. Israel has never stated it wants to destroy Palestinians. Hamas started this war with a genocide, but its supporters are crying hoarse that Israel is committing a genocide while it is trying to prevent a genocide of Israelis, albeit not with an...

Since Hamas is not a typical 'national army', what other tactic can Israel use besides agreeing to commit national suicide? It is a tragedy that only one of the two can live: either Hamas or Israel. Both agree they can't live together. Who will decide who will live and who will die?

Since you seem to be a Prophet, will that be before, on or after November 5, 2024? Mrs. Harris is interested.

A slight reflection will prove this is incorrect.

They do not know every nook and cranny where the resistance is hiding. That is why they are bombing every nook and cranny to destroy the resistance. It is called Monte Carlo tactic.

I am afraid I don't understand what you wrote, the OP tried to portray Muslims as peaceful people not prone to committing genocide. That is obviously not true. As for 'covering it up', yes, it is an offence today in Turkey to acknowledge Armenian genocide. I think Pakistan too does not...

You should not ask that question. No religion of Middle East has pure hands. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_genocide