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Sep 15, 2024, 4:42 PM

Debating the Israel-Palestine Conflict-Part 3

Continued from Part 2: Claim: The IDF is the Most Moral Army in the World. Argument: Israel insists it follows international law in the ways it conducts its military operations. It claims that civilians are treated respectfully, and prisoners of war are...

Sep 14, 2024, 10:31 PM

Debating the Israel-Palestinian Conflict–Part 2

Continued from Part 1 of Debating the Conflict: Claim: Israel is the only liberal democracy in the Middle East. Argument: Israel has numerous, diverse political parties and conducts democratic elections. It has a robustly free press (though just recently, the Israeli government...

Sep 13, 2024, 8:59 PM

Debating the Israel-Palestine Conflict –Part 1

Debating the Israel-Palestine Conflict (in my Own Head) The Hamas October 7th attack on Israel and the ensuing Israeli military offensive have shaken our world for many of us. Heartbreaking reports and images of deaths, hostage-taking, destruction, famine, and other...

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