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U.S. calls for end to continued violence, return to peace talks
By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent, and News Agencies
Tags: Libya, United Nations, Israel 

The United States called on Sunday for an end to clashes between Israel and the Palestinians and a resumption of peace negotiations after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended talks with Israel.

"The violence needs to stop and the talks need to resume," White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.

Meanwhile, a State Department spokesman said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has no plans to call off a meeting this week with
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bbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Earlier, Abbas spoke to Rice
and urged her to pressure Israel to stop the violence.

"[Rice's] plans remain intact," department spokesman Rob McInturff said, adding: "We're encouraging Israel to exercise caution to avoid the loss of innocent life."

The U.S. statement was one a of a growing number of international voices calling on Israel to cease its attacks on the Gaza Strip.

The European Union and Turkey on Sunday joined the United Nations in condemning what it calls the "disproportionate" use of force by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza after more than 60 Palestinians were killed in the highest single day toll since fighting erupted in 2000.

In a statement, the EU urged Israel to halt activities that endanger civilians saying they were contrary to international law.

It also called for an immediate end to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli territory and insisted that the peace process should not be interrupted.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the attacks are killing children and civilians and that the attacks can have no humanitarian justification.

Turkey is Israel's closest ally in the Muslim world and has offered to mediate for Middle East peace. But Erdogan said Sunday that Israel was rejecting a diplomatic solution to the dispute.

Earlier, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a similar condemnation of he termed Israel's "excessive and disproportionate" response to Palestinian rocket fire, while also denouncing the ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli towns and cities.

The government of Mauritania, one of the only Arab League nations to have diplomatic ties with Israel, called on Israel to stop the "bloodbath" in Gaza, and thousands of protesters took to the streets Sunday.

Mauritania is one of only three Arab League nations to allow an Israeli
Embassy on its soil, an acknowledgment of Israel that many Mauritanians have taken exception to. Last month, gunmen affiliated with al-Qaida opened fire on the embassy here, injuring three people.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was extremely
concerned by Israel's successive raids in Gaza, calling it a collective punishment for the Palestinian people. Mauritania, the statement said, is "Calling on Israel as well as the international community to stop the bloodbath in Gaza."

UN expresses 'deep concern' over Gaza violence

Ban spoke at an emergency Security Council session on the escalation of violence in Gaza, where the body expressed "deep concern" over the fighting.

Security Council member Libya called the session on behalf of the Arab League, and at the request of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Ban also condemned Palestinian rocket attacks against southern Israel.

"While recognizing Israel's right to defend itself, I condemn the disproportionate and excessive use of force that has killed an injured so many civilians, including children," Ban told the emergency session of the council.

"I call on Israel to cease such attacks," he said.

Ban said there had been 26 Palestinian rocket attacks against Israel on Saturday alone.

"I condemn Palestinian rocket attacks, and call for the immediate cessation of such acts of terrorism, which serve no purpose, endanger Israeli civilians, and bring misery to the Palestinian people," he said.

The permanent Palestinian observer to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, said Israel's actions, including the closure of all border crossings into Gaza, were war crimes.

"Such actions are clearly prohibited by international law and are being committed by the occupying power on a scale and scope amounting to war crimes," Mansour told the council.

Israel's Deputy Ambassador Daniel Carmon dismissed the idea that the Jewish state was guilty of war crimes.

He said the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which seized control of Gaza in June 2007, was to blame for the situation in Gaza because it was behind the rocket attacks.

"Hamas bears sole responsibility for the violence," Carmon told the council.

The council was to consider a Libyan draft resolution that would condemn Israel for killing Palestinian civilians.

The Libyan draft resolution, has the council "expressing grave concern ... about the killings of innocent civilians, including the killing of several Palestinian children as a result of recent Israeli military attacks in the Gaza Strip."

It also calls for "an immediate cessation of all acts of violence, including military attacks" and urges Israel "to immediately open the Gaza Strip's border crossings."

The draft does not mention the months of daily Palestinian rocket fire against Israel, which Israel has cited as the reason they closed all the border crossings into Gaza in January, allowing only humanitarian aid into the territory.

Western diplomats on the council had no immediate reaction to the Libyan draft proposal, though they said there was a general feeling that the Security Council should say something about the escalation of violence.

"It doesn't have to be a resolution," one diplomat said. "We could just issue a statement."

The council has been deadlocked on the issue of the closure of the border crossings into the Gaza Strip, partly because Libya and other Arab states refuse to condemn the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which seized control of Gaza in June 2007, as the United States has demanded.

