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Letter from Gaza
What the death and burial of 16-year-old Nahid al-Shanbari says about Hamas.
By Mitchell Prothero [2007-04-05]
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  • Sugarman and Realname are Hurting Jews

    Sugarman and Realname,

    It is sad that you think you are defending Jews when in fact you are defending a brutal apartheid regime in Israel that has done nothing but bring about insecurity and an uncertain future for Jews and Palestinians alike. Many Jews have recognized this and taken action constant with the universal human values to which you two so clearly do not subscribe.

    "Many South Africans are beginning to recognize the parallels [in the Occupied Palestinian Territories] to what we went through. Ronnie Kasrils and Max Ozinsky, two Jewish heroes of the anti-apartheid struggle, recently published a letter titled "Not in My Name." Signed by several hundred other prominent Jewish South Africans, the letter drew an explicit analogy between apartheid and current Israeli policies. Mark Mathabane and Nelson Mandela have also pointed out the relevance of the South African experience."

    - Desmond Tutu and Ian Urbina (07/02), International Herald Tribune

    -- aVulcan
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    Sunday, April 8, 2007 09:36 AM

  • An antisemite telling me I'm hurting Jews

    Have you ever met one, or they a world wide menace from afar?

    -- RealName
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    Sunday, April 8, 2007 11:18 AM

  • aVulcan is confused

    aVulcan spewed:

    "Sugarman continues to spew hatred against the Palestinian refugees who were ethnically cleansed by the Zionists when the state of Israel was established. As if it is not enough that these people were driven out of their land, bombed and massacred ad infinitem for wanting to go back to their farms and villages (remember the Sabra and Shatila massacre of thousands of women and children that took place as the Israeli army "guarded" the refugee camps).

    Your lack of basic humanity makes me sick!"

    Pals comprise 14% of the Isreali population. Prior to the '48 war there plenty of Jews living in the WB, like Hebron and other cities.

    After the '48 there were no Jews living in the WB.

    aVulcan is right about one thing, there was ethnic cleanising going on. Except it was perpetrated by the WB arabs.

    aVulcan lacks the facts and is already an outed bigot.

    -- bigdakine
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    Monday, April 9, 2007 12:02 PM

  • West Bank & Gaza erupts in violence, or it's Monday.

    http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3386036,00.html

    http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3385993,00.html

    http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/124449

    -- RealName
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    Monday, April 9, 2007 04:13 PM

  • Damnit - we control the money, the media AND the government and this shit happens.

    U.S. Congress Okays Funds for Abbas

    (IsraelNN.com) The U.S. Congress voted this week to approve a grant of some $60 million to beef up Force 17, the personal security force of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

    A source in the U.S. State Department, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Tuesday that the funding was also approved by the Israeli government. In addition to upgrading Abbas’ security force, funds will also be used to improve security at Gaza border crossings.

    -- RealName
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    Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:30 AM

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