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A black flag
By Gideon Levy
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A black flag hangs over the "rolling" operation in Gaza. The more the operation "rolls," the darker the flag becomes. The "summer rains" we are showering on Gaza are not only pointless, but are first and foremost blatantly illegitimate. It is not legitimate to cut off 750,000 people from electricity. It is not legitimate to call on 20,000 people to run from their homes and turn their towns into ghost towns. It is not legitimate to penetrate Syria's airspace. It is not legitimate to kidnap half a government and a quarter of a parliament.

A state that takes such steps is no longer distinguishable from a terror organization. The harsher the steps, the more monstrous and stupid they become, the more the moral underpinnings for them are removed and the stronger the impression that the Israeli government has lost its nerve. Now one must hope that the weekend lull, whether initiated by Egypt or the prime minister, and in any case to the dismay of Channel 2's Roni Daniel and the IDF, will lead to a radical change.
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Everything must be done to win Gilad Shalit's release. What we are doing now in Gaza has nothing to do with freeing him. It is a widescale act of vengeance, the kind that the IDF and Shin Bet have wanted to conduct for some time, mostly motivated by the deep frustration that the army commanders feel about their impotence against the Qassams and the daring Palestinian guerilla raid. There's a huge gap between the army unleashing its frustration and a clever and legitimate operation to free the kidnapped soldier.

To prevent the army from running as amok as it would like, a strong and judicious political echelon is required. But facing off against the frustrated army is Ehud Olmert and Amir Peretz's tyro regime, weak and happless. Until the weekend lull, it appeared that each step proposed by the army and Shin Bet had been immediately approved for backing. That does not bode well, not only for the chances of freeing Shalit, but also for the future management of the government, which is being revealed to be as weak as the Hamas government.

The only wise and restrained voice heard so far was that of the soldier's father, Noam Shalit, of all people. That noble man called at what is clearly his most difficult hour, not for stridency and not for further damage done to the lives of soldiers and innocent Palestinians. Against the background of the IDF's unrestrained actions and the arrogant bragging of the latest macho spokesmen, Maj. Gen. Yoav Gallant of the Southern Command and Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad, Shalit's father's voice stood out like a voice crying in the wilderness.

Sending tens of thousands of miserable inhabitants running from their homes, dozens of kilometers from where his son is supposedly hidden, and cutting off the electricity to hundreds of thousands of others, is certainly not what he meant in his understated emotional pleas. It's a shame nobody is listening to him, of all people.

The legitimate basis for the IDF's operation was stripped away the moment it began. It's no accident that nobody mentions the day before the attack on the Kerem Shalom fort, when the IDF kidnapped two civilians, a doctor and his brother, from their home in Gaza. The difference between us and them? We kidnapped civilians and they captured a soldier, we are a state and they are a terror organization. How ridiculously pathetic Amos Gilad sounds when he says that the capture of Shalit was "illegitimate and illegal," unlike when the IDF grabs civilians from their homes. How can a senior official in the defense ministry claim that "the head of the snake" is in Damascus, when the IDF uses the exact same methods?

True, when the IDF and Shin Bet grab civilians from their homes - and they do so often - it is not to murder them later. But sometimes they are killed on the doorsteps of their homes, although it is not necessary, and sometimes they are grabbed to serve as "bargaining chips," like in Lebanon and now, with the Palestinian legislators. What an uproar there would be if the Palestinians had grabbed half the members of the Israeli government. How would we label them?

Collective punishment is illegitimate and it does not have a smidgeon of intelligence. Where will the inhabitants of Beit Hanun run? With typical hardheartedness the military reporters say they were not "expelled" but that it was "recommended" they leave, for the benefit, of course, of those running for their lives. And what will this inhumane step lead to? Support for the Israeli government? Their enlistment as informants and collaborators for the Shin Bet? Can the miserable farmers of Beit Hanun and Beit Lahia do anything about the Qassam rocket-launching cells? Will bombing an already destroyed airport do anything to free the soldier or was it just to decorate the headlines?

Did anyone think about what would have happened if Syrian planes had managed to down one of the Israeli planes that brazenly buzzed their president's palace? Would we have declared war on Syria? Another "legitimate war"? Will the blackout of Gaza bring down the Hamas government or cause the population to rally around it? And even if the Hamas government falls, as Washington wants, what will happen on the day after? These are questions for which nobody has any real answers. As usual here: Quiet, we're shooting. But this time we are not only shooting. We are bombing and shelling, darkening and destroying, imposing a siege and kidnapping like the worst of terrorists and nobody breaks the silence to ask, what the hell for, and according to what right?
