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2014-08-01 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

UN condemns Palestinians for breaking ceasefire

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-08-01 07:49|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Maybe a first grader accidentally put his Yasser Arafat lunch box on the rocket launcher.

Snark of the day.

Posted by Airandee 2014-08-01 07:59|| 2014-08-01 07:59|| Front Page Top

#2 White House condemns Hamas attack

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-08-01 09:12|| 2014-08-01 09:12|| Front Page Top

#3 ~~No one~~ EVERYONE ~~could have~~ expected this!

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-08-01 09:37|| 2014-08-01 09:37|| Front Page Top

#4 White House condemns Hamas attack

That's it - just a sentence? The entire article - one sentence? Talk about pro forma.

Posted by Pappy 2014-08-01 09:51|| 2014-08-01 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Did the UN official have his fingers crossed while doing this?

Posted by 3dc 2014-08-01 10:41|| 2014-08-01 10:41|| Front Page Top

#6 It's always good to check the article at the link. What the White House actually said was,

White House: Abduction of Israeli soldier at 'barbaric' violation of ceasefire
Reuters
Published: 08.01.14, 15:29 / Israel News

The White House said Friday that a if the Hamas abduction of a soldier proves to be true, it would be a "barbaric" violation of the ceasefire.

A logical conditional if-then, with the addition of the adjective barbaric. Possibly it was pronounced by the White House spokesperson with the amusing name, but definitely not by anyone important like the president, or even unimportant like the vice president or an anonymous official.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-08-01 10:59|| 2014-08-01 10:59|| Front Page Top

#7 And by "barbaric", we mean "barbaric, but totally expected".

Posted by SteveS 2014-08-01 11:21|| 2014-08-01 11:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Should've stuck with the one-liner.

Posted by Pappy 2014-08-01 11:50|| 2014-08-01 11:50|| Front Page Top

#9 And by "condemns" they mean "keeping up the temperance we aren't totally in bed with Hamas"

Posted by DarthVader 2014-08-01 12:01|| 2014-08-01 12:01|| Front Page Top

#10 Appearance... not Temperance.
Stupid autocorrect

Posted by DarthVader 2014-08-01 12:01|| 2014-08-01 12:01|| Front Page Top

#11 There there is Secretary of State John F. Kerry's statement on the subject after speaking with Prime Minister Netanyahu this morning. He is, perhaps, anticipating the president on this:

"Secretary of State John Kerry called on Hamas to immediately and unconditionally release an Israel Defense Forces soldier kidnapped in a Palestinian attack that rapidly broke what was supposed to be a 72-hour cease-fire.

The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms todays attack, which led to the killing of two Israeli soldiers and the apparent abduction of another. It was an outrageous violation of the cease-fire negotiated over the past several days, and of the assurances given to the United States and the United Nations, Kerry said in a statement.

Hamas, which has security control over the Gaza Strip, must immediately and unconditionally release the missing Israeli soldier, and I call on those with influence over Hamas to reinforce this message, he continued.

After the horrific loss of life in this attack and its aftermath, it would be a tragedy if this outrageous attack leads to more suffering and loss of life on both sides of this conflict. I have been in close touch with Prime Minister Netanyahu, with UN Special Coordinator Robert Serry and with other regional partners. The international community must now redouble its efforts to end the tunnel and rocket attacks by Hamas terrorists on Israel and the suffering and loss of civilian life. "

Posted by trailing wife 2014-08-01 14:34|| 2014-08-01 14:34|| Front Page Top

#12 This is a joke isn't it?

The UN never criticizes the Palestinians when they have an Israeli or two standing around.

Did hell just freeze over?

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-08-01 21:18|| 2014-08-01 21:18|| Front Page Top

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