Pope appeals for unconditional end to Gaza violence

Pope Benedict on Sunday appealed for an end to the conflict in Gaza, calling on both Israelis and Palestinians to unconditionally halt the violence.

"Only by showing absolute respect for human life, even if it is that of the enemy, can one hope to give a future of peace and coexistence to both of those peoples who have their roots in the Holy Land," he said in his Sunday address.

"I renew my pressing appeal to the authorities, both Israeli and Palestinian, to stop this spiral of violence, unilaterally, unconditionally," he told pilgrims and tourists in St Peter's Square.

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      1.   What can Ban Ki-Moon do to help? 05:13  |  Maureen Ann 02/03/08
      2.   Israel`s use of violence has always been disproportionate! 05:15  |  POP 02/03/08
      3.   Muslims kill other Muslims every day 05:26  |  Daniel 02/03/08
      4.   ignore the UN 05:30  |  vik 02/03/08
      5.   Hey Pop 05:32  |  Ron Day 02/03/08
      6.   Get Over It Moon Man! 05:33  |  Bill Foonman 02/03/08
      7.   What is proportionate violence - almost 10,000 rockets fired at 05:33  |  Marwan مروان خو 02/03/08
      8.   UN should impose a "Kosovo" solution. 05:34  |  Motti 02/03/08
      9.   There is no "massacre" just the IDF are better soldiers 05:36  |  Marwan مروان خو 02/03/08
      10.   Stand strong Israel. The freedom and democracy-loving people 05:43  |  Juan Merida 02/03/08
      11.   The conflict was instigated and provoked by Hamas at the behest 05:44  |  Marwan مروان خو 02/03/08
      12.   Abbas` irresponsible statements encourage Hamas to provoke Israel 05:45  |  Marwan مروان خو 02/03/08
      13.   Proportionate Won`t End the Rockets 05:57  |  Mike 02/03/08
      14.   Here we go again 06:17  |  Bugs Bunny 02/03/08
      15.   Is Moon`s IQ In Eclipse? 06:24  |  DAVID KAPLAN 02/03/08
      16.   Of course its going to be Disproportionate! 06:24  |  Drew 02/03/08
      17.   Disproportionate? 06:35  |  Jake 02/03/08
      18.   What else is new? 06:36  |  Mark J. 02/03/08
      19.   "Such actions are clearly prohibited by international law... 06:44  |  Silvienne 02/03/08
      20.   There is no such thing as disproportionate in war 06:48  |  Bradidf 02/03/08
      21.   UN Meaning of Disproportunate Force 06:48  |  Aaron Kinsberg 02/03/08
      22.   Disproportionate force explained 06:49  |  Ron 02/03/08
      23.   Defining Proportionality 06:49  |  Gilly 02/03/08
      24.   to #7: to use a quote from a movie 06:53  |  neutral-man 02/03/08
      25.   #5: for the love of G*D, stop with the stereotype!! 06:57  |  neutral-man 02/03/08
      26.   Disproportionate... 07:11  |  Michael 02/03/08
      27.   Disproportionate? 07:16  |  Anti-hypocrites 02/03/08
      28.   Sick 07:17  |  Tag 02/03/08
      29.   Could The UN Chief Live Normally In Sderot? 07:36  |  Yosemite 02/03/08
      30.   Israel should be more proportionate and shoot indiscriminatly... 07:53  |  Ali 02/03/08
      31.   Use of force in Gaza disproportionate?? 07:53  |  Jane 02/03/08
      32.   A palliative for the Pals 07:57  |  B (The other one) 02/03/08
      33.   BAN KI-MOON - SHUT UP AND GO TO BED!!! 08:05  |  PATRICK 02/03/08
      34.   Will the complainers send troops to Gaza? 08:18  |  Dan 02/03/08
      35.   If the force used stops the rockets 08:18  |  Ron 02/03/08
      36.   SCREW THE UN CHIEF..... 08:23  |  u 02/03/08
      37.   Israel will NOT stop until Hamas is destroyed. 08:24  |  nnn 02/03/08
      38.   Silvienne 08:26  |  Dan 02/03/08
      39.   POP - Give me a break... Tell Hamas to stop hiding in those 08:31  |  cvvv 02/03/08
      40.   Ban Ki-moon is disproportionate 08:33  |  d.dor 02/03/08
      41.   Once again 08:37  |  Janice 02/03/08
      42.   hypocrites 08:39  |  Empresaria 02/03/08
      43.   UN - Enablers of Arab terrorism 08:52  |  IW 02/03/08
      44.   Silvienne, maureen ann & co 08:53  |  Adrian de Klerk 02/03/08
      45.   The stupidity of the "disproporionate" argument 08:53  |  Joe Sittizen 02/03/08
