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Colonial Zionism By Zeev Sternhell Tags: Settlements, Israel News  For the past 30 years I have considered the settlements a destructive phenomenon that raises a large question mark over Israel's future. In fact, the settlement enterprise is an ideological, political and social phenomenon that has succeeded in creating an original androgynous creation: colonial Zionism. There have already been variations of Zionism: general, revisionist, socialist, with or without quotation marks. Now we also have colonial Zionism, based on ethnic and religious inequality, which considers itself the exclusive emissary of Jewish history. The Divine promise and not the natural rights of human beings to freedom, independence and self-government is, in its eyes, the one and only source of legitimacy for the return of the Jews to the Land of Israel. According to this viewpoint, the land belongs not only to living Jews, but to all the past generations and those yet unborn; therefore, members of the present generation have no right to share possession of the land with members of another nation. As a matter of course, when we speak of "the settlements" we are not referring to that vast majority of Israelis who are living in the West Bank for reasons of convenience or necessity (cheap and improved housing). In addition, we do not talk about each settler separately: We talk about the settlement enterprise the way one talks about "socialism," "conservatism" or "nationalism;" in other words, about that which is essential to the ideology and the movement, and typifies it. Advertisement Even the ideological core, which is in essence "the settlement movement," is not all of one stripe. Between the hilltop youth and many of their parents there is a large gap, not only in patterns of behavior but also in the degree of connection to universal values. However, overall, they are all nurtured by the same principles and aspire to the same goals. Since this small minority is convinced that it owns the absolute truth, it considers itself permitted to force it on all of society. Therefore its leaders and spokespersons show disdain for both the weak politicians and the basic tenets of democracy itself. They know how to exploit democratic institutions, but they ignore human rights and recognize only the rights of the Jews. Since the High Court of Justice decision on Elon Moreh in 1979, in which the court ruled that seizing private lands is illegal, they have been attacking this basic institution of Israeli democracy, the guardian of individual rights. Despite the power he has acquired thanks to the cowardice of the government, the ideological settler always wears the mantle of a martyr, persecuted by the left-wing elite and the media it ostensibly controls. Although he controls the territories, he likes to be portrayed as a perpetual victim of leftist conspiracies. Although for almost four decades the ideological settler has created a reality about which Israeli voters have never been called on to decide, and in subversive ways has turned the military occupation into civilian control that contradicts every accepted norm in the Western world, he does not cease to cry that he has been robbed. In Hebron a situation has been created that is a national disgrace, a genuine sin and crime: Apartheid, as legal scholar Boaz Okun wrote in the weekly Yedioth Ahronoth last week, is already here. But not only in Hebron: The situation in the territories in general and the lawless outposts in particular, along with the theft of private lands, is testimony to the bankruptcy of the state when faced with the daring of the settler and his determination not to retreat before ethical or legal obstacles. In that way the settlement movement is perforce creating daily violations of the law