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U.S. President George Bush being escorted by Palestinian President Abbas upon his arrival in Ramallah on Thursday. (Reuters)
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Hamas: Bush promises 'unacceptable' for next generations of Palestinians
By Barak Ravid and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: Haim Ramon, Mahmoud Abbas 

The leader of the Hamas government in Gaza said Friday that U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to the region proved his bias toward Israel and hurt Palestinian aspirations for a state of their own.

Ismail Haniyeh spoke to reporters after Friday prayers as Bush wrapped up a three-day visit to Israel and the West Bank, seat of the Ramallah-based
government of moderate President Mahmoud Abbas, Haniyeh's rival.
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During his visit, Bush laid out U.S. expectations for a peace deal, which he said should be completed this year. He singled out Gaza - which Hamas
violently seized in June - as a problem that could not easily be solved in the 12 months remaining in his presidency.

The international community is boycotting Hamas because of its refusal to
recognize Israel's right to exist and renounce violence.

Haniyeh said Bush's explanation of his bottom lines for a peace deal were
based on promises to Israel, and don't serve Palestinian interests.

"Bush gave Israel all the required pledges to solidify its occupation and to wipe out basic Palestinian rights and sacred issues, while he gave the
Palestinians more illusions and slogans, and loose words that only express the deception which has characterized this visit," Haniyeh said.

During his visit, Bush urged Israel to end its 40-year occupation of the West Bank and said a Palestinian state should be contiguous, a nod to Palestinian opposition to a state broken into pieces by Israeli settlements and military installations.

At the same time, Bush came out on Israel's side on two important issues,
implying that major Jewish settlement blocs in the West Bank should remain in Israeli hands in a final peace deal and that Palestinian refugees should not be resettled inside of Israel.

Haniyeh said Bush's suggestion that Palestinian refugees receive compensation is unacceptable, and that the millions of refugees and their descendants from the 1948 war that accompanied Israel's creation must return to their original homes inside Israel.

"These concepts are totally unacceptable to us, and can in no way commit our people and the next generations," he said.

"The problem of Palestine will remain alive. A short visit of a few hours can't reduce this historic right and shrink the future of Palestinian generations on the land of Palestine."

Haniyeh criticized Bush's characterization of Hamas as an obstacle to peace.

"This is sowing the seeds of sedition and is an attempt to create the
atmosphere for internal Palestinian wars," he said. Haniyeh appealed to Abbas not to slide behind the U.S. administration, saying he would be endangering his leadership.

Israeli official: Israel views positively Bush's statements on a final status peace treaty

Israel views positively U.S. President George W. Bush's statements Thursday calling for a final status peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians prior to the end of his term in office, an Israeli official told Haaretz on Thursday.

"We see the Bush remarks as the basis of moving forward. We accept them. We see them as consistent with understandings with the Americans and as a positive foundation for moving forward," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Bush implored senior cabinet ministers at a dinner Thursday evening to work to promote the peace process, telling them that the current situation cannot continue and efforts to achieve a peace treaty must be made.

Earlier, Bush made statements summing up his visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. "There should be an end to the occupation that began in 1967," Bush said, presenting an outline for solving most of the core issues, which would include a compensation mechanism for Palestinian refugees, a contiguous Palestinian state, and secure and defensible borders for Israel.

Bush met with the ministerial forum at a dinner in his honor hosted by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at his official residence in Jerusalem. One of the president's messages was about domestic Israeli politics. "Take care of Olmert, so he will stay in power," Bush said. "He's a strong leader. Israeli politics is like karate, you never know when the next chop will come."

Olmert said at the dinner that the peace process must go forward. Vice Premier Haim Ramon agreed with Bush's statement on the necessity of creating a Palestinian state. "Israel's problem is the occupation, which jeopardizes [our existence as] a Jewish and democratic state," Ramon said. "That's not the Palestinians' problem, that's our problem."

Shas chairman Eli Yishai, the minister of industry, labor and trade, raised reservations, telling Bush, "I appreciate your visit and your concern for Israel but we cannot make peace with half of the Palestinian nation, while Abu Mazen [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas] does not control the Gaza Strip."

Yishai recited several psalms emphasizing the importance of Jerusalem and said he would not compromise on the unity of the capital.

Acting against the wishes of the prime minister, Yishai gave Bush a letter from Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef urging the release of convicted U.S. spy Jonathan Pollard, as well as a letter from Pollard's wife, Esther.