      46.   Israel SHOULD reoccupy Gaza NOW! 08:57  |  Maurice 02/03/08
      47.   #2 pop so tell me pop 09:01  |  Adrian de Klerk 02/03/08
      48.   un chief 09:03  |  Connie 02/03/08
      49.   If it`s disproportionate, why have rockets NOT stopped?? 09:03  |  B`Galil 02/03/08
      50.   Someone Tell Monsour That Gaza NOT Occupied Anymore 09:14  |  B`Galil 02/03/08
      51.   Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is 100% wrong 09:30  |  Shepherd 02/03/08
      52.   Empty Headed 09:35  |  Brad 02/03/08
      53.   When Hamas fires rockets at him let us see 09:44  |  Semsem 02/03/08
      54.   Disproportionate??? 09:45  |  ?? 02/03/08
      55.   Israels War crimes are going to get investigated 09:45  |  Kris 02/03/08
      56.   #15,16 neutral-man 09:47  |  partisan-man 02/03/08
      57.   it`s so typical 09:50  |  scallywag 02/03/08
      58.   silvienne 09:53  |  scallywag 02/03/08
      59.   The best proportional response 10:17  |  Alex 02/03/08
      60.   What is Propotionate?A tiny Israel Surrounded by Arabs Vast Terri 10:18  |  Joseph . E 02/03/08
      61.   What is Proportionate? A Insignificant Regime Surrounded By Dicta 10:20  |  Joseph . E 02/03/08
      62.   stereotype? 10:21  |  Alex 02/03/08
      63.   Disproportionate? 10:21  |  Rob 02/03/08
      64.   Not enough 10:22  |  Alex 02/03/08
      65.   What is Proportionate ? Blinded and Handcuffed Against Goliath ? 10:23  |  Joseph . E 02/03/08
      66.   Don`t let this Islamist stooge twist your arm! 10:23  |  Chris 02/03/08
      67.   Aha 10:24  |  Alex 02/03/08
      68.   That`s what Israel always resorts to 10:25  |  Clickfool 02/03/08
      69.   What is Proportionate? to Contaminate Israel w/ Dhimmitude ? 10:29  |  Joseph . E 02/03/08
      70.   Israel changing like the weather 10:58  |  Dav 02/03/08
      71.   WHY isn`t he sitting in Sderot/Ashkelon while pontificating 11:01  |  PETER SM 02/03/08
      72.   excessive 11:03  |  Peter 02/03/08
      73.   title of the piece 11:09  |  english jew 02/03/08
      74.   What is Excessive and Disproportionate ? Arabs Hire Anyone To 11:12  |  Joseph . E 02/03/08
      75.   Not true Ban, Israel tried all other options short of suicide. 11:12  |  Pavel 02/03/08
      76.   EXCESSIVE??To the number of Israelis Pals Try To Kill every hour? 11:23  |  PETER SM 02/03/08
      77.   ISRAEL MUST IGNORE THESE STOOGES 11:32  |  don 02/03/08
      78.   Give Gazans 24 hrs to leave north Gaza 11:34  |  Rick and TC 02/03/08
      79.   "disprportionate response" 11:44  |  tulchinsky, ted 02/03/08
      80.   BOYCOTT 11:46  |  Alberto 02/03/08
      81.   DISPROPORTIONATE??They prefer 8000 rockets on Gaza civillians? 11:47  |  PETER SM 02/03/08
      82.   Make it a resolution and suspend Israel from the UN 11:49  |  Dutch 02/03/08
      83.   BAN SHOULD SAY SORRY TO PALESTINIANS 11:50  |  indrajaya 02/03/08
      84.   @40 Joseph E. on the identity of Goliath 11:51  |  Mark B. 02/03/08
      85.   What the EU and BAN probably consider correct proportions 11:51  |  S 02/03/08
      86.   TO HELL WITH THE UN 11:53  |  MJ 02/03/08
      87.   wimpy, hedonistic Europe pontificates 11:57  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 02/03/08
      88.   POP 12:01  |  Nerys 02/03/08
      89.   60 killed 12:11  |  Dav 02/03/08
      90.   Israeli governments` obsession with violence. 12:17  |  Michael 02/03/08
      91.   F... THE U.N. & F... THE E.U.!!! WE ARE UNDER MISSILE ATTACK!! 12:18  |  TRUTH SEEKER 02/03/08
      92.   I`m With You Israel 12:19  |  Yosemite 02/03/08
      93.   Very disporortionate 12:20  |  dpd 02/03/08
      94.   THE E.U AND U.N. ARE THE APPEASERS OF TERRORIST ISLAM!! 12:21  |  Joe Freedom 02/03/08
      95.   seven years of missiles - what would be proportionate to this? 12:24  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 02/03/08
      96.   Israel is doing the right thing 12:24  |  Daniel 02/03/08
      97.   Lets terrorist bomb you city and than 12:24  |  Daniel 02/03/08