and a culture of violence: Ofra and Beit El may be quiet and pleasant places settled by idealists, but together with their satellite outposts, Amona, Beit Hagedud and Ofra Northeast, Beit El East and Hill 909, they have seized an area that, according to aerial photos and information conveyed to the Peace Now monitoring committee by government authorities, over 90 percent of which is composed of private Palestinian land (figures from October 2006). Finally, I would like to make one point clear once and for all, without any connection to the attempt to hurt me, an attempt whose perpetrators could belong to any faction of the extreme right, and not necessarily the settlement movement. In three articles I wrote in May and June of 2001, one of which included a paragraph that was not properly worded, I explained my position regarding the settlers: The lives of Jews living on both sides of the Green Line are "equally precious." And in another place: "The settlement movement is a historical disaster, but for now there are people living there whose lives must be protected." In fact, the distinction between individuals whom we must take care of as long as they are there - and the emphasis is on the dimension of temporariness - and the settlement enterprise as an historical phenomenon is essential. I have already written in the past in this newspaper, and I repeat it today: If Israeli society is unable to muster the courage necessary to put an end to the settlements, the settlements will put an end to the state of the Jews and will turn it into a binational state. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Hitting Hezbollah Iraqi site reports Nasrallah was poisoned last week and Iranian doctors saved him. Terror as support Al-Qaida-linked Web site supports McCain for president by means of welcoming terror.   1.   Sternhell knows it, Olmert knows it, Swiss-Dino knows it..... 09:30  |  Swiss (Dino) 17/10/08   2.   sternhell creates artificiality and calls it reason 09:30  |  victor hardman 17/10/08   3.   Small minority is convinced that it owns the absolute truth? 09:47  |  Binyamin Dissen 17/10/08   4.   androgynous? 09:47  |  Ilan 17/10/08   5.   on victor hardman #2 - so right 10:13  |  zeev 17/10/08   6.   Arabs in Acre hate non-arabs there as "settlers" 10:22  |  Absolute Sweden 17/10/08   7.   Lucidity, honesty and sorrow.... 10:26  |  Esther 17/10/08   8.   "true believers" just get people killed 10:29  |  spyguy 17/10/08   9.   lust and greed 10:30  |  Refugee 17/10/08   10.   to Binyamin Dissen #3 10:37  |  zeev 17/10/08   11.   The government can never quench... 10:58  |  Moshe 17/10/08   12.   Equally worthless 11:32  |  Herbert Kaine 17/10/08   13.   Equally worthless 11:32  |  Herbert Kaine 17/10/08   14.   Sternhell`s last paragraph 11:34  |  Miriam 17/10/08   15.   Is there a precedent in history 11:36  |  Herbert Kaine 17/10/08   16.   Ze`ev Sternhell`s message 11:42  |  sh 17/10/08   17.   to Absolute Sweden #6 12:01  |  zeev 17/10/08   18.   to Herbert Kaine #15 12:17  |  zeev 17/10/08   19.   Drain the Swamp 12:32  |  Palestinian in UK 17/10/08   20.   Drain the Swamp II 12:33  |  Palestinian in UK 17/10/08   21.   to Miriam #14 - on Sternhell`s last paragraph 12:43  |  zeev 17/10/08   22.   No "Forged" Israel 12:45  |  Ross Khalaf 17/10/08   23.   For Moshe #11 12:46  |  Esther 17/10/08   24.   Sternhell is sincere when he says "for the past 30 years" 12:47  |  Israeli citizen 17/10/08   25.   Sternhell: why can`t the Jewish settlements become Palestinian? 12:51  |  Alicia 17/10/08   26.   Alicia #25 13:37  |  Esther 17/10/08   27.   Settler5s control everything!!! 13:50  |  ash 17/10/08   28.   to Israeli citizen #24 13:51  |  zeev 17/10/08   29.   #1 I agree Swiss 13:59  |  Edith 17/10/08   30.   To Zeev`s puzzlement 14:25  |  Israeli citizen 17/10/08   31.   