Israel sees Bush's push for reaching a peace treaty with the Palestinians within a year as a positive step, the Israeli official said Thursday.

The Israeli response was the first to Bush's call for an end to what he said was the 40-year "occupation" of the West Bank, and for signing a peace treaty before he leaves office in January 2009.

Bush's comments marked a hardening of his tone toward Israel and could put Olmert at odds with right-wing members of his coalition who oppose sweeping peace concessions.

After returning from Ramallah to Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon Bush read out a summary of his visit, laying out his vision for resolving such issues as the Palestinian refugees, which he said would be resolved by the creation of a Palestinian state and compensation.

"I believe we need to look to the establishment of a Palestinian state and new international mechanisms, including compensation, to resolve the refugee issue," Bush said.

"The agreement must establish Palestine as a homeland for the Palestinian people, just as Israel is a homeland for the Jewish people.

"These negotiations must ensure that Israel has secure, recognized, and defensible borders," he said. "And they must ensure that the state of Palestine is viable, contiguous, sovereign and independent."

Bush also named Lt.-Gen. William Fraser to monitor the Israeli-Palestinian road map for peace, the White House said Thursday. Fraser, who is Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will "help monitor road map commitments", White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.

Meanwhile, senior PA officials expressed satisfaction with Bush's statements in Ramallah on Thursday, even though the visit resulted in no major achievements for the Palestinians. They emphasized his call for an end to the Israeli occupation and to Israeli building in the settlements and in favor of a peace treaty by the end of the year.

The head of the Palestinian parliament's foreign policy committee, Abdallah Abdallah, told Haaretz on Thursday that, "The first seven years of Bush's presidency were wiped out as far as we're concerned ... he changed, but we can't expect him to be Santa Claus and to bring us a state for the New Year."

