Netanyahu not attending Mandela funeral.

[JRP1994]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/9/israeli-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-backs-out-nelson-man/

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is backing out of attending Nelson Mandela's funeral.

[Zanas]

Not very surprising from an all-out supporter of apartheid...

[NewYorkExpress]

I'll contest that Netanyahu specifically, supports Apartheid... but it really doesn't suprise me that he's not going to be at Mandela's funeral... he's got a lot on his mind (possible strikes on Iran, upcoming elections).

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Of course he isn't

[Horus]

I can't stand Netanyahu, and yes he supports apartheid, but I didn't know he was going in the first place nor did I know this was an issue at all, so my opinion of him is no worse.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

That's probably for the better.

[Platypus]

I've been watching the whole thing, from when it was meant to start through to the compere interrupting the President of India mid-sentence to tell off a group in the crowd.

I don't know if it's OK to be appalled at the whole farcical thing, or if I'm meant to just go with the flow of this being culturally the norm?

[Hnv1]

I'll contest that Netanyahu specifically, supports Apartheid... but it really doesn't suprise me that he's not going to be at Mandela's funeral... he's got a lot on his mind (possible strikes on Iran, upcoming elections).

wtf are you talking about? there's no strike on Iran or elections coming up.
he didn't go to avoid any mass protests that were likely to happen so the Speaker of the Knesset went instead (Peres is ill). His excuse for not going (saving money) was surprisingly ironic in a week we learned the PM home spends 2K$ on aromatic candles ....

[dead0man]

Anti-Zionists refuse to let facts get in the way of their recreational outrage.

[Franzl]

Anti-Zionists refuse to let facts get in the way of their recreational outrage.

So do Zionists.

[Platypus]

I have a revolutionary idea. Why don't we just expel EVERYONE from that part of the world, build a massive wall around it (already started, nice), flood it, and tutrn it into an underwater holy theme park?

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

I have a revolutionary idea. Why don't we just expel EVERYONE from that part of the world, build a massive wall around it (already started, nice), flood it, and tutrn it into an underwater holy theme park?

Because the country that tries to do that will be met with massive military force from Israel.

[Platypus]

The Israelis and the Palestinians can decide if their lives are more important than their land, and leave or stay.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

The Israelis and the Palestinians can decide if their lives are more important than their land, and leave or stay.

Israel has enough nukes to destroy any country that invades it with the intention of expelling them.

The country that invades can decide if expelling the Jews is more important to them than continuing to exist.

[Platypus]

Oh, I'm suggesting it be done by the world at large.

[Platypus]

Also note that I have no interest in expelling the Jews, just in expelling all humanity from Israel and Palestine.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Oh, I'm suggesting it be done by the world at large.

Well, not every country might be destroyed immediately, but the ensuing nuclear fallout would ensure that they all paid a horrible price in the long run, if things went badly.

It's really not feasible or realistic. Far too big a cost to solve a fairly minor conflict in the big scheme of things.

[Zanas]

Attempt to not derail a thread about Israel #28,469,123 : FAILED.

[Tender Branson]

None from Austria was attending the funeral either.

Some parliamentary guy called Todt from the Bundesrat (which is the 2nd and useless parliamentary chamber in Austria) was chosen to represent the country in South Africa today, but he instead had to visit a Moroccan parliamentary guy ...

http://derstandard.at/1385170505618/Fehlen-bei-Trauerfeier-tut-Fischer-Ersatz-Todt-sehr-leid

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

The comments on that WT article are nauseating. Obama needs to set up gulags in Alaska.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

I can't stand Netanyahu, and yes he supports apartheid, but I didn't know he was going in the first place nor did I know this was an issue at all, so my opinion of him is no worse.

No he doesn't. Where's your proof that he does?

[MaxQue]

I can't stand Netanyahu, and yes he supports apartheid, but I didn't know he was going in the first place nor did I know this was an issue at all, so my opinion of him is no worse.

No he doesn't. Where's your proof that he does?

His policies transforming Israeli Arabs in second-class citizens, through apartheid is a big strong of a word?

[Hnv1]

I can't stand Netanyahu, and yes he supports apartheid, but I didn't know he was going in the first place nor did I know this was an issue at all, so my opinion of him is no worse.

No he doesn't. Where's your proof that he does?

His policies transforming Israeli Arabs in second-class citizens, through apartheid is a big strong of a word?

Discrimination is not parallel to apartheid. what is happening in the West Bank is apartheid of sort what happens in Israel is discrimination involving a majority and minority population, are Republican leader with policies cementing Black population in perpetual poverty apartheid supporters?

Jeez, can't believe I defended Bibi. I'm going to take a long shower 

[Zanas]

If your question is : "is a vast majority of Republican leaders inherently favorable to apartheid towards the Blacks?", then the answer is obviously yes. They just don't have the strength report to bring it back anymore.