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RIBA calls for Israel architecture body suspension

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  1. What arrogance. If the RIBA pursue this, they must surely expect a rigorous examination of the involvement of their own members on projects throughout the world.

  2. Israel as a nation is far from perfect. However, it is the most democratic nation within the region. Taking such action against Israel is ill informed and narrow minded. If you are going to boycott Israel do it properly but be prepared to send yourself back to the dark ages and get rid of a lot of your technology, medicines and medical equipment to name a few which were all developed by Israel and shared with the world. Also be prepared as the report suggests to act against other countries with far worse human rights records. The West Bank is indeed occupied but not by Israel. It is occupied by Arabs from a number of surrounding countries who should have been part of Jordan, itself formed by land taken from Israel. If anything Gaza, the West Bank and Jordan should be under full Israeli control. The various ethnic groups, Arabs etc receive more benefits as Israeli citizens as they would in their own native countries from the region. A Palestinian state is a nonsense. There is no such thing as a Palestinian. The name was given to the area by the Romans as an insult to the Jews as it referred to the Philistines, a race long extinct. For a long time Israel was Palestine and the Jews called Palestinians. The RIBA need to think long and hard about taking such a position.

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