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  1.   Israeli debacle and human rights travesty 10:31  |  David Howard 02/07/06
  2.   So Israel is bombing restaurants and malls filled with civilians? 10:36  |  Gina 02/07/06
  3.   the enemy 10:37  |  Raz Telchai 02/07/06
  4.   I wonder how Mrs. Olmert sees this 10:40  |  Tulip 02/07/06
  5.   It is not legitimate to empower terrorists... 10:41  |  Yaakov K. 02/07/06
  6.   What is not Legitemate? 10:42  |  Tim 02/07/06
  7.   they have been asking for it since oslo and they got it 10:43  |  paul harris 02/07/06
  8.   The Beginning of "Transfer"? 10:45  |  Arik 02/07/06
  9.   The true face of responsibility 10:47  |  Richard 02/07/06
  10.   #1 HOWARDS SOAP BOX NEEDS OILING . 10:47  |  paul harris 02/07/06
  11.   please end "talkback" 10:47  |  Jake in Texas 02/07/06
  12.   Are you implying that the Hamas is a terror organization? 10:49  |  AA 02/07/06
  13.   I agree, close the TALKBACK 10:56  |  Tulip 02/07/06
  14.   I don´t hope Khalid has been hit in Gaza or elsewhere 10:57  |  Tulip 02/07/06
  15.   Following int`l pressure, Israel agrees to sell electricity to 10:59  |  Amir 02/07/06
  16.   Tulip-#4-How Mrs Olmert sees this 11:06  |  Daniel Leopold 02/07/06
  17.   A message to simple people 11:08  |  Aussie 02/07/06
  18.   #9 Western Values? 11:09  |  Arik 02/07/06
  19.   # 15 Amir ;"sell electricity" 11:18  |  Elisabeth 02/07/06
  20.   Since you are an enthusiastic supporter of terror... 11:23  |  Yoni S 02/07/06
  21.   #1 David Howard 11:27  |  Gretch 02/07/06
  22.   Another article by (fifth) columnist Gideon Levy 11:28  |  Disgusted 02/07/06
  23.   Terrorism Against Terrorism Why Not???? 11:30  |  Daniel 02/07/06
  24.   Gideon Levy offers nothing 11:33  |  Asher 02/07/06
  25.   HAARETZ STOPPING HATRED FOR ISRAEL 11:37  |  Lebanese 02/07/06
  26.   TERRORISM 11:38  |  CHONI 02/07/06
  27.   Exhange Gideon Levy for Gilad Shavit 11:38  |  ezra 02/07/06
  28.   #22 Gideon Levy is a MENSCH! 11:38  |  Arik 02/07/06
  29.   Levy`s articles in HaAretz no different to those of terror group 11:39  |  IP 02/07/06
  30.   "We don`t have to be ashamed because we try to terrorise" 11:39  |  Ruth Gold 02/07/06
  31.   #4Tulip 11:42  |  Goober 02/07/06
  32.   To:"Lebanese" 11:42  |  Daniel 02/07/06
  33.   #14, Tulip 11:44  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 02/07/06
  34.   RESULT OF SUMMER RAINS 11:44  |  Serenity 02/07/06
  35.   Hey Gideon, how about writing about the Kassams? 11:48  |  Isaac 02/07/06
  36.   Political context 11:55  |  South African 02/07/06
  37.   To Lebanese # 11:55  |  Tim 02/07/06
  38.   #28 Your "mench" Gideon is 3 monkeys in one 12:00  |  Isaac 02/07/06
  39.   Serenity 12:03  |  Gina 02/07/06
  40.   Here`s an idea to resolve the crisis 12:04  |  RW 02/07/06
  41.   Cipora Julianna Kohn 12:07  |  Gina 02/07/06
  42.   Gideon: lone voice at Haaretz 12:09  |  diaspora mutt 02/07/06
  43.   Lebanese post 25 concerning hatred for Israel 12:14  |  Tulip 02/07/06
  44.   No compunctions 12:16  |  Yonatan 02/07/06
  45.   Kassams or Katiusha are not a black flag 12:23  |  Daniel 02/07/06
  46.   Israel`s surplus of power 12:23  |  steve 02/07/06
  47.   Gideon Levy writes his articles with BBC and other Israel-haters 12:24  |  Judith 02/07/06
  48.   #42 diaspora dog (= mutt) 12:27  |  Yonatan 02/07/06
