Stephen Nessen, Reporter, WNYC News
Stephen Nessen reports for the WNYC Newsroom and can often be heard live on Morning Edition.
By Stephen Nessen : Reporter, WNYC News
PHOTOS. Thousands of protesters rallied outside of the UN on a wide range of global issues. But the largest rallies were surrounding the decision by Palestinian leaders to seek statehood through the U.N. Security Council. The U.S. has pledged to veto any resolution brought to the Security Council seeking to grant the Palestinians statehood.
Stephen Nessen reports for the WNYC Newsroom and can often be heard live on Morning Edition.
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if you really are the "chosen people" why are you so afraid of Palestine? you're god is going to protect you right? the only ones that need to worry are those of us who aren't so fortunate to be "chosen". of the billion people on the planet, god only chose an elite few....but ironically not the poor but the affluent and powerful people of Israel. sounds elitist and narcisistic, and if thats the case why should the rest of us feel any sympathy?
This is ridiculous! Pro Israeli protesters marching to keep Palestinians from gaining equal footing. However if the tables were turned they would expect the rest of us to sympathize with them still. The truth is neither group are the rightful owners of that land, but since they are there, it's only right for Palestine to have statehood. This is eerily similar to South African Apartheid with a religious twist. You can't occupy a land, change the boundaries at will and expect the oppressed to stand pat and accept it. On one hand you're so religiously devout on the other you want to impose your will on your neighbor. Is this behavior ok with your god?
Encouraging Israel to commit suicide is not pro-Israeli, it's merely disgusting nationalism.
- a saddened jew
Protesting against someone's right to self-determination and aspirations for statehood? You should be ashamed of yourself.
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