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Hamas parades mock Gilad Shalit before crowd of thousands in Gaza
By The Associated Press
Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel News 

Hamas paraded a mock-captive Israeli soldier before thousands of supporters during a rally Sunday to celebrate the militant group's 21st anniversary.

The mock-soldier, was dressed in an Israel Defense Forces soldier uniform and stood before the crowd begging in Hebrew to be returned home.

"I miss my Mom and Dad," said a Hamas loyalist, in a clear reference to captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit, seized by Hamas-backed Palestinian militants in June 2006. Egyptian-mediated negotiations to exchange Schalit for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners have repeatedly foundered.
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"For those who made my children swallow a bitter drink, you will drink from the same cup," intoned a voiceover.

Sunday's rally was another show of strength by the Islamic militants who have ruled Gaza since a violent takeover in June 2007. The arena can hold about 150,000 people and is full, with more people spilling out into the streets. Many Hamas supporters wore baseball caps in the movement's Islamic green.

Thousands of policemen organized traffic on roads decked with green Hamas flags and plainclothes policemen patrolled the area.

Senior Hamas leaders are expected to lay out the future of an Egyptian-mediated truce with Israel and its relations with rival Palestinian group Fatah, which rules the West Bank.

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      1.   A STRONG POPULAR MOVEMENT 14:48  |  indrajaya 14/12/08
      2.   They want peace? An olive branch? No doubt their apologists 15:00  |  PETER SM 14/12/08
      3.   Hamas parades mock Gilad Shalit 15:03  |  Ralph 14/12/08
      4.   Hamas Parades 15:05  |  mohd amin 14/12/08
      5.   Bomb the Parade for peace 15:08  |  Steven 14/12/08
      6.   Hamas = high class kidnappers, murderers and extortionists 15:15  |  Avi 14/12/08
      7.   Ugh, how utterly tasteless. 15:16  |  Magnus K. 14/12/08
      8.   a whole nation thinks in this beastly way 15:19  |  zevulun 14/12/08
      9.   gazans are intellectually challenged 15:21  |  avi 14/12/08
      10.   Why Amalek was a threat to all civilized nations 15:28  |  Jon 14/12/08
      11.   release more prisoners 15:30  |  Ariel Sharon 14/12/08
      12.   Unfortunate, unnecessary spectacle..... 15:39  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/12/08
      13.   cynical Hamas - always true to who they are 15:41  |  ivo 14/12/08
      14.   Hamas Parade 15:44  |  Joe 14/12/08
      15.   disgusting 15:45  |  wh 14/12/08
      16.   how can gaza ever hope to absorb the western 15:46  |  amos 14/12/08
      17.   actions speak louder than words 15:46  |  k 14/12/08
      18.   id the adults in gaza find this human circus 15:48  |  dovik tamari 14/12/08
      19.   Life And Afterlife 15:48  |  Motty Levi 14/12/08
      20.   This one parade shows 15:49  |  Sabra 14/12/08
      21.   the element of humanity is missing 15:50  |  meir 14/12/08
      22.   and we keep releasing prisoners and sending money 15:58  |  nina 14/12/08
      23.   MAKES YOU WONDER??? 16:08  |  Brant 14/12/08
      24.   The one who is mentally challenged is the who thinks 16:19  |  indigenous 14/12/08
      25.   If this was Hamas approved - It was very poor taste. 16:29  |  zaz 14/12/08
      26.   If Hamas prisoners don`t miss families, don`t release them 16:39  |  McQueen 14/12/08
      27.   "if this were hamas approved" 16:39  |  sasoon 14/12/08
      28.   Primative and cold people 16:42  |  Hannah 14/12/08
      29.   indrajaya you abuse your hosts at haaretz 16:43  |  dan laner 14/12/08
      30.   We mock ourselves so often, why would we expect anything else? 16:48  |  Barry 14/12/08
      31.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 16:54  |  Quebec observer 14/12/08