Sternhell`s Important Message and More 14:26  |  Tzfonit 17/10/08   32.   # 25 Alicia 14:29  |  Swiss (Dino) 17/10/08   33.   # 29 Edith 14:33  |  Swiss (Dino) 17/10/08   34.   Sin of Settlements? 14:34  |  B 17/10/08   35.   Already it is to late 14:45  |  Bitin Dawg 17/10/08   36.   Snake oil salesman and false messiah 14:50  |  Ilan 17/10/08   37.   zeev explains the loony left versions of reality 14:51  |  victor hardman 17/10/08   38.   Alicia gets it, Sternhell et al don`t 14:52  |  Joe Frazier 17/10/08   39.   Moshe you can`t ignore the facts on the ground 15:04  |  Joe Frazier 17/10/08   40.   To Zeev`s puzzlement 15:09  |  Israeli citizen 17/10/08   41.   To Zeev`s puzzlement 15:27  |  Israeli citizen 17/10/08   42.   Sternhell 15:50  |  j10 17/10/08   43.   ash #27 15:54  |  Esther 17/10/08   44.   # 25 to Alicia 16:07  |  Jamie 17/10/08   45.   #1 Swiss (Dino), good post, but there`s exploitation of the term 16:37  |  Smadar 17/10/08   46.   #1 Swiss (Dino) con`t post on Zionism... 16:47  |  Smadar 17/10/08   47.   #1 Swiss (Dino) con`t post on Zionism #3 17:02  |  Smadar 17/10/08   48.   Does Sternhell not realise that to Arabs he himself is settler? 17:12  |  Self hate Rules? 17/10/08   49.   Sternhell`s absolute truth 17:19  |  peter 17/10/08   50.   #1 , Sternhell does not know it , Olmert does not know it... 17:28  |  TOMY 17/10/08   51.   Binational Apartheit allready today 17:50  |  Fritz T. 17/10/08   52.   Sternhell`s Important Message and More 18:05  |  Tzfonit 17/10/08   53.   so....what you gonna do about it...? 18:22  |  ravi 17/10/08   54.   "colonial Zionism" & other suicidal ideations 18:24  |  Rena 17/10/08   55.   Esther (#26) for the same reason why 18:47  |  Gil 17/10/08   56.   about Arabs not Jews 19:29  |  Sam 17/10/08   57.   Alicia #25 19:49  |  Maki 17/10/08   58.   Gil #34 19:58  |  Esther 17/10/08   59.   to Gil #34 20:03  |  zeev 17/10/08   60.   "there are people living there whose lives must be protected" 20:14  |  Yonatan 17/10/08   61.   Our future 20:27  |  Dani 17/10/08   62.   palestinian land 20:33  |  Gerry 17/10/08   63.   #1, Swiss Dino Never Learns 20:50  |  Gary 17/10/08   64.   Something that cant be scraped from my shoe 21:23  |  Gideon Reader 17/10/08   65.   Sternhell is right. 21:36  |  sakrayami 17/10/08   66.   Zeev Stemhell is too generous in his conclusion 22:10  |  Dutch 17/10/08   67.   Zionism 22:17  |  Isaac 17/10/08   68.   Ideology of colonial Zionizm 22:53  |  n_erber 17/10/08   69.   Is the `Divine Right` or the `Unholy Humbug` will finish Israel? 22:56  |  Akram Zekaria 17/10/08   70.   Baruch Goldstein and Yigal Amir 23:03  |  SDHD 17/10/08   71.   Wow, so much foaming-at-the-mouth... 23:57  |  Esther 17/10/08   72.   palestinian land 00:30  |  Samir S. Nasser 18/10/08   73.   to Alicia #25 - 2nd try 00:36  |  zeev 18/10/08   74.   to Gil #34 - 2nd try 00:37  |  zeev 18/10/08   75.   Alicia #25 00:55  |  Maki 18/10/08   76.   The REAL sternhell! 01:02  |  Arie 18/10/08   77.   Cancer is the biggest killer of Israeli children. 01:04  |  Maureen Ann 18/10/08   78.   Left Kibbutzim 01:22  |  The Teacher/Instruct 18/10/08   79.   #38 Gideon Reader It Sure Smells very Bad,coming from him Above! 01:32  |  Israeli 18/10/08   80.   Sternhell`s position has no logic behind it. 02:05  |  Chaim 18/10/08   81.   #1: no swiss has the right to scold Israel about anything until.. 02:39  |  dante 18/10/08   82.   Israel must end the memories of Eastern Europe! 02:42  |  NoToTyrants 18/10/08   83.   Maureen`s checkpoints 03:23  |  SDHD 18/10/08   84.   #28 zeev puzzle no more.you are just like a magpie. 03:37  |  israeli 18/10/08   85.   to Chaim #75 (1) 04:06  |  zeev 18/10/08   86.   to israeli #84 04:46  |  zeev 18/10/08   87.   to Chaim #80 (2) 04:58  |  zeev 18/10/08   88.   to Isaac #67 05:22  |  zeev 18/10/08   89.   