      98.   Well, as long as the EU & UN don`t interfere... 12:24  |  Good Night 02/03/08
      99.   The E/U Monitors and the Pub.......... 12:24  |  Mary 02/03/08
      100.   It really doesn`t matter, let the EU join in slamming Israel over 12:25  |  viking 02/03/08
      101.   50 / Cipora Julianna Kohn 12:27  |  Anne 02/03/08
      102.   "Civilians, Civilians, Civilians!"??? 12:27  |  Protected Civilian 02/03/08
      103.   IDF & IAF are not Palestinian forces! 12:28  |  Info 02/03/08
      104.   Nuff said! 12:30  |  Analyst 02/03/08
      105.   For Cipora # 50 12:31  |  Clickfool 02/03/08
      106.   No country should stand with the criminals in Israel. 12:33  |  Dutch 02/03/08
      107.   50 Cipora: & the Same Europe that put European Immigrants n Palst 12:36  |  Tupac 02/03/08
      108.   Isn`t war all about disproportional force? 12:36  |  Kenny 02/03/08
      109.   No Surprise Coming From Dhimmi EU and UN Lured thru Petro Dollars 12:38  |  Joseph . E 02/03/08
      110.   EU JOINS UN IN SLAMMING 12:39  |  Marlene 02/03/08
      111.   For Margie in Tel Aviv # 58 12:45  |  Clickfool 02/03/08
      112.   Cipora and S as symbols for the Israeli (Diaspora) "disease"..... 12:46  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/03/08
      113.   Hypocrates of the worst kind 12:46  |  Mr Ipp 02/03/08
      114.   What monsters we have given rise to in the Middle East 12:47  |  Dutch 02/03/08
      115.   No greater affront 12:50  |  Mr Ipp 02/03/08
      116.   BIG TIME, ISRAELIS, CONGRATULATION 12:50  |  indrajaya 02/03/08
      117.   Israel does have a point 12:51  |  Mark B. 02/03/08
      118.   Israeli expectations and the (harsh) reality..... 12:53  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/03/08
      119.   TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE: CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES! 12:59  |  AMERICAN 02/03/08
      120.   EU in a ...quandry. 13:00  |  Stephen. 02/03/08
      121.   disprpoportionate 13:00  |  Naim S. Mahlab 02/03/08
      122.   EU joins UN 13:04  |  JordanisPalestine 02/03/08
      123.   WHAT BAN KI-MOON HASN`T THE GUTS TO SAY 13:05  |  Ian 02/03/08
      124.   # 83, DUTCH 13:06  |  indrajaya 02/03/08
      125.   what a strange twisting of the word "disproportionate" 13:07  |  saul a. readner 02/03/08
      126.   to neutral-man 13:08  |  I 02/03/08
      127.   No such thing as disproportionate force after 8000 missiles aimed 13:10  |  Jed 02/03/08
      128.   Murdering jews by Hamas was never condemned 13:11  |  Yehud 02/03/08
      129.   Remember Such Hatred Should Israel Suffers Inhuman Dhimmitude 13:11  |  Joseph . E 02/03/08
      130.   #2 POP, It looks disproportionate and it is 13:19  |  Haham me Bat Yam 02/03/08
      131.   The response to terror 13:21  |  Steve a 02/03/08
      132.   both sides are very stupid!!! 13:21  |  m 02/03/08
      133.   The Solution: Qassams 13:22  |  no name sorry 02/03/08
      134.   EU concerned with preventing Arab terrorist attacks on Europe 13:28  |  Sam 02/03/08
      135.   Clickfool et all, more propaganda material for you comin` up! 13:30  |  Conroy 02/03/08
      136.   Perhaps you`ll provide the figures, Jed# 95 13:31  |  Clickfool 02/03/08
      137.   For clickfool (not with any pleasure) the victims of qassams 13:32  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 02/03/08
      138.   # 85 Mark B. 13:34  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/03/08
      139.   How many killed? 13:36  |  Barry 02/03/08
      140.   Flabby Harry did ten weeks service 13:38  |  x-ray 02/03/08
      141.   TO JAKE NO 8. 13:40  |  DANNY. 02/03/08
      142.   #93 NOTHING STRANGE ABOUT IT 13:40  |  Ian 02/03/08
      143.   compare Mark B/Dino both Europeans 13:43  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 02/03/08
      144.   TO NO 10 13:45  |  DANNY. 02/03/08
      145.   Palestinians have no choice 13:46  |  Bob 02/03/08
