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Tuesday, 4, July, 2006 (08, Jumada al-Thani, 1427)
Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza=E2=80=99s Cries?
Linda Heard, =E2=80=94
How much longer must the Palestinian people be bombed, starved,
humiliated and abused before the international community speaks up with
one voice? How much longer will world leaders avert their eyes from the
cruel way Israel is pursuing a land grab? How much longer will ordinary
people prefer the World Cup and blissful ignorance to the facts of
Israel=E2=80=99s crimes and their effects on an entire people?
The US and the EU have labeled the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
=E2=80=9Cterrorist=E2=80=9D, a move that has virtually given the Israeli go=
vernment
carte blanche to do its worst. George W. Bush says Israel has the right
to defend itself even as it works to deliberately terrorize a civilian
population. The proof of intent is Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert=E2=80=99s instruction to the IDF last Sunday: =E2=80=9CI don=E2=80=
=99t want anyone
to sleep tonight in Gaza=E2=80=9D.
Almost 50 percent of Gaza=E2=80=99s 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s. Israel
saw fit to bomb a major power station, in blatant contravention of the
Geneva Conventions, during an operation sadistically titled
=E2=80=9COperation Summer Rain=E2=80=9D.
Experts say it may take up to eight months to restore power during
which time hospital patients will die, families will be left without
air-conditioners, fans, refrigerators and televisions, office workers
and students without essential computers.
Those of us who live in this region and who have experienced inevitable
brief power outrages should ask ourselves whether we could survive
months of unrelenting heat and dark without even the respite of a
cooling drink.
There is worse to come. Fuel for generators is running out fast. Water
supplies will dwindle and the sewage system will collapse when
electrically powered pumps become inert. In short, there is a
catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the making. Yet, far from showing
regret or remorse, Olmert, on Sunday, told his army to step up the
action, with whatever related horrors that will entail.
During his weekly Cabinet meeting, which takes place in an
air-conditioned board room, Olmert made this callous statement: =E2=80=9CIt
is true that the situation in Gaza is inconvenient, so those who engage
in terror should be inconvenienced. I told the United Nations
secretary-general, =E2=80=98It=E2=80=99s inconvenient that there is no elec=
tricity
but rockets kill=E2=80=99.=E2=80=9D
Yes, rockets do kill, and so do Israeli bombs and tank shells that are
currently raining down on the world=E2=80=99s largest open prison, where
mothers can do nothing to protect their infants from the terrifying
sounds of death and destruction, not to mention the deafening
supersonic booms of low flying fighter jets.
Olmert hopes that no one in Gaza will sleep. He has got his wish. One
wonders how this true ideological son of Sharon is able to sleep
himself, provided, that is, he possesses a heart and a conscience.
Could this disproportionate military reaction to the abduction of a
lone Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants be for real? The more
cynical among us conclude it has more to do with the destruction of
Hamas than the fate of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, especially when these
heavy-handed Israeli tactics coincide with the acceptance by both Hamas
and Fatah leaderships of the =E2=80=9CPrisoners=E2=80=99 Peace Plan=E2=80=
=9D that
incorporates US and EU demands.
The last thing Olmert wants while he is thrusting his unilateral
Convergence Plan on to the international community is for Hamas to
accept Israel=E2=80=99s right to exist, thereby morphing into a potential
partner for peace.
And so Hamas was systematically goaded into breaking its yearlong
cease-fire beginning last August when Israel began assassinating
high-profile Hamas figures.
This pot-stirring tactic stretches back to the days when the Yasser
Arafat was president. On almost every occasion that Arafat would
declare a unilateral cease-fire or support new peace measures, Israel
would go out of its way to upset the applecart.
In recent days, Israel has rounded up dozens of Hamas Cabinet members,
legislators and officials using the pretext that Hamas has officially
been declared a terrorist group and has bombed the offices of
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. These aggressive acts are
surely shameful when the Palestinian people were encouraged by all and
sundry to embrace democracy, which they proudly did, little knowing
they would be judged and punished for their choice.
It seems that Israel is intent on bringing Syria into the row as well.
Last week, Israeli jets buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President
Bashar Assad, in an attempt to force him to close down Hamas offices in
Damascus and deport Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. On Sunday, Olmert told
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that =E2=80=9Cthe directives to carry
out operations and the orders to carry out terror attacks all come from
Syria=E2=80=9D. This accusation Meshal vehemently denies.
What is becoming increasingly clear is this. Israel would prefer to
escalate the crises rather than allow any possibility of returning to
the peace table.
It is not prepared to accept any conditions related to the soldier=E2=80=99s
return, including a request for the release of 335 Palestinian children
incarcerated in Israeli jails. It=E2=80=99s ironic that while the uniformed
Shalit is being portrayed as an innocent, bespectacled boy-next-door,
those children have been forgotten, along with over 9,000 adult
Palestinian prisoners.
With bridges literally burned by the Israelis, the Palestinians are
pinning their hopes on Egyptian negotiators.
=E2=80=9CWe ask the international community and the Arab League to take its
responsibilities toward our people and intervene to end Israel=E2=80=99s
insane policy,=E2=80=9D says Haniyeh. Judging by recent history, it=E2=80=
=99s a
forlorn hope. We who do nothing and say nothing should all hang our
heads in shame.
.
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04 Jul 2006 11:02:27 PM |
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Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without electricity
at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s
I think someon errored with the numbers here!!!!
"World War III 2006 .:**:. [The Last 2300 Days].:**:.
?T.:**:..:**:. .:**:.sheie !!!!"
<stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1152070309.638138.270030@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
www.arabnews.com/
Tuesday, 4, July, 2006 (08, Jumada al-Thani, 1427)
Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries?
Linda Heard, -
How much longer must the Palestinian people be bombed, starved,
humiliated and abused before the international community speaks up with
one voice? How much longer will world leaders avert their eyes from the
cruel way Israel is pursuing a land grab? How much longer will ordinary
people prefer the World Cup and blissful ignorance to the facts of
Israel's crimes and their effects on an entire people?
The US and the EU have labeled the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
"terrorist", a move that has virtually given the Israeli government
carte blanche to do its worst. George W. Bush says Israel has the right
to defend itself even as it works to deliberately terrorize a civilian
population. The proof of intent is Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's instruction to the IDF last Sunday: "I don't want anyone
to sleep tonight in Gaza".
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s. Israel
saw fit to bomb a major power station, in blatant contravention of the
Geneva Conventions, during an operation sadistically titled
"Operation Summer Rain".
Experts say it may take up to eight months to restore power during
which time hospital patients will die, families will be left without
air-conditioners, fans, refrigerators and televisions, office workers
and students without essential computers.
Those of us who live in this region and who have experienced inevitable
brief power outrages should ask ourselves whether we could survive
months of unrelenting heat and dark without even the respite of a
cooling drink.
There is worse to come. Fuel for generators is running out fast. Water
supplies will dwindle and the sewage system will collapse when
electrically powered pumps become inert. In short, there is a
catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the making. Yet, far from showing
regret or remorse, Olmert, on Sunday, told his army to step up the
action, with whatever related horrors that will entail.
During his weekly Cabinet meeting, which takes place in an
air-conditioned board room, Olmert made this callous statement: "It
is true that the situation in Gaza is inconvenient, so those who engage
in terror should be inconvenienced. I told the United Nations
secretary-general, 'It's inconvenient that there is no electricity
but rockets kill'."
Yes, rockets do kill, and so do Israeli bombs and tank shells that are
currently raining down on the world's largest open prison, where
mothers can do nothing to protect their infants from the terrifying
sounds of death and destruction, not to mention the deafening
supersonic booms of low flying fighter jets.
Olmert hopes that no one in Gaza will sleep. He has got his wish. One
wonders how this true ideological son of Sharon is able to sleep
himself, provided, that is, he possesses a heart and a conscience.
Could this disproportionate military reaction to the abduction of a
lone Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants be for real? The more
cynical among us conclude it has more to do with the destruction of
Hamas than the fate of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, especially when these
heavy-handed Israeli tactics coincide with the acceptance by both Hamas
and Fatah leaderships of the "Prisoners' Peace Plan" that
incorporates US and EU demands.
The last thing Olmert wants while he is thrusting his unilateral
Convergence Plan on to the international community is for Hamas to
accept Israel's right to exist, thereby morphing into a potential
partner for peace.
And so Hamas was systematically goaded into breaking its yearlong
cease-fire beginning last August when Israel began assassinating
high-profile Hamas figures.
This pot-stirring tactic stretches back to the days when the Yasser
Arafat was president. On almost every occasion that Arafat would
declare a unilateral cease-fire or support new peace measures, Israel
would go out of its way to upset the applecart.
In recent days, Israel has rounded up dozens of Hamas Cabinet members,
legislators and officials using the pretext that Hamas has officially
been declared a terrorist group and has bombed the offices of
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. These aggressive acts are
surely shameful when the Palestinian people were encouraged by all and
sundry to embrace democracy, which they proudly did, little knowing
they would be judged and punished for their choice.
It seems that Israel is intent on bringing Syria into the row as well.
Last week, Israeli jets buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President
Bashar Assad, in an attempt to force him to close down Hamas offices in
Damascus and deport Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. On Sunday, Olmert told
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that "the directives to carry
out operations and the orders to carry out terror attacks all come from
Syria". This accusation Meshal vehemently denies.