The right to live in our sacred land 06:08  |  Paddy O``Pope 18/10/08   90.   Settlers 06:28  |  Gypsy John 18/10/08   91.   Brilliant post by SDHD #70 06:30  |  Ken Jurist 18/10/08   92.   Where`s your proof Arie? 06:32  |  BBSNews 18/10/08   93.   Esther (#58) Really Ester 06:53  |  Gil 18/10/08   94.   Esther (#71) And what about you? 07:19  |  Gil 18/10/08   95.   they can`t claim the west bank 07:19  |  david o`connor 18/10/08   96.   zeev`s myth of the bi-national state 07:38  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/10/08   97.   Cipora, it is you rooted in the past... 08:00  |  BBSNews 18/10/08   98.   #85-7 Zeev. As usual you fail to answer the question 08:04  |  Chaim 18/10/08   99.   Gil, that`s Arab race baiting... 08:12  |  BBSNews 18/10/08   100.   Zeev (#74) Are you twisting my words 08:19  |  Gil 18/10/08   101.   #26, Esther and the cuckooe-in-the-nest 08:26  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/10/08   102.   #99, bbs, that is just a lie 08:29  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/10/08   103.   For Esther #23 08:39  |  Moshe 18/10/08   104.   Sternhell is a national treasure 10:57  |  alan 18/10/08   105.   Rena of Rockville #54 11:06  |  Esther 18/10/08   106.   Chaim #80 11:26  |  Esther 18/10/08   107.   Response to #88: 11:31  |  Isaac 18/10/08   108.   Cipora #101 etc... 11:50  |  Esther 18/10/08   109.   to Chaim #98 11:53  |  zeev 18/10/08   110.   # 50 TOMY 11:56  |  Swiss (Dino) 18/10/08   111.   # 63 Gary 11:58  |  Swiss (Dino) 18/10/08   112.   For Moshe #103 12:00  |  Esther 18/10/08   113.   #73 Zev; why `d the settlers be interested 12:27  |  Alicia 18/10/08   114.   #75 Maki; point taken 12:44  |  Alicia 18/10/08   115.   #92 BSNewsThese Stateless People you refer to 13:14  |  Ari ben Yisrael 18/10/08   116.   We fight the enemy to maintain our differences, not to be alike 13:27  |  dyinglikeflies 18/10/08   117.   Alicia #114... faux-pas or ignorance...? 13:43  |  Esther 18/10/08   118.   "the ideological settler " 13:45  |  lady from USA 18/10/08   119.   to# 113 &114 13:47  |  elsie 18/10/08   120.   Where people choose to live 13:54  |  Richard 18/10/08   121.   Alicia 13:55  |  lady from USA 18/10/08   122.   Palestinians 1st Secular jews 2nd 14:08  |  moe ham 18/10/08   123.   Yonatan 14:14  |  lady from USA 18/10/08   124.   To Elsie (119) 14:22  |  Isaac 18/10/08   125.   #56 yes richard when 56 muslim states apply the same rules 14:46  |  victor hardman 18/10/08   126.   #116 dying to know when is a settler not a settler 15:16  |  victor hardman 18/10/08   127.   BBSNews (#99) So I guess you want an Answer? 15:19  |  Gil 18/10/08   128.   to Alicia #113 15:22  |  zeev 18/10/08   129.   Colonialism - the American Experience 15:23  |  Mark Lincoln 18/10/08   130.   Wrong! 15:41  |  Danite 18/10/08   131.   to victor hardman #37 15:49  |  zeev 18/10/08   132.   to Gil #100 - 3rd try 15:51  |  zeev 18/10/08   133.   to CJ Kohn #96 - 3rd try 15:52  |  zeev 18/10/08   134.   Middle East Peace 10-Year Plan 15:53  |  Daniel Garcia 18/10/08   135.   More than 700,000 forced out Ari ben Yisrael... 15:53  |  BBSNews 18/10/08   136.   Clearly, Israel needs a lot more Zeevs.. 16:00  |  BBSNews 18/10/08   137.   BBSNews (#99) So I guess you want an Answer? 16:06  |  Gil 18/10/08   138.   BBSNews (#99) So I guess you want an Answer? 16:07  |  Gil 18/10/08   139.   BBSNews (#99) 16:20  |  Gil 18/10/08   140.   #101 Cipora J.K ** The futility of arguing with.the following: 16:22  |  KATHY 18/10/08   141.   # Smadar To All posts..Well SAID /EXPLAINED THANK YOU 16:27  |  KATHY 18/10/08   142.   your right #124 16:31  |  elsie 18/10/08   143.   #108 How come that esther is confused?Surprised 16:34  |  KATHY 18/10/08   144.   #111, That`s your poor choice as alaways ! 17:06  |  Gary 18/10/08   145.   