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2009-01-07 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel offers daily break from Gaza strikes
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Posted by gorb 2009-01-07 04:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

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Posted by onependonge 2009-01-07 04:10||   2009-01-07 04:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Ack! Mods! Looks like the trolls have fused automatic status report generators and babelfish!
Posted by gorb 2009-01-07 05:03||   2009-01-07 05:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Not sure what that means but onependonge is almost certainly a lefty, probably of the academic PIB (person-in-black) sub-species: I recognize the style of gibberish.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2009-01-07 05:27||   2009-01-07 05:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, lets see...did the rockets stop? No. Why did you Israel? I wish all this terrible mess to be over with.Please.
Posted by Blue Proctor">Blue Proctor  2009-01-07 06:54||   2009-01-07 06:54|| Front Page Top

#5 it is good in the sence that israsel is being humanitatrian after it has killed countless civiliasns
Posted by Pheresing Pelosi5599 2009-01-07 07:58||   2009-01-07 07:58|| Front Page Top

#6 They are not 'countless' 'civilians'. Clearly countable, probably even by your average hook-handed Muslim bomb maker, with only one foot.
Posted by Glenmore 2009-01-07 08:05||   2009-01-07 08:05|| Front Page Top

#7 PC disease
Posted by 3dc 2009-01-07 10:35||   2009-01-07 10:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Is it too much that we ask our trolls to at least have a rudimentary knowledge of spelling? I know punctuation and capitalization would be too much to ask, but could they at least learn how to spell? Consider it a "humanitatrian" gesture to us "civiliasns", okay, retard?
Posted by tu3031 2009-01-07 11:21||   2009-01-07 11:21|| Front Page Top

#9 
Posted by Spanky Crung3527 2009-01-07 11:25||   2009-01-07 11:25|| Front Page Top

#10 How deep's your hole, Spanky? Better dig it deeper, cuz break time's over.
Posted by tu3031 2009-01-07 11:32||   2009-01-07 11:32|| Front Page Top

#11 one question spanky. why are their homes booby trapped if they arfe so innocent?
Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-01-07 11:58||   2009-01-07 11:58|| Front Page Top

#12 Decentegrated?

I'm pretty sure Marvin Martian has a decentegrator, but I didn't know the Juice had them.
Posted by Steve White 2009-01-07 12:00||   2009-01-07 12:00|| Front Page Top

#13 The double standard being applied to Israel in pro-Palestinian blogs is not a new story. On the one hand, some people accept whatever news comes out of Gaza, knowing that all media in that region is under Hamas’ absolute control, while, on the other hand, they conveniently call every word that comes out of Israel an absolute lie, even though the international press has been free to report anything inside that country for years. At the same time, nobody acknowledges or addresses the indisputable fact that Hamas has been launching thousands of missiles into civilian areas of Israel for that last 8 years, or that Hamas’ stated objective is to wipe Israel off the map. And when innocents in Gaza are killed or injured in this inevitable conflict, they forget that Hamas, like most terrorist organizations, positions its militants in otherwise peaceful neighborhoods, near schools and hospitals. During the recent hudna (cease-fire) Hamas dedicated itself to re-arming and continuing to build its network of weapons caches and tunnels, in a constant state of preparation for a war that they fully intended to provoke.

This is what Nizar Rayan, a recently deceased Hamas leader in Gaza, said in an interview prior to the beginning of this recent conflict: “The only reason to have a hudna (cease-fire) is to prepare yourself for the final battle. We don’t need 50 years to prepare ourselves for the final battle with Israel. There is no chance that true Islam would ever allow a Jewish state to survive in the Muslim Middle East. Israel is an impossibility. It is an offense against God. … You (Jews) are murderers of the prophets and you have closed your ears to the Messenger of Allah. Jews tried to kill the Prophet, peace be unto him. All throughout history, you have stood in opposition to the word of God.”

How do the pro-Palestinian bloggers propose that Israel negotiate any kind of peace or common trust with an adversary like Rayan? The answer is simple: they don't. Rayan is typical of Hamas’ leadership. For every story of an Israeli atrocity, there are hundreds of stories about Hamas kidnappings and attacks inside Israel. At this very moment, Hamas is refusing to allow injured Gazans with treatable wounds to be taken to nearby hospitals in Egypt unless that country agrees to allow more arms to be brought across its border into Gaza. A classic example of exploiting innocent people to enable its attacks. This is why Israel has been imposing a blockade on Gaza. Not, as some suggest, because it just wanted to hurt innocent children, etc.

The Jewish people called the region of Palestine home thousands of years ago. King David and Solomon reigned in Jerusalem more than 1,500 years before Mohammed was born. Following World War II, more Jews lived in Palestine than so-called Palestinians. The Jewish state itself was formed in response to what happened during the war, when many Jews trying to escape Nazi Europe were turned away by other countries. The vast majority of them died in the camps. That’s why there is an Israel today and will be forever more. If the Arab world actually wanted to live in peace with Israel, the people of Gaza would be living in the garden spot of the world. But angry, anti-Israeli Muslims like Nizar Rayan will never allow that. They’re more interested in dead Israelis than in peace.