  49.   Gideon Levy 12:30  |  Mordechai 02/07/06
  50.   Israel "observes the Geneva Conventions"? 12:30  |  Roger Bannister 02/07/06
  51.   #44, Yonathan 12:34  |  Fritz 02/07/06
  52.   a black flag 12:35  |  aubrey 02/07/06
  53.   What did Tenenbaum have that this soldier doesn`t 12:38  |  sh 02/07/06
  54.   Of course they`re legitimate 12:39  |  David Teich 02/07/06
  55.   RW: Wait until you have knowledge to contribute 12:43  |  david teich 02/07/06
  56.   #11 & 13 HAARETZ IS NOT THE PROBLEM HERE 12:46  |  Dutch 02/07/06
  57.   TO GINA 39 12:52  |  Serenity 02/07/06
  58.   It had to be gidy levy 12:53  |  Dror 02/07/06
  59.   Levy doesn`t know the meaning of words he uses 12:58  |  Shlomo 02/07/06
  60.   # 55 Dutch 13:09  |  Alphonso 02/07/06
  61.   A back flag, by Gideon Levy 13:16  |  Berth Schalow 02/07/06
  62.   Israels actions are different in one way 13:27  |  The Doctor 02/07/06
  63.   Israeli government is terrorist 13:28  |  British academic 02/07/06
  64.   full of people with no mind 13:28  |  argentinian 02/07/06
  65.   losing faith 13:30  |  nan 02/07/06
  66.   A Voice of Reason 13:32  |  Boyd 02/07/06
  67.   #52 - A Black Flag 13:37  |  Boyd 02/07/06
  68.   For Dutch please read 13:45  |  Ariel 02/07/06
  69.   To Berth Schalow 13:53  |  Tim 02/07/06
  70.   To The Doctor 13:57  |  Tim 02/07/06
  71.   GARBAGE! Thousands would be dead daily if Israel targetted them 13:57  |  PETER SM 02/07/06
  72.   British guy - When Britain does it is it also terrorism? 14:01  |  Ariel 02/07/06
  73.   To the argentinian 14:02  |  Uruguayan/Israeli 02/07/06
  74.   To Boyd 14:04  |  Tim 02/07/06
  75.   For Dutch please read II 14:09  |  Ariel 02/07/06
  76.   #54 David Teich, Anything but legitimate 14:09  |  Dutch 02/07/06
  77.   To Ariel 14:12  |  Tim 02/07/06
  78.   re #1: IDF Amoral Universe 14:18  |  David James Vickery 02/07/06
  79.   Black Flag By Gideon Levy 14:22  |  Steve 02/07/06
  80.   Dutch - Resolution #242 14:25  |  Ariel 02/07/06
  81.   Peter of Montreal 14:35  |  Gabe1 02/07/06
  82.   To Steve 14:48  |  Tim 02/07/06
  83.   I agree with "Please End Talkback" 14:51  |  Cari 02/07/06
  84.   Ariel 14:52  |  British academic 02/07/06
  85.   Yonatan, The Path to safety and security 14:56  |  Dutch 02/07/06
  86.   Gina 14:58  |  Gabe1 02/07/06
  87.   British Guy - 15:01  |  Ariel 02/07/06
  88.   Cari 15:04  |  Gabe1 02/07/06
  89.   HASBARA EFFORTS DERAILED by FRANK-CRANK MINISTER QUOTING OLMERT 15:07  |  BAR-ON 4 OLMERT 02/07/06
  90.   The archaic Arabs not ready for the concept of State 15:12  |  Pierre 02/07/06
  91.   Senseless talkback 15:12  |  Michael 02/07/06
  92.   NONSENSE 15:25  |  Dr David I Gross 02/07/06
  93.   exchange of levy for shavit, @27 15:25  |  vladimir 02/07/06
  94.   Dutch 15:32  |  Fearnot 02/07/06
  95.   Exchange Gideon Levy & Amira Hass for Gideon Shalit! 15:33  |  Ofra 02/07/06
  96.   Typical dysfunctional Leftist thinking 15:39  |  Shaul 02/07/06
  97.   # 80 Arial to Dutch...the fact`s...lets talk 15:41  |  Krin 02/07/06
  98.   Argentinan (Post No. 64) 15:42  |  Johnny Weintraub 02/07/06
  99.   Never ending anger 15:44  |  Baltic News Service 02/07/06
  100.   War On Terror 15:55  |  Anti-Jingoist 02/07/06
  101.   Mr. Levy has the intelligence and courage to speak truth. 16:02  |  Jenna 02/07/06
  102.   HAARETZ Talk Back 16:12  |  Arik 02/07/06