      146.   yaakov sullivan wants to fire rockets ar sderot 13:49  |  zody 02/03/08
      147.   # 83 The Anti-Semite Dormant Dragon Has Been Awaked and Unleashed 13:50  |  Joseph . E 02/03/08
      148.   dutch dorris is criminal 13:52  |  Zody 02/03/08
      149.   To Silvienne, Clickfool etc. More disproportionate needed 13:52  |  Altalena 02/03/08
      150.   Disporportion??? 13:53  |  Joe 02/03/08
      151.   hUNmpty dEUmpty: disproportionate semantics 13:56  |  Ilan 02/03/08
      152.   The Principle Of Proportionality 13:58  |  Jeff Northridge 02/03/08
      153.   #87 so-called "American" 14:03  |  Lunatic Lefty 02/03/08
      154.   in nature two wrongs can make one right 14:05  |  vukovac RENO 02/03/08
      155.   EU and UN 14:07  |  IB 02/03/08
      156.   Fellow Jews, 14:09  |  Good Luck 02/03/08
      157.   Fellow Jews, 14:09  |  Good Luck 02/03/08
      158.   Odd how the palsymps have lost their enthusiasm 14:12  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      159.   Collective self defense 14:13  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      160.   The UN ought to read their own rules 14:16  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      161.   Maybe the UN reads talkbacks? 14:17  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      162.   Intent counts folks 14:19  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      163.   re 50 boycot 14:20  |  english jew 02/03/08
      164.   Jane- Proportion and Reality 14:21  |  Dorothy 02/03/08
      165.   Mr. POP. would you actually call Israel`s neighbors, "neighbors?" 14:23  |  Palestinian 02/03/08
      166.   BAN KI-MOON HASN`T LEARNT THE 14:23  |  Robert 02/03/08
      167.   Arab war crimes 14:25  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      168.   re 83 dutch 14:25  |  proud english jew 02/03/08
      169.   The Rogue State becoming synonimous with "War Crimes" 14:28  |  Labhras 02/03/08
      170.   I guess the report that came out on the increase 14:28  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      171.   UN 14:30  |  RICK 02/03/08
      172.   #27 B`Galil Very Good Question 14:30  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      173.   Dino, I am getting more conservative by the day 14:32  |  Mark B. 02/03/08
      174.   Margie`s Seven Years/Israel Does Not Complain Enough" 14:34  |  Dorothy 02/03/08
      175.   Riyad Mansour ought to be thrown into a locked room 14:34  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      176.   #64 Margie the SouthAfrican Queen 14:36  |  Labhras 02/03/08
      177.   re 84 14:38  |  proud english jew 02/03/08
      178.   Proportionate - shmoportionate 14:38  |  MR 02/03/08
      179.   Margie in TA, stop making me shy please 14:44  |  Mark B. 02/03/08
      180.   If Ban spent a month in Sderot 14:46  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      181.   #107, Bob 14:47  |  JordanisPalestine 02/03/08
      182.   Dutch 14:47  |  Stranger 02/03/08
      183.   Shame on EU and UN 14:47  |  Brod 02/03/08
      184.   Solutions Please 14:48  |  Peter 02/03/08
      185.   OK EU can we shoot of thousands of little rockets into Gaza? 14:48  |  Steven 02/03/08
      186.   Worse than the Nazi`s 14:48  |  Oetis 02/03/08
      187.   Mark B/Not a Smart Game 14:52  |  Dorothy 02/03/08
      188.   The Wannabe Councillor "Jeff in thebox" #114 14:59  |  Labhras 02/03/08
      189.   You`re wasting your time scallywag 15:08  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      190.   #134 Mary Rose being a thorn as usual 15:09  |  Labhras 02/03/08
      191.   how much force is acceptable? 15:10  |  Tal 02/03/08
      192.   #105 So Margie, maybe ALL of Europe is NOT 15:12  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      193.   disproportionate 15:15  |  Shmuelshachor 02/03/08
      194.   Blow them up 15:16  |  Stranger 02/03/08
      195.   132 Mark B.your comments have an air of unreality!Hamas has 15:18  |  lakshmi 02/03/08
      196.   dorothy 15:18  |  scallywag 02/03/08
