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Gaza's darkness By Gideon Levy Tags: Gideon Levy Click here for more articles by Gideon Levy Gaza has been reoccupied. The world must know this and Israelis must know it, too. It is in its worst condition, ever. Since the abduction of Gilad Shalit, and more so since the outbreak of the Lebanon war, the Israel Defense Forces has been rampaging through Gaza - there's no other word to describe it - killing and demolishing, bombing and shelling, indiscriminately. Nobody thinks about setting up a commission of inquiry; the issue isn't even on the agenda. Nobody asks why it is being done and who decided to do it. But under the cover of the darkness of the Lebanon war, the IDF returned to its old practices in Gaza as if there had been no disengagement. So it must be said forthrightly, the disengagement is dead. Aside from the settlements that remain piles of rubble, nothing is left of the disengagement and its promises. How contemptible all the sublime and nonsensical talk about "the end of the occupation" and "partitioning the land" now appears. Gaza is occupied, and with greater brutality than before. The fact that it is more convenient for the occupier to control it from outside has nothing to do with the intolerable living conditions of the occupied. Advertisement In large parts of Gaza nowadays, there is no electricity. Israel bombed the only power station in Gaza, and more than half the electricity supply will be cut off for at least another year. There's hardly any water. Since there is no electricity, supplying homes with water is nearly impossible. Gaza is filthier and smellier than ever: Because of the embargo Israel and the world have imposed on the elected authority, no salaries are being paid and the street cleaners have been on strike for the past few weeks. Piles of garbage and obnoxious clouds of stink strangle the coastal strip, turning it into Calcutta. More than ever, Gaza is also like a prison. The Erez crossing is empty, the Karni crossing has been open only a few days over the last two months, and the same is true for the Rafah crossing. Some 15,000 people waited for two months to enter Egypt, some are still waiting, including many ailing and wounded people. Another 5,000 waited on the other side to return to their homes. Some died during the wait. One must see the scenes at Rafah to understand how profound a human tragedy is taking place. A crossing that was not supposed to have an Israeli presence continues to be Israel's means to pressure 1.5 million inhabitants. This is disgraceful and shocking collective punishment. The U.S. and Europe, whose police are at the Rafah crossing, also bear responsibility for the situation. Gaza is also poorer and hungrier than ever before. There is nearly no merchandise moving in and out, fishing is banned, the tens of thousands of PA workers receive no salaries, and the possibility of working in Israel is out of the question. And we still haven't mentioned the death, destruction and horror. In the last two months, Israel killed 224 Palestinians, 62 of them children and 25 of them women. It bombed and assassinated, destroyed and shelled, and no one stopped it. No Qassam cell or smuggling tunnel justifies such wide-scale killing. A day doesn't go by without deaths, most of them innocent civilians. Where are the days when there was still a debate inside Israel about the assassinations? Today, Israel drops innumerable missiles, shells and bombs on houses and kills entire families on its way to another assassination. Hospitals are collapsing with more than 900 people undergoing treatment. At Shifa Hospital, the only such facility in Gaza that might be worthy of being called a hospital, I saw heartrending scenes last week. Children who lost limbs, on respirators, paralyzed, crippled for the rest of their lives. Families have been killed in their