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Why Israelis support the Gaza offensive

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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 08:56 AM

    @Chris Sinnard - another fool

    Islamist wackos don't hate me - or you - for what we do.

    They hate us for what we *are*. Which is not Moslem.

    Or are the Indians, Thais, Phillipinos, and all the other victims of Islamist terror as evil as you think Israel & the US are?

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