      197.   Bob # 107 Misdirected "Resistance" 15:19  |  Jeff Northridge 02/03/08
      198.   he who is not with me is against me 15:20  |  yahn goodey 02/03/08
      199.   #105 Margie The South African Queen 15:21  |  Labhras 02/03/08
      200.   dorothy - ps: 15:21  |  scallywag 02/03/08
      201.   `disproportionate` 15:22  |  Ralph 02/03/08
      202.   The EU should shut up! 15:24  |  Jonathan S 02/03/08
      203.   Michael # 59 15:25  |  JordanisPalestine 02/03/08
      204.   POOP # 2-qn qppriopriate number for you 15:28  |  JordanisPalestine 02/03/08
      205.   @Swiss (Dino) 15:28  |  Ralph 02/03/08
      206.   Gaza 15:29  |  fred 02/03/08
      207.   A new word - disproportionate 15:29  |  David 02/03/08
      208.   When Do Civilians Become Targets? 15:30  |  Jane 02/03/08
      209.   Terrorists mix with civilians 15:32  |  Hal 02/03/08
      210.   Margie #100 15:32  |  Guido 02/03/08
      211.   "Disproportionate force"? Where were you, UN, EU during the years 15:33  |  Avihu 02/03/08
      212.   Ki-Moon:nearly 8000 rockets fired to Israel are disaproportionate 15:33  |  AliciaYasmeen 02/03/08
      213.   # 114 Jeff Northridge.WHAT DOES PROPORTIONALITY MEAN? 15:33  |  JOSH 02/03/08
      214.   Ki-Moon: global terrorist attacks are disproportionate 15:34  |  AliciaYasmeen 02/03/08
      215.   # 98. Sam. Canada. You are correct..! 15:40  |  Stephen. 02/03/08
      216.   Ki-Moon: YOUR inaction against EVIL is disproportionate 15:41  |  AliciaYasmeen 02/03/08
      217.   My definition of "disproportionate" force 15:48  |  Yonatan 02/03/08
      218.   Ignore Clickfool and other evil influences and .. 15:52  |  Mike 02/03/08
      219.   Judge Jeff`s Adjudication of Proportionality (vs. Discrimination) 15:53  |  Dorothy 02/03/08
      220.   # 86 Swiss...Too bad the UNSC can`t seem 15:53  |  Lynn 02/03/08
      221.   # 118 Margie, you must have "bribed" the Haaretz staff...... 16:00  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/03/08
      222.   Disproportionate Response 16:07  |  John G 02/03/08
      223.   oops, sorry haaretz, please erase my last post 16:14  |  Mark B. 02/03/08
      224.   Proportionate response? OK..... 16:25  |  Steve 02/03/08
      225.   Lab Rat v Margie 16:30  |  GABE1 02/03/08
      226.   DOROTHY and apologies 16:32  |  GABE 1 02/03/08
      227.   Remind me again, how many civilians did the EU kill in Kosovo war 16:32  |  Dan 02/03/08
      228.   # 198 Avihu..Hush,Hush Avihu.."Disproportionate force"? 16:32  |  JOSH 02/03/08
      229.   132 killed in iraq thursday 16:37  |  Benjamin 02/03/08
      230.   How disproportionate 16:39  |  Sabra 02/03/08
      231.   #120 The quandary 16:39  |  Outsider 02/03/08
      232.   Disproportionate use of force 16:41  |  Jozef 02/03/08
      233.   # 201 Ralph..For one Moment I nearly Burst Out! 16:42  |  JOSH 02/03/08
      234.   # 220 Lynn 16:43  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/03/08
      235.   "ATİLLA ! HER HUSBUND BEATS MY DOUGHTER..." 16:44  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      236.   Clickfool 16:45  |  James 02/03/08
      237.   HAMAS IDOESNT LOOK AS A NATIONAL FIGHTER 16:45  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      238.   HAMAS JERKING HERSELF, 16:46  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      239.   HAMAS IS HAPPY 16:47  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      240.   # 179 Mark B. 16:52  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/03/08
      241.   WHY WORLD NEVER REACT BADLY BAD ? 17:01  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      242.   We too dumb to know we`re war criminals: need world to tell us 17:02  |  Yossi Cronenberg 02/03/08
      243.   Smadar MA CHERIE-welcome 17:04  |  GABE 1 02/03/08
      244.   Tossi Fetta 17:06  |  GABE 1 02/03/08
      245.   THE SICK STAT OF ISRAEL,THE CANCER OF THE MIDDLE EAST. 17:08  |  MAROCHKA 02/03/08
      246.   it is purest evil to blame *anyone* but hamas 17:10  |  frenz 02/03/08
