'West Bank & Gaza stalemate playing into hands of Netanyahu's hardline govt'

At the core of the vote are three issues - rocketing living costs, Iran's nuclear ambitions and the peace deadlock with the Palestinians. Owing to his uncompromising stance, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to not only hold on to power, but solidify his sway over Israel. Polls and publications in general agree that it's the centre and left-leaning parties are expected to be net losers.Gershon Baskin, Co-chairman of the Israel-Palestine Research & Information Centre, gives RT more perspective on the voting.

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[Gyula Ladi]

well you wrong!hebrew is a created language the word elohenu

(God) is persian the word Olam(world) is also persian the hebrew or the modern version of it copntains several arab words because the language had to adopt more than 40% from other semitic languages i know because i have studied all those languages but arabic is the first dude the written hebrew starts from Moses, arabs were already flooded from yemen and saudi arabia way before jews appeared!bible truth not truth rest my case

[cemd105]

WWI and WWII are the reasons why Israel exists today. Have you ever heard of the 1917 Balfour Declaration? Are you really that under read, or are you just pretending to have an IQ of 45?

[cemd105]

Nopreach: reading several of your posts, I've noticed that when you do not have an intellectual response to an argument, you take the very low road of name calling, profanities and obscenities. If you are unable to debate an issue at an intellectual level, may I suggest you find a different chat room where your lack of intellectual curiosity feels more at home? Hmmm, I'm sure there must be a couple of Justin Bieber or Hana Montana chat rooms where you could fit right in.

[nopreach]

semitic languages developed in the following historical order Aramaeic, Hebrew and then Arabic. the philisteans were occupying the land between ashdod and gaza but not until the 12th century. there have been excavations pointing to them originating in the agäis. they were seapeople roaming the seas, settling in different places now and then.

in the 2nd century, the romans united the provinces syria and judea into syria-palaestina. later they adapted the gods and customs of the canaanites.

[nopreach]

youre hopeless... im gonna block you now - from the rottweiler on your pic i can see that youre the real nazi here ( they were the favourite watchdogs in nazi-germany)

[nopreach]

again with the book? your argumentation is tautological and redundant it's weak. they did'nt die of malnutrition. "not burned in gas chambers" you really dont have a clue how the system even worked do you? my people dont control any government but theres many smart people among them because for 1000s of years they had to learn to read. "knowledge is power" Karl Marx ( he was a jew )

my knowledge relies on what i have seen and heard 1st hand and not on a few laughable books. go and see yourself.

[Gyula Ladi]

Much of the modern knowledge about Canaan stems from excavation in this area. Canaanite culture apparently developed in situ from the Circum-Arabian Nomadic Pastoral Complex, which in turn developed from a fusion of Near Eastern Harifian hunter gatherers with Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) farming cultures, practicing animal domestication, during the 6200 BC climatic crisis. oh so the canaanites were Circum Arabian why not Circum Israelites then? huh?

[Gyula Ladi]

bullshit? what history books you read? the bible? or what?

c'mon dude you gotta be kidding! the land was for the phoenicians the bible called them heflits!Canaan ( is a historical Semitic-speaking region roughly corresponding to the Levant (modern-day Israel, Palestinian territories, Lebanon, and the western parts of Jordan and Syria). so they are the invaders! even though the philisteans who were the descendants of canaanites were the natives there never the jews!

[SovietYeowie]

Well i'm not Russian, I am actually Australian. The name is more of a pun.

[cemd105]

You said: "this book is banned in every country that has freedom of speech." Hmm.. aren't you sort of contradicting yourself here? the book is banned in some european countries where even questioning the hoax of the holocaust if a crime. Since your people secretly control these governments, they made it a crime. Sorry your family died -- but if you are telling the truth, they died of malnutrition and/or diseases - NOT burned in gas chambers. That is a big lie.