  103.   Jewish Or German Nazi 16:13  |  Charles 02/07/06
  104.   #68 Ariel, Your analogy couldn`t be more wrong 16:14  |  Dutch 02/07/06
  105.   Jenna on Genocide?????? 16:18  |  Ehud 02/07/06
  106.   #38 EVIL? Believe in Peace! 16:19  |  Arik 02/07/06
  107.   #100, you are quite right 16:20  |  Jenna 02/07/06
  108.   Gideon Levy 16:20  |  Solomon 02/07/06
  109.   Krin 97 -- You should check you facts 16:21  |  bbl 02/07/06
  110.   Topical surgery 16:21  |  bruce 02/07/06
  111.   Gideon Levy 16:25  |  Marco 02/07/06
  112.   #100 Well Written! 16:29  |  Arik 02/07/06
  113.   Human Rights Activists` Dilemmas 16:30  |  Dennis M Starkman 02/07/06
  114.   What is Gideon Levy`s agenda? 16:32  |  Dr. Michael H. Baron 02/07/06
  115.   #103 No Differenz! 16:34  |  Arik 02/07/06
  116.   # 91 senseless 16:35  |  Michael S 02/07/06
  117.   String of hope 16:35  |  Othello 02/07/06
  118.   It won`t be the first time in history Dutch (76) 16:39  |  Marlene 02/07/06
  119.   David James Vickery -- want to see some statistics? 16:40  |  bbl 02/07/06
  120.   Ehud 16:41  |  Jenna 02/07/06
  121.   bbl thanks for great resp. to Krin, Tim you were right B"H 16:43  |  Ariel 02/07/06
  122.   Israel, a nation addicted to power 16:44  |  Ibrahim 02/07/06
  123.   Charles -- How many Palestinians have been killed by this? 16:47  |  bbl 02/07/06
  124.   to Tulip 16:47  |  Cornelia 02/07/06
  125.   I would disagree with you Ariel No. 68 16:50  |  Marlene 02/07/06
  126.   Pretty Pretty War is Illegitimate 16:50  |  Beatrice 02/07/06
  127.   #97The Palestinians"shall overcome" the tyrants in Israelreal 16:51  |  Dutch 02/07/06
  128.   Shame and Pride 16:52  |  Mike 02/07/06
  129.   Marlene#118 16:53  |  zardos 02/07/06
  130.   To Gideon Levy 16:53  |  Dr. Giora Sedman 02/07/06
  131.   Dutch -- you can`t possibly have missed this fact 16:55  |  bbl 02/07/06
  132.   Talkback 16:55  |  David 02/07/06
  133.   Haaretz 16:55  |  Nemesis 02/07/06
  134.   Nazism and Freedom of Expression (to arik & antijingoist) 16:55  |  Dennis M Starkman 02/07/06
  135.   HAAREZ IS PROPAGANDA ORGAN OF HAMAS: MUST BE CLOSED DOWN!)))))))) 16:56  |  -VOICE of MOSHIACH)) 02/07/06
  136.   #114 Levy`s Agendy 16:56  |  Arik 02/07/06
  137.   Mr Levy 16:57  |  Dick Bointy 02/07/06
  138.   correction on #119 16:58  |  bbl 02/07/06
  139.   Israel invasion of gaza 16:59  |  uri 02/07/06
  140.   Well said, Dr Sedman 16:59  |  Dennis M Starkman 02/07/06
  141.   Ibrahim -- the appearance of gheering with glee? 17:02  |  bbl 02/07/06
  142.   ??????? 17:07  |  eva 02/07/06
  143.   Krin. 17:08  |  Zardos 02/07/06
  144.   # 122 Ibrahim 17:08  |  Boutros 02/07/06
  145.   #50 ROGER DOWN THE BANNISTER AGAIN 17:08  |  paul harris 02/07/06
  146.   Mike -- clouded history? 17:09  |  bbl 02/07/06
  147.   follow up about the King David Hotel 17:10  |  bbl 02/07/06
  148.   #76 DORIS IM STILL WAITING FOR THE 1300 YEARS OF CRIME 17:11  |  paul harris 02/07/06
  149.   Collectiive Punishment 17:14  |  Bob Kay 02/07/06
  150.   Terrorism nulllifies all sovereignties 17:14  |  Bernard Ross 02/07/06
  151.   Gideon Levy 17:14  |  Berrouria 02/07/06
  152.   WHICH OLMO? `EHUD FASCIST` or OLMO `NICE GUY` 17:16  |  NOT on AP-AFP-REUTER 02/07/06
  153.   Gideon Levy? aka Khalid? 17:17  |  Nechama 02/07/06