      247.   Principle of proportionality, and the laughable Judge Jeff N #152 17:10  |  Tosefta (re Dorothy) 02/03/08
      248.   Dino the Swiss Cheese Guy 17:11  |  GABE 1 02/03/08
      249.   The theory of proportionality 17:21  |  Alain 02/03/08
      250.   I WOULD COME THERE AND FIGHT ! TELL ME TO WHO ? 17:22  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      251.   ISRAELIS ARE ALSO VICTIMS 17:22  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      252.   Dorothy`s dilemma - a normal life 17:23  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 02/03/08
      253.   AMERICA IS THE GOD OF WORLD TODAY NO OTHER 17:23  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      254.   TO ATILLA THE TURK 17:24  |  Yessir Ibn Badkarma 02/03/08
      255.   TWO FACED YOU-KNOW-WHATS 17:25  |  Brant 02/03/08
      256.   For Margie in Tel Aviv # 137 17:29  |  Clickfool 02/03/08
      257.   disproportionate 17:29  |  Leonard 02/03/08
      258.   # 224 Steve in.U.K***Nice One Steve.*** 17:29  |  JOSH 02/03/08
      259.   I THINK ! I DONT CARE ANYTHING ANYMORE ABOUT MIDDLE EAST 17:29  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      260.   to #3 Daniel, why condemn Israel? 17:29  |  Zaki 02/03/08
      261.   # 233 JOSH...remember the UK and the Falklands? 17:33  |  Lynn 02/03/08
      262.   THE NATION ISRAEL NEEDS TO BE LOVED 17:33  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      263.   For Mike # 218 17:34  |  Clickfool 02/03/08
      264.   #242 Yossi Cronenberg - There you go making up stories again 17:34  |  * BEN JABO 02/03/08
      265.   WHERE ISRAEL GO ? 17:36  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      266.   #246 - it`s simple to understand 17:37  |  Steve 02/03/08
      267.   WHO SUPPORT ISRAEL ? 17:37  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      268.   WHAT IF ISRAEL IS OKEY IN THE GOD, TODAY ? 17:38  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      269.   #245 Marochka NY 17:38  |  * BEN JABO 02/03/08
      270.   Mr. Ban, where have you and your people been all these years ... 17:38  |  Nahum 02/03/08
      271.   Here`s proportionate 17:38  |  Robert 02/03/08
      272.   UN and EU don`t care about Israelis 17:48  |  Shmuel 02/03/08
      273.   Josh #213 Arabs follow rules or obey laws? 17:50  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      274.   Josh #213 Part 2 17:52  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      275.   EU, appeasers. Not in my name 17:52  |  KUTW 02/03/08
      276.   MY BEST HELP IS TO DRINK FOR MIDDLE EAST AND TALK PURE HONEST ... 17:54  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 02/03/08
      277.   #195 lakshmi - Fake truce. Hamas wants a truce 17:56  |  x 02/03/08
      278.   #246 frez I completely agree 18:04  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      279.   #8 Motti So you think Israel should be wiped from the earth? 18:08  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      280.   Where was condemnation of Hamas rockets, before IDF response? 18:09  |  Free Gilad Shalit 02/03/08
      281.   You are sick poeple --need help right away 18:29  |  Barbara Nelson 02/03/08
      282.   abbas a failure in the eyes of jews. he could 18:31  |  triska TORONTO 02/03/08
      283.   Gabe1 #243 We`ll see who`s sick from the death toll 18:32  |  Smadar 02/03/08
      284.   # 84 Mark B. 18:33  |  Joseph . E 02/03/08
      285.   poppycock 18:33  |  Harry Truman 02/03/08
      286.   To Swiss, Dorothy &.. Negociations not war 18:34  |  Altalena 02/03/08
      287.   # 273 And `#274 Mary Rose..Where did I Say What You Accuse me Of? 18:35  |  JOSH 02/03/08
      288.   disproportionate 18:37  |  e klein 02/03/08
      289.   #279 Mary Rose re my post 190 still no relpy 18:43  |  Labhras 02/03/08
      290.   disproportionate force.... what else. 18:43  |  ravi 02/03/08
      291.   Israel needs the help of the EU and UN. 18:44  |  Gilad 02/03/08
      292.   The EU and UN should stay out of this Battle 18:47  |  Shepherd 02/03/08