Really BSnews 130 17:10  |  Joe Frazier 18/10/08   146.   The brand of "zionism" practiced in Hebron today 17:25  |  Esther 18/10/08   147.   #32 DINO; what will a PA-state be like???? 17:27  |  Alicia 18/10/08   148.   #108 Esther, thanks for compliment but your post #105 better... 17:32  |  Smadar 18/10/08   149.   BB-BS lies about more than 700,000 17:33  |  SDHD 18/10/08   150.   #106 Esther. You pretend our land is "stolen". We`ll thrive. 17:33  |  Chaim 18/10/08   151.   BB-BS, so delusional 17:34  |  SDHD 18/10/08   152.   BB-BS - blatantly lying 17:36  |  SDHD 18/10/08   153.   #126 zeev and his loony left reasoning 17:37  |  victor hardman 18/10/08   154.   #109 Zeev. We know people you agree with have written books. 17:39  |  Chaim 18/10/08   155.   michael at bbs news confirms his ignorance 17:45  |  victor hardman 18/10/08   156.   Jews In Eastern Israel Are Here For Good!!! 17:50  |  Baruch Gold 18/10/08   157.   Cipora Julianna Kohh, #102 17:51  |  SDHD 18/10/08   158.   to Isaac #124 - addicted to false reasoning 17:53  |  zeev 18/10/08   159.   Sternhell...show us the path...give up your apt in TLV to needy 17:57  |  spade 18/10/08   160.   End the Arab Occupation 18:00  |  Baruch Gold 18/10/08   161.   BBSNews (#99) Really 19:14  |  Gil 18/10/08   162.   #54, Great response. Swiss Dino are u there? 19:25  |  Gary 18/10/08   163.   Couldn`t agree more 19:56  |  mike 18/10/08   164.   YES Sir, Mr Zeev Sternhell, in Total agreement with you 19:58  |  Amnon 18/10/08   165.   #82, The twain shall never meet ! 20:01  |  Gary 18/10/08   166.   #54 Hope Stenhell and his buddys understand 20:52  |  lily 18/10/08   167.   #106 Esther. You keep pretending our land is "stolen". We thrive 20:57  |  Chaim 18/10/08   168.   It`s not the Settlements. It`s Israel, stupid. 21:10  |  leo 18/10/08   169.   SDHD #83 21:17  |  American in NY 18/10/08   170.   Colonial Zionism 21:29  |  Monty Pogoda 18/10/08   171.   zeev, Amnon, Tzfonit, what do we do about it? 22:32  |  sh 18/10/08   172.   Divine Promise (Second Try) 23:14  |  Avi Yerushalmi 18/10/08   173.   Zeev, what to do about the Chaims of Israel? 23:48  |  BBSNews 18/10/08   174.   Yes, really Gil... 00:15  |  BBSNews 19/10/08   175.   #143 sh. Israeli electorate is voting retreatist parties into 00:29  |  Chaim 19/10/08   176.   #128, zeev, and "occupiers" 00:30  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/10/08   177.   No Monty, its because you are there that there is no peace... 00:31  |  BBSNews 19/10/08   178.   #142 And the point is, Monty? 00:41  |  Johnboy 19/10/08   179.   Avi, there is no supernatural land registrar... 00:41  |  BBSNews 19/10/08   180.   #139, SDHD 01:23  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/10/08   181.   Wrong Cipora, illegal "settlers" participate in a war crime... 01:40  |  BBSNews 19/10/08   182.   to Isaac #107 - 3rd try 01:46  |  zeev 19/10/08   183.   to Alicia #113 - 3rd try 01:47  |  zeev 19/10/08   184.   Wrong leo, Gaza is still occupied... 01:49  |  BBSNews 19/10/08   185.   to CJ Kohn #162 02:02  |  zeev 19/10/08   186.   lady from USA, I bet you do like ideological warriors 02:15  |  Mark B. 19/10/08   187.   Kohn they are occupiers as the west bank is occupied 02:19  |  Labhras 19/10/08   188.   #164, sh, "what do we do about it?" 02:38  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/10/08   189.   #184, zeev 02:47  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/10/08   190.   It`s 60 years later Joe, get over it... 02:48  |  BBSNews 19/10/08   191.   #187, labhras, do you understand what is a circular argument? 02:58  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/10/08   192.   Cipora makes Freudian slip on religion... 03:01  |  BBSNews 19/10/08   193.   Cipora on governments and agreements... 03:07  |  BBSNews 19/10/08   194.   #140, Kathy 03:17  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/10/08   195.   To Pal-UK #19,20, Drain the Swamp 03:21  |  Sardaukar 19/10/08   196.   bbs, your posts are sheer nonsense 03:29  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/10/08   197.   to sh #171 03:29  |  zeev 19/10/08   198.   absolute truth??!!!!whose? 03:50  |  Henry E 19/10/08   199.   Mindless American in NY 03:54  |  SDHD 19/10/08   200.   We all got Zeev`s point to you Cipora... 03:55  |  BBSNews 19/10/08   201.   to CJ Kohn #188 03:56  |  zeev 19/10/08   202.   BSNews and "international law" 03:56  |  SDHD 19/10/08   203.   BSNews and "credibility problems" 03:57  |  SDHD 19/10/08   204.   BSNews` peace impediments 03:58  |  SDHD 19/10/08   205.   BS and international law again 03:59  |  SDHD 19/10/08   206.   BSNews continues citing "international law" 04:01  |  SDHD 19/10/08   207.   Labhras and occupation 04:03  |  SDHD 19/10/08   208.   BSNews -- 60 years later 04:05  |  SDHD 19/10/08   209.   #188 Cipora, just want to hear a clarification... 04:21  |  Smadar 19/10/08   210.   BSNews` new favorite term: "international law" 04:41  |  SDHD 19/10/08   211.   If so Cipora, then why not refute the "nonsense"? 05:00  |  BBSNews 19/10/08   212.   # 45 / # 46 / # 47 Smadar (3rd try !!!!!) 05:02  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/10/08   213.   #201, zeev, quoting General Shlomo Gazit 05:11  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/10/08   214.   #201, zeev, regarding unified governments 05:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/10/08   215.   BSNews wants refutations 05:26  |  SDHD 19/10/08   216.   To Chaim 05:30  |  Otto Rand 19/10/08   217.   #209, Smadar 05:39  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/10/08   218.   # 212 Smadar, little correction..... 05:43  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/10/08   219.   #216, Otto Rand 06:06  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/10/08   220.   #216, Otto Rand, another question 06:15  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/10/08   221.   Cipora, and "all due respect"... 06:57  |  BBSNews 19/10/08   222.   Sternhell is not a Zionist 07:12  |  Meir Weinstein 19/10/08   223.   Cipora on peace partners... 07:15  |  BBSNews 19/10/08   224.   CJK 07:47  |  sh 19/10/08   225.   BSNews has no clue, much less "all due respect" 07:48  |  SDHD 19/10/08   226.   Meir Weinstein and a Jewish State... 08:06  |  BBSNews 19/10/08   227.   #216 Otto. The "hudna" with Hamas holds. Any more jokes? 08:11  |  Chaim 19/10/08   228.   #173 BSNews. Judea & Samaria were part of Jewish Homeland Mandate 08:17  |  Chaim 19/10/08   229.   #224, sh 08:37  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/10/08   230.   Zeev Stemhell, There will be no whitewashing of this crime... 18:53  |  Dutch 19/10/08   231.   to CJ Kohn #213 - 2nd try 19:23  |  zeev 19/10/08   232.   to CJ Kohn #214 - 2nd try 19:25  |  zeev 19/10/08   233.   to Chaim #228 - 2nd try 19:26  |  zeev 19/10/08   234.   Colonial Zionism 05:14  |  Dan Birenbaum 20/10/08   235.   to Dan Birenbaum #234 06:30  |  zeev 20/10/08   236.   The Mandate for Israel 11:27  |  Sardaukar 20/10/08   237.   to Sardaukar #236 14:25  |  zeev 20/10/08   238.   230 Oops, I forgot this 1967 eye witness account 19:17  |  Dutch 20/10/08   239.   to Dutch #238 23:18  |  zeev 20/10/08   240.   No MIdeast Ulster 00:32  |  Sardaukar 21/10/08   241.   SDHD # 199 01:41  |  American in NY 21/10/08   242.   to Sardaukar #240 07:06  |  zeev 21/10/08   243.   I`m sorry 07:48  |  Sardaukar 22/10/08   244.   We are all settlers, Zeev 16:21  |  Shmuel 22/10/08   245.   to Shmuel #244 - (2) 23:03  |  zeev 22/10/08   246.   to Shmuel #244 - (1) 2nd try 00:14  |  zeev 23/10/08

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