sleep, while riding on donkeys or working in fields. Frightened children, traumatized by what they have seen, huddle in their homes with a horror in their eyes that is difficult to describe in words. A journalist from Spain who spent time in Gaza recently, a veteran of war and disaster zones around the world, said he had never been exposed to scenes as horrific as the ones he saw and documented over the last two months. It is difficult to determine who decided on all this. It is doubtful the ministers are aware of the reality in Gaza. They are responsible for it, starting with the bad decision on the embargo, through the bombing of Gaza's bridges and power station and the mass assassinations. Israel is responsible now once again for all that happens in Gaza. The events in Gaza expose the great fraud of Kadima: It came to power on the coattails of the virtual success of the disengagement, which is now going up in flames, and it promised convergence, a promise that the prime minister has already rescinded. Those who think Kadima is a centrist party should now know it is nothing other than another rightist occupation party. The same is true of Labor. Defense Minister Amir Peretz is responsible for what is happening in Gaza no less than the prime minister, and Peretz's hands are as blood-soaked as Olmert's. He can never present himself as a 'man of peace' again. The ground invasions every week, each time somewhere else, the kill and destroy operations from the sea, air and land are all dubbed with names to whitewash the reality, like 'Summer Rains' or 'Locked Kindergarten.' No security excuse can explain the cycle of madness, and no civic argument can excuse the outrageous silence of us all. Gilad Shalit will not be released and the Qassams will not cease. On the contrary, there is a horror taking place in Gaza, and while it might prevent a few terror attacks in the short run, it is bound to give birth to much more murderous terror. Israel will then say with its self-righteousness: 'But we returned Gaza to them. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Disturbing trend Jewish Agency says Anti-Semitic acts in Jan. 2009 triple last year's records. After the war IDF gains in Gaza have softened Israel's stance on Shalit deal.   1.   Gaza Is Illegally Occupied By The Philistines 09:59  |  Yishai Kohen 03/09/06   2.   Levy: Hamas` Public Relations Director 10:04  |  Avram 03/09/06   3.   Gaza an open sky prison. 10:05  |  Nabil 03/09/06   4.   LIBERATE GAZA FOREWER! DESTROY TERROR,DON`T LET KIDNAPPING REPEAT 10:07  |  -VOICE of MOSHIACH)) 03/09/06   5.   And then Israelis wonder why Gazans fire Qassam rockets at them 10:09  |  Sami 03/09/06   6.   Gaza,yes, and Nablus too 10:11  |  JW 03/09/06   7.   Qassam rockets and longing 10:14  |  FOX 03/09/06   8.   Respondents 1, 2 and 3 10:15  |  ROSEMARY`S BABY 03/09/06   9.   We were out of Gaza and they brought us back 10:16  |  TM (Jewlicious.com) 03/09/06   10.   I feel for the Gazans 10:20  |  FOX 03/09/06   11.   #2 Avram re-writes history 10:23  |  ROSEMARY`S BABY 03/09/06   12.   Centre stage 10:31  |  sh 03/09/06   13.   I still don`t understand... 10:37  |  Proud Israeli Jew 03/09/06   14.   This is exactly what the pals wanted 10:45  |  Judith 03/09/06   15.   Nabil 10:49  |  Connie 03/09/06   16.   Death Camp Gaza 10:50  |  Brigitte Meier 03/09/06   17.   Gaza - Not a prison but a ghetto for the thirsty and starving 10:52  |  Clickfool 03/09/06   18.   blindness 10:56  |  watcher X 03/09/06   19.   TRUTH 10:57  |  diana 03/09/06   20.   #3 10:58  |  MALCOLM X 03/09/06   21.   GAZA`S DARKNESS 11:08  |  Akram Malik 03/09/06   22.   Levy go sleep with the enemy 11:13  |  steve s 03/09/06   23.   1 and 2 are savages 11:16  |  Marilyn 03/09/06   24.   Re-occupation 11:17  |  Just a little brains 03/09/06   25.   Gaza was never set free in the first place 11:26  |  www.kibush.co.il 03/09/06   26.   