  154.   A reasonable fire exchange gone wild 17:17  |  Ben Gurion 02/07/06
  155.   Re: "What is Gideon Levy`s agenda?" - #114 17:18  |  Kate 02/07/06
  156.   Hammas Vote 17:21  |  Richard 02/07/06
  157.   boyd 17:23  |  eva 02/07/06
  158.   The truth, the only truth and the entire truth 17:28  |  Yvan 02/07/06
  159.   Gideon Levy 17:30  |  Salem 02/07/06
  160.   # 123 Three to One is the count 17:32  |  Charles 02/07/06
  161.   # 14 Tulip and her Khalid! 17:38  |  Michelle 02/07/06
  162.   The talkback as a mirror for the Israeli government 17:41  |  Michael N 02/07/06
  163.   Is Gideon Levy Really Dutch? 17:41  |  Sam The Sham 02/07/06
  164.   Syria, Hama massacre, 1982 17:41  |  Honest Abe 02/07/06
  165.   False Ben Gurion #154? 17:45  |  Dennis M Starkman 02/07/06
  166.   Anti- Semites who can`t spell and Gideon Levy who can 17:46  |  Shalom Freedman 02/07/06
  167.   Talkback as a mirror #2 17:49  |  Michael N 02/07/06
  168.   Israel uses hi-tech terror, while Palestinians uses low tech 17:50  |  El-Birawi 02/07/06
  169.   END THE ISRAELI AGRESSION 17:51  |  BOMBA 02/07/06
  170.   Richard NY #156 Bingo! 17:52  |  Nechama 02/07/06
  171.   Syria, Assad, 1982 Hama Massacre 17:52  |  HonestAbe 02/07/06
  172.   collective punishment reply to 149 17:54  |  mike 02/07/06
  173.   Voice your opinion to clarify existing issues. Part I. 17:54  |  H.H.M 02/07/06
  174.   Voice your opinion to clarify existing issues. Part II 17:56  |  H.H.M 02/07/06
  175.   Black Flag 17:57  |  Mary 02/07/06
  176.   Gilad Levys article no different than al Qaida videotape 18:01  |  Herbert Kaine 02/07/06
  177.   BBI, You are wrong on UNSC 242 18:03  |  Dutch 02/07/06
  178.   #4 But palestinians elected Hamas 18:03  |  Max Zinger 02/07/06
  179.   Thank You 18:05  |  Marwan 02/07/06
  180.   # 169 BOMBA 18:07  |  Proud Israeli Jew 02/07/06
  181.   Thanks for breaking the shameless silence Gideon Levy! 18:08  |  Joe 02/07/06
  182.   #85 Dutch - you are being hypocritical 18:11  |  Yonatan 02/07/06
  183.   absolutly right 18:12  |  max 02/07/06
  184.   TO ALL ISRAELIS 18:15  |  BOMBA 02/07/06
  185.   #175 Alternative Actions 18:19  |  Arik 02/07/06
  186.   #175 Mary - cool down 18:20  |  Yonatan 02/07/06
  187.   GIDEON LEVY`s AGENDA? dark deep SELF-LOATHING 18:20  |  Emily Jonas 02/07/06
  188.   Shhh Honest Abe#171 You will embarrass our left wing friends 18:21  |  Zardos 02/07/06
  189.   # 122 Ibrahim 18:23  |  Proud Israeli Jew 02/07/06
  190.   # 165 Dennis M Starkman. False Ben Gurion# 154? READ ON,,,,,,,,, 18:28  |  S 02/07/06
  191.   # 175 Mary 18:30  |  Alphonso 02/07/06
  192.   Gideon L`s anti-Israeli propaganda 18:30  |  Michael 02/07/06
  193.   Hama, Syria, Hamas, Israel, 1948, 1982, NOW 18:31  |  HonestAbe 02/07/06
  194.   Gideon LEvy`s AGNEDA? deep dark SELF-LOATHING 18:44  |  Emily Jonas 02/07/06
  195.   I didnt know there were so many Jews in congress 18:52  |  AJ 02/07/06
  196.   Shalom Freedman #166 18:52  |  Dr. Giora Sedman 02/07/06
  197.   Who says I have a depression, Cornelia? 18:53  |  Tulip 02/07/06
  198.   Michelle 18:54  |  Tulip 02/07/06
  199.   BBI, I am afraid you are wrong on UNSC 242 18:54  |  Dutch 02/07/06
  200.   # 151 Berrouria.GIDEON L IS A COWARD AND A TRAITOR,,,,,,,,, 18:54  |  Truth 2 02/07/06
  201.   Haven`t Jews Learned Anything From The Holcaust 18:58  |  Sandra R 02/07/06