      32.   Hamas` advertising strategy 16:55  |  Motty Levi 14/12/08
      33.   Without the support of its extraneous allies... 17:17  |  Esther 14/12/08
      34.   Sleazy and digusting 17:20  |  Mark Lincoln 14/12/08
      35.   Hamas makes a mockery of.... 17:35  |  David Nigel Braham 14/12/08
      36.   Swiss Dino 35 never misses an opportunity to 17:41  |  ChanahS 14/12/08
      37.   On Monday at 9:30 a.m., 227 Fatah terrorists will be freed from 17:54  |  Joseph.E 14/12/08
      38.   indrajaya 17:55  |  The Teacher/Instruct 14/12/08
      39.   Despicable show by hamas 18:21  |  Johnny 14/12/08
      40.   thank you mohd amin 18:22  |  Israeli 14/12/08
      41.   The participants in the parade were still sucking their pacifiers 19:22  |  S 14/12/08
      42.   Hamas should release Shalit 19:29  |  Hanna Bard 14/12/08
      43.   Circus Hamas 20:12  |  Miguel 14/12/08
      44.   lets not kid ourselves-hamas will not change 20:14  |  yahn goodey 14/12/08
      45.   The suicide- bomber people show their humanity again 20:15  |  Shalom Freedman 14/12/08
      46.   A request for hamas 20:36  |  Arie 14/12/08
      47.   When There`s No Money, No Economy, Silly Things Happen! 20:38  |  Peter 14/12/08
      48.   Don`t Listen To Hamas 20:56  |  Yosemite 14/12/08
      49.   where was the air force? 20:56  |  Leon 14/12/08
      50.   gilad shalit 20:58  |  elsie 14/12/08
      51.   Quite the "plight"--more humanitarian balloons urgently needed! 21:16  |  IW 14/12/08
      52.   For Yosemite # 44 21:21  |  Fortuna Benmayor 14/12/08
      53.   Humanitarian Red Cross 21:24  |  Margot 14/12/08
      54.   Parades are for fun...not for mockery and insult 21:26  |  Connie 14/12/08
      55.   Take A Look At The Photo On The Front Page 21:28  |  Jeff Northridge 14/12/08
      56.   Parade on TV 21:28  |  ChanahS 14/12/08
      57.   It`s about internalized decency and control for oneself, Gazans 21:31  |  Mark B. 14/12/08
      58.   parade to show how corrupt hamas leaders are 21:47  |  charro 14/12/08
      59.   former israeli senior officer israel tal 21:53  |  harzion 14/12/08
      60.   For David Nigel Braham # 35 22:05  |  Clickfool 14/12/08
      61.   Shame on Hamas 22:10  |  Pal in Diaspora 14/12/08
      62.   What a show 22:15  |  A mother 14/12/08
      63.   Ahmadinejad`s idea? 22:18  |  Peter Williams 14/12/08
      64.   Re ; Well as for now... 22:44  |  Ines 14/12/08
      65.   Re: What.. The image set by Kadima and labour ?? 22:48  |  Ines 14/12/08
      66.   Swiss (Dino) #12 ID numbers tattooed on arms 22:52  |  Gil 14/12/08
      67.   Re # 7 Yah Magnus and this 22:57  |  Ines 14/12/08
      68.   Re # 19.. After life... 23:01  |  Ines 14/12/08
      69.   23 Brant I agree with you. 23:18  |  Gerald 14/12/08
      70.   If Israelis would do such parades... 23:26  |  ScotGuy 14/12/08
      71.   INDRALAYA 23:31  |  Raphael Cordovero 14/12/08
      72.   Political Correct Behavior/Islamists/Realism 23:43  |  ankhfnkhonsu 14/12/08
      73.   Get over it 23:56  |  Natallie Durson 14/12/08
      74.   Reality Check Natallie 00:17  |  Arie 15/12/08
      75.   Swiss (Dino) #12 ID numbers TATTOOED on arms 00:38  |  Gil 15/12/08
      76.   Hamas parades mock Gilad Shalit before crowd of thousands in Gaza 00:47  |  Woody 15/12/08
      77.   stuck in the middle 00:47  |  Capt Ahab 15/12/08
      78.   Here`s An Example Of Why Violence Isn`t Always... 00:50  |  Yosemite 15/12/08
      79.   bunch of sickos 00:52  |  Benjamina 15/12/08
      80.   HOW PROUD THEY MUST BE....OF, KIDNAPPING??? 00:59  |  dp 15/12/08
      81.   Moral Equivalencies 01:25  |  Alfred 15/12/08
      82.   DON`T FREE THE 227 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS 01:32  |  julia 15/12/08
      83.   9. Avi 01:50  |  Mona 15/12/08
      84.   real facts 01:51  |  don muntean 15/12/08
      85.   to natallie #49 01:55  |  Yosi 15/12/08
      86.   IMAGINE The lynch mob postings if this happenned in Israel! 01:56  |  PETER SM 15/12/08
