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Gilad Shalit becomes punchline for jokes in the Gaza Strip
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Gilad Shalit, Gaza Strip 

Gilad Shalit, who was abducted from the Gaza Strip border by Palestinian militants in 2006, has become the butt of more than one joke in the coastal territory.

Several video clips and E-mails have been making the rounds in Gaza, triggering laughs that stand in stark contrast to the anxiety Shalit's fate elicits in Israelis and Jews around the world.

One clip in a recording of a mock phone call from Shalit's mother to her son, which thousands of Gazans have downloaded onto their phones. Another image circulating online depicts Shalit dressed as a Hamas fighter and mocks him for supposedly marrying a member of the clan implicated in his abduction.
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      1.   Pals don`t have human rights for their own, so why be upset? 01:50  |  Joe Sittizen 25/08/08
      2.   Savages 03:33  |  Ben 25/08/08
      3.   Starving Gazans 04:11  |  utagawa 25/08/08
      4.   A study in contrasts 06:19  |  Gilles 25/08/08
      5.   Where is the download? 07:19  |  David King 25/08/08
      6.   If we want to see Gilead Shalit back home. 07:20  |  Jean Van Daem 25/08/08
      7.   Any reaction by Durson, Linthwaite, Indrajaya, et al??? 07:21  |  Joe Sittizen 25/08/08
      8.   of course they`re laughing - and now we will release 200 more 08:23  |  john locke 25/08/08
      9.   Maybe we should be allowed to declare "jihad" on them now. 08:34  |  Y 25/08/08
      10.   Jean Van Daem 08:39  |  David King 25/08/08
      11.   SHALIT IS A HAMAS 08:40  |  indrajaya 25/08/08
      12.   Durson et company? 08:42  |  Israeli citizen 25/08/08
      13.   utagawa 08:44  |  Connie 25/08/08
      14.   HOW Amusing ? A mothers agony !! Arab honor?? An Oxymoron!! 08:54  |  PETER SM 25/08/08
      15.   Joe Sittizen #7 08:59  |  utagawa 25/08/08
      16.   David I hope to download it too, sounds interesting 09:02  |  Yaakov Sullivan 25/08/08
      17.   TO be expected from Pals who do not care for their own children 09:10  |  PETER SM 25/08/08
      18.   Any reaction by Durson, Linthwaite, Indrajaya, et al??? 09:10  |  Andrew 25/08/08
      19.   jokesters 09:23  |  dave s. 25/08/08
      20.   Evil Monsters 09:37  |  Khaled 25/08/08
      21.   FROM those who dance in the streets to celebrate massacres 10:09  |  PETER SM 25/08/08
      22.   Arabs laughing at Jews? 10:14  |  Manny Goldstein 25/08/08
      23.   For "Jean van Daem", who likes war crimes # 6 10:20  |  Clickfool 25/08/08
      24.   A reason for (cautious) hope....???? 10:21  |  Swiss (Dino) 25/08/08
      25.   ONE OR TWO USEFUL THINGS 10:26  |  indrajaya 25/08/08
      26.   If Israel does it Hamas style.No more Red Cross or family visits 11:10  |  PETER SM 25/08/08
      27.   What is all the fuss about 11:14  |  Chris Linthwaite 25/08/08
      28.   Peter SM, many Israelis are child-killers, they are evil 11:15  |  KMS 25/08/08
      29.   Symbolic of their society!! 11:15  |  Kurt 25/08/08
      30.   The Palestinians are guilty of insensitivity? 11:18  |  Natallie Durson 25/08/08
      31.   #20, Khaled, I`ll let you speak for me 11:20  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/08/08
