Palestinians urge US to raise pressure on Israel

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  • Posted By: nawawimohamad @ 01/18/2009 10:57:35 PM

    "We must put an end to the arms traffic," said French President Nicolas Sarkozy. "Several of our countries have proposed ... to make available to Israel and Egypt all the technical, diplomatic and military ??? notably naval ??? means to help stop weapons smuggling into Gaza." This is utterly nonsense because the Palestinians have the right to self-defence. In the US there is a right to own guns for self defence. How can it be otherwise for the Palestinians.

  • Posted By: JerryG1 @ 01/18/2009 3:12:56 PM

    With their arrogant, sub-human attitude towards Palestinians and other Arabs, and now the evidence of what the militarists/Zionists of Israel are willing to do, even to civilians, to meet their goals, it becomes clear that one of the greatest dangers the world community faces is that these same people have nuclear weapons.

    • Posted By: Marcus CA @ 01/18/2009 8:57:39 PM

      First of all, Israel has had nuclear weapons for decades, yet has never threatened to use them. Second, Israel is willing to recognize a Palestinian state's right to exist, so long as that state recognizes Israel's right to exist and renounces violence against Israel's military and civilian populace. Hamas and Iran have yet to state the conditions under which they would recognize Israel's right to exist, except for the total evacuation (or annihilation) or its Jewish citizenry.

  • Posted By: Mohamad Taqiadeen @ 01/18/2009 2:45:35 PM

    I wish that every one share the point of view that Israel do not spend those hundreds of millions in this recent War on Gaza just because Hamas. The military invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli Forces bears a direct relation to the control and ownership of strategic offshore gas reserves. This is a war of conquest. Discovered in 2000, there are extensive gas reserves off the Gaza coastline.
    If you want to be sure just visit those site:
    www.taqiadeen.jeeran.com
    Believe me when I say that Israel did the same thing before, that was after the 1967's War and the occupation of Sinai.
    Israel declared in January 18, 2009 that Israel discovered the gas which is already have been discovered on behalfe the Palasinians in 2000!!!
    Children of Isael, be sure that there are thives want to give you something that is not belong to you. Those bad people want you to be bad like them. Please, donot be BAD like those THIVES!

    ???Mohamad Taqiadeen, Egypt.

  • Posted By: Mohamad Taqiadeen @ 01/18/2009 2:45:03 PM

    I wish that every one share the point of view that Israel do not spend those hundreds of millions in this recent War on Gaza just because Hamas. The military invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli Forces bears a direct relation to the control and ownership of strategic offshore gas reserves. This is a war of conquest. Discovered in 2000, there are extensive gas reserves off the Gaza coastline.
    If you want to be sure just visit those site:
    www.taqiadeen.jeeran.com
    Believe me when I say that Israel did the same thing before, that was after the 1967's War and the occupation of Sinai.
    Israel declared in January 18, 2009 that Israel discovered the gas which is already have been discovered on behalfe the Palasinians in 2000!!!
    Children of Isael, be sure that there are thives want to give you something that is not belong to you. Those bad people want you to be bad like them. Please, donot be BAD like those THIVES!

    ???Mohamad Taqiadeen, Egypt.

  • Posted By: oluf @ 01/18/2009 2:25:38 PM

    Israel has had the finger on the trigger. Israeli soldiers are the ones that have killed hundreds of children in Gaza They can not run from the responsibility. Its a shame that the world has not been able to react more effectively agaisnt such an aggreesion. It`s a shame especially for the nation that have som influence on the Israeliues.
    I`m talkinmg of the nation that has sponsored the Israeli warmachine for decades and whose weapons (air crafts, phosphr bombs etc) have been used to terrorise and traumatize a new generation of Palestinian children.
    O. Herlofsen

  • Posted By: ross1972 @ 01/18/2009 11:40:16 AM

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  • Posted By: ross1972 @ 01/18/2009 11:29:24 AM

    Hamas will be grateful for the chance to get supplies and medical aid to its fighters.This opportunity to regroup and resupply will be put to good use by Hamas and Islamic jihad.Thank you Israel for your help,you have always been willing to give aid to hamas,Allah will reward you.

  • Posted By: Sam_Morello @ 01/18/2009 10:24:02 AM

    To DrewCAENG : First, there is no desert in palestine, so they can't be backward sand people like you xenophibically said... second, this war is not about virgins like you're sterotyped mind told you, it's about the palestinians right to live in dignity, the war started when Hamas refused to renew the ceasefire because israel didn't open the borders as agreed in the previous 6 months ceasefire... Afraid of the ongrowing support for the only democratically elected government in the story of arab countries (Hamas 2006), arab leaders give the green light and moral support to israel to bring down the government of Hamas... that's why israel used all those barbaric weapons against unarmed civilians and stroke mosques with no complain from arab countries... and in the end Hamas still step up with more popular support around the world including in USA... just for statistics : Hamas rockets didn't kill any israeli, thay can do nothing but material damage especially against military bases around Gaza...
    Next time, please make sure your source in not only Fox News.. everybody knows it's all lies... like they lied about Iraq...

