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Palestinian-Israeli politicians fear fury over Gaza war will impact polls |
2009-02-03 |
Ihab Issa says he cannot take any more war in the aftermath of Israel's onslaught against the Gaza Strip and swears that he will not be voting in Israel's February 10 general election. The 28-year-old restaurant owner is one of 1.4 million For this election, however, One leading proponent of ethnic cleansing is Avigdor Lieberman and his rising Yisrael Beitenu party, tipped to win up to 16 seats and possibly join the next coalition government. But even Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who heads the ruling Kadima party, has urged The Wait... what?!? 30% support the Zionists?!?!?!? "We are all working hard to better that percentage," Sarsour says with an eye on 12 to 15 Worse still, the Sons of the Homeland (Abna al-Balad) party has joined the hard-line Islamist movement in calling for a boycott of the ballot - a potential loss of around 10 percent of the electorate. High in the hills at Umm al-Fahm - the main center of hard-line Islam in Israel -Afo Egbarieh sees depression all around. The senior Hadash communist party figure says the election is being held "in the shadow of war." "You can see it everywhere. People are depressed ... indifferent," says Egbarieh, who is number four on the coalition called the Arab Democratic Front for Peace and Equality. The front is fighting under the slogan "Protect our existence, build our future," but the doctor says he is concerned that "people are dealing with war as a protest, by not voting." |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#10 Hummm... well, Ima remember one of my kidz did have a huge interest in houseflies at that age. I learned later he though they were raisins, thought the sticky paper was some sorta serving arrangement. :( Kidz |
Posted by: .5MT 2009-02-03 23:24 |
#9 You're gonna have a smart kid! My nephew is 3 years-old, and his mom shows him "Little Einstein"(tm) videos. It's awesome to hear the kid say things like "My favorite composer is Tchaikovsky!" Now, that's scary---fortunately kids are tough. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-02-03 20:51 |
#8 He'll be 15 when you finish. Neh,next week it'll be something else. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-02-03 20:50 |
#7 Almost like Osysseus' son, eh? |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-02-03 16:41 |
#6 You're gonna have a smart kid! My nephew is 3 years-old, and his mom shows him "Little Einstein"(tm) videos. It's awesome to hear the kid say things like "My favorite composer is Tchaikovsky!" |
Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2009-02-03 14:55 |
#5 You know I've been reading Iliad & Odyssey to my son (children version---he's only 3) ... He'll be 15 when you finish. |
Posted by: Steve White 2009-02-03 13:56 |
#4 Reverser strike-outery is deh confuser I apologize, .5MT. I very rarely do that, but just this once I couldn't stand the subtle brainwashing. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2009-02-03 12:33 |
#3 Wait... what?!? 30% support the Zionists?!?!?!? I'd guess most of them Zionists™ are either Christians, or homosexuals, or any other cateogry of "not arab/muslim" enuff to live happily ever after in the paleo Califate... |
Posted by: anonymous5089 2009-02-03 11:50 |
#2 You know I've been reading Iliad & Odyssey to my son (children version---he's only 3) for a last couple of weeks (it's his favorite book at present) and suddenly it struck me that "Odysseus and the suitors" (Ithaca = Land of Israel) is a perfect allegory for the solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-02-03 08:24 |
#1 Reverser strike-outery is deh confuser |
Posted by: .5MT 2009-02-03 06:00 |