The Lifeboat News

The Lifeboat News
[ The Lifeboat News ]

Zionism

Posted by Mr B <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=BeanBunn' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 10, 2025, 7:25 pm

I happened to hear LBC this afternoon. They were discussing the news that the organisers of the London Palestine demonstrations won't end until the Palestinians have full rights and self-determination,Israel pulls out of the occupied territories and an end to zionism.
A government talking head went to to say this would mean the full removal of Jews from Israel.
This individual went on to say that this is what the Palestinian solidarity movement have always wanted.
That seems like nonsense. It's like saying wanting an end to Islamic state equates to killing all Muslim people.

Re: Zionism

Posted by Ed <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 10, 2025, 8:16 pm, in reply to "Zionism "

Listening to LBC was your first mistake.
Listening to any government talking head was your second!

I'm still guilty of it and it drives me crazy!

"I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile."

Re: Zionism

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 10, 2025, 8:35 pm, in reply to "Zionism "

It isn't for us to tell Palestinian people what to do, as it isn't for us to tell Irish people what to do. That said, If I were a Palestinian, I'd kick out the zionist filth bags and baggage. They can always go back to the Euro-American shiteholes that they came from.

The last working-class hero in England.
Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ??? - 4 November 2021
Georgina the cat ???-4 December 2025

Re: Zionism

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 10, 2025, 8:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Zionism "

"Their Zaptiehs and their Mudirs, their Bimbashis and Yuzbashis, their Kaimakams and their Pashas, one and all, bag and baggage, shall, I hope, clear out from the province that they have desolated and profaned."

Gladstone, William Ewart (1876). Bulgarian Horrors and the Question of the East. London: John Murray. p. 31.

A misquote bigod! Still, it was 47 years ago.

The last working-class hero in England.
Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ??? - 4 November 2021
Georgina the cat ???-4 December 2025

The Finkelmeister- Israelis have only one right, to pack up their bags and leave Palestine (nm)

Posted by Ed <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 10, 2025, 9:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Zionism "

"I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile."

Re: Zionism

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 10, 2025, 9:07 pm, in reply to "Re: Zionism "

Still, it was 47 years ago.

1876 - 2025 = 149 years. Is that your reference?

On a side note, people forget that the Ottoman Empire was also ruling the roost deep into Europe for 500 odd years (i.e. all the way to Vienna). And it wasn't as benign as some people portray it as.

Re: Zionism

No, we did it in the Lower 6th, 1978 to 1980.

The last working-class hero in England.
Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ??? - 4 November 2021
Georgina the cat ???-4 December 2025

Re: Zionism

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 10, 2025, 11:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Zionism "

No, we did it in the Lower 6th, 1978 to 1980.

Call me stupid or uninformed, your choice, but it definitely does not refresh those intelectual certitudes. Why and how etc.?

For example, why does it relate to 1978 and not to 1876 (as quoted by your good self)?

Re: Zionism

I misquoted it in the first post I did.

The last working-class hero in England.
Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ??? - 4 November 2021
Georgina the cat ???-4 December 2025

Re: Zionism

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 11, 2025, 12:12 am, in reply to "Re: Zionism "

I misquoted it in the first post I did.

"Their Zaptiehs and their Mudirs, their Bimbashis and Yuzbashis, their Kaimakams and their Pashas, one and all, bag and baggage, shall, I hope, clear out from the province that they have desolated and profaned."

Gladstone, William Ewart (1876). Bulgarian Horrors and the Question of the East. London: John Murray. p. 31.

I see, that was a misquote. Curious, since it seems like a genuine item. I don't have that quote on hand (i.e. the referenced article). Have to take it that it *is* a spoof, as advised

Zionazism (nm)

Posted by Ed <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 11, 2025, 12:45 am, in reply to "Re: Zionism "

"I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile."

Re: Zionism

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 11, 2025, 9:14 am, in reply to "Re: Zionism "

I wrote "bags and baggage" instead of "bag and baggage".

The last working-class hero in England.
Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ??? - 4 November 2021
Georgina the cat ???-4 December 2025

Re: Zionism

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 11, 2025, 7:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Zionism "

I wrote "bags and baggage" instead of "bag and baggage".

Tsk, tsk : )

I take it that your current position is that we have the repeat of this same scenario as Ed confirms:

Israelis have only one right, to pack up their bags and leave Palestine ..

Which brings me to my point, that there has been 149 years between these two 'identical'/logically balanced statements. Nevermind when you misquited this : ). Noted it was upper 6th when this misquote happened .. which I never achieved (u6) .. I was busy : ). I joined the fray later ..

Re: Zionism

I finished just in time for the Thatchlerstorm.

The last working-class hero in England.
Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ??? - 4 November 2021
Georgina the cat ???-4 December 2025

Re: Zionism: I agree with Ed, in general .. but ..

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 12, 2025, 11:37 pm, in reply to "Zionism "

A government talking head went to to say this would mean the full removal of Jews from Israel.

That is obviously a steaming pile of manure statement, for zionist propaganda purposes. And transparently so.

As it happens, I am on the side of one-state solution. I appreciate all the blah-blah about 2 state (eyes roll). It's a pie-in-the-sky from Oslo onwards.

One needs to appreciate the demographics of Israel between Ashkenazi (non-semitic DNA) and Sephardic Jews (the latter being more likely having semitic DNA) as well as Palestinians (semitic : ))

I'd recommend a good book on the subject: 'Israel on the brink' by Ilan Pappe. A 1 state solution taking all these strands into harmony.

« Back to index

[ The Lifeboat News ]