What is becoming increasingly clear is this. Israel would prefer to
escalate the crises rather than allow any possibility of returning to
the peace table.
It is not prepared to accept any conditions related to the soldier's
return, including a request for the release of 335 Palestinian children
incarcerated in Israeli jails. It's ironic that while the uniformed
Shalit is being portrayed as an innocent, bespectacled boy-next-door,
those children have been forgotten, along with over 9,000 adult
Palestinian prisoners.
With bridges literally burned by the Israelis, the Palestinians are
pinning their hopes on Egyptian negotiators.
"We ask the international community and the Arab League to take its
responsibilities toward our people and intervene to end Israel's
insane policy," says Haniyeh. Judging by recent history, it's a
forlorn hope. We who do nothing and say nothing should all hang our
heads in shame.
.
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| User: "hi" |
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| Title: Re: Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries? |
04 Jul 2006 11:06:33 PM |
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There's not much much anyone can do....
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:nRGqg.122477$IK3.43603@pd7tw1no...
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without electricity
at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s
I think someon errored with the numbers here!!!!
"World War III 2006 .:**:. [The Last 2300 Days].:**:.
?T.:**:..:**:. .:**:.sheie !!!!"
<stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1152070309.638138.270030@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
www.arabnews.com/
Tuesday, 4, July, 2006 (08, Jumada al-Thani, 1427)
Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries?
Linda Heard, -
How much longer must the Palestinian people be bombed, starved,
humiliated and abused before the international community speaks up with
one voice? How much longer will world leaders avert their eyes from the
cruel way Israel is pursuing a land grab? How much longer will ordinary
people prefer the World Cup and blissful ignorance to the facts of
Israel's crimes and their effects on an entire people?
The US and the EU have labeled the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
"terrorist", a move that has virtually given the Israeli government
carte blanche to do its worst. George W. Bush says Israel has the right
to defend itself even as it works to deliberately terrorize a civilian
population. The proof of intent is Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's instruction to the IDF last Sunday: "I don't want anyone
to sleep tonight in Gaza".
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s. Israel
saw fit to bomb a major power station, in blatant contravention of the
Geneva Conventions, during an operation sadistically titled
"Operation Summer Rain".
Experts say it may take up to eight months to restore power during
which time hospital patients will die, families will be left without
air-conditioners, fans, refrigerators and televisions, office workers
and students without essential computers.
Those of us who live in this region and who have experienced inevitable
brief power outrages should ask ourselves whether we could survive
months of unrelenting heat and dark without even the respite of a
cooling drink.
There is worse to come. Fuel for generators is running out fast. Water
supplies will dwindle and the sewage system will collapse when
electrically powered pumps become inert. In short, there is a
catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the making. Yet, far from showing
regret or remorse, Olmert, on Sunday, told his army to step up the
action, with whatever related horrors that will entail.
During his weekly Cabinet meeting, which takes place in an
air-conditioned board room, Olmert made this callous statement: "It
is true that the situation in Gaza is inconvenient, so those who engage
in terror should be inconvenienced. I told the United Nations
secretary-general, 'It's inconvenient that there is no electricity
but rockets kill'."
Yes, rockets do kill, and so do Israeli bombs and tank shells that are
currently raining down on the world's largest open prison, where
mothers can do nothing to protect their infants from the terrifying
sounds of death and destruction, not to mention the deafening
supersonic booms of low flying fighter jets.
Olmert hopes that no one in Gaza will sleep. He has got his wish. One
wonders how this true ideological son of Sharon is able to sleep
himself, provided, that is, he possesses a heart and a conscience.
Could this disproportionate military reaction to the abduction of a
lone Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants be for real? The more
cynical among us conclude it has more to do with the destruction of
Hamas than the fate of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, especially when these
heavy-handed Israeli tactics coincide with the acceptance by both Hamas
and Fatah leaderships of the "Prisoners' Peace Plan" that
incorporates US and EU demands.
The last thing Olmert wants while he is thrusting his unilateral
Convergence Plan on to the international community is for Hamas to
accept Israel's right to exist, thereby morphing into a potential
partner for peace.
And so Hamas was systematically goaded into breaking its yearlong
cease-fire beginning last August when Israel began assassinating
high-profile Hamas figures.
This pot-stirring tactic stretches back to the days when the Yasser
Arafat was president. On almost every occasion that Arafat would
declare a unilateral cease-fire or support new peace measures, Israel
would go out of its way to upset the applecart.
In recent days, Israel has rounded up dozens of Hamas Cabinet members,
legislators and officials using the pretext that Hamas has officially
been declared a terrorist group and has bombed the offices of
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. These aggressive acts are
surely shameful when the Palestinian people were encouraged by all and
sundry to embrace democracy, which they proudly did, little knowing
they would be judged and punished for their choice.
It seems that Israel is intent on bringing Syria into the row as well.
Last week, Israeli jets buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President
Bashar Assad, in an attempt to force him to close down Hamas offices in
Damascus and deport Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. On Sunday, Olmert told
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that "the directives to carry
out operations and the orders to carry out terror attacks all come from
Syria". This accusation Meshal vehemently denies.
What is becoming increasingly clear is this. Israel would prefer to
escalate the crises rather than allow any possibility of returning to
the peace table.
It is not prepared to accept any conditions related to the soldier's
return, including a request for the release of 335 Palestinian children
incarcerated in Israeli jails. It's ironic that while the uniformed
Shalit is being portrayed as an innocent, bespectacled boy-next-door,
those children have been forgotten, along with over 9,000 adult
Palestinian prisoners.
With bridges literally burned by the Israelis, the Palestinians are
pinning their hopes on Egyptian negotiators.
"We ask the international community and the Arab League to take its
responsibilities toward our people and intervene to end Israel's
insane policy," says Haniyeh. Judging by recent history, it's a
forlorn hope. We who do nothing and say nothing should all hang our
heads in shame.
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| User: "Charly the Bastard" |
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05 Jul 2006 08:44:24 PM |
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First, the numbers game... that's degrees C, not degrees F. Most of the world
uses Celcius.
Now, to the meat of the matter... maybe if the Palestinians stopped firing
rockets into Isreral, stopped sending in human claymores, stopped trying to
shove the Isrealis into the Med enmass, they might get along better in the eyes
of the world. You've brought this calamity on yourselves, don't expect help from
outside. You elected a radical faction dedicated to violence, and violence is
your reward for your collective foolishness. You get what you pay for. The Koran
is a ***** poor model for government in an industrial world, maybe you should
tell those withered hate-filled Mullahs to take a hike and get back to work.
You've got a chunk of beach at the crossroads of commerce, build a port facility
and conduct trade. But that's too sensible, you've got 4000 odd years of
cultural baggage weighing you down. Learn to Drive On, or get ground into the
dust. Your choice.
Charly
hi wrote:
There's not much much anyone can do....
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:nRGqg.122477$IK3.43603@pd7tw1no...
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without electricity
at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s
I think someon errored with the numbers here!!!!
"World War III 2006 .:**:. [The Last 2300 Days].:**:.
?T.:**:..:**:. .:**:.sheie !!!!"
<stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1152070309.638138.270030@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
www.arabnews.com/
Tuesday, 4, July, 2006 (08, Jumada al-Thani, 1427)
Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries?
Linda Heard, -
How much longer must the Palestinian people be bombed, starved,
humiliated and abused before the international community speaks up with
one voice? How much longer will world leaders avert their eyes from the
cruel way Israel is pursuing a land grab? How much longer will ordinary
people prefer the World Cup and blissful ignorance to the facts of
Israel's crimes and their effects on an entire people?
The US and the EU have labeled the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
"terrorist", a move that has virtually given the Israeli government
carte blanche to do its worst. George W. Bush says Israel has the right
to defend itself even as it works to deliberately terrorize a civilian
population. The proof of intent is Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's instruction to the IDF last Sunday: "I don't want anyone
to sleep tonight in Gaza".
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s. Israel
saw fit to bomb a major power station, in blatant contravention of the
Geneva Conventions, during an operation sadistically titled
"Operation Summer Rain".
Experts say it may take up to eight months to restore power during
which time hospital patients will die, families will be left without
air-conditioners, fans, refrigerators and televisions, office workers
and students without essential computers.
Those of us who live in this region and who have experienced inevitable
brief power outrages should ask ourselves whether we could survive
months of unrelenting heat and dark without even the respite of a
cooling drink.
There is worse to come. Fuel for generators is running out fast. Water
supplies will dwindle and the sewage system will collapse when
electrically powered pumps become inert. In short, there is a
catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the making. Yet, far from showing
regret or remorse, Olmert, on Sunday, told his army to step up the
action, with whatever related horrors that will entail.
During his weekly Cabinet meeting, which takes place in an
air-conditioned board room, Olmert made this callous statement: "It
is true that the situation in Gaza is inconvenient, so those who engage
in terror should be inconvenienced. I told the United Nations
secretary-general, 'It's inconvenient that there is no electricity
but rockets kill'."
Yes, rockets do kill, and so do Israeli bombs and tank shells that are
currently raining down on the world's largest open prison, where
mothers can do nothing to protect their infants from the terrifying
sounds of death and destruction, not to mention the deafening
supersonic booms of low flying fighter jets.