  • Posted By: Sam_Morello @ 01/18/2009 10:23:13 AM

    To DrewCAENG : First, there is no desert in palestine, so they can't be backward sand people like you xenophibically said... second, this war is not about virgins like you're sterotyped mind told you, it's about the palestinians right to live in dignity, the war started when Hamas refused to renew the ceasefire because israel didn't open the borders as agreed in the previous 6 months ceasefire... Afraid of the ongrowing support for the only democratically elected government in the story of arab countries (Hamas 2006), arab leaders give the green light and moral support to israel to bring down the government of Hamas... that's why israel used all those barbaric weapons against unarmed civilians and stroke mosques with no complain from arab countries... and in the end Hamas still step up with more popular support around the world including in USA... just for statistics : Hamas rockets didn't kill any israeli, thay can do nothing but material damage especially against military bases around Gaza...
    Next time, please make sure your source in not only Fox News.. everybody knows it's all lies... like they lied about Iraq...

  • Posted By: DrewCAENG @ 01/18/2009 6:15:43 AM

    Have these backwards sand people not learned anything? Stop Firing rockets into Israel Allah will not grant you 72 virgins is the year 2009 get with it!

  • Posted By: Getitout @ 01/17/2009 10:01:32 PM

    Talking about the bible. I remember the story of David with his sling, and Goliath with his sword. What happen is David threw a stone with his sling to Goliath, goliath fell. And David won. In Gaza obviously David with his sling does not represent the jews. And Goliath does not represent the Palestinians. We live in a different age. We use different weapons. I for instance will make the Palestinians, David. In gaza 17% of the population are children, and they do throw stones at their occupier, Israel. Israel in return uses more sofisticated weapons, the one that they write over it, go find Hamas. The missile fly all over town, find Hamas and drop hitting the target. Oops, a school yard. Israel response, Hamas was firing from it. Thats Goliath. At the end who you think going to prevail, David with his sling, or Goliath with his sword?

  • Posted By: JerryG1 @ 01/17/2009 9:15:21 PM

    Posted By: 1Blackcitizen! @ 01/17/2009 4:25:49 PM
    ...
    The Bible, in spite of all aversion, has declared. "Whoever blesses Israel, I will bless. Whoever curses Israel, I will curse with a curse.
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    And this:
    There you will remember your conduct and all the actions by which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evil you have done. 44 You will know that I am the LORD, when I deal with you for my name's sake and not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices, O house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD

  • Posted By: surg onc @ 01/17/2009 8:49:54 PM

    if i were to assault your family and leave a number of your children dead, after which i declare a unilateral ceasefire and expect you to do the same, will you comply? if i follow with another statement that if you avenge your deaths by attacking me and my family i will assault you again, does that make sense to you? in short, i expect you to quietly bury your dead and go on with your lives and promise not to disturb me again - meaning your lives are not worth zilch but the lives of my family are valuable, isn't it? is there another conclusion you would like to offer?

  • Posted By: JerryG1 @ 01/17/2009 8:23:13 PM

    The saying: "We create terrorists faster than we can kill them" is probably true.

    Israel has killed over 1,000 men , women and children, just in this offensive.
    How many were really terrorists? 50? 100? 200?

    How many new terrorists and enemies around the world have they created? Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Millions?

  • Posted By: 1Blackcitizen! @ 01/17/2009 4:25:49 PM

    Love reading the musings intellectuals waxing intellectually. Harry S. Truman, a not overly religious man, but an avid reader of the Bible recognized that the Jews held a particular position in God's economy. He was the key proponent in establishing a Jewish homeland. Successive presidents have agreed to support Israel for mostly political reasons. The more broad thinking of these also perceived a deeper. These people called Jews are God's people. Gnash your teeth if you like. The Bible, in spite of all aversion, has declared. "Whoever blesses Israel, I will bless. Whoever curses Israel, I will curse with a curse. Keep on cursing.

  • Posted By: oscarlei @ 01/14/2009 5:54:45 AM

    The so-called "God's chosen people" has become the aggressor. I'm not a bit surprised - given the fact that the God of the old testament often went on killing spree. How on earth can anybody resolve this problem when you have people believing in stuff like "God gave this land to me"?

    • Posted By: Vigilance @ 01/17/2009 11:57:35 AM

      Indeed. Abraham was a Chaldean after all...the state of Israel has always existed on foreign soil, in many senses of the word.

    • Posted By: ep122 @ 01/15/2009 10:38:19 AM

      Agree totally. These people are thugs.

    • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 01/14/2009 9:06:32 AM

      Excellent comments.

  • Posted By: JusticeOnEarth @ 01/13/2009 11:49:57 AM

    1- Can anyone tell me why Palestinian blood is not human? There has been over 900 dead in Gaza so far and more than 2000 injured. This represents 1/3 of September 11 terrorist attacks and still counting...