      32.   Shalit the star and Pallywood. 11:22  |  Stephen 25/08/08
      33.   KMS.CHILD killers are the ones who put their children in danger 11:39  |  PETER SM 25/08/08
      34.   @Swiss (Dino) 11:44  |  Ralph 25/08/08
      35.   # 24, SWISS (DINO) 11:55  |  indrajaya 25/08/08
      36.   #24 Swiss(Dino) 12:01  |  Sarah 25/08/08
      37.   Shalit as Punchline for Jokes 12:32  |  JordanisPalestine 25/08/08
      38.   Shalit marrying a girl from the Doghmush clan 12:34  |  Ben Alofs 25/08/08
      39.   Gilles # 4 - another study in contrasts 12:55  |  ChanahS 25/08/08
      40.   #38 Ben Alofs 12:57  |  Sarah 25/08/08
      41.   Connie # 13 re utawanga 12:58  |  ChanahS 25/08/08
      42.   Gazan´s long term future are numbered 13:17  |  JP 25/08/08
      43.   #27Criss Linthwaite 13:41  |  Daniela 25/08/08
      44.   Chris Lithwaite - the great English educator 14:13  |  ChanahS 25/08/08
      45.   Sense of humour? 14:13  |  Motic 25/08/08
      46.   ONE IMPORTANT POINT YOU MISSED GUYS 14:57  |  indrajaya 25/08/08
      47.   # 35 indrajaya 15:00  |  Swiss (Dino) 25/08/08
      48.   # 36 Sarah "People who make jokes, (usually) don`t hate...." 15:13  |  Swiss (Dino) 25/08/08
      49.   #2 Ben 15:25  |  Daniela 25/08/08
      50.   HORRIFIC 15:33  |  jeremy 25/08/08
      51.   Goffaq Yusef strikes back 15:37  |  Ramius 25/08/08
      52.   linthwaite 16:03  |  george 25/08/08
      53.   Gilad Sahlit Jokes 16:09  |  Dutch 25/08/08
      54.   #46 Indrajaya.They need this type of humour,like a hole.. 16:53  |  KATHY 25/08/08
      55.   #28 KMS from where? 16:54  |  John Allen 25/08/08
      56.   #27 Chris Linthwait writes sneakily.. 17:02  |  KATHY 25/08/08
      57.   # 54, KATHY 17:07  |  indrajaya 25/08/08
      58.   #20 Khaled re:Evil Monsters. In brief I agree with you Thanks. 17:08  |  KATHY 25/08/08
      59.   Ben Alofs # 38 Leave Jove Out Of This 17:13  |  Jeff Northridge 25/08/08
      60.   what a strange sense of humor. 17:17  |  Lynn 25/08/08
      61.   KMS: Bingo...Meet the S.O.Z. 17:18  |  Gray 25/08/08
      62.   Haaretz: all my 3 different posts (the last to Dutch) are bad? 17:24  |  S 25/08/08
      63.   @55 John Allen letting out silly personal assumptions again 17:29  |  Mark B. 25/08/08
      64.   Spotlight On Zionist Depravity 17:30  |  Gray 25/08/08
      65.   #48 Swiss Dino 17:32  |  Daniela 25/08/08
      66.   #54 Indrajarya 17:45  |  Daniela 25/08/08
      67.   #11 Indrajaya Poster Girl 17:46  |  Big Sur 25/08/08
      68.   Indrajaya/Chaplin 17:56  |  Danny 25/08/08
      69.   #61 Gray you must be an idiot if you think making fun of shalit i 18:03  |  Big Sur 25/08/08
      70.   #48 Dino Swiss. Should I say first,welcome Back? 18:25  |  KATHY 25/08/08
      71.   #59 Jeff Northridge, at least Ramius captures the spirit... 18:45  |  Ben Alofs 25/08/08
      72.   Gray (#All) Zionist this & Zionist that 18:47  |  Gil 25/08/08
      73.   #66 Daniela 18:53  |  Imad 25/08/08
      74.   Morons Living Up To Global Expectations 19:02  |  Bill Foonman 25/08/08
      75.   Palestinian punch targets whom? 19:10  |  THK 25/08/08
      76.   #65, Daniela has it backwards... 19:21  |  Silvienne 25/08/08
      77.   Gray # 61 Oh Yeah? 19:29  |  Jeff Northridge 25/08/08
      78.   The REAL punchline is Olmert 19:39  |  Scharker Yid 25/08/08