Olmert hopes that no one in Gaza will sleep. He has got his wish. One
wonders how this true ideological son of Sharon is able to sleep
himself, provided, that is, he possesses a heart and a conscience.
Could this disproportionate military reaction to the abduction of a
lone Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants be for real? The more
cynical among us conclude it has more to do with the destruction of
Hamas than the fate of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, especially when these
heavy-handed Israeli tactics coincide with the acceptance by both Hamas
and Fatah leaderships of the "Prisoners' Peace Plan" that
incorporates US and EU demands.
The last thing Olmert wants while he is thrusting his unilateral
Convergence Plan on to the international community is for Hamas to
accept Israel's right to exist, thereby morphing into a potential
partner for peace.
And so Hamas was systematically goaded into breaking its yearlong
cease-fire beginning last August when Israel began assassinating
high-profile Hamas figures.
This pot-stirring tactic stretches back to the days when the Yasser
Arafat was president. On almost every occasion that Arafat would
declare a unilateral cease-fire or support new peace measures, Israel
would go out of its way to upset the applecart.
In recent days, Israel has rounded up dozens of Hamas Cabinet members,
legislators and officials using the pretext that Hamas has officially
been declared a terrorist group and has bombed the offices of
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. These aggressive acts are
surely shameful when the Palestinian people were encouraged by all and
sundry to embrace democracy, which they proudly did, little knowing
they would be judged and punished for their choice.
It seems that Israel is intent on bringing Syria into the row as well.
Last week, Israeli jets buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President
Bashar Assad, in an attempt to force him to close down Hamas offices in
Damascus and deport Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. On Sunday, Olmert told
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that "the directives to carry
out operations and the orders to carry out terror attacks all come from
Syria". This accusation Meshal vehemently denies.
What is becoming increasingly clear is this. Israel would prefer to
escalate the crises rather than allow any possibility of returning to
the peace table.
It is not prepared to accept any conditions related to the soldier's
return, including a request for the release of 335 Palestinian children
incarcerated in Israeli jails. It's ironic that while the uniformed
Shalit is being portrayed as an innocent, bespectacled boy-next-door,
those children have been forgotten, along with over 9,000 adult
Palestinian prisoners.
With bridges literally burned by the Israelis, the Palestinians are
pinning their hopes on Egyptian negotiators.
"We ask the international community and the Arab League to take its
responsibilities toward our people and intervene to end Israel's
insane policy," says Haniyeh. Judging by recent history, it's a
forlorn hope. We who do nothing and say nothing should all hang our
heads in shame.
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| User: "hi" |
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| Title: Re: Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries? |
05 Jul 2006 09:33:17 PM |
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But that's too sensible, you've got 4000 odd years of cultural baggage
weighing you down
Also, it's the Jews that are carrying this 4000 year cultural baggage. From
what I gather Muslims haven't been on the scene that long...
"Charly the *****" <nitecrawler7@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:44AC6AF3.7C3B6208@worldnet.att.net...
First, the numbers game... that's degrees C, not degrees F. Most of the
world
uses Celcius.
Now, to the meat of the matter... maybe if the Palestinians stopped firing
rockets into Isreral, stopped sending in human claymores, stopped trying
to
shove the Isrealis into the Med enmass, they might get along better in the
eyes
of the world. You've brought this calamity on yourselves, don't expect
help from
outside. You elected a radical faction dedicated to violence, and violence
is
your reward for your collective foolishness. You get what you pay for. The
Koran
is a ***** poor model for government in an industrial world, maybe you
should
tell those withered hate-filled Mullahs to take a hike and get back to
work.
You've got a chunk of beach at the crossroads of commerce, build a port
facility
and conduct trade. But that's too sensible, you've got 4000 odd years of
cultural baggage weighing you down. Learn to Drive On, or get ground into
the
dust. Your choice.
Charly
hi wrote:
There's not much much anyone can do....
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:nRGqg.122477$IK3.43603@pd7tw1no...
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity
at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s
I think someon errored with the numbers here!!!!
"World War III 2006 .:**:. [The Last 2300 Days].:**:.
?T.:**:..:**:. .:**:.sheie !!!!"
<stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1152070309.638138.270030@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
www.arabnews.com/
Tuesday, 4, July, 2006 (08, Jumada al-Thani, 1427)
Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries?
Linda Heard, -
How much longer must the Palestinian people be bombed, starved,
humiliated and abused before the international community speaks up with
one voice? How much longer will world leaders avert their eyes from the
cruel way Israel is pursuing a land grab? How much longer will ordinary
people prefer the World Cup and blissful ignorance to the facts of
Israel's crimes and their effects on an entire people?
The US and the EU have labeled the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
"terrorist", a move that has virtually given the Israeli government
carte blanche to do its worst. George W. Bush says Israel has the right
to defend itself even as it works to deliberately terrorize a civilian
population. The proof of intent is Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's instruction to the IDF last Sunday: "I don't want anyone
to sleep tonight in Gaza".
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s. Israel
saw fit to bomb a major power station, in blatant contravention of the
Geneva Conventions, during an operation sadistically titled
"Operation Summer Rain".
Experts say it may take up to eight months to restore power during
which time hospital patients will die, families will be left without
air-conditioners, fans, refrigerators and televisions, office workers
and students without essential computers.
Those of us who live in this region and who have experienced inevitable
brief power outrages should ask ourselves whether we could survive
months of unrelenting heat and dark without even the respite of a
cooling drink.
There is worse to come. Fuel for generators is running out fast. Water
supplies will dwindle and the sewage system will collapse when
electrically powered pumps become inert. In short, there is a
catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the making. Yet, far from showing
regret or remorse, Olmert, on Sunday, told his army to step up the
action, with whatever related horrors that will entail.
During his weekly Cabinet meeting, which takes place in an
air-conditioned board room, Olmert made this callous statement: "It
is true that the situation in Gaza is inconvenient, so those who engage
in terror should be inconvenienced. I told the United Nations
secretary-general, 'It's inconvenient that there is no electricity
but rockets kill'."
Yes, rockets do kill, and so do Israeli bombs and tank shells that are
currently raining down on the world's largest open prison, where
mothers can do nothing to protect their infants from the terrifying
sounds of death and destruction, not to mention the deafening
supersonic booms of low flying fighter jets.
Olmert hopes that no one in Gaza will sleep. He has got his wish. One
wonders how this true ideological son of Sharon is able to sleep
himself, provided, that is, he possesses a heart and a conscience.
Could this disproportionate military reaction to the abduction of a
lone Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants be for real? The more
cynical among us conclude it has more to do with the destruction of
Hamas than the fate of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, especially when these
heavy-handed Israeli tactics coincide with the acceptance by both Hamas
and Fatah leaderships of the "Prisoners' Peace Plan" that
incorporates US and EU demands.
The last thing Olmert wants while he is thrusting his unilateral
Convergence Plan on to the international community is for Hamas to
accept Israel's right to exist, thereby morphing into a potential
partner for peace.
And so Hamas was systematically goaded into breaking its yearlong
cease-fire beginning last August when Israel began assassinating
high-profile Hamas figures.
This pot-stirring tactic stretches back to the days when the Yasser
Arafat was president. On almost every occasion that Arafat would
declare a unilateral cease-fire or support new peace measures, Israel
would go out of its way to upset the applecart.
In recent days, Israel has rounded up dozens of Hamas Cabinet members,
legislators and officials using the pretext that Hamas has officially
been declared a terrorist group and has bombed the offices of
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. These aggressive acts are
surely shameful when the Palestinian people were encouraged by all and
sundry to embrace democracy, which they proudly did, little knowing
they would be judged and punished for their choice.
It seems that Israel is intent on bringing Syria into the row as well.
Last week, Israeli jets buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President
Bashar Assad, in an attempt to force him to close down Hamas offices in
Damascus and deport Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. On Sunday, Olmert told
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that "the directives to carry
out operations and the orders to carry out terror attacks all come from
Syria". This accusation Meshal vehemently denies.
What is becoming increasingly clear is this. Israel would prefer to
escalate the crises rather than allow any possibility of returning to
the peace table.
It is not prepared to accept any conditions related to the soldier's
return, including a request for the release of 335 Palestinian children
incarcerated in Israeli jails. It's ironic that while the uniformed
Shalit is being portrayed as an innocent, bespectacled boy-next-door,
those children have been forgotten, along with over 9,000 adult
Palestinian prisoners.
With bridges literally burned by the Israelis, the Palestinians are
pinning their hopes on Egyptian negotiators.
"We ask the international community and the Arab League to take its
responsibilities toward our people and intervene to end Israel's
insane policy," says Haniyeh. Judging by recent history, it's a
forlorn hope. We who do nothing and say nothing should all hang our
heads in shame.
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| User: "hi" |
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05 Jul 2006 09:25:12 PM |
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Jews should move to the US who would be more than willing to hoast them.
They are causing too many problems for too many people where they are.
They don't belong there and I don't believe any of this 'promsed land'
***** any more than I believe in Allah (or whatever the correct spelling
is).
"Charly the *****" <nitecrawler7@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:44AC6AF3.7C3B6208@worldnet.att.net...