Are the pro-Palestinians interested in genuine peace? Or is it more important for them to express blind rage at Israel? The answers to those questions is why the Mideast has been in such chaos and poverty for the last half century. You don't necessarily have to be ignorant, illiterate and anti-semitic to support Hamas. But it sure seems to help.
Posted by JohnRJ08">JohnRJ08  2009-01-07 12:06|| http://johnrj08.wordpress.com/]">[http://johnrj08.wordpress.com/]  2009-01-07 12:06|| Front Page Top

#14 Today, the death toll in Gaza stands at 690, 1/3 of which are children under 10. How do you justfy that?

Hey, Spanky, you frickin' moron, the justification is easy. Hamas wanted war and now they have it.

Too bad, your propaganda isn't working here. You'll have to do better than that or waste your time on some other blog.

You want all of us pigs and apes either dead or converted to your perverted little death cult, right? Yeah, we know. We understand that when it comes to muzzies like Hamas it's either kill or be killed. So your poor, little Gazans are dying. Sucks, huh? Maybe when they've had enough they'll stop the rockets.
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-01-07 12:41||   2009-01-07 12:41|| Front Page Top

#15 Sorry Spanky - people here have functioning minds.

The sole reason there are so many civilian deaths is because of HAMASS storing arms and ammo in schools, hospitals, mosques (did you see the secondary explosions when that mosque was hit - what was that Allah's fart?). Not to mention the hiding behind their women and children (there are actual videos of this). The blame for their deaths lies with HAMAS and with the apologist (like you) and media which willingly, and with full knowledge that children will be killed as a result, buys and publicizes their crap..



Posted by CrazyFool 2009-01-07 12:52||   2009-01-07 12:52|| Front Page Top

#16 Spanky, you really need to do a little research before going off like that.

Come back after you have internalized the answers to a few questions:

1) What does Hamas think ambulances should be used for?

2) What does Hamas think mosques should be used for?

3) Does Hamas think it's OK to fire rockets and mortars from positions abutting schools?

4) Why don't the kids leave the schools when Hamas shoots rockets or mortars from them?

5) Are there any videos on the internet of Hamas shooting rockets or mortars from schools?

6) If Israel isn't supposed to shoot back, then what is your genius solution to the problem?

7) Do Hamas operatives use humanitarian cease fires to rearm and setup rockets on timers to shoot at Israel?

8) Would you volunteer to live your life within 30 seconds of a bunker for an undetermined number of years due to Hamas? Or would you run away? Should you have to? What if running away just meant it would take a bit longer for them to come after you again?

9) If the Palestinians truly and honestly agreed to and implemented a unilateral ceasefire, would Israel stand down?

11) If Israel truly and honestly agreed to and implemented a unilateral ceasefire, would Hamas stand down?

12) Given Hamas' history, how would another cease fire help solve the situation for longer than it would take Hamas to rearm (again)?

13) Given the chance, would Hamas snipers try to kill Israeli children playing outside their homes? Are there any documented cases of this happening before the wall went up? Do "Palestinians" throw candy when this kind of thing happens? Is that candy a sign of mourning or joy?

14) Could Israel bomb the "Palestinian" areas back to even deeper into the stone age in a week if they wanted to? Have they? What would Hamas do if the tables were turned? Would they show as much restraint?

15) Does Israel telephone or "roof knock" those Hamas operatives whose houses they are about to bomb and warn them of what is coming? What is the "Palestinian" "civilian" reaction to such warnings? Also, do Hamas operatives return the favor with a phone call before they set off a suicide bomb?

16) Does Hamas' charter say that they are for or against the existance of Israel, and under what circumstances?

16) Do you believe this list of questions even scratches the surface of what the mainstream media doesn't bother to tell you about?

18) Why wouldn't the mainstream media integrate all these obvious tidbits into their reporting?

19) Do you truly believe that a society such as Israel, which pound for pound is more educated and productive than pretty much any other society than I can think of, suddenly went immoral? Honestly?

20) Whose side are you on? Why? If you say you are on the side of peace, then why don't you think Israel should finish off Hamas so everyone can get on with their lives, including the "Palestinians"?

21) Do you think Hamas can be rehabilitated?
Posted by gorb 2009-01-07 13:28||   2009-01-07 13:28|| Front Page Top

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Posted by 3dc 2009-01-07 14:16||   2009-01-07 14:16|| Front Page Top

#18 3dc: i would happily have part of my tax money diverted to build such a canal. shoot, i owuld even pony up 'extra' for it

Posted by Abu do you love">Abu do you love  2009-01-07 14:25||   2009-01-07 14:25|| Front Page Top

#19 Hey, Spanky? Are the Joooooos coming to get ya in Dallas, ya fraud?
Posted by tu3031 2009-01-07 14:56||   2009-01-07 14:56|| Front Page Top

#20 I'll donate to that endeavor, 3dc. :-D
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2009-01-07 15:01|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]  2009-01-07 15:01|| Front Page Top

#21 gorb:
22) Would the NYT print the above as a letter to the editory?
23) If not, why not?

good summary!
Posted by KBK 2009-01-07 18:04||   2009-01-07 18:04|| Front Page Top

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