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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.