First, the numbers game... that's degrees C, not degrees F. Most of the
world
uses Celcius.
Now, to the meat of the matter... maybe if the Palestinians stopped firing
rockets into Isreral, stopped sending in human claymores, stopped trying
to
shove the Isrealis into the Med enmass, they might get along better in the
eyes
of the world. You've brought this calamity on yourselves, don't expect
help from
outside. You elected a radical faction dedicated to violence, and violence
is
your reward for your collective foolishness. You get what you pay for. The
Koran
is a ***** poor model for government in an industrial world, maybe you
should
tell those withered hate-filled Mullahs to take a hike and get back to
work.
You've got a chunk of beach at the crossroads of commerce, build a port
facility
and conduct trade. But that's too sensible, you've got 4000 odd years of
cultural baggage weighing you down. Learn to Drive On, or get ground into
the
dust. Your choice.
Charly
hi wrote:
There's not much much anyone can do....
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:nRGqg.122477$IK3.43603@pd7tw1no...
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity
at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s
I think someon errored with the numbers here!!!!
"World War III 2006 .:**:. [The Last 2300 Days].:**:.
?T.:**:..:**:. .:**:.sheie !!!!"
<stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1152070309.638138.270030@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
www.arabnews.com/
Tuesday, 4, July, 2006 (08, Jumada al-Thani, 1427)
Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries?
Linda Heard, -
How much longer must the Palestinian people be bombed, starved,
humiliated and abused before the international community speaks up with
one voice? How much longer will world leaders avert their eyes from the
cruel way Israel is pursuing a land grab? How much longer will ordinary
people prefer the World Cup and blissful ignorance to the facts of
Israel's crimes and their effects on an entire people?
The US and the EU have labeled the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
"terrorist", a move that has virtually given the Israeli government
carte blanche to do its worst. George W. Bush says Israel has the right
to defend itself even as it works to deliberately terrorize a civilian
population. The proof of intent is Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's instruction to the IDF last Sunday: "I don't want anyone
to sleep tonight in Gaza".
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s. Israel
saw fit to bomb a major power station, in blatant contravention of the
Geneva Conventions, during an operation sadistically titled
"Operation Summer Rain".
Experts say it may take up to eight months to restore power during
which time hospital patients will die, families will be left without
air-conditioners, fans, refrigerators and televisions, office workers
and students without essential computers.
Those of us who live in this region and who have experienced inevitable
brief power outrages should ask ourselves whether we could survive
months of unrelenting heat and dark without even the respite of a
cooling drink.
There is worse to come. Fuel for generators is running out fast. Water
supplies will dwindle and the sewage system will collapse when
electrically powered pumps become inert. In short, there is a
catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the making. Yet, far from showing
regret or remorse, Olmert, on Sunday, told his army to step up the
action, with whatever related horrors that will entail.
During his weekly Cabinet meeting, which takes place in an
air-conditioned board room, Olmert made this callous statement: "It
is true that the situation in Gaza is inconvenient, so those who engage
in terror should be inconvenienced. I told the United Nations
secretary-general, 'It's inconvenient that there is no electricity
but rockets kill'."
Yes, rockets do kill, and so do Israeli bombs and tank shells that are
currently raining down on the world's largest open prison, where
mothers can do nothing to protect their infants from the terrifying
sounds of death and destruction, not to mention the deafening
supersonic booms of low flying fighter jets.
Olmert hopes that no one in Gaza will sleep. He has got his wish. One
wonders how this true ideological son of Sharon is able to sleep
himself, provided, that is, he possesses a heart and a conscience.
Could this disproportionate military reaction to the abduction of a
lone Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants be for real? The more
cynical among us conclude it has more to do with the destruction of
Hamas than the fate of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, especially when these
heavy-handed Israeli tactics coincide with the acceptance by both Hamas
and Fatah leaderships of the "Prisoners' Peace Plan" that
incorporates US and EU demands.
The last thing Olmert wants while he is thrusting his unilateral
Convergence Plan on to the international community is for Hamas to
accept Israel's right to exist, thereby morphing into a potential
partner for peace.
And so Hamas was systematically goaded into breaking its yearlong
cease-fire beginning last August when Israel began assassinating
high-profile Hamas figures.
This pot-stirring tactic stretches back to the days when the Yasser
Arafat was president. On almost every occasion that Arafat would
declare a unilateral cease-fire or support new peace measures, Israel
would go out of its way to upset the applecart.
In recent days, Israel has rounded up dozens of Hamas Cabinet members,
legislators and officials using the pretext that Hamas has officially
been declared a terrorist group and has bombed the offices of
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. These aggressive acts are
surely shameful when the Palestinian people were encouraged by all and
sundry to embrace democracy, which they proudly did, little knowing
they would be judged and punished for their choice.
It seems that Israel is intent on bringing Syria into the row as well.
Last week, Israeli jets buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President
Bashar Assad, in an attempt to force him to close down Hamas offices in
Damascus and deport Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. On Sunday, Olmert told
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that "the directives to carry
out operations and the orders to carry out terror attacks all come from
Syria". This accusation Meshal vehemently denies.
What is becoming increasingly clear is this. Israel would prefer to
escalate the crises rather than allow any possibility of returning to
the peace table.
It is not prepared to accept any conditions related to the soldier's
return, including a request for the release of 335 Palestinian children
incarcerated in Israeli jails. It's ironic that while the uniformed
Shalit is being portrayed as an innocent, bespectacled boy-next-door,
those children have been forgotten, along with over 9,000 adult
Palestinian prisoners.
With bridges literally burned by the Israelis, the Palestinians are
pinning their hopes on Egyptian negotiators.
"We ask the international community and the Arab League to take its
responsibilities toward our people and intervene to end Israel's
insane policy," says Haniyeh. Judging by recent history, it's a
forlorn hope. We who do nothing and say nothing should all hang our
heads in shame.
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| User: "Perseid" |
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| Title: Re: Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries? |
05 Jul 2006 09:48:47 PM |
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"hi" <1@2.com> Spat the Words
Jews should move to the US who would be more than willing to hoast them.
They are causing too many problems for too many people where they are.
They don't belong there and I don't believe any of this 'promsed land'
***** any more than I believe in Allah (or whatever the correct
spelling is).
You go tell the Jews that. You go try to kick them out of their
country. Good luck.
"Charly the *****" <nitecrawler7@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:44AC6AF3.7C3B6208@worldnet.att.net...
First, the numbers game... that's degrees C, not degrees F. Most of the
world
uses Celcius.
Now, to the meat of the matter... maybe if the Palestinians stopped
firing rockets into Isreral, stopped sending in human claymores,
stopped trying to
shove the Isrealis into the Med enmass, they might get along better in
the eyes
of the world. You've brought this calamity on yourselves, don't expect
help from
outside. You elected a radical faction dedicated to violence, and
violence is
your reward for your collective foolishness. You get what you pay for.
The Koran
is a ***** poor model for government in an industrial world, maybe you
should
tell those withered hate-filled Mullahs to take a hike and get back to
work.
You've got a chunk of beach at the crossroads of commerce, build a port
facility
and conduct trade. But that's too sensible, you've got 4000 odd years
of cultural baggage weighing you down. Learn to Drive On, or get ground
into the
dust. Your choice.
Charly
hi wrote:
There's not much much anyone can do....
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message
news:nRGqg.122477$IK3.43603@pd7tw1no...
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity
at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s
I think someon errored with the numbers here!!!!
"World War III 2006 .:**:. [The Last 2300 Days].:**:.
?T.:**:..:**:. .:**:.sheie !!!!"
<stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1152070309.638138.270030@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
www.arabnews.com/
Tuesday, 4, July, 2006 (08, Jumada al-Thani, 1427)
Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries?
Linda Heard, -
How much longer must the Palestinian people be bombed, starved,
humiliated and abused before the international community speaks up
with one voice? How much longer will world leaders avert their eyes
from the cruel way Israel is pursuing a land grab? How much longer
will ordinary people prefer the World Cup and blissful ignorance to
the facts of Israel's crimes and their effects on an entire people?
The US and the EU have labeled the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
"terrorist", a move that has virtually given the Israeli government
carte blanche to do its worst. George W. Bush says Israel has the
right to defend itself even as it works to deliberately terrorize a
civilian population. The proof of intent is Israeli Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert's instruction to the IDF last Sunday: "I don't want
anyone to sleep tonight in Gaza".
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s.
Israel saw fit to bomb a major power station, in blatant
contravention of the Geneva Conventions, during an operation
sadistically titled "Operation Summer Rain".
Experts say it may take up to eight months to restore power during
which time hospital patients will die, families will be left without
air-conditioners, fans, refrigerators and televisions, office
workers and students without essential computers.
Those of us who live in this region and who have experienced
inevitable brief power outrages should ask ourselves whether we
could survive months of unrelenting heat and dark without even the
respite of a cooling drink.
There is worse to come. Fuel for generators is running out fast.
Water supplies will dwindle and the sewage system will collapse when
electrically powered pumps become inert. In short, there is a
catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the making. Yet, far from
showing regret or remorse, Olmert, on Sunday, told his army to step
up the action, with whatever related horrors that will entail.
