To the Brits, pretty much.
Remember what the Terrorist always say, “One man’s terrorist, is another man’s Freedom Fighter”, but I have yet to see any freedom, spring from any terrorist act in the last 200+ years, but Ours.
Speaking of British passports and Israel… Anyone ever heard of “Mike’s Place”, a pub on the Tel Aviv promenade???
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So because one killed less than the other that makes it right?
LMAO, do you know what a Zionist is? It’s not your normal run of the mill Jew. It’s an extremist, go hang out in Israel and go to Illit or one of these Zionist controlled areas and see just how friendly they are to outsiders, they’re no different than the hamas and have one goal to see the other side dead. It wasn’t the regular synagogue going Jew who blew up soldiers in the 40’s it was the zionist who saw the land as their birth right given to them by G#d (being nice to our Jewish Members 
) , and no one else had a right or would be permitted to step foot on it.
How about the acts of espionage that Israel has committed more than once in the past decade against the USA? How about selling classified military technology to the chinese?
It’s a state that has no loyalty, but to itself. They’re a welfare state funding by our tax dollars to add on the shit.
Are they an “ally” in the area? Yeah sure, but so are the Saudi’s and I don’t see many defending them.
I, too, noticed the faux pas. Zionism is a political philosophy not a race.
Thanks for the 7th grade explanation. Based on your grammar & syntax, I’m guessing that English is not your first language, yes? It appears that you bear quite the grudge against Israel. Why is that?
In case you missed it, I was illustrating the manner in which the term was used by Jew haters, such as the Hitler of Iran and many on the Left.
Why should I support Israel? Why should I support Palestine? Why don’t they just get their 60 year BS over with and have a winner and a loser?
I guess I’m suppose to support terrorist tactics because Jews have been prosecuted in the past. So this is a free pass for any future actions.
Muslims have been prosecuted as well, and in more recent times. Sure as hell doesn’t earn them a free pass, as it shouldn’t.
Why do you have such an affection for a country that has zero loyalty to this country? We may have fought a few wars against the British some 200 years ago, but in today’s world I’d take their side over Israels any day.
Are you Jewish or have you ever been near a synagogue?
People refer to Israel as a Zionist state because it is, and it’s not some conspiracy theorist bullshit, or antisemitic crap. It’s just happens to be the truth
Do you know people who currently live in Israel? If so I’m curious if they’re telling you that they’re in favor of Zionism in the form that it’s practiced in Israel. The people I know see it as a negative because it does nothing but fuel the fire. Just as those living in Palestine view the Hamas leadership as bad. It creates hardship, and few people other the religious extremist seek out hardships in life.
As it’s been said, ” One mans freedom fighter is another mans terrorist ”. You could try to argue the Che was nothing but a freedom fighter since he was fighting a puppet government put in place by outside influences to exploit a small island country. But I would argue he was a terrorist who caused the death of 1,000’s and created an economical disaster for the country of Cuba.
And Arab’s also killed Brit’s but you sure as hell won’t see me defending their actions…
mr_smiles, you are one ignorant fool.
The Jews in the '40’s may have had a small issue with the Brits administering Palestine for violently refusing entry to the poor souls trying to escape Nazi Europe. Britain is directly responsible for the deaths of all those they sent back.
As for Zionism…the Arabs that chose to stay and become citizens of Israel in 1948 are the freest Arabs in Dar al Islam. Those nasty Zionists agreed to share the remaining 20% of their historic homeland with the Palestinians, after the other 80% was ripped off and given to an interloper Hashemite so that he could have a country of his own (Jordan).
Of course that would have left the Jews with 10% of their homeland, which was, and is still deemed unacceptable to Islam.
There would not be one single “settlement” had Jordan not joined in the effort to destroy Israel in 1967. There would still be not one Jew in Yehuda and Shomron (the West Bank) had Hussein accepted Israel’s offer to return the land in return for peace before one “settlement” was built.
You know, I could go on with your history lesson, and G-d knows you are in dire need of it, but truth is I know that those of your sub-species never let facts get in the way of their ignorant prejudices.
BTW, have you ever been to Israel?
Now…about that money you’re frett’n about.
Personally I’d love to see Israel tell sheikh Obama to keep the 3 billion, 3/4 of which never leaves America as by law anyway it must be spent in the US arms industry ('course being ignorant such as you are you probably didn’t know that). As it is, it accounts for only about 2.5% of our annual budget, and maybe if we stop taking it, we can go back to being a sovereign Nation again, able to act in our own best interests, and maybe even not have to be worried about being scolded for the outrageous sin of building in our nation’s capitol.
I have an Israeli GF, does that count? 
Seriously, you guys are great. I’m planning a trip there in 2011 and can’t wait to go.
Mr. Smiles is acting a lot like Mr.Shmuck today…
That whole post should be in question form, because a statement would imply that you know what you’re talking about, which you clearly do not.
Zionism aims to create a Jewish homeland where Jews can be free from persecution in the land of their ancestors and the cradle of Jewish civilization. Once established, the goal was simply the defense of such a state. They wanted the Jewish nation to be equal to all the other nations, which meant having an independent state. There is no inherent tinge of extremism in any of that. They wanted equality.
Feminism also started as a drive to equality. Do you call your mother an extremist every time she goes to the ballot box?
One man’s freedom fighter is not another man’s terrorist. Let’s end the BS about it being subjective. There is a clear dividing line. That clear dividing line is the deliberate targeting of civilians for political ends.
Some days I feel closer to pulling the plug on the whole damn General Discussion forum than others.
Today I’m pretty damn close.
Enough.