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2005-08-28 Israel-Palestine

suiside bomber attaks israeli bus station

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Posted by muck4doo 2005-08-28 02:11|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hasn't even been a week since they cleared out Gaza.
Maybe they should give up the west bank and see what happens.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-08-28 10:14|| 2005-08-28 10:14|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder where the nearest area unprotected by the wall is to Beersheba?

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-28 10:38|| 2005-08-28 10:38|| Front Page Top

#3 looks like SE of Hebron

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-08-28 11:04|| 2005-08-28 11:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Gaza Withdrawal = Homicidal-Suicidal boomer!

Two word note to Sharon ...

Neville Chamberlain

Posted by The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-08-28 12:48|| http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com]">[http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com] 2005-08-28 12:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Waiting on that overwhelming counter-fire. Somebody wake me up when it happens.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-08-28 13:06|| 2005-08-28 13:06|| Front Page Top

#6 The Israelis are making a strategic withdrawl by vacating their Gaza settlements. The Paleos are using the withdrawl as a propaganda victory and look upon the Israeli withdrawl as a sign of weakness.

If Isreal does not use overwhelming force to put down the coming rocket attacks over the border, then she will die of a thousand cuts (read suicide bombers).

The day is coming for Israel to send the clear message to terrorists. If she does not, Israel is finished. Maybe on the installment plan, but still finished. The stakes have never been higher for Isreal.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-08-28 15:00|| 2005-08-28 15:00|| Front Page Top

#7 AP, that's a bit of an exaggeration I think. Israel can ably protect itself and if it comes down to it, the next war may settle things for good. I'd say the stakes have never been higher for the Palestinians. If they screw this up by increasing their attacks on Israel, they will write their own epilogue, with a big "Q.E.D." at the end. Israel will have every justification to deal them the final blow.

In fact, the Israelis should do more for the Palestinians, as this will put them in a stronger position. It is already becoming clear that the Palestinians aren't interested in peace, if there were any doubts before. The only risk for the Israelis, is that Israel might lose the will to fight, becoming tired of so many years of conflict.

Posted by Rafael 2005-08-28 17:19|| 2005-08-28 17:19|| Front Page Top

#8 ...as this will put them [Israelis] in a stronger position.

Posted by Rafael 2005-08-28 17:22|| 2005-08-28 17:22|| Front Page Top

#9 So presumably at least the security guards are toast...

'Toast'? WTF is wrong with you? One of the guards is near death, and the other in serious condition.

Posted by Colt 2005-08-28 17:41|| www.eurabiantimes.com]">[www.eurabiantimes.com] 2005-08-28 17:41|| Front Page Top

#10 Repeat:

Time for the US to pressure Abbas and the Palestinians to publicly recognize Israel's right to exist. And not as a state on another continent or as some fuzzy principle with no land to make it real. Israel as a state in the Middle East.

Posted by jules 2 2005-08-28 17:45|| 2005-08-28 17:45|| Front Page Top

#11 Abbas recognised Israel at Sharm el-Sheikh. Not as a Jewish state, mind you...

Posted by Colt 2005-08-28 17:48|| www.eurabiantimes.com]">[www.eurabiantimes.com] 2005-08-28 17:48|| Front Page Top

#12 âIf the end of this war is mainly about creating a Palestinian state, then the Palestinians have shown in the midst of America's war against terrorism that terror has won. If the main result is the Arab world visibly accepting not only Israel's de facto existence, but accepting Israel as a Jewish state, than the West has won and Arab radicalism has lost.

"Which side is winning will be measured largely by whether the Arab side is compelled to put its peace cards on the table early, the way Israel has had to do by proving, over and over, that it supports Palestinian statehood.

"If Bush shies away from demanding that the Arab world give Israel a similar level of confidence that the end game is not some backdoor means of our destruction, it will show that the U.S. continues to show deference to a key plank of Arab radicalism.â
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-singer060203.asp

Bush must pressure Abbas to recognize that the existence of Hamas and other terrorist organizations will prevent the creation of a Palestinian state.

Posted by jules 2 2005-08-28 18:44|| 2005-08-28 18:44|| Front Page Top

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