"Jesus" is a Latin translation of a Greek translation of the Hebrew name Yeshua so, yes, "Jesus" wasn't literally a common name in Israel. It was actually Yeshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ,) that was a common name.
Tinidril
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Some version of Jesus absolutely existed, since is was a pretty common name. Street preachers were not uncommon either, so it's very possible that there was one named Jesus.
The real debate about whether Jesus existed is whether any of the biblical stories are at all accurate. There is No reason to think they are.
How did you get from a vote on a particular wording of a particular resolution to "not supporting Israel"? Where did I say that anyone said the revolution would "fix everything"?
Start putting together a leadership team for as new American rebellion, and at least one out of every ten recruits will be a fed.
It's actually a pretty liberal court that made the ruling.
When someone says that an abstention from a vote is "kissing Netanyaho's ass", it seems pretty apparent that the consider a lack of a yes vote as a moral failing.
Maybe it's a reaction to the ignorant self righteous ignorant fury that's been flooding every discussion on Palestine for months. That kind of mass delusion doesn't respond to carefully parsed polite responses. In any case, I've gotten tired of pretending it's not idiotic.
You might be absolutely right. All I'm talking about is maximizing the leverage the US has. That's no guarantee that it's enough leverage to control Netanyaho.
Yet Ukraine has been successfully armed by the west, so it's clearly manageable. The scale between Ukraine and Israel/Gaza is also a huge difference.
The one thing that Russia couldn't replace would be the iron dome. I'll agree that's no small thing.
The amount of weapons Israel actually needs is miniscule compared to something like the war in Ukraine. Russia is currently producing around 250k artillery shells per month. Munitions used in Gaza are measured in the hundreds over the entire conflict.
I doubt there would be much. Iran is almost as dependent on Russia as Israel has been on the US. There would be some token diplomatic protests, but I doubt it would be anything more than signaling. Countries don't have friends, they have interests. Iran's interests are far better served by Russia than by supporting Palestine.
Hamas's entire strategy in launching their attack was to provoke Israel to overreact, which would then prompt Palestinian allies like Lebanon and Iran to get involved. The first part worked beyond their expectations, but Iran and Lebanon haven't taken the bait.
Except they were two different claims. "Some guy named Jesus existed", and "Some guy named Jesus was a street preacher".