      79.   Stephen 19:40  |  Connie 25/08/08
      80.   Silvienne says: the Palestians would be content to have 19:43  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 25/08/08
      81.   how about the israeli children writing jokes on the missiles to 19:48  |  mehmet 25/08/08
      82.   punchline for jokes 19:49  |  rm 25/08/08
      83.   # 34 Ralph (2nd try) 19:57  |  Swiss (Dino) 25/08/08
      84.   THK 75 20:04  |  ChanahS 25/08/08
      85.   Mehmet - making generalizatons out of an isolated incident 20:29  |  ChanahS 25/08/08
      86.   #81 - Mehmet 21:02  |  THK 25/08/08
      87.   mehmet it was one bomb with a little shocked little girl 21:02  |  x-ray 25/08/08
      88.   Sylvienne # 76 - where is your evidence? 21:15  |  ChanahS 25/08/08
      89.   Institute death penalty for terrorists - free Shalit. 21:16  |  Jewboy 25/08/08
      90.   mehmet 21:17  |  David Israel 25/08/08
      91.   Danny 68 - Chaplin was not Jewish. 21:24  |  ChanahS 25/08/08
      92.   To KMS # 28 - Why Palestinians hate the Jews..... 21:28  |  Dagma 25/08/08
      93.   Seen the Video thank you Haaretz, but..... 21:44  |  Dolly 25/08/08
      94.   Margie 21:52  |  Linichka 25/08/08
      95.   And Gaza population leads to mock of Muhammad 22:10  |  Jon 25/08/08
      96.   Gaza crisis 22:17  |  Philippe 25/08/08
      97.   #80, Maybe Margie knows where else the Palestinian state could be 22:34  |  Silvienne 25/08/08
      98.   79. Connie. Suspicious minds. 22:35  |  Stephen 25/08/08
      99.   #85, Mehmet is correct, ChanahS... 22:36  |  Silvienne 25/08/08
      100.   To Dutch # 53 - The Palestinian Cause .... 22:36  |  Dolly 25/08/08
      101.   Ignore this 22:39  |  Monkey 25/08/08
      102.   O the Poor Palestinians look on what they spend their Money ON 22:43  |  Gil 25/08/08
      103.   # 17 you`re spreading lies again peters m 22:46  |  eric 25/08/08
      104.   what a stupid kind of humor 22:49  |  Paula 25/08/08
      105.   Jea Claude VanDaem and Peter SM The Farfour Mice of Israel 22:52  |  Guy From NYC 25/08/08
      106.   #88 I know where the Palestinian state really should be inJordan 22:55  |  Big Sur 25/08/08
      107.   #89 mrs chana chaplin entered the usa sometime 23:11  |  vhardman 25/08/08
      108.   FOR PEOPLE LIKE THE PALIS AND EVEN OLMERT 23:12  |  BIG SUR - 25/08/08
      109.   GUY FROM nyc, READ AND LEARN 23:20  |  bbig sur 25/08/08
      110.   GUY FROM nyc, READ AND LEARN 23:20  |  bbig sur 25/08/08
      111.   B.ALOFS Remember the Dogmush dressing Johnstone in a suicide vest 23:22  |  PETER SM 25/08/08
      112.   My post was lost in the ether! 23:23  |  Maureen Ann 25/08/08
      113.   LATEST trendy phones & clothes.Audio visual downlods that cost. 23:25  |  PETER SM 25/08/08
      114.   what is obvious on this video 23:34  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/08/08
      115.   Film 23:35  |  Reason 25/08/08
      116.   #97 Silvienne 23:43  |  THK 25/08/08
      117.   Did you forget the jokes about Sheikh Yassin assasination? 23:43  |  Toronto`s Finest 25/08/08
      118.   # 88 ChanahS Come Now ChanahS You Know Silvienne is right.WHY?? 23:53  |  Benny 25/08/08
      119.   Abu Amar still good for a chuckle 23:59  |  Ramius 25/08/08
      120.   Sylvienne 97 00:00  |  ChanahS 26/08/08
