Ronaldo donates 1.5 mil to Palestinians

Billy86

Edgware wrote: »

Am I bothered? Look at my face, not bothered

This post is a pretty good example of why they turned to Hamas. A lot of people simply didn't care while they were being eradicated off the map and the other side was refusing to listen at all, so they turned to the terrorists and extremists instead.

Now if only I could think of one other example in history where that happened............

votecounts

Genorous gift from him and hopefully it stops some of the Palestinians from starving to death, sure some will portray him as an anti semite because of this donation.

c.p.w.g.w

New age leftists think any criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic which of course it isn't.

Israel seems to overreact to everything. Palastine children throw stones at soilders at the border. Response is to fire teargas at them.

Odhinn

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

New age leftists think any criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic which of course it isn't.

Israel seems to overreact to everything. Palastine children throw stones at soilders at the border. Response is to fire teargas at them.

...or drag them off, beat the crap out of them until they name others, who they drag off and beat the crap out of and so on.


Or march them in front of patrols/tie them to the front of land rovers as human shields.

Strumms

kona wrote: »

Much cheaper ways to do some pr.

I doubt PR has much or anything to do with it. For as many people who will applaud and commend this gesture it will sure as shít put him in the firing line, maybe even quite literally.

Billy86

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

New age leftists think any criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic which of course it isn't.

And yet it's the right side of centre that is more likely to be supportive of the state of Israel. Putin, Trump*, Orban, Kurz, Salvini, Bolsanaro, Kaczynski, you name them and they're quite likely to be friendly with Bibi.

*Trump had a partial pass as this is typically the case for any US leader, until that is he went cranked it up to 11 by moving the fecking embassy.

Meanwhile, the guy that the right loves to hate like no other (Trudeau's government) has previously criticised Israel on a number of issues (and is probably Saudi's biggest critic, another thing that many conveniently try to ignore).

Jacinda Adhern (who also drew the ire of quite a few on the right for how well she handled the Christchurch shooting) has also been quite critical of the "one sided" nature of the death toll in Israel. By the way, if I didn't follow up with this sentence, one of our resident right wingers would probably predictably come along and accuse this of being anti Semitic, as if she were saying she also wanted to see dead Israeli's/Jews.

The EU - a favourite "left wing boogeyman" on here and elsewhere, have also been staunch critics of Israel on a number of occasions, including on recent issues.

Basically, you are very wide of the mark with that comment.

Beechwoodspark

Fair play to Ronaldo

Mad_maxx

Strumms wrote: »

I doubt PR has much or anything to do with it. For as many people who will applaud and commend this gesture it will sure as shít put him in the firing line, maybe even quite literally.

Indeed, not sure if he has much of a profile in America but his career is now finished stateside

Berserker

Billy86 wrote: »

This post is a pretty good example of why they turned to Hamas. A lot of people simply didn't care while they were being eradicated off the map and the other side was refusing to listen at all, so they turned to the terrorists and extremists instead.

Yeah, the Palestinian cause has no supporters around the world, whatsoever! How many countries in Europe support Israel and their actions in the area?

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Israel seems to overreact to everything. Palastine children throw stones at soilders at the border. Response is to fire teargas at them.

Tear gas is fired when people try and break the fence. If/When people engage in peaceful protest, nothing happens.

Gringo180

Hego Damask wrote: »

Wow so Ronaldo has just gave Hamas 1.5 Million.

What a jihadi supporting scumbag, I will be Team Messi from now on ....

Nelson Mandela was once labelled a terrorist.

Billy86

Berserker wrote: »

Yeah, the Palestinian cause has no supporters around the world, whatsoever! How many countries in Europe support Israel and their actions in the area?

Explain to me how things got better for Palestinians before Hamas came around, how the rest of the world stopped bad things from happening to them before Hamas came around, and how much Israel helped to facilitate things getting better for them before Hamas came around.

Because that was my comment, you seem to be arguing something else or may have misread it. And I'm not saying things have gotten better for them since Hamas came along either, to avoid any further confusion.

Tear gas is fired when people try and break the fence. If/When people engage in peaceful protest, nothing happens.

Would you like to see some videos of people getting shot by laughing Israeli snipers for doing things such as walking in a field, or kicking a football? They were pretty infamous but you appear to have missed them.

andekwarhola

Sweet.Science wrote: »

Ah can’t beat a bit of PR Allow me to be a bit cynical on this one

I'm guessing that in these situations, the recipients probably prefer the PR-derived money than the gaseous student union arguments on their behalf.

bangkok

Ronaldo is a legend. Fair play to him

Strumms

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Indeed, not sure if he has much of a profile in America but his career is now finished stateside

I doubt with his millions, achievements, success and the love and respect he has around the globe, from fair, courageous and right thinking people, he will be overly concerned about the opinions of the ‘right’ or the ‘wrong’ in the US. He has the balls and integrity to speak up, fair play to him, better to win good friends AND loose wrong ones.

ILoveYourVibes

Gringo180 wrote: »

Nelson Mandela was once labelled a terrorist.

He promoted peace and reconciliation too though.

BPKS

Gringo180 wrote: »

Nelson Mandela was once labelled a terrorist.

So was Gerry Adams

Edgware

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

He promoted peace and reconciliation too though.

And he is a useful figurehead when South Africans complain about the rampant corruption in the ANC