Had they released Shalit and stopped the Kassams ... 11:28  |  Shalom Freedman 03/09/06   27.   If this is not a slow-motion genocide, then what is it? 11:32  |  Sylvia 03/09/06   28.   The Lefts SUICIDE COMPLEX!! 11:33  |  Ben Uziel 03/09/06   29.   #13 NOBODY WANTS THIS 11:36  |  watcher 03/09/06   30.   13 11:37  |  Ahmad 03/09/06   31.   Avram: the Nazis also called pro-humanity Germans who criticized 11:37  |  Sylvia 03/09/06   32.   Voice of Mashiah - voice of Satan 11:38  |  King 03/09/06   33.   #14 children are suffering 11:39  |  watcher 03/09/06   34.   Gideon Levy-Just another article to get a salary 11:39  |  Robert 03/09/06   35.   They never left ! 11:43  |  fatima 03/09/06   36.   Completely out of Gaza TM 11:46  |  sh 03/09/06   37.   WHO CARES, THEY ARE WILLING TO DIE TO DESTROY ISRAEL, LET EM DIE 11:51  |  Pablo 03/09/06   38.   TM read on 11:56  |  sh 03/09/06   39.   # 24 Sylvia 12:14  |  Proud Israeli Jew 03/09/06   40.   Mr Levy: Is the kidnapping of Shalit irrelevant? 12:16  |  KUTW 03/09/06   41.   GAZA A SUCCESS!!! 12:20  |  Knave Dave 03/09/06   42.   The end of the "occupation" 12:24  |  KUTW 03/09/06   43.   33. watcher. Children suffering. Who?s responsable 12:31  |  KUTW 03/09/06   44.   strange 12:33  |  how 03/09/06   45.   31. Sylvia, if you were a Jew 12:43  |  KUTW 03/09/06   46.   Please Imprison more Palestinians 13:10  |  Kiki Bardot 03/09/06   47.   The so-called ?occupation? 13:18  |  KUTW 03/09/06   48.   Out of Darkness 13:23  |  Star of David 03/09/06   49.   missing in article 13:25  |  rachelle aractigi 03/09/06   50.   35. fatima: They did leave 13:25  |  KUTW 03/09/06   51.   Gideon Levy is a provocateur. 13:28  |  Vital 03/09/06   52.   all plestinians should get a german passport 13:36  |  GERMANY 03/09/06   53.   Who caused this problem? 13:38  |  Roger Mattingly 03/09/06   54.   Levy- Why don`t u worry about yr own people for once 13:42  |  Sick & Tired 03/09/06   55.   Disengagement: the hoax of the century 13:48  |  Ben Alofs 03/09/06   56.   Boycott Haaretz for hiring Levy 13:52  |  Angry reader 03/09/06   57.   Gaza is overpopulated 13:54  |  arun 03/09/06   58.   KUTW: you seem to be a fanatical liar 13:55  |  Sylvia 03/09/06   59.   Proud Israeli Jew: you are ignorant of history 14:02  |  Sylvia 03/09/06   60.   Gaza reoccupation is 1st step towards expeling the PLO scum 14:04  |  Ehud 03/09/06   61.   Gideon, please calm down!! 14:05  |  Buzaglo 03/09/06   62.   filth and crime 14:10  |  christoph 03/09/06   63.   The IDF kills a child/day. 14:18  |  Osborne Reed 03/09/06   64.   There was a rare opportunity in Gaza 14:28  |  Shlomo from Tel-Aviv 03/09/06   65.   GAZA`S DARKNESS AND DESOLATION ?? 14:30  |  Bill. 03/09/06   66.   Gideon Levy 14:35  |  Monica S 03/09/06   67.   Oh Dear Mr. Levy 14:41  |  King Leonidas 03/09/06   68.   Gaza 14:42  |  Ralph 03/09/06   69.   If not for the IDF Gideon Levy would not have a forum 14:45  |  Jack Cadillac 03/09/06   70.   Gaza 14:46  |  Ralph 03/09/06   71.   Gideon Levy 14:46  |  Tzvi 03/09/06   72.   Gentile anti semitism better then Jewish self hate anti semite 14:55  |  Simon 03/09/06   73.   Gaza`s darkness 15:06  |  Eleni Katsoulaki 03/09/06   74.   to G.Levy: Gaza is reoccupied, BECAUSE GAZANS DESERVED IT 15:06  |  Vittorio 03/09/06   75.   doomed!! 15:09  |  Roland Atwood 03/09/06   76.   To: Shlomo from Tel-Aviv, Are you unconscious or pretending 15:11  |  Romario 03/09/06   77.   Re: Sylvia. What a Jew-hater and Israel-hater is she! 15:12  |  Vittorio 03/09/06   78.   Re: We were out of Gaza and they brought us back 15:20  |  Peter 03/09/06   79.   ISRAEL RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING 15:23  |  traveller 03/09/06   80.   Hoax of the century: we ended the occupation (2nd try) 15:43  |  Ben Alofs 03/09/06   81.   Re#54 O.Reed (The IDF kills a child/day) 15:43  |  Vittorio 03/09/06   82.   8# Rosemary