Palestine upgraded to Premium account, by a vote of 138-9.
I kind of want to see the list of nations that opposed...
( Extinct Jesus Dossier BRB...gotta penis..., Thu 29 Nov 2012, 22:30, Reply)

If only there was some way you could search the Internet and find out ...
US, Israel, Canada, Czech Republic, Palau, Panama, Nauru, Mirconesia and Marshall Islands all voted "no". 41 countries abstained, including the UK.
( Ghoti Fingers, Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:00, Reply)

Looked for as long as I could be bothered.
It wasn't long.
( Extinct Jesus Dossier BRB...gotta penis..., Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:14, Reply)

Gerry Adams with rockets is now a 'country'.
This will end well.
(pissflaps., Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:01, Reply)

At least they're not drunk
and/or gingers.
( Floppy Donkey crawled out of the ditch., Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:03, Reply)

Quite
next war in 4, 3, 2..
( Jahled Kitab al-Azif, Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:07, Reply)

Stupid thing about it is every new conflict
looks like a shitty rerun.
( Floppy Donkey crawled out of the ditch., Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:09, Reply)

It's mental
do a wikipedia search for Palestine's modern history, and since the nineteenth century gangs of arabs and jews have been killing each other with alarming frequency. It's absolutely pathetic. Now one player has got the big hand with European sympathy for what happened to the jews, and US military aid on account of a huge Jewish minority seemingly immune to the palm worthy malfunctions of the jewish state, and the Arabs draw out the repressed victim as much as they can, when they aren't blasting rockets into Israel randomly, blowing up planes, murdering athletes. Fucking get a grip guys, there is no clear devil or saint in all this, it's been going on for far to long.

It's only when Jew and Arab genuinely want some peace, that it might actually be achievable. To me they simply seem to hate one another, just like the last six generations; seems a pointless 'conflict' to get worked up about.
( Jahled Kitab al-Azif, Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:27, Reply)

War is coming It could be that Iran is drawn into the conflict too.
And if that will happen they will first bomb Saudi Arabia to block fuel to the west, they will be semi-covered by Russia and that will spike tension up. Especially now our economy is balls.
( Floppy Donkey crawled out of the ditch., Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:43, Reply)

"Drawn into the conflict'
Iran is one of the most aggressive agents in the region, supplying weaponry and missiles sort of everywhere. But you are right, they now have a deadline of March; then it's all going to hit the fan. Big time
( Jahled Kitab al-Azif, Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:55, Reply)

fucking arabs always causing trouble, why don't they take a leaf out of our peace loving western civilisation book.
it's not like we were involved in any wars in the middle east in recent history
( Rebel biscuit Sumus cacas et scimus sumus, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 0:50, Reply)

there's no war coming. everbody has so much cheese they can't even strangle a weasle

( cumquat may because you're mine, I walk the lino, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 0:52, Reply)

At LAST
an informed post about the palestine/israel conflict.
( Tab Hunter NEXT SHOUT OF "GC" GETS A PUNISHMENT BUMMING ON, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 9:48, Reply)

I say, kick everyone out, give it to the hedgehogs, no other animals allowed
apart from the seagulls, but that's it.
( Rebel biscuit Sumus cacas et scimus sumus, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 0:52, Reply)

what about
the badgers and foxes?
( miss fortunate everyone you knew was sniffing glue on, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 1:46, Reply)

Fuck 'em

( skeltonator Michael Gondrys' undercrackers, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 5:53, Reply)

they're all wankers anyway

( Rebel biscuit Sumus cacas et scimus sumus, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 9:09, Reply)

If only they all had guns.....
...oh.
( skeltonator Michael Gondrys' undercrackers, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 5:55, Reply)

Sure does, loads more people will be dead soon...

(pissflaps., Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:28, Reply)

I loved what he did with Thunderbirds.

( JamTallons Sokath, his eyes uncovered!, Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:30, Reply)

You mean like Ireland?
Also people gloss over the fact that the IRA was very largely funded by America.
( Amadeus I care not for your thoughts on grammer, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 8:59, Reply)

What gets me is......
they haven't really got fuck all, and what they do have they're blowing it to fuck anyway. :/
(jams find what you love, then let it kill you., Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:33, Reply)

It'd be so funny if all the funding was suddenly pulled from both sides.
Well, it probably wouldn't be funny exactly, but maybe quieter.
( Extinct Jesus Dossier BRB...gotta penis..., Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:38, Reply)

Do they have any way to have an economy that is not based on foreign aid?
Or foreign AIDS?
( BrokenCoccyx get your hands off macaque, Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:47, Reply)

Good for them, Abbas has been playing the political game for while now and this may strengthen his hand against Hamas
Also the rockets were coming from Hamas controlled Gaza Strip not the West Bank.

Syria and Iran have more control of Gaza than Fatah does these days.
( Amadeus I care not for your thoughts on grammer, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 8:58, Reply)