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      3.   Mr Ignorant Bush 03:47  |  Michelle 11/01/08
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      5.   busk`s remarks 04:15  |  Beit David 11/01/08
      6.   All matter of chaos in Gaza but no word from Haaretz 04:52  |  Avrum 11/01/08
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      9.   Everbody Emphasizes What They Like... 06:24  |  Jeff Northridge 11/01/08
      10.   bush so confused good thing his term ending soon 06:49  |  aw 11/01/08
      11.   no. 2 Michelle 06:50  |  Steve 11/01/08
      12.   no 2 Michelle (Steve you beat me to the punch!!!) 07:11  |  P.man 11/01/08
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      14.   Abdallah Abdallah 07:47  |  Gina 11/01/08
      15.   THE RIGHT WORDS AFTER 7 YEARS 08:24  |  indrajaya 11/01/08
      16.   Yishai Stands Up to the Twerp 08:30  |  Dave 11/01/08
      17.   Jordan with the majority of 70% Palestinian is there home land 09:04  |  e.m Jordan is Pales 11/01/08
      18.   For Marilyn, on "partitioning our land" # 1 09:33  |  Clickfool 11/01/08
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      20.   Jeff Northridge #9 a good response. But 10:01  |  S 11/01/08
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      27.   Map 11:08  |  jjvanka 11/01/08
      28.   jjvanka 11:29  |  dovale 11/01/08
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      33.   the Arab states and arab-Pal hatred have fabricated 11:48  |  Joseph E . 11/01/08
      34.   DEU . 30:15 11:51  |  Joseph E . 11/01/08
      35.   marilyn 11:53  |  kiwi girl 11/01/08
      36.   jjvanka`s link 12:12  |  P.man 11/01/08
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      38.   tosefta what is all this hurry about? 12:22  |  jean brodie 11/01/08
      39.   Nora # 20 First Things First 12:55  |  Jeff Northridge 11/01/08
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      41.   Nazillie Durson 13:00  |  Nik Miller 11/01/08
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      44.   # kiwi girl 13:10  |  guy 11/01/08
      45.   positive step 13:13  |  Patrick Warner 11/01/08
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      49.   Tosefta # 4 What`s The Matter With Separate Deals? 13:44  |  Jeff Northridge 11/01/08
      50.   CLICKFOOL (#18) it might come as a shock to you! 13:48  |  Gil 11/01/08
      51.   #42 14:29  |  simple observations 11/01/08
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      54.   CLICKFOOL (#18) it might come as a shock to you! 14:55  |  Gil 11/01/08
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      56.   Dovale (28) 15:39  |  jjvanka 11/01/08
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      58.   Who is the Abominable Slowman? 16:26  |  Yoav Stern 11/01/08
      59.   # 9 Jeff Northridge..put two and two together 16:30  |  Lynn 11/01/08
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      62.   # 14 Gina...Exactly right 16:38  |  Lynn 11/01/08
      63.   "A Just and Peaceful solution" 16:48  |  P Reilly 11/01/08
      64.   Tosefta...I also heard "a contiguous Pal state" 16:54  |  Lynn 11/01/08
      65.   # 40 assad...then you will be left out in the cold 16:56  |  Lynn 11/01/08
      66.   @ 37 look here fool 16:58  |  Joseph E . 11/01/08
      67.   # 43 Nik Miller ....good 16:58  |  Lynn 11/01/08
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      72.   assad-u-LLAH # 40 - "The people of Palestine 17:47  |  Arrabella 11/01/08
      73.   Sorry President Bush, Hamas does not agree with you 17:54  |  Dagma 11/01/08
      74.   An early winter day dream (Lynn #54) 18:00  |  Tosefta 11/01/08
      75.   # 58 can you get any dumber? 18:04  |  Petra 11/01/08
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      77.   no. 32 Joseph 18:14  |  Steve 11/01/08
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      79.   Tosefta...contiguous means just that 18:33  |  Lynn 11/01/08
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      82.   Smadar .....it may be sad that the ROR 19:07  |  Lynn 11/01/08
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      84.   # 68 PETRA....huh? 19:11  |  Lynn 11/01/08
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      86.   For Nik "Podge" Miller # 41 19:57  |  Clickfool 11/01/08
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      92.   The stick and the carrot (Smadar #69) 20:26  |  Tosefta 11/01/08
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      99.   tosefta you are no more then a schoolyard bully 21:14  |  richard donovan 11/01/08
      100.   # 71 pay attention stupid 21:16  |  Joseph E . 11/01/08
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      105.   Tosefta # 80 Oh, Yeah? 22:21  |  Jeff Northridge 11/01/08
      106.   #22 Natalie 22:32  |  Marc 11/01/08