    2- To my surprise it's Israel who had broken the truce on November 2008 when it had killed 6 Hamas militants in a raid. Source: the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/05/israelandthepalestinians
    Also this is a journalistic investigation aired by CNN to prove that???s it???s Israel who had broken the ceasefire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KntmpoRXFX4

    3- Israel indeed had withdrawn from Gaza in 2005 and keeps saying that it had ???evacuated??? from Gaza. However, the siege of Gaza never stopped: no food, fuel, medicine could be brought into Gaza, even fishing was banned by Israel. In other words a large scale concentration camp.

    4- Gaza is 12km long by 4 km large where 1.5 million people living in this 12x4 km. if we know that Hamas rockets do not dissociates civilians from military targets, I'll be delighted to know how mega tons bombs dropped from 10,000 feet could dissociate Hamas militants from pure innocent civilians in such high density of population?

    5- I don't agree with anyone who could justify the killing of civilians by any mean. there is something more unacceptable than anti-Semitism, that is anti-humanism.

    6- Why Israel had rejected the Arab peace initiative in 2002? major Arab states including Saudi Arabia offered to recognize Israel, establish diplomatic and economic relations in return for granting Palestinians a state within 1967 borders (East Jerusalem, West Bank without thousand of settlements and the Gaza Strip). However, such a reasonable deal, which required no more concessions than the rest of the International community demands, was rejected by Israel.

    7- USA invaded Iraq because it "believes" on freedom and democracy to "liberate" Iraq under a forced UN Security council resolution. What about The UN security council resolutions since 1948 that Israel still not accepting (to my knowledge it's the only state in the world who defies the international community with no sanctions, nor military force to implement the UN Security Council resolutions). Here are some few (see next post):

    • Posted By: Vigilance @ 01/17/2009 11:56:01 AM

      Google "Operation Plumbat" for an account of how Israel did the exact thing they accused Saddam of - i.e., obtaining covert yellowcake uranium for a secret nuclear program. Makes me sick, want to vomit in fact.

  • Posted By: kingjew @ 01/16/2009 10:23:06 AM

    Israel is a barbaric terrorist nation who kills hundreds innocent children and uses chemical weapons against international laws. They claim Saddam Huessein was a ruthless dictator, yet Israel bombs UN headquarters, UN hospitals, Ambulance and aid workers, red cross workers and does not get punished. The pro Jewish Israeli propaganda machine called AIPAC is much too influential on the US government. The US gives billions of dollars and military weapons to this country to defend itself, not murder innocent civilians and commit crimes against humanity. After a cease fire has been called its time the international community come together to set up a war crimes trial against the military and political leaders of Israel. They are a disgrace and need to be stopped.

    • Posted By: Vigilance @ 01/17/2009 11:47:19 AM

      "They claim Saddam Huessein was a ruthless dictator, yet Israel bombs UN headquarters, UN hospitals, Ambulance and aid workers, red cross workers and does not get punished. "

      Not to mention which, Israel remains the only nation to *actually* have made a covert deal for yellowcake uranium, back in 1968. Look up "Operation Plumbat"...the hypocrisy sickens and angers me. I hope the AIPAC guys who came up with the whole accuse-Saddam-of-yellowcake thing sicken and rot.

  • Posted By: Vigilance @ 01/17/2009 11:40:46 AM

    Just to clarify my position here, some of my great-grandparents were Russian Jews, left during the Revolution and the purges of the Pale of Settlement. I consider myself at least partially genetically Jewish and have considered "converting", so to speak - observing the holidays and reading the Torah and whatnot - and you know what keeps me away from it? Things like this.

    As far as my budding "Jewishness" is concerned, the Israelis who are responsible for this whole mess are Pharisees, not Jews...the kind of people who would free Barabbas rather than see a prisoner go free, and et cetera. One may note there that I don't *just* study Judaism, though I have read up on Kabbalah and Jewish eschatology and other various forms of Jewish mysticism.

    Any of my cousins who may be fuming about the Palestinians and Hamas, learn the history of the region if you want to actually do any good regarding this subject. If you'd rather just be angry and boastful, then you may feel free to stop reading now. Half of you couldn't tell me what an "aliyah" is if someone had you tied to a chair. (Answer: one of the original waves of Israeli settlers to the region from 1890 to 1940 or so.) Who ruled the region back in 1800? (Answer: the Ottoman Empire.) And so on...

    If you can't tell me the alternate area where David Ben-Gurion considered reestablishing Israel before deciding in the end to return to the Middle East instead - but you're sure Palestinians are "apes with bombs" or some of the other hate I've seen on here - then as far as I'm concerned, Hamas can blow you up and a good job too. Sorry to be so discompassionate, but the amount of modern Jewish myopia and self-absorbedness makes me infuriated, even if I am enough of a Jew to have been killed in the Holocaust, had I been German and living at that time...

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