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Nearly Sane

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"US says Israeli settlements are no longer illegal"
« on: November 19, 2019, 09:52:59 AM »
Not sure I follow Pompeo's logic here. Law isn't right or wrong simply on whether it 'works' in someone's view.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-middle-east-50468025?__twitter_impression=true
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Re: "US says Israeli settlements are no longer illegal"
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2019, 10:21:54 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on November 19, 2019, 09:52:59 AM
Not sure I follow Pimoeo's logic here. Law isn't right or wrong simply on whether it 'works' in someone's view.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-middle-east-50468025?__twitter_impression=true

More to the point, for all that he could suggest defining and reporting the settlements as illegal hasn't brought about peace, I fail to see any world where deciding not to makes peace any more likely.

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Re: "US says Israeli settlements are no longer illegal"
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2019, 11:05:09 AM »
Quote from: Outrider on November 19, 2019, 10:21:54 AM
More to the point, for all that he could suggest defining and reporting the settlements as illegal hasn't brought about peace, I fail to see any world where deciding not to makes peace any more likely.

O.

Agree, not getting that either.
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