  202.   The leftist ostrich mentality 18:59  |  Mike Savage 02/07/06
  203.   ISRAEL don`t fear, your future is Shalit & *The Stelzers* not GL 18:59  |  Nimrod 02/07/06
  204.   to bbl #146 King David Hotel 19:00  |  Mike 02/07/06
  205.   A misguided BOMBA 19:05  |  Giora 02/07/06
  206.   Reply to 46,Great Points,Levy is Great 19:07  |  Abe 02/07/06
  207.   To S on Ben Gurion 19:07  |  Dennis M Starkman 02/07/06
  208.   Yes 201, Jews have learned to stand up to hateful bigots like you 19:07  |  Jonathan 02/07/06
  209.   Sorry, Gideon 19:14  |  Yehonatan 02/07/06
  210.   An Israeli who thanks Gideon 19:15  |  Karen 02/07/06
  211.   Dear Gideon, Start w/#193;But you bought into the Hamas Program 19:16  |  ZigZag 02/07/06
  212.   Boils down each individual action and perspective 19:19  |  remy 02/07/06
  213.   Gideon Levy, alta kuka, Communism is dead... 19:20  |  KJJ 02/07/06
  214.   IDF = Incompetent Destructive Force 19:24  |  Ex Israel Supporter 02/07/06
  215.   David James Vickery and Amoral` Jews..Lowest rates of alcoholism 19:24  |  KJJ 02/07/06
  216.   Ben Gurion: An intelectual way to present non sense. 19:24  |  Dr. Giora Sedman 02/07/06
  217.   both Muslims and Jews are TERRORISTS 19:25  |  up above 02/07/06
  218.   For Gideon Levy 19:27  |  Ian Robertson 02/07/06
  219.   Out of Control - Ben Gurion 19:33  |  Mark Lincoln 02/07/06
  220.   reply to #187 Emily Jonas: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. 19:35  |  mike 02/07/06
  221.   #177 this interpretation would legalise the arab invasions DORIS 19:35  |  paul harris 02/07/06
  222.   to: up above 19:36  |  john 02/07/06
  223.   #205 MORE LYING CRAP REVISITED 19:37  |  paul harris 02/07/06
  224.   A proposal 19:37  |  Ruy Lopez 02/07/06
  225.   The effect of the Israel/US campaign against Hamas? 19:40  |  Mark Lincoln 02/07/06
  226.   A black flag... 19:42  |  Shachor 02/07/06
  227.   The future of an illusion 19:44  |  Ben Gurion 02/07/06
  228.   Wrong place 19:45  |  Dave Adams 02/07/06
  229.   # 207 Dennis M Starkman. WRONG! READ ON BRIEFLY,,,, 19:51  |  S 02/07/06
  230.   Gideon Levy you stupid leftist 19:54  |  Sam 02/07/06
  231.   You mean "204 and... 19:59  |  mike 02/07/06
  232.   Medicality vs. logicality, I (G. Sedman #216) 20:05  |  Ben Gurion 02/07/06
  233.   "General" Ben Gurion #227 20:07  |  GPS 02/07/06
  234.   # 9 Richard Trying to win a war 20:11  |  Edith 02/07/06
  235.   Doris Cadigan, the self-appointed Palestinian `Dutchess`! 20:11  |  Jacques 02/07/06
  236.   The Palestinian Enemy 20:12  |  Bloomfield 02/07/06
  237.   #9 Trying to win a war 20:12  |  Edith 02/07/06
  238.   # 180 Proud Israeli Jew 20:13  |  BOMBA 02/07/06
  239.   You`ve answered my question #223 20:18  |  Mike 02/07/06
  240.   I agree with Lebanese 20:23  |  Edith 02/07/06
  241.   Internationalizing of conflict more likely 20:24  |  Michael 02/07/06
  242.   A black flag 20:30  |  Zionist 02/07/06
  243.   Meshal to recruit Gideon Levy as spokesman for Hamas 20:32  |  Joel Meyers 02/07/06
  244.   Reminds me of a story from history - BG 20:34  |  Mark Lincoln 02/07/06
  245.   Generalizing Halutz (GPS #233) 20:34  |  Ben Gurion 02/07/06
  246.   The Future of Olmert and Peretz - BG 20:40  |  Mark Lincoln 02/07/06
  247.   Doris/Dutch. You`ve aroused my curiosity... 20:52  |  Jacques 02/07/06