      293.   Where`s the manual on PROPORTONAL SELF DEFENSE.??? 18:54  |  BILL GORDON 02/03/08
      294.   The story behind this headline 18:57  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/03/08
      295.   The UN is corrupt there is NO accountability for their actions or 18:58  |  r 02/03/08
      296.   I`m so sorry Josh, I didn`t think I was accusing 19:01  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      297.   All is allright 19:03  |  Gustavo 02/03/08
      298.   Re #247 citations? 19:03  |  DJStahl 02/03/08
      299.   #281 Barbara Nelsson; Israel´s operation will also liberate 19:05  |  AliciaYasmeen 02/03/08
      300.   Proportionate?. Hammas would love that! 19:05  |  Daniel 02/03/08
      301.   Europe 19:06  |  American Christian 02/03/08
      302.   The UN`s "disproportionate" only means not enough Jews are dead 19:08  |  goodnight MOON 02/03/08
      303.   Israel, acting like a BIG bully in the ME. 19:08  |  fed UP world citizen 02/03/08
      304.   Ignorant barbara nelson 19:14  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 02/03/08
      305.   #281 The palestinian people have been reduced 19:16  |  MaryRose 02/03/08
      306.   proportionality 19:19  |  noach 02/03/08
      307.   Soon MILLIONS of Cluster BOMBLETS will be 19:20  |  William 02/03/08
      308.   Outsider 19:20  |  x-ray 02/03/08
      309.   Hello Lakshmi, Re: Hamas has kept their truces honorably 19:23  |  dutch 02/03/08
      310.   tick tock tick tock for eurotrash 19:24  |  peter 02/03/08
      311.   #vik. Pity that Jews did not ignore The UN Partitined Proposals. 19:26  |  Ivan 02/03/08
      312.   Turkey-the Butcher of Kurds 19:26  |  Brod 02/03/08
      313.   #56 19:27  |  DAVID KAPLAN 02/03/08
      314.   "disproportionate" !!! The New Politically Correct 19:28  |  Eli 02/03/08
      315.   one word: kurd 19:28  |  frenz 02/03/08
      316.   Mistake Mistake Mistake 19:29  |  Al 02/03/08
      317.   JOSH # 213 This Is A New Concept 19:29  |  Jeff Northridge 02/03/08
      318.   Israel should be encircled by UNIFILS to stop 19:29  |  Samir 02/03/08
      319.   EU UN HYPOCRITES! ISLAMICS Make WAR Against CIVILIAN Populations 19:32  |  Linda Rivera 02/03/08
      320.   neutral-man 19:32  |  DAVID KAPLAN 02/03/08
      321.   Fly me to the Moon 19:32  |  in sderot 02/03/08
      322.   always Israël 19:33  |  Tina 02/03/08
      323.   barbara nelson 19:35  |  scallywag 02/03/08
      324.   EU UN HYPOCRITES Islamics DELIBERATELY TARGET Jewish Moms& BABIES 19:36  |  Linda Rivera 02/03/08
      325.   Funny, Did Turkish army in Iraq obey proportionality? No. 19:46  |  I 02/03/08
      326.   #305 Mary looking through rose coloured glasses 19:48  |  Labhras 02/03/08
      327.   Dutch/Doris Is Full of IT 19:49  |  Ron 02/03/08
      328.   peter wabbit escapes mantreal Zoo again 19:53  |  Labhras 02/03/08
      329.   #281. Barbara Nelson. A GOOD human Being 19:53  |  Diana W 02/03/08
      330.   proportionate response should be 19:58  |  Bobby 02/03/08
      331.   What is so complex about disproportionate force? 19:59  |  Dutch 02/03/08
      332.   #272.Shmuel.UN did care, that is why there is ISRAEL today. 19:59  |  Abu Bakar 02/03/08
      333.   #225 Gabby 1 from The Us 20:00  |  Labhras 02/03/08
      334.   The proper use of force. 20:00  |  a wandering Jew 02/03/08
      335.   william in durban 20:01  |  scallywag 02/03/08
      336.   Israel is the Shield of Judaism. 20:02  |  Akram Zekaria 02/03/08
      337.   # 248 GABE, since my response to you didn`t make it...... 20:03  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/03/08
      338.   Eurabia 20:06  |  Joseph . E 02/03/08
      339.   # 180 Mary Rose..If Ban spent a month in Sderot?neverminda month 20:19  |  JOSH 02/03/08
      340.   Disproportionately tame! 20:21  |  Moises 02/03/08
      341.   #308 Fair enough 20:21  |  Outsider 02/03/08
      342.   AH,TURKEY.DIDN`T THEY JUST KILL 99 IRAQIS? 20:22  |  TIM BUCKTU