During his weekly Cabinet meeting, which takes place in an
air-conditioned board room, Olmert made this callous statement: "It
is true that the situation in Gaza is inconvenient, so those who
engage in terror should be inconvenienced. I told the United Nations
secretary-general, 'It's inconvenient that there is no electricity
but rockets kill'."
Yes, rockets do kill, and so do Israeli bombs and tank shells that
are currently raining down on the world's largest open prison, where
mothers can do nothing to protect their infants from the terrifying
sounds of death and destruction, not to mention the deafening
supersonic booms of low flying fighter jets.
Olmert hopes that no one in Gaza will sleep. He has got his wish.
One wonders how this true ideological son of Sharon is able to sleep
himself, provided, that is, he possesses a heart and a conscience.
Could this disproportionate military reaction to the abduction of a
lone Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants be for real? The more
cynical among us conclude it has more to do with the destruction of
Hamas than the fate of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, especially when these
heavy-handed Israeli tactics coincide with the acceptance by both
Hamas and Fatah leaderships of the "Prisoners' Peace Plan" that
incorporates US and EU demands.
The last thing Olmert wants while he is thrusting his unilateral
Convergence Plan on to the international community is for Hamas to
accept Israel's right to exist, thereby morphing into a potential
partner for peace.
And so Hamas was systematically goaded into breaking its yearlong
cease-fire beginning last August when Israel began assassinating
high-profile Hamas figures.
This pot-stirring tactic stretches back to the days when the Yasser
Arafat was president. On almost every occasion that Arafat would
declare a unilateral cease-fire or support new peace measures,
Israel would go out of its way to upset the applecart.
In recent days, Israel has rounded up dozens of Hamas Cabinet
members, legislators and officials using the pretext that Hamas has
officially been declared a terrorist group and has bombed the
offices of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. These
aggressive acts are surely shameful when the Palestinian people were
encouraged by all and sundry to embrace democracy, which they
proudly did, little knowing they would be judged and punished for
their choice.
It seems that Israel is intent on bringing Syria into the row as
well. Last week, Israeli jets buzzed the summer residence of Syrian
President Bashar Assad, in an attempt to force him to close down
Hamas offices in Damascus and deport Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. On
Sunday, Olmert told US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that "the
directives to carry out operations and the orders to carry out
terror attacks all come from Syria". This accusation Meshal
vehemently denies.
What is becoming increasingly clear is this. Israel would prefer to
escalate the crises rather than allow any possibility of returning
to the peace table.
It is not prepared to accept any conditions related to the soldier's
return, including a request for the release of 335 Palestinian
children incarcerated in Israeli jails. It's ironic that while the
uniformed Shalit is being portrayed as an innocent, bespectacled
boy-next-door, those children have been forgotten, along with over
9,000 adult Palestinian prisoners.
With bridges literally burned by the Israelis, the Palestinians are
pinning their hopes on Egyptian negotiators.
"We ask the international community and the Arab League to take its
responsibilities toward our people and intervene to end Israel's
insane policy," says Haniyeh. Judging by recent history, it's a
forlorn hope. We who do nothing and say nothing should all hang our
heads in shame.
.
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| User: "dreamwalker" |
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| Title: Re: Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries? |
06 Jul 2006 06:16:50 PM |
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"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:cw_qg.123412$iF6.10572@pd7tw2no...
Jews should move to the US who would be more than willing to hoast them.
They are causing too many problems for too many people where they are.
They don't belong there and I don't believe any of this 'promsed land' ***** any more than I
believe in Allah (or whatever the correct spelling is).
Arabs should all move to Europe. Europe loves the Arab. The Jews could then stretch out a bit.
"Charly the *****" <nitecrawler7@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:44AC6AF3.7C3B6208@worldnet.att.net...
First, the numbers game... that's degrees C, not degrees F. Most of the world
uses Celcius.
Now, to the meat of the matter... maybe if the Palestinians stopped firing
rockets into Isreral, stopped sending in human claymores, stopped trying to
shove the Isrealis into the Med enmass, they might get along better in the eyes
of the world. You've brought this calamity on yourselves, don't expect help from
outside. You elected a radical faction dedicated to violence, and violence is
your reward for your collective foolishness. You get what you pay for. The Koran
is a ***** poor model for government in an industrial world, maybe you should
tell those withered hate-filled Mullahs to take a hike and get back to work.
You've got a chunk of beach at the crossroads of commerce, build a port facility
and conduct trade. But that's too sensible, you've got 4000 odd years of
cultural baggage weighing you down. Learn to Drive On, or get ground into the
dust. Your choice.
Charly
hi wrote:
There's not much much anyone can do....
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:nRGqg.122477$IK3.43603@pd7tw1no...
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without electricity
at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s
I think someon errored with the numbers here!!!!
"World War III 2006 .:**:. [The Last 2300 Days].:**:.
?T.:**:..:**:. .:**:.sheie !!!!"
<stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1152070309.638138.270030@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
www.arabnews.com/
Tuesday, 4, July, 2006 (08, Jumada al-Thani, 1427)
Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries?
Linda Heard, -
How much longer must the Palestinian people be bombed, starved,
humiliated and abused before the international community speaks up with
one voice? How much longer will world leaders avert their eyes from the
cruel way Israel is pursuing a land grab? How much longer will ordinary
people prefer the World Cup and blissful ignorance to the facts of
Israel's crimes and their effects on an entire people?
The US and the EU have labeled the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
"terrorist", a move that has virtually given the Israeli government
carte blanche to do its worst. George W. Bush says Israel has the right
to defend itself even as it works to deliberately terrorize a civilian
population. The proof of intent is Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's instruction to the IDF last Sunday: "I don't want anyone
to sleep tonight in Gaza".
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s. Israel
saw fit to bomb a major power station, in blatant contravention of the
Geneva Conventions, during an operation sadistically titled
"Operation Summer Rain".
Experts say it may take up to eight months to restore power during
which time hospital patients will die, families will be left without
air-conditioners, fans, refrigerators and televisions, office workers
and students without essential computers.
Those of us who live in this region and who have experienced inevitable
brief power outrages should ask ourselves whether we could survive
months of unrelenting heat and dark without even the respite of a
cooling drink.
There is worse to come. Fuel for generators is running out fast. Water
supplies will dwindle and the sewage system will collapse when
electrically powered pumps become inert. In short, there is a
catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the making. Yet, far from showing
regret or remorse, Olmert, on Sunday, told his army to step up the
action, with whatever related horrors that will entail.
During his weekly Cabinet meeting, which takes place in an
air-conditioned board room, Olmert made this callous statement: "It
is true that the situation in Gaza is inconvenient, so those who engage
in terror should be inconvenienced. I told the United Nations
secretary-general, 'It's inconvenient that there is no electricity
but rockets kill'."
Yes, rockets do kill, and so do Israeli bombs and tank shells that are
currently raining down on the world's largest open prison, where
mothers can do nothing to protect their infants from the terrifying
sounds of death and destruction, not to mention the deafening
supersonic booms of low flying fighter jets.
Olmert hopes that no one in Gaza will sleep. He has got his wish. One
wonders how this true ideological son of Sharon is able to sleep
himself, provided, that is, he possesses a heart and a conscience.
Could this disproportionate military reaction to the abduction of a
lone Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants be for real? The more
cynical among us conclude it has more to do with the destruction of
Hamas than the fate of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, especially when these
heavy-handed Israeli tactics coincide with the acceptance by both Hamas
and Fatah leaderships of the "Prisoners' Peace Plan" that
incorporates US and EU demands.
The last thing Olmert wants while he is thrusting his unilateral
Convergence Plan on to the international community is for Hamas to
accept Israel's right to exist, thereby morphing into a potential
partner for peace.
And so Hamas was systematically goaded into breaking its yearlong
cease-fire beginning last August when Israel began assassinating
high-profile Hamas figures.
This pot-stirring tactic stretches back to the days when the Yasser
Arafat was president. On almost every occasion that Arafat would
declare a unilateral cease-fire or support new peace measures, Israel
would go out of its way to upset the applecart.
In recent days, Israel has rounded up dozens of Hamas Cabinet members,
legislators and officials using the pretext that Hamas has officially
been declared a terrorist group and has bombed the offices of
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. These aggressive acts are
surely shameful when the Palestinian people were encouraged by all and
sundry to embrace democracy, which they proudly did, little knowing
they would be judged and punished for their choice.
It seems that Israel is intent on bringing Syria into the row as well.
Last week, Israeli jets buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President
Bashar Assad, in an attempt to force him to close down Hamas offices in
Damascus and deport Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. On Sunday, Olmert told
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that "the directives to carry
out operations and the orders to carry out terror attacks all come from
Syria". This accusation Meshal vehemently denies.
What is becoming increasingly clear is this. Israel would prefer to
escalate the crises rather than allow any possibility of returning to
the peace table.
It is not prepared to accept any conditions related to the soldier's
return, including a request for the release of 335 Palestinian children
incarcerated in Israeli jails. It's ironic that while the uniformed
Shalit is being portrayed as an innocent, bespectacled boy-next-door,
those children have been forgotten, along with over 9,000 adult
Palestinian prisoners.
With bridges literally burned by the Israelis, the Palestinians are
pinning their hopes on Egyptian negotiators.