  248.   and you wonder why you`re hated? 20:54  |  Jo 02/07/06
  249.   #230 | @Sam from NY 20:56  |  Michael 02/07/06
  250.   Ben Gurion on Logic,Politics,Emotion and Balance 20:58  |  Ronnie Wolman 02/07/06
  251.   A BLACK HISTORY BOOK 21:03  |  MARIA TORON 02/07/06
  252.   Future of Olmert-Peretz (Mark L #246) 21:03  |  Ben Gurion 02/07/06
  253.   #248: Wrong Argument/Tired Argument 21:08  |  john 02/07/06
  254.   to BOMBA, Israel is the only nation in that land 21:09  |  Jake 02/07/06
  255.   HA! 21:10  |  frez 02/07/06
  256.   Jenna, "truth" is only what you like to hear 21:15  |  Jake 02/07/06
  257.   WOE.....WOE .......WOE CRYING FROM THE GRAVE OOOOOOOOO 21:15  |  Truth 2 02/07/06
  258.   GIDEON LEVY FORGOT ABOUT ELIYAHU ASHERI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 21:16  |  TRUETH 02/07/06
  259.   #241, well said 21:17  |  Danny 02/07/06
  260.   Israel in Gaza and Shalit 21:19  |  shoshanna 02/07/06
  261.   # 249 Michael 21:24  |  Claire 02/07/06
  262.   GIDEON LEVY APOLOGIZE TO ELIYAHU ASHERI FAMILY 21:24  |  TRUETH 02/07/06
  263.   Jo from NY, NY - The real story. 21:31  |  Chana 02/07/06
  264.   #240..Edith 21:32  |  Barry 02/07/06
  265.   Mr Strarkman #254 is 100% 21:33  |  Zardos 02/07/06
  266.   Out of control (Mark Lincoln #219) 21:34  |  Ben Gurion 02/07/06
  267.   250 Ronnie Wolman - Emotions 21:34  |  Mark of Lewiston 02/07/06
  268.   Bush has created an Israeli monster! 21:38  |  Mary Quinnan 02/07/06
  269.   Jo #248 Nice story! 21:40  |  Jacques 02/07/06
  270.   Ben Gurion: An intelectual way to present non sense.II 21:41  |  Dr. Giora Sedman 02/07/06
  271.   #181..joe from ramallah 21:45  |  Barry 02/07/06
  272.   OOOOOOO OH! WHO IS DISTURBING MY GRAVE?OOOOOOAND WOE TO HIM 21:47  |  TRUTH2 02/07/06
  273.   Losing posts at random 21:47  |  Ben Gurion 02/07/06
  274.   There is no good end to this 21:48  |  peter 02/07/06
  275.   # 232 OOOOOOOOOOOOH,OH WHO IS DISTURBING MY GRAVE?OOOOOOOAND WOE! 21:48  |  TRUTH 2 02/07/06
  276.   Jo 21:49  |  Dr David I Gross 02/07/06
  277.   the israeli 21:49  |  truth 02/07/06
  278.   #258 GIDEON LEVY SHOULD BE FIRED. 21:50  |  TOM 02/07/06
  279.   The Black Flag 21:51  |  Jeff Northridge 02/07/06
  280.   Reply to 208 21:55  |  sandra t 02/07/06
  281.   To Edith - sometimes war is forced upon you 21:57  |  Richard 02/07/06
  282.   Gideon Levy is a self-hating Jew 22:03  |  JL 02/07/06
  283.   to #27. Exhange Gideon Levy for Gilad Shavit 22:07  |  Nir 02/07/06
  284.   A mutual concern at the time 22:20  |  Mark Lincoln 02/07/06
  285.   #262 Chana 22:20  |  Jo 02/07/06
  286.   GIDEON LEVY = BLACK FLAG 22:20  |  USA 02/07/06
  287.   My big concern at this time Ben Gurion 22:23  |  Mark Lincoln 02/07/06
  288.   To S on the infiltrator(s) 22:24  |  Dennis M Starkman 02/07/06
  289.   #257 22:25  |  Daniel Gal 02/07/06
  290.   750,000 PEOPLE FOR ELECTRICIT. 22:30  |  FED UP 02/07/06
  291.   #55 thank you for the History Lesson 22:33  |  RW 02/07/06
  292.   Actually David Gross... 22:34  |  Jo 02/07/06
  293.   Gideon Levy 22:35  |  Larry 02/07/06
  294.   Hamas Refuses Peace with Israel, Now they have what they wanted 22:37  |  Joe Prescott 02/07/06
  295.   Medicality vs. logicality, II (G. Sedman #216) 22:37  |  Ben Gurion 02/07/06
  296.   Re: #273 - another good reason to end Talk Back 22:37  |  SB 02/07/06
