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=> another Hitchens slip...

another Hitchens slip...

Posted by pancho (Moderator) - Tuesday, May 17 2016, 20:16:52 (UTC)
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...in describing the situation in Israel/Palestine Hitchens says this is another example of religions making life, and peace, impossible....he says both sides insist the land is theirs because it says so in the bible, or Quran i.e., in a religious tract.

..I've never heard any Palestinian or Arab use any religious text as the reason they should be allowed to live in their homes and not be driven out by the USA/Israel. I HAVE heard Israelis use the biblical argument...but not Muslims...Muslims don't need to, they posses other documents, like the deeds to their property issued by civil authorities plus they have their tenure on their land for generations and centuries.

The Jews who use the biblical/religious argument seem all to be from Europe or America..in other words it is a convenient religious pretext to steal land which doesn't belong to them and never did.

...to correct Hitchens; it is only Israelis who use "silly" religious texts to justify land confiscation...not "both sides"...not Muslims.

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another Hitchens slip... pancho - Tuesday, May 17 2016, 20:16:52 (UTC)
- Re: another Hitchens slip... Rashad - 05/17 22:58

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