      121.   #95 silvienne knows but won`t tell.i wonder why? 00:01  |  . 26/08/08
      122.   Guy from NYC 103- really? 00:03  |  ChanahS 26/08/08
      123.   Hello Linichka 00:09  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 26/08/08
      124.   Silvienne 00:12  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 26/08/08
      125.   Much ado about nothing.... 00:13  |  Gray 26/08/08
      126.   In Surrah 00:17  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 26/08/08
      127.   Swiss (Dino) 4th try 00:18  |  David Israel 26/08/08
      128.   # 55 John Allen re:KMS Haaretz publish this.says John.. 00:22  |  K 26/08/08
      129.   Guy f rom NYC 00:26  |  x-ray 26/08/08
      130.   #38 Ben Alofs puts his foot in it 00:29  |  Barker 26/08/08
      131.   #103 guy from NYC 00:33  |  Surfer from LA 26/08/08
      132.   Stephen 00:38  |  Connie 26/08/08
      133.   notwithstanding the israeli sensitivity... 01:36  |  eric 26/08/08
      134.   # 68, DANNY 02:05  |  indrajaya 26/08/08
      135.   #88 ChanahS And Why Do You Bother With.. 03:01  |  Benny 26/08/08
      136.   B.ALOFS.Remember the Dogmush dressing Johnstone in a suicide vest 03:11  |  PETER SM 26/08/08
      137.   Linthwaite 27 03:22  |  Free Gilad Shalit 26/08/08
      138.   109. Connie. 03:35  |  Stephen 26/08/08
      139.   This is humor? 03:43  |  Awake 26/08/08
      140.   #106 The woman you are addressing is a brainless stupid BotherNot 04:10  |  Benny 26/08/08
      141.   fake Dutch alert 04:22  |  judith 26/08/08
      142.   Surfer from LA 04:57  |  Philippe 26/08/08
      143.   "INDRAJAYA" @111 suddenly your English is excellent. 05:04  |  PETER SM 26/08/08
      144.   # 108 Surfer from LA re;guy from NYC.Take no notice of thatBofoon 05:06  |  Benny 26/08/08
      145.   X-ray 06:31  |  Llyn 26/08/08
      146.   david Israel NY 06:40  |  Mona 26/08/08
      147.   PETER SM / AUSTRALIA 06:54  |  Shoshanna 26/08/08
      148.   TRENDY cell phones& clothes.Downloads that cost money 07:28  |  PETER SM 26/08/08
      149.   # 115, PETER SM 07:31  |  indrajaya 26/08/08
      150.   THE Heroes who put a suicide vest on Johnstone 07:47  |  PETER SM 26/08/08
      151.   "Mark his third birthday in captivity" 08:12  |  sh 26/08/08
      152.   eric or hypocrisy inc. 08:18  |  x-ray 26/08/08
      153.   #73 Imad 08:43  |  Daniela 26/08/08
      154.   As funny as putting a suicide vest on Johnstone! 08:47  |  PETER SM 26/08/08
      155.   So, make the Marwan Barghouti ring 09:02  |  MaryRose 26/08/08
      156.   Loved the post Surfer 09:04  |  MaryRose 26/08/08
      157.   gazan 09:26  |  jon 26/08/08
      158.   Kathy 11:19  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 26/08/08
      159.   # 65 Daniela and # 70 Kathy, I have sent responses...... 15:26  |  Swiss (Dino) 26/08/08
      160.   # 127 David Israel 15:31  |  Swiss (Dino) 26/08/08
      161.   #147 What Are You Talking About in your post to Peter SM? 17:00  |  KATHY 26/08/08
      162.   HILLARY IS EASIER TO DESTROY BY MCCAIN 01:54  |  indrajaya 28/08/08
      163.   KATHY is a hoot... 08:36  |  BBSNews 29/08/08
      164.   #163 BSnews - The mouse that thinks it`s a lion 16:17  |  * BEN JABO 29/08/08
      165.   what did you expect from palestinians 23:25  |  Isareli 01/09/08
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