  297.   charles -- I was responding to your words 22:41  |  bbl 02/07/06
  298.   Gideon Levy Part 2 22:42  |  Larry 02/07/06
  299.   Mary Quinnan pontificates to Israel from poached Arizona land 22:43  |  Jake 02/07/06
  300.   #273 is complaining again? 22:45  |  Emanual Oren 02/07/06
  301.   Logic is logic (Ronnie Wolman #250) 22:49  |  Ben Gurion 02/07/06
  302.   Dutch you changed your words -- at least now it`s correct 22:50  |  bbl 02/07/06
  303.   # 283 Gideon Levy 22:50  |  baruch 02/07/06
  304.   The Olmert/Peretz duo 22:55  |  Michael N 02/07/06
  305.   #258 Gideon Levy is the older brother of Ben Gurion 22:57  |  Dr. Ezra Mizrahi 02/07/06
  306.   Mike you`re being too defensive 22:58  |  bbl 02/07/06
  307.   Mary Quinnan #268 All I`m hearing is... 23:01  |  Jacques 02/07/06
  308.   To all Mr. Levy,s haters 23:01  |  Sal 02/07/06
  309.   Ben Gurion 23:03  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 02/07/06
  310.   the world 23:03  |  Conrad billingston 02/07/06
  311.   Mike I`d like to know as well 23:07  |  bbl 02/07/06
  312.   BG - losing posts 23:08  |  Jenna 02/07/06
  313.   Larry, 298 you forget a "detail" 23:10  |  mike 02/07/06
  314.   JL: Levy is not a self-hating Jew 23:14  |  Bloomfield 02/07/06
  315.   @G. Levy 23:26  |  Michael 02/07/06
  316.   Palestinian invasion 23:29  |  Yosef 02/07/06
  317.   A Black Flag? 23:30  |  David Michael 02/07/06
  318.   bbl #302 23:33  |  Zardos 02/07/06
  319.   not Kosher 23:34  |  Mendel the Mean 02/07/06
  320.   #50 Roger 23:34  |  Patrick 02/07/06
  321.   # 309 -Cipora Julianna Kohn 23:45  |  Shin Beit Alfa96R36 02/07/06
  322.   Jo and easily fooled arabs 23:52  |  peter 02/07/06
  323.   Sorry, bbl 23:55  |  mike 02/07/06
  324.   WHY ISRAEL NEVER HAVE PEACE 23:57  |  Malaysia 02/07/06
  325.   Snake(s) Head(s) - BG and Giora 00:08  |  Mark Lincoln 03/07/06
  326.   My big concern is the Gandhi effect (Mark L #287) 00:11  |  Ben Gurion 03/07/06
  327.   When the Leftists are Kidnapped 00:17  |  Efox 03/07/06
  328.   Gideon Levy and his love for Palestinians 00:18  |  Isaac Wolf 03/07/06
  329.   Arab terrorists attack civilians, IDF attacks buildings..BIG diff 00:29  |  David 03/07/06
  330.   peter, montreal 00:33  |  Jo 03/07/06
  331.   Cipora Julianna Kohn 00:44  |  Elisabeth 03/07/06
  332.   #321, S. Beit 00:58  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 03/07/06
  333.   Jo, does partition mean anything to you? 01:00  |  peter 03/07/06
  334.   Ghandi Effect - Ben Gurion 01:00  |  Mark Lincoln 03/07/06
  335.   Gideon Levy deserves respect 01:00  |  Palestinian 03/07/06
  336.   It is different 01:01  |  Mike 03/07/06
  337.   A Black Falg 01:03  |  ResultsDoc 03/07/06
  338.   #331, Elizabeth 01:08  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 03/07/06
  339.   Patrick # 320 The IVth Geneva Convention 01:09  |  Jeff Northridge 03/07/06
  340.   #334, Mark Lincoln 01:23  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 03/07/06
  341.   Dark days ahead... 01:29  |  Alan Burns 03/07/06
  342.   #333 peter 01:35  |  Jo 03/07/06
  343.   #342 Jo not sure if I understand 01:44  |  peter 03/07/06
  344.   Cipora Julianna Kohn 01:54  |  Mumble 03/07/06
  345.   Zionism=Racism: indesputable 02:01  |  Sara 03/07/06
  346.   re: A black flag 02:15  |  j 03/07/06
  347.   Jewish Or German Nazi 02:19  |  j 03/07/06