      107.   Worldly wisdom for Jeff Northridge #93 - and God`s help 22:41  |  Gepetto 11/01/08
      108.   55 Lynn - I Don`t Think So 22:59  |  Mark of Lewiston 11/01/08
      109.   #56 Solution 23:01  |  Marc 11/01/08
      110.   Lynn # 83 Interesting 23:06  |  Jeff Northridge 11/01/08
      111.   #73 Lynn - it`s understood that the majority of Palestinian 23:13  |  Smadar 11/01/08
      112.   Don`t know why a number of posters harsh on Tosefta when Jeff N.. 23:25  |  Smadar 11/01/08
      113.   Hamas does not want a State. 23:30  |  leo 11/01/08
      114.   Hamas is making their younger generation irrelevant 23:44  |  fishy 11/01/08
      115.   #80 Tosspot the high-minded 23:46  |  WWACD 11/01/08
      116.   Jeff re. Tosspot 23:47  |  WWACD 11/01/08
      117.   89. mr. donovan? i think you take yourself to seriously 00:12  |  get over yourself 12/01/08
      118.   tosefta "once the siege continues" 00:20  |  tveirawatch 12/01/08
      119.   "The problem of Palestine will remain alive" 00:32  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/01/08
      120.   is tosefta an immoralist 00:32  |  tveirawatch 12/01/08
      121.   # 100 Jeff Northridge...that is what Blair was 00:39  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      122.   #20, S to Jeff 00:45  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/01/08
      123.   smadar "i would hope the boycott of hamas 00:51  |  snowbeam 12/01/08
      124.   smadar "gaza cultivated orange groves" 00:54  |  flowerpower 12/01/08
      125.   smadar "i would hope that one day hamas would stop 00:58  |  tosefta`s gofer 12/01/08
      126.   # 56 Reilly...$30 billion in military aid 01:08  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      127.   bozhidar # 85 Dismemberment Is The New World Order 01:16  |  Jeff Northridge 12/01/08
      128.   #112, Smadar 01:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/01/08
      129.   Smadar # 112 UNSCRs 242 & 338 02:10  |  Jeff Northridge 12/01/08
      130.   # 127 Jeff Northridge...ain`t it the truth 02:33  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      131.   Who is harsh on me? (Smadar #112) 03:30  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      132.   #115 WWACD Tosefta Is Nothing but an empty an a DICTATOR WITHOUT 03:31  |  Kathy 12/01/08
      133.   #112 Smadar blatant revisionism 03:51  |  peter 12/01/08
      134.   PM Haniyeh is right Bush can`t Whitewash Palestinian rights. 04:05  |  dutch 12/01/08
      135.   Correction (Smadar #112) 04:38  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      136.   #40 - there is nothing to discuss 04:47  |  Dr. Phill 12/01/08
      137.   The basic error in the Rice-Olmert approach 04:55  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      138.   #123 - #125 it`s already predictable you post by 3`s 05:13  |  Smadar 12/01/08
      139.   Judith (60) 05:20  |  jjvanka 12/01/08
      140.   Insight into the workings of an honest falsifier, I (Jeff N #105) 05:34  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      141.   Insight into the workings of an honest falsifier, II(Jeff N #105) 05:35  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      142.   #128 Cipora 05:38  |  Smadar 12/01/08
      143.   #129 Jeff 05:54  |  Smadar 12/01/08
      144.   #133 Peter 06:14  |  Smadar 12/01/08
      145.   #131 Tosefta 06:38  |  Smadar 12/01/08
      146.   WWACD #115 06:58  |  CHGODMK 12/01/08
      147.   All posters re : Tosefta....Moonlight Sonata 07:21  |  Klaudia 12/01/08
      148.   Hamas said 08:10  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/01/08
      149.   #134 doris and the balfour declaration 08:25  |  victor hardman 12/01/08
      150.   #141 more nitwittery from toosofta 08:36  |  victor hardman 12/01/08
      151.   SMADAR (# 112 #143 #144) 10:55  |  Gil 12/01/08
      152.   SMADAR (# 112 #143 #144) 10:57  |  Gil 12/01/08
      153.   # 52 AliciaYasmeen 11:06  |  Guy 12/01/08
      154.   #151 gil its haaretz who posts these nonsenses that keep 11:18  |  victor hardman 12/01/08
      155.   Arab News editorial 11:26  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/01/08
      156.   To Clickfool # 18 - Are you just another ignoramus...? 11:45  |  Dagma 12/01/08
      157.   Klaudia #148: Tosefta and his Hamas predilection explained 12:03  |  S 12/01/08
      158.   Gil, Re: SMADAR (# 112 #143 #144) 12:46  |  DUtch 12/01/08
      159.   #40 ASSAD UALLA 13:14  |  DANNY 12/01/08
      160.   victor hardman # 150 - An `illegal body`.... 13:17  |  Dagma 12/01/08
      161.   TOSFETA the Googling WIKI GIRL has done it again 13:24  |  Gil 12/01/08
      162.   TOSFETA the Googling WIKI GIRL has done it again 13:25  |  Gil 12/01/08
      163.   To Cipora Julianna Kohn - The Peace Process 13:43  |  Natasha 12/01/08
