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Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by dotancohen on Saturday September 20, 2025 @02:56AM (#45311096)
Based on your argument, why don’t the Gazans leave? Would you not consider Gaza to be a bad neighborhood?

The answer for both sides is that both sides have historical claim to the land, and there is no better neighborhood to live in for either of the sides anyway.

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Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by linehedonist on Sunday September 21, 2025 @09:46PM (#45328333)
I accept that argument. If I were Gazan I’d leave too, if I could.

But Gazans can’t leave (the borders have been closed for years now), while Israelis can emigrate whenever they like. So on an individual basis, every Israeli has made a choice to accept living in the bad neighborhood, whereas the Gazans have no choice but to make the best of the bad situation.

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Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by dotancohen on Monday September 22, 2025 @06:23AM (#45331393)
The Gazans have a border with Egypt as well.

As for the Jews, there is no place safer than this "bad neighborhood".

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Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by linehedonist on Monday September 22, 2025 @11:42PM (#45342613)
The many Jews and ex-Israelis here in the NYC suburbs seem to find it pretty safe. My neighbor just sold his Tel Aviv condo he's owned for 40 years -- he seems to believe he's never going back.
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