Israel's Independence Day

Well since Israel's Independence Day is May 1st, OU is having a party. Of course, I'll be there...it's free. And it'll be fun, even if I have to leave my own politics at home.

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EVERYONE IS INVITED TO CELEBRATE ISRAEL'S INDEPENDENCE DAY AT HILLEL'S THIRD ANNUAL ISRAEL BLOCK PARTY A CELEBRATION OF CULTURE AND PEACE IN HONOR OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL !!

FEATURED SPEAKER, GOVERNOR BRAD HENRY

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE:

FALAFEL AND FRESH FRUIT SMOOTHIE DINNER, ONLY $2
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT FROM THE KING DAVID PEACE DRUMMERS FROM ISRAEL
(THEY'LL PROVIDE DRUMS FOR YOU TO PLAY, OR BRING YOUR OWN TO JOIN IN!)
FASCINATING SPEAKERS: GOVERNOR BRAD HENRY, STATE TREASURER ROBERT BUTKIN, OU TULSA PRESIDENT KEN LEVIT
AND OKLAHOMA
REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR GARY JONES
ISRAELI JEWELRY AND DEAD SEA BATH PRODUCTS FOR SALE
T-SHIRTS AND OTHER NOVELTIES FOR SALE
PHOTOGRAPHY DISPLAY
GIANT WALK-ABLE MAP OF ISRAEL (COMPLETE WITH TOUR GUIDES!)
WRITE YOUR PRAYERS FOR PEACE TO BE PLACED IN THE WESTERN WALL IN JERUSALEM
GET YOUR NAME WRITTEN IN HEBREW CALIGRAPHY AS A KEEPSAKE
MANY FREE GIVE AWAY ITEMS
A TREE MEMORIAL TO THE COLUMBIA ASTRONAUTS

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Pretty sweet eh?

SC

Have fun!

While you're there, you can ask why Israeli soldiers feel the need to crush and shoot international peace activists.

http://www.palsolidarity.org

-Technosphile

Running out of Palestinians.

Har

i dont post in poltical threads anymore, becasue posts are useless...

I will say what an odd day for an Independence Day.. MAY 1st.. ha may day.. now honoring Marx a Jew, on his theory for a workers state...

ha...

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Originally posted by Technosphile
While you're there, you can ask why Israeli soldiers feel the need to crush and shoot international peace activists.

-Technosphile

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I don't think it'll be in very good taste, so I won't. ;) Anyways, I think it'll be fun.

SC

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Originally posted by Technosphile
While you're there, you can ask why Israeli soldiers feel the need to crush and shoot international peace activists.

http://www.palsolidarity.org

-Technosphile

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You play with fire, you get burned. That is a warzone. Im not going to leave my comfy position as an American capitalist piece-of-shit to go over to Palestine to stand in front of a bulldozer or stand in dangerous areas because I dont want to get crushed, shot, whatever.

They're Pro-palestinian so-called peace activists, who oftentimes seem to find themselves protecting terrorists. I'm sure someone will call this propaganda, but sometime in March IDF people found ISM workers hiding a terrorist named Shadi Sukiya (something like that) in an ISM office.

There's no way that I could completely dismiss what these people are doing - a lot of them honestly are interested in seeing peace in the region. However, when they stop working for peace, and start working for Palestinian terrorists, they stop deserving pity - it'd be like feeling bad because a human shield got killed in Iraq. It's a shame, but they're unwittlingly (or knowingly?) supporting terrorism.

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Originally posted by diffusionx
You play with fire, you get burned. That is a warzone. Im not going to leave my comfy position as an American capitalist piece-of-shit to go over to Palestine to stand in front of a bulldozer or stand in dangerous areas because I dont want to get crushed, shot, whatever.

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Thats fine, diff.

ISM members are there to help the oppressed Palestinian people, they know the risks going in. I'm not saying they shouldn't expect to encounter dangerous situations in Gaza or the West Bank, but they shouldn't become targets when they are there to help with no intention whatsoever of hurting anyone.

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Originally posted by Stone
They're Pro-palestinian so-called peace activists, who oftentimes seem to find themselves protecting terrorists. I'm sure someone will call this propaganda, but sometime in March IDF people found ISM workers hiding a terrorist named Shadi Sukiya (something like that) in an ISM office.

There's no way that I could completely dismiss what these people are doing - a lot of them honestly are interested in seeing peace in the region. However, when they stop working for peace, and start working for Palestinian terrorists, they stop deserving pity - it'd be like feeling bad because a human shield got killed in Iraq. It's a shame, but they're unwittlingly (or knowingly?) supporting terrorism.

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Stone, its not exactly "like that". Your account of the Sukiya incident is more or less accurate, but ISM members did not know this man was a suspected terrorist until Israeli soldiers came looking for him. He was someone who was hurt and needed help.

-Technosphile

I knew politics wouldn't stay away long...

SC

Mmm, falafel.

how is falafel, there is a resturaunt near here that serves it, and i ahve been too chicken to try it, should i?

It's good stuff. I can get it around here with two falafels in a pita with lettuce and tomatoes, and it's great. I think they put this hummus sauce on there that's pretty bitter, but they might not do that at the place near you. Give it a try. :)

Im not big on falafel.

How the hell does Israel have a fucking independance day when it's an artificially created state? I don't recall Isreal gaining independance from anything.

"Independence" means Not(in-) Being Dependent. When the state was created, it became independent - not a colony, whatever. Becoming independent wasn't quite as remarkable as Israel's maintenance of its independence - maybe they should be celebrating that.

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Originally posted by frostwolf ex
how is falafel, there is a resturaunt near here that serves it, and i ahve been too chicken to try it, should i?

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Get off your ass and get some. Its great.

Happy Independence Day, Israel.

And nifty party. Nobody has nifty parties around here. Unless its the fishing/hunting opener.