"We ask the international community and the Arab League to take its
responsibilities toward our people and intervene to end Israel's
insane policy," says Haniyeh. Judging by recent history, it's a
forlorn hope. We who do nothing and say nothing should all hang our
heads in shame.
.
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| User: "Golden Glen" |
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| Title: Re: Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries? |
07 Jul 2006 06:15:28 PM |
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dreamwalker wrote / skrev:
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:cw_qg.123412$iF6.10572@pd7tw2no...
Jews should move to the US who would be more than willing to hoast them.
They are causing too many problems for too many people where they are.
They don't belong there and I don't believe any of this 'promsed land' ***** any more than I
believe in Allah (or whatever the correct spelling is).
Arabs should all move to Europe. Europe loves the Arab. The Jews could then stretch out a bit.
[Refugees are funny people. In summertime they all (well, almost) go
back to their homelands. But they once had to flee from it!!! Ooohhh!]
Now, whattablood are you talking about? I've never heard of one single
person in Sweden that wants arabs around, except for politicians. I
don't care much for politicians. Let's go back to the old days. Viking
style!
"Charly the *****" <nitecrawler7@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:44AC6AF3.7C3B6208@worldnet.att.net...
First, the numbers game... that's degrees C, not degrees F. Most of the world
uses Celcius.
Now, to the meat of the matter... maybe if the Palestinians stopped firing
rockets into Isreral, stopped sending in human claymores, stopped trying to
shove the Isrealis into the Med enmass, they might get along better in the eyes
of the world. You've brought this calamity on yourselves, don't expect help from
outside. You elected a radical faction dedicated to violence, and violence is
your reward for your collective foolishness. You get what you pay for. The Koran
is a ***** poor model for government in an industrial world, maybe you should
tell those withered hate-filled Mullahs to take a hike and get back to work.
You've got a chunk of beach at the crossroads of commerce, build a port facility
and conduct trade. But that's too sensible, you've got 4000 odd years of
cultural baggage weighing you down. Learn to Drive On, or get ground into the
dust. Your choice.
Charly
hi wrote:
There's not much much anyone can do....
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:nRGqg.122477$IK3.43603@pd7tw1no...
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without electricity
at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s
I think someon errored with the numbers here!!!!
"┐World War III 2006 .и:*ее*:и. [The Last 2300 Days].и:*ее*:и.
?«T.и:*ее*:и..и:*ее*:и. .и:*ее*:и.shei▀e !!!!"
<stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1152070309.638138.270030@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
www.arabnews.com/
Tuesday, 4, July, 2006 (08, Jumada al-Thani, 1427)
Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries?
Linda Heard, -
How much longer must the Palestinian people be bombed, starved,
humiliated and abused before the international community speaks up with
one voice? How much longer will world leaders avert their eyes from the
cruel way Israel is pursuing a land grab? How much longer will ordinary
people prefer the World Cup and blissful ignorance to the facts of
Israel's crimes and their effects on an entire people?
The US and the EU have labeled the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
"terrorist", a move that has virtually given the Israeli government
carte blanche to do its worst. George W. Bush says Israel has the right
to defend itself even as it works to deliberately terrorize a civilian
population. The proof of intent is Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's instruction to the IDF last Sunday: "I don't want anyone
to sleep tonight in Gaza".
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s. Israel
saw fit to bomb a major power station, in blatant contravention of the
Geneva Conventions, during an operation sadistically titled
"Operation Summer Rain".
Experts say it may take up to eight months to restore power during
which time hospital patients will die, families will be left without
air-conditioners, fans, refrigerators and televisions, office workers
and students without essential computers.
Those of us who live in this region and who have experienced inevitable
brief power outrages should ask ourselves whether we could survive
months of unrelenting heat and dark without even the respite of a
cooling drink.
There is worse to come. Fuel for generators is running out fast. Water
supplies will dwindle and the sewage system will collapse when
electrically powered pumps become inert. In short, there is a
catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the making. Yet, far from showing
regret or remorse, Olmert, on Sunday, told his army to step up the
action, with whatever related horrors that will entail.
During his weekly Cabinet meeting, which takes place in an
air-conditioned board room, Olmert made this callous statement: "It
is true that the situation in Gaza is inconvenient, so those who engage
in terror should be inconvenienced. I told the United Nations
secretary-general, 'It's inconvenient that there is no electricity
but rockets kill'."
Yes, rockets do kill, and so do Israeli bombs and tank shells that are
currently raining down on the world's largest open prison, where
mothers can do nothing to protect their infants from the terrifying
sounds of death and destruction, not to mention the deafening
supersonic booms of low flying fighter jets.
Olmert hopes that no one in Gaza will sleep. He has got his wish. One
wonders how this true ideological son of Sharon is able to sleep
himself, provided, that is, he possesses a heart and a conscience.
Could this disproportionate military reaction to the abduction of a
lone Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants be for real? The more
cynical among us conclude it has more to do with the destruction of
Hamas than the fate of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, especially when these
heavy-handed Israeli tactics coincide with the acceptance by both Hamas
and Fatah leaderships of the "Prisoners' Peace Plan" that
incorporates US and EU demands.
The last thing Olmert wants while he is thrusting his unilateral
Convergence Plan on to the international community is for Hamas to
accept Israel's right to exist, thereby morphing into a potential
partner for peace.
And so Hamas was systematically goaded into breaking its yearlong
cease-fire beginning last August when Israel began assassinating
high-profile Hamas figures.
This pot-stirring tactic stretches back to the days when the Yasser
Arafat was president. On almost every occasion that Arafat would
declare a unilateral cease-fire or support new peace measures, Israel
would go out of its way to upset the applecart.
In recent days, Israel has rounded up dozens of Hamas Cabinet members,
legislators and officials using the pretext that Hamas has officially
been declared a terrorist group and has bombed the offices of
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. These aggressive acts are
surely shameful when the Palestinian people were encouraged by all and
sundry to embrace democracy, which they proudly did, little knowing
they would be judged and punished for their choice.
It seems that Israel is intent on bringing Syria into the row as well.
Last week, Israeli jets buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President
Bashar Assad, in an attempt to force him to close down Hamas offices in
Damascus and deport Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. On Sunday, Olmert told
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that "the directives to carry
out operations and the orders to carry out terror attacks all come from
Syria". This accusation Meshal vehemently denies.
What is becoming increasingly clear is this. Israel would prefer to
escalate the crises rather than allow any possibility of returning to
the peace table.
It is not prepared to accept any conditions related to the soldier's
return, including a request for the release of 335 Palestinian children
incarcerated in Israeli jails. It's ironic that while the uniformed
Shalit is being portrayed as an innocent, bespectacled boy-next-door,
those children have been forgotten, along with over 9,000 adult
Palestinian prisoners.
With bridges literally burned by the Israelis, the Palestinians are
pinning their hopes on Egyptian negotiators.
"We ask the international community and the Arab League to take its
responsibilities toward our people and intervene to end Israel's
insane policy," says Haniyeh. Judging by recent history, it's a
forlorn hope. We who do nothing and say nothing should all hang our
heads in shame.
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"Golden Glen" <fire@will.usa> wrote in message news:kWBrg.8085$E02.2342@newsb.telia.net...
dreamwalker wrote / skrev:
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:cw_qg.123412$iF6.10572@pd7tw2no...
Jews should move to the US who would be more than willing to hoast them.
They are causing too many problems for too many people where they are.
They don't belong there and I don't believe any of this 'promsed land' ***** any more than I
believe in Allah (or whatever the correct spelling is).
Arabs should all move to Europe. Europe loves the Arab. The Jews could then stretch out a bit.
[Refugees are funny people. In summertime they all (well, almost) go back to their homelands. But
they once had to flee from it!!! Ooohhh!]
Now, whattablood are you talking about? I've never heard of one single person in Sweden that wants
arabs around, except for politicians. I don't care much for politicians. Let's go back to the old
days. Viking style!
Does that mean no one wants the Arab? Oops! Pardon me. I forgot about golly old Canada.
"Charly the *****" <nitecrawler7@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:44AC6AF3.7C3B6208@worldnet.att.net...
First, the numbers game... that's degrees C, not degrees F. Most of the world
uses Celcius.
Now, to the meat of the matter... maybe if the Palestinians stopped firing
rockets into Isreral, stopped sending in human claymores, stopped trying to
shove the Isrealis into the Med enmass, they might get along better in the eyes
of the world. You've brought this calamity on yourselves, don't expect help from
outside. You elected a radical faction dedicated to violence, and violence is
your reward for your collective foolishness. You get what you pay for. The Koran
is a ***** poor model for government in an industrial world, maybe you should
tell those withered hate-filled Mullahs to take a hike and get back to work.
You've got a chunk of beach at the crossroads of commerce, build a port facility
and conduct trade. But that's too sensible, you've got 4000 odd years of
cultural baggage weighing you down. Learn to Drive On, or get ground into the
dust. Your choice.
Charly
hi wrote:
There's not much much anyone can do....
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:nRGqg.122477$IK3.43603@pd7tw1no...
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without electricity
at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s
I think someon errored with the numbers here!!!!
"?World War III 2006 .?:*??*:?. [The Last 2300 Days].?:*??*:?.
?T.?:*??*:?..?:*??*:?. .?:*??*:?.shei?e !!!!"
<stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1152070309.638138.270030@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
www.arabnews.com/
Tuesday, 4, July, 2006 (08, Jumada al-Thani, 1427)
Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries?
Linda Heard, -
How much longer must the Palestinian people be bombed, starved,
humiliated and abused before the international community speaks up with
one voice? How much longer will world leaders avert their eyes from the
cruel way Israel is pursuing a land grab? How much longer will ordinary
people prefer the World Cup and blissful ignorance to the facts of
Israel's crimes and their effects on an entire people?
The US and the EU have labeled the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
"terrorist", a move that has virtually given the Israeli government
carte blanche to do its worst. George W. Bush says Israel has the right
to defend itself even as it works to deliberately terrorize a civilian
population. The proof of intent is Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's instruction to the IDF last Sunday: "I don't want anyone
to sleep tonight in Gaza".
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s. Israel
saw fit to bomb a major power station, in blatant contravention of the
Geneva Conventions, during an operation sadistically titled
"Operation Summer Rain".
Experts say it may take up to eight months to restore power during
which time hospital patients will die, families will be left without
air-conditioners, fans, refrigerators and televisions, office workers
and students without essential computers.
Those of us who live in this region and who have experienced inevitable
brief power outrages should ask ourselves whether we could survive
months of unrelenting heat and dark without even the respite of a
cooling drink.
There is worse to come. Fuel for generators is running out fast. Water
supplies will dwindle and the sewage system will collapse when
electrically powered pumps become inert. In short, there is a
catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the making. Yet, far from showing
regret or remorse, Olmert, on Sunday, told his army to step up the
action, with whatever related horrors that will entail.
During his weekly Cabinet meeting, which takes place in an
air-conditioned board room, Olmert made this callous statement: "It
is true that the situation in Gaza is inconvenient, so those who engage
in terror should be inconvenienced. I told the United Nations
secretary-general, 'It's inconvenient that there is no electricity
but rockets kill'."
Yes, rockets do kill, and so do Israeli bombs and tank shells that are
currently raining down on the world's largest open prison, where
mothers can do nothing to protect their infants from the terrifying
sounds of death and destruction, not to mention the deafening
supersonic booms of low flying fighter jets.
Olmert hopes that no one in Gaza will sleep. He has got his wish. One
wonders how this true ideological son of Sharon is able to sleep
himself, provided, that is, he possesses a heart and a conscience.
Could this disproportionate military reaction to the abduction of a
lone Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants be for real? The more
cynical among us conclude it has more to do with the destruction of
Hamas than the fate of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, especially when these
heavy-handed Israeli tactics coincide with the acceptance by both Hamas
and Fatah leaderships of the "Prisoners' Peace Plan" that
incorporates US and EU demands.
The last thing Olmert wants while he is thrusting his unilateral
Convergence Plan on to the international community is for Hamas to
accept Israel's right to exist, thereby morphing into a potential
partner for peace.
And so Hamas was systematically goaded into breaking its yearlong
cease-fire beginning last August when Israel began assassinating
high-profile Hamas figures.
This pot-stirring tactic stretches back to the days when the Yasser
Arafat was president. On almost every occasion that Arafat would
declare a unilateral cease-fire or support new peace measures, Israel
would go out of its way to upset the applecart.
In recent days, Israel has rounded up dozens of Hamas Cabinet members,
legislators and officials using the pretext that Hamas has officially
been declared a terrorist group and has bombed the offices of
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. These aggressive acts are
surely shameful when the Palestinian people were encouraged by all and
sundry to embrace democracy, which they proudly did, little knowing
they would be judged and punished for their choice.
It seems that Israel is intent on bringing Syria into the row as well.
Last week, Israeli jets buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President
Bashar Assad, in an attempt to force him to close down Hamas offices in
Damascus and deport Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. On Sunday, Olmert told
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that "the directives to carry
out operations and the orders to carry out terror attacks all come from
Syria". This accusation Meshal vehemently denies.
What is becoming increasingly clear is this. Israel would prefer to
escalate the crises rather than allow any possibility of returning to
the peace table.
It is not prepared to accept any conditions related to the soldier's
return, including a request for the release of 335 Palestinian children
incarcerated in Israeli jails. It's ironic that while the uniformed
Shalit is being portrayed as an innocent, bespectacled boy-next-door,
those children have been forgotten, along with over 9,000 adult
Palestinian prisoners.
With bridges literally burned by the Israelis, the Palestinians are
pinning their hopes on Egyptian negotiators.
"We ask the international community and the Arab League to take its
responsibilities toward our people and intervene to end Israel's
insane policy," says Haniyeh. Judging by recent history, it's a
forlorn hope. We who do nothing and say nothing should all hang our
heads in shame.
.
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07 Jul 2006 06:58:30 PM |
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dreamwalker wrote / skrev:
"Golden Glen" <fire@will.usa> wrote in message news:kWBrg.8085$E02.2342@newsb.telia.net...
dreamwalker wrote / skrev:
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:cw_qg.123412$iF6.10572@pd7tw2no...
Jews should move to the US who would be more than willing to hoast them.
They are causing too many problems for too many people where they are.
They don't belong there and I don't believe any of this 'promsed land' ***** any more than I
believe in Allah (or whatever the correct spelling is).
Arabs should all move to Europe. Europe loves the Arab. The Jews could then stretch out a bit.
[Refugees are funny people. In summertime they all (well, almost) go back to their homelands. But
they once had to flee from it!!! Ooohhh!]
Now, whattablood are you talking about? I've never heard of one single person in Sweden that wants
arabs around, except for politicians. I don't care much for politicians. Let's go back to the old
days. Viking style!
Does that mean no one wants the Arab? Oops! Pardon me. I forgot about golly old Canada.
That's about as right as anyone can be.
"Charly the *****" <nitecrawler7@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:44AC6AF3.7C3B6208@worldnet.att.net...
First, the numbers game... that's degrees C, not degrees F. Most of the world
uses Celcius.
Now, to the meat of the matter... maybe if the Palestinians stopped firing
rockets into Isreral, stopped sending in human claymores, stopped trying to
shove the Isrealis into the Med enmass, they might get along better in the eyes
of the world. You've brought this calamity on yourselves, don't expect help from
outside. You elected a radical faction dedicated to violence, and violence is
your reward for your collective foolishness. You get what you pay for. The Koran
is a ***** poor model for government in an industrial world, maybe you should
tell those withered hate-filled Mullahs to take a hike and get back to work.
You've got a chunk of beach at the crossroads of commerce, build a port facility
and conduct trade. But that's too sensible, you've got 4000 odd years of
cultural baggage weighing you down. Learn to Drive On, or get ground into the
dust. Your choice.
Charly
hi wrote:
There's not much much anyone can do....
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:nRGqg.122477$IK3.43603@pd7tw1no...
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without electricity
at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s
I think someon errored with the numbers here!!!!
"?World War III 2006 .?:*??*:?. [The Last 2300 Days].?:*??*:?.
?T.?:*??*:?..?:*??*:?. .?:*??*:?.shei?e !!!!"
<stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1152070309.638138.270030@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
www.arabnews.com/
Tuesday, 4, July, 2006 (08, Jumada al-Thani, 1427)
Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries?
Linda Heard, -
How much longer must the Palestinian people be bombed, starved,
humiliated and abused before the international community speaks up with
one voice? How much longer will world leaders avert their eyes from the
cruel way Israel is pursuing a land grab? How much longer will ordinary
people prefer the World Cup and blissful ignorance to the facts of
Israel's crimes and their effects on an entire people?
The US and the EU have labeled the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
"terrorist", a move that has virtually given the Israeli government
carte blanche to do its worst. George W. Bush says Israel has the right
to defend itself even as it works to deliberately terrorize a civilian
population. The proof of intent is Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's instruction to the IDF last Sunday: "I don't want anyone
to sleep tonight in Gaza".
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s. Israel
saw fit to bomb a major power station, in blatant contravention of the
Geneva Conventions, during an operation sadistically titled
"Operation Summer Rain".
Experts say it may take up to eight months to restore power during
which time hospital patients will die, families will be left without
air-conditioners, fans, refrigerators and televisions, office workers
and students without essential computers.
Those of us who live in this region and who have experienced inevitable
brief power outrages should ask ourselves whether we could survive
months of unrelenting heat and dark without even the respite of a
cooling drink.
There is worse to come. Fuel for generators is running out fast. Water
supplies will dwindle and the sewage system will collapse when
electrically powered pumps become inert. In short, there is a
catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the making. Yet, far from showing
regret or remorse, Olmert, on Sunday, told his army to step up the
action, with whatever related horrors that will entail.
During his weekly Cabinet meeting, which takes place in an
air-conditioned board room, Olmert made this callous statement: "It
is true that the situation in Gaza is inconvenient, so those who engage
in terror should be inconvenienced. I told the United Nations
secretary-general, 'It's inconvenient that there is no electricity
but rockets kill'."
Yes, rockets do kill, and so do Israeli bombs and tank shells that are
currently raining down on the world's largest open prison, where
mothers can do nothing to protect their infants from the terrifying
sounds of death and destruction, not to mention the deafening
supersonic booms of low flying fighter jets.