      87.   well dp you must be 11,000 times prouder!! 02:01  |  you little hypocrite 15/12/08
      88.   SWISS Was lynching their Israeli POW`s in Ramallah,"unfortunate"? 02:04  |  PETER SM 15/12/08
      89.   Gil vs Swiss Dino 02:05  |  Jasper 15/12/08
      90.   Mock Gilad Shalit 02:06  |  KT 15/12/08
      91.   hamas are murderous thugs 02:14  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 15/12/08
      92.   Hamas laughs and Livni does nothing 02:19  |  Kayla 15/12/08
      93.   Hamas 02:20  |  Maor 15/12/08
      94.   Yosemite 02:20  |  Jasper 15/12/08
      95.   SWISS Your evidence for TATOOED Id numbers please. 02:24  |  PETER SM 15/12/08
      96.   Is this the face of Islam? 02:38  |  leo 15/12/08
      97.   to mona:You would have us support the enemy? 02:46  |  Arie 15/12/08
      98.   #63, Yes, 11,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails... 02:54  |  Silvienne 15/12/08
      99.   par for the course 02:59  |  peter 15/12/08
      100.   Jesus, Indrajaya, "Democratic"??, REALLY! 03:40  |  Akiva P 15/12/08
      101.   Mona 03:43  |  Jasper 15/12/08
      102.   to indrajaya 03:47  |  D. 15/12/08
      103.   You Little Hypocrite (sic) 03:49  |  Jasper 15/12/08
      104.   WE WANT HANIYEH IN BIG BROTHER 04:04  |  Shelob 15/12/08
      105.   Mocking Shalit like is shameful and sadistic 04:13  |  Mickey 15/12/08
      106.   #1 Indrajaya 04:27  |  Moshe 15/12/08
      107.   #63`s Knee-Jerk Response: Invalid - 11,000 Criminals = Justice 04:55  |  dp 15/12/08
      108.   Give me a break dp 05:09  |  Mark Lincoln 15/12/08
      109.   YOU LITTLE H.how many parades have there been mocking prisoners?? 05:13  |  PETER SM 15/12/08
      110.   Contradictory positions 05:17  |  Mark Lincoln 15/12/08
      111.   WHERE`S AMIRA? 06:33  |  Steve 15/12/08
      112.   #87, Mark Lincoln on hostage taking 08:31  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 15/12/08
      113.   Re: #56/ The Camel War 08:37  |  Motty Levi 15/12/08
      114.   Mona #62...very primitive amusement, protest.... 08:40  |  Esther 15/12/08
      115.   Re: #75/ Not the face of Islam, but... 08:46  |  Motty Levi 15/12/08
      116.   Kayla #71 08:48  |  Esther 15/12/08
      117.   That won`t stop the crazy world from glorifying them 08:48  |  neither can I 15/12/08
      118.   # 36 Chanah, please don`t blame me..... 09:08  |  Swiss (Dino) 15/12/08
      119.   # 54 Gil / # 68 Jasper/ # 74 PETER SM, once again..... 09:17  |  Swiss (Dino) 15/12/08
      120.   Checkpoints vs Unfriendly Alien Camps 10:23  |  Motty Levi 15/12/08
      121.   # 1 to indrajaya re: hamas is a "popular movement"? 11:05  |  eric 15/12/08
      122.   Swiss (Dino) #117 TATTOOED 11:12  |  Gil 15/12/08
      123.   122 Gil, again, the press reported that those prisoners.... 11:52  |  Swiss (Dino) 15/12/08
      124.   Swiss (Dino) #123 INK Marking Pens are Not TATTOOES 21:32  |  Gil 15/12/08
      125.   Checkpoints part 2/ 4 Swiss (Dino) 23:32  |  Motty Levi 15/12/08
      126.   Checkpoints part3/Scandinavian hybris 00:08  |  Motty Levi 16/12/08
      127.   # 124 Gil, again, check out the links I gave you...... 00:17  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/12/08
      128.   # 120 / # 125 Motty Levi, all I can recommend you.... 00:24  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/12/08
      129.   # 120 By the way, Motty....... 00:50  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/12/08
      130.   Gilad Shalit 05:41  |  lenny f 16/12/08
      131.   # 130 to lenny 07:15  |  eric 16/12/08
      132.   Re: #129/ Swiss (Dino) 09:02  |  Motty Levi 16/12/08
      133.   Swiss (Dino) #127 I checked out your links 09:12  |  Gil 16/12/08
      134.   This shows what Hamas is 09:49  |  El_Justiciero 16/12/08
      135.   Re: #128/Swiss (Dino) 11:22  |  Motty Levi 16/12/08
      136.   # 133 Gil 11:44  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/12/08
      137.   Why... 06:47  |  tom 29/05/09
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