      164.   The Next Generation of Palestinians....... 14:04  |  Dolly 12/01/08
      165.   TOSFETA the Googling WIKI GIRL has done it again 14:06  |  Gil 12/01/08
      166.   #153 GUY; please don´t put words into my mouth 14:10  |  AliciaYasmeen 12/01/08
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      168.   Smadar # 143 It`s Not My Logic; It`s The UN`s 15:46  |  Jeff Northridge 12/01/08
      169.   Jeff , It is your logic or at least the illogic you have accepted 16:22  |  Dutch 12/01/08
      170.   DUTCH well if you are asking so nicely 16:23  |  Gil 12/01/08
      171.   AP:REPORT Bush intent to sell Saudi Arabia 16:34  |  bill gordon 12/01/08
      172.   # 155 Cipora JK ....when it comes down to 16:44  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      173.   Tosefta # 140 & 141 That`s An Argument? 16:46  |  Jeff Northridge 12/01/08
      174.   on posters vs. Tosefta, & especially to Smadar - 1 16:57  |  ivo 12/01/08
      175.   Gili debili #165 17:05  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      176.   Gil, A word about being agreeable 17:13  |  Dutch 12/01/08
      177.   George Why don`t you Bomb Yourself and Save Us All 17:14  |  Gilad Atzmon 12/01/08
      178.   on posters vs. Tosefta, & especially to Smadar - 2 17:21  |  ivo 12/01/08
      179.   Dutch As for you claim on Arafat 17:23  |  Gil 12/01/08
      180.   #160 ITS CALLED HAMAS another version of arab terror 17:27  |  victor hardman 12/01/08
      181.   Some help to Smadar on 242 17:34  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      182.   Dutch # 169 Strange Argument (part 1) 17:38  |  Jeff Northridge 12/01/08
      183.   on posters vs. Tosefta, & especially to Smadar - 3 17:41  |  ivo 12/01/08
      184.   Natasha on Arabs including the Pals 17:42  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      185.   In praise of Hamas (for evolution-challenged people) - Ivo 17:42  |  Tosefta (re #174...) 12/01/08
      186.   Some explanation (Smadar #145) - 2nd try 17:55  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      187.   # 179 Gil of Haifa on Dutch.....Bush refused 17:58  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      188.   Tosefta on evolution challenged people.... 18:11  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      189.   Dutch # 169 Strange Argument (part 2) 18:12  |  Jeff Northridge 12/01/08
      190.   Gil, I realize Arafat was no angel... 18:12  |  dUtch 12/01/08
      191.   144- Smadar rewrites 242 again 18:23  |  peter 12/01/08
      192.   Praise for Tosefta 18:43  |  Jasmine Murphy 12/01/08
      193.   #151/#152 Gil - fine, res. 242 remains an open issue 18:54  |  Smadar 12/01/08
      194.   #168 Jeff 19:06  |  Smadar 12/01/08
      195.   Jeff , My response... 19:10  |  Dutch 12/01/08
      196.   NR 190-MUFTI is the Uncle of Terrorist Arafat 19:14  |  Cristo 12/01/08
      197.   Lynn #188: don`t get fooled be the evolution terminology, Lynn - 19:19  |  ivo 12/01/08
      198.   # 193 Smadar on problem with refugees 19:21  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      199.   Help needed (Jeff Northridge #173) - new version 19:21  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      200.   In praise of Jasmine Murphy #192 19:32  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      201.   ivo...Dubai and Kuwait are progressing 19:45  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      202.   #196 Cristo`s legends about the Mufti 19:48  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      203.   The UN said Israel is the Jewish State 20:08  |  Yaakov K. 12/01/08
      204.   Thank you for the tactful reminder, Dear Tosefta 20:08  |  Jasmine Murphy 12/01/08
      205.   tosefta the plo charter was not changed 20:11  |  yirmi 12/01/08
      206.   Toseftas nonsense 20:27  |  Danite 12/01/08
      207.   Ivo #183,#186,#191 20:29  |  Smadar 12/01/08
      208.   to assad u-LLAH 20:44  |  Raanan Geberer 12/01/08
      209.   #186 Tosefta - Isn`t that the truth! 20:47  |  Smadar 12/01/08
      210.   197 Ivo - Just because you can buy an Ipod... 20:51  |  WWACD 12/01/08
      211.   # 202 Tosefta...in most legends there is a grain of truth 21:16  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      212.   ivo...just another thought 21:23  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      213.   Then I take back what I said (Jasmine #204) 21:34  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      214.   Tosefta, Re Hamas has changed 21:36  |  Dutch 12/01/08
      215.   Woof Woof, Dumbite #206 21:37  |  Tony the Poodle 12/01/08
      216.   Lynn #201: on what i meant - the misleading word, - 21:38  |  ivo 12/01/08
      217.   territorial waters 21:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/01/08