Olmert hopes that no one in Gaza will sleep. He has got his wish. One
wonders how this true ideological son of Sharon is able to sleep
himself, provided, that is, he possesses a heart and a conscience.
Could this disproportionate military reaction to the abduction of a
lone Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants be for real? The more
cynical among us conclude it has more to do with the destruction of
Hamas than the fate of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, especially when these
heavy-handed Israeli tactics coincide with the acceptance by both Hamas
and Fatah leaderships of the "Prisoners' Peace Plan" that
incorporates US and EU demands.
The last thing Olmert wants while he is thrusting his unilateral
Convergence Plan on to the international community is for Hamas to
accept Israel's right to exist, thereby morphing into a potential
partner for peace.
And so Hamas was systematically goaded into breaking its yearlong
cease-fire beginning last August when Israel began assassinating
high-profile Hamas figures.
This pot-stirring tactic stretches back to the days when the Yasser
Arafat was president. On almost every occasion that Arafat would
declare a unilateral cease-fire or support new peace measures, Israel
would go out of its way to upset the applecart.
In recent days, Israel has rounded up dozens of Hamas Cabinet members,
legislators and officials using the pretext that Hamas has officially
been declared a terrorist group and has bombed the offices of
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. These aggressive acts are
surely shameful when the Palestinian people were encouraged by all and
sundry to embrace democracy, which they proudly did, little knowing
they would be judged and punished for their choice.
It seems that Israel is intent on bringing Syria into the row as well.
Last week, Israeli jets buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President
Bashar Assad, in an attempt to force him to close down Hamas offices in
Damascus and deport Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. On Sunday, Olmert told
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that "the directives to carry
out operations and the orders to carry out terror attacks all come from
Syria". This accusation Meshal vehemently denies.
What is becoming increasingly clear is this. Israel would prefer to
escalate the crises rather than allow any possibility of returning to
the peace table.
It is not prepared to accept any conditions related to the soldier's
return, including a request for the release of 335 Palestinian children
incarcerated in Israeli jails. It's ironic that while the uniformed
Shalit is being portrayed as an innocent, bespectacled boy-next-door,
those children have been forgotten, along with over 9,000 adult
Palestinian prisoners.
With bridges literally burned by the Israelis, the Palestinians are
pinning their hopes on Egyptian negotiators.
"We ask the international community and the Arab League to take its
responsibilities toward our people and intervene to end Israel's
insane policy," says Haniyeh. Judging by recent history, it's a
forlorn hope. We who do nothing and say nothing should all hang our
heads in shame.
.
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07 Jul 2006 06:57:35 PM |
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You are nothing more than a gambling drunk!!
"Golden Glen" <fire@will.usa> wrote in message
news:kWBrg.8085$E02.2342@newsb.telia.net...
dreamwalker wrote / skrev:
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:cw_qg.123412$iF6.10572@pd7tw2no...
Jews should move to the US who would be more than willing to hoast them.
They are causing too many problems for too many people where they are.
They don't belong there and I don't believe any of this 'promsed land'
***** any more than I believe in Allah (or whatever the correct
spelling is).
Arabs should all move to Europe. Europe loves the Arab. The Jews could
then stretch out a bit.
[Refugees are funny people. In summertime they all (well, almost) go back
to their homelands. But they once had to flee from it!!! Ooohhh!]
Now, whattablood are you talking about? I've never heard of one single
person in Sweden that wants arabs around, except for politicians. I don't
care much for politicians. Let's go back to the old days. Viking style!
"Charly the *****" <nitecrawler7@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:44AC6AF3.7C3B6208@worldnet.att.net...
First, the numbers game... that's degrees C, not degrees F. Most of the
world
uses Celcius.
Now, to the meat of the matter... maybe if the Palestinians stopped
firing
rockets into Isreral, stopped sending in human claymores, stopped trying
to
shove the Isrealis into the Med enmass, they might get along better in
the eyes
of the world. You've brought this calamity on yourselves, don't expect
help from
outside. You elected a radical faction dedicated to violence, and
violence is
your reward for your collective foolishness. You get what you pay for.
The Koran
is a ***** poor model for government in an industrial world, maybe you
should
tell those withered hate-filled Mullahs to take a hike and get back to
work.
You've got a chunk of beach at the crossroads of commerce, build a port
facility
and conduct trade. But that's too sensible, you've got 4000 odd years of
cultural baggage weighing you down. Learn to Drive On, or get ground
into the
dust. Your choice.
Charly
hi wrote:
There's not much much anyone can do....
"hi" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:nRGqg.122477$IK3.43603@pd7tw1no...
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity
at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s
I think someon errored with the numbers here!!!!
"?World War III 2006 .?:*??*:?. [The Last 2300 Days].?:*??*:?.
?T.?:*??*:?..?:*??*:?. .?:*??*:?.shei?e !!!!"
<stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1152070309.638138.270030@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
www.arabnews.com/
Tuesday, 4, July, 2006 (08, Jumada al-Thani, 1427)
Why Is the World Deaf to Gaza's Cries?
Linda Heard, -
How much longer must the Palestinian people be bombed, starved,
humiliated and abused before the international community speaks up
with
one voice? How much longer will world leaders avert their eyes from
the
cruel way Israel is pursuing a land grab? How much longer will
ordinary
people prefer the World Cup and blissful ignorance to the facts of
Israel's crimes and their effects on an entire people?
The US and the EU have labeled the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
"terrorist", a move that has virtually given the Israeli government
carte blanche to do its worst. George W. Bush says Israel has the
right
to defend itself even as it works to deliberately terrorize a civilian
population. The proof of intent is Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's instruction to the IDF last Sunday: "I don't want anyone
to sleep tonight in Gaza".
Almost 50 percent of Gaza's 1.5 billion residents are without
electricity at a time when temperatures are hitting the mid-30s.
Israel
saw fit to bomb a major power station, in blatant contravention of the
Geneva Conventions, during an operation sadistically titled
"Operation Summer Rain".
Experts say it may take up to eight months to restore power during
which time hospital patients will die, families will be left without
air-conditioners, fans, refrigerators and televisions, office workers
and students without essential computers.
Those of us who live in this region and who have experienced
inevitable
brief power outrages should ask ourselves whether we could survive
months of unrelenting heat and dark without even the respite of a
cooling drink.
There is worse to come. Fuel for generators is running out fast. Water
supplies will dwindle and the sewage system will collapse when
electrically powered pumps become inert. In short, there is a
catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the making. Yet, far from showing
regret or remorse, Olmert, on Sunday, told his army to step up the
action, with whatever related horrors that will entail.
During his weekly Cabinet meeting, which takes place in an
air-conditioned board room, Olmert made this callous statement: "It
is true that the situation in Gaza is inconvenient, so those who
engage
in terror should be inconvenienced. I told the United Nations
secretary-general, 'It's inconvenient that there is no electricity
but rockets kill'."
Yes, rockets do kill, and so do Israeli bombs and tank shells that are
currently raining down on the world's largest open prison, where
mothers can do nothing to protect their infants from the terrifying
sounds of death and destruction, not to mention the deafening
supersonic booms of low flying fighter jets.
Olmert hopes that no one in Gaza will sleep. He has got his wish. One
wonders how this true ideological son of Sharon is able to sleep
himself, provided, that is, he possesses a heart and a conscience.
Could this disproportionate military reaction to the abduction of a
lone Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants be for real? The more
cynical among us conclude it has more to do with the destruction of
Hamas than the fate of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, especially when these
heavy-handed Israeli tactics coincide with the acceptance by both
Hamas
and Fatah leaderships of the "Prisoners' Peace Plan" that
incorporates US and EU demands.
The last thing Olmert wants while he is thrusting his unilateral
Convergence Plan on to the international community is for Hamas to
accept Israel's right to exist, thereby morphing into a potential
partner for peace.
And so Hamas was systematically goaded into breaking its yearlong
cease-fire beginning last August when Israel began assassinating
high-profile Hamas figures.
This pot-stirring tactic stretches back to the days when the Yasser
Arafat was president. On almost every occasion that Arafat would
declare a unilateral cease-fire or support new peace measures, Israel
would go out of its way to upset the applecart.
In recent days, Israel has rounded up dozens of Hamas Cabinet members,
legislators and officials using the pretext that Hamas has officially
been declared a terrorist group and has bombed the offices of
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. These aggressive acts are
surely shameful when the Palestinian people were encouraged by all and
sundry to embrace democracy, which they proudly did, little knowing
they would be judged and punished for their choice.
It seems that Israel is intent on bringing Syria into the row as well.
Last week, Israeli jets buzzed the summer residence of Syrian
President
Bashar Assad, in an attempt to force him to close down Hamas offices
in
Damascus and deport Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. On Sunday, Olmert told
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that "the directives to carry
out operations and the orders to carry out terror attacks all come
from
Syria". This accusation Meshal vehemently denies.
What is becoming increasingly clear is this. Israel would prefer to
escalate the crises rather than allow any possibility of returning to
the peace table.
It is not prepared to accept any conditions related to the soldier's
return, including a request for the release of 335 Palestinian
children
incarcerated in Israeli jails. It's ironic that while the uniformed
Shalit is being portrayed as an innocent, bespectacled boy-next-door,
those children have been forgotten, along with over 9,000 adult
Palestinian prisoners.
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