dayarath wrote:
I criticise them because it's really just pretending to care. The EU would be more than capable of taking measures against Israel if it wanted to do so. As is China. As is Russia. (who, by the way, really don't care).
Not to mention the countries bordering on Israel, infact they should be doing the most in this whole situation.
Why should I come up with a solution to something I don't want to waste time and energy on? I already said that it's their problem and I don't care enough either way. You, however, do care as you've been actively engaging in the topic for damn near 4 years repeating the same stance - so, if anyone, it should be you presenting new measures. And believe me, there are plenty -real- measures that could be taken.
Really, you need to come up with a concrete suggestion if you're going to say they aren't doing enough.
The EU restricts trade with Israel, criticises them regularly, sends aid to the Palestinians, supports fair negotiations - you may have heard of the Oslo accords - and supports action in the UN.
China and Russia restrict trade with Israel, criticise them regularly, send aid to the Palestinians, support fair negotiations and support action in the UN.
Their neighbours have fought several wars in support of the Palestinians, are openly critical to Israel to the point of many having minimal diplomatic relations, substantially limit or have no trade with Israel, send aid to Palestine, support fair negotiations, support actions in the UN.
Unless you can come up with something else they
could be doing you can't reasonably criticise them for not doing enough.
From my perspective 'new measures' would be either to force both parties to the negotiating table - through sanctions, embargoes, removal of aid etc, or simply for the UN to devise a solution and impose it on the region by military force if necessary - both have been done often enough to the Arabs, I don't see why the Israelis deserve any better.
Sitting back and providing arms and money to one side has not worked so far.
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