      218.   It is the picture and the mind of the accusers (Lynn #211) 21:48  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      219.   #206 Danite, where`ve you been & happy belated new years! 21:54  |  Smadar 12/01/08
      220.   WWACD #210: get my point - 21:57  |  ivo 12/01/08
      221.   THE MAN IS CONFUSED HE MEANS 2080 22:03  |  v hardman 12/01/08
      222.   Smadar #207: this is about the leap in the dark, - 22:29  |  ivo 12/01/08
      223.   ivo...I bow to your wisdom # 216 22:42  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      224.   How to learn Earthly law from the news(Bird from Outerspace #217) 22:51  |  Tosefta 12/01/08
      225.   The interesting issue of territorial waters 23:00  |  Dorothy 12/01/08
      226.   suggestion to monitors of these contemporary forums. 23:14  |  bill gordon 12/01/08
      227.   to Dutch 23:21  |  Rasputin 12/01/08
      228.   Smadar`s obfuscations for Ivo 23:37  |  Jasmine Murphy 12/01/08
      229.   ivo....... second attempt 23:43  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      230.   # 214 Dutch ...while quoting Franklin 23:49  |  Lynn 12/01/08
      231.   why has the whole world been taken in by the huge 23:50  |  politicalscience 12/01/08
      232.   How to learn Earthly law from the news(Bird from Outerspace #217) 00:02  |  Tosefta 13/01/08
      233.   why have the global warming missionaries 00:34  |  politicalscience 13/01/08
      234.   #228, Tosefta, total nonsense 00:36  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 13/01/08
      235.   and who else calls global warming a pseudoscience? 00:39  |  politicalscience 13/01/08
      236.   tosefta why do you bore us to tears with your 00:43  |  territorialwaters 13/01/08
      237.   Lynn #228: an epiphany for sure, Lynn - 00:56  |  ivo 13/01/08
      238.   Hamas, Jewish left insists you love her, won`t take no for answer 01:27  |  Sam 13/01/08
      239.   #233, Tosefta, post script 01:28  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 13/01/08
      240.   political science-you are in the wrong classroom 01:29  |  Sam 13/01/08
      241.   Egypt, Israel, and PA Agree 01:33  |  Mark of Lewiston 13/01/08
      242.   Smadar Hello 01:49  |  Danite 13/01/08
      243.   Tosefta # 231 By "Nation" Is Meant A Sovereign State 02:01  |  Jeff Northridge 13/01/08
      244.   Jasmine Murphy #228: nice sense of humour, Jasmine - 02:12  |  ivo 13/01/08
      245.   politicalscience # 231 We Haven`t Done Enough 02:32  |  Jeff Northridge 13/01/08
      246.   WICKED LIE of Peace. Every Year PA CELEBRATE 9-11 TERROR ATTACKS 02:34  |  Linda Rivera 13/01/08
      247.   Olmert and Gangs Godfather of Arafat` Dream . 02:36  |  Joseph E . 13/01/08
      248.   Israel has an Image Problem 02:36  |  Joseph E . 13/01/08
      249.   Peres with PM and Gangs Peace` Conception 02:41  |  Joseph E . 13/01/08
      250.   Ehud Barak dragged a reluctant President Clinton 02:43  |  Joseph E . 13/01/08
      251.   Bush`s WICKED LIE of Occupation. Return STOLEN JEWISH LAND! 02:49  |  Linda Rivera 13/01/08
      252.   Bush WICKEDLY IGNORES Justice for One Million JEWISH REFUGEES 02:56  |  Linda Rivera 13/01/08
      253.   Bush WICKEDLY IGNORES Muslims Already Have ARAB PAL STATE 02:59  |  Linda Rivera 13/01/08
      254.   Total Nonsense?Offshore Plan Approved by the PA 03:15  |  Dorothy 13/01/08
      255.   Cipora- Total Nonsense? -(2) 03:18  |  Dorothy 13/01/08
      256.   #221 Victorpaul Harrisman a blast from the past 03:56  |  Labhras 13/01/08
      257.   # 222 Tosefta - Defending Mufti from Jews - so Toseftaesque 04:14  |  17 13/01/08
      258.   # 253 how wicked of you, linda rivera in NEW YORK 08:02  |  eric 13/01/08
      259.   There is not one element of truth in the "peace process". 09:06  |  Chaim 13/01/08
      260.   Mark of Lewiston 09:30  |  Jasmine Murphy 13/01/08
      261.   #256 labarse of arabia wakes up in boston again 09:59  |  v hardman 13/01/08
      262.   Michelle, who is the U.S. to dictate to Israel? 10:17  |  Mike McKenna 13/01/08
      263.   #47 Alicia, last I recalled the Jews barely held this land 10:22  |  Palestinian Prince 13/01/08
      264.   155# Cipora "It is clear that Arabs are not interested 10:53  |  Akram Zekaria 13/01/08
      265.   #263 Palestinian Prince 14:52  |  AliciaYasmeen 13/01/08
      266.   The blockheads who never learn (Dorothy #254) 15:09  |  Tosefta 13/01/08
      267.   #234 Cipora Northridge, Honoris Causa 15:22  |  Tosefta 13/01/08
      268.   TOSEFTA (#175) 17:21  |  Gil 13/01/08
      269.   Tosefta- Thank you but 03:42  |  Dorothy 14/01/08
      270.   #268 Gil- regarding mockery 03:48  |  Dorothy 14/01/08
      271.   #32 Joseph E. 08:32  |  Observer 15/01/08
      272.   Joseph on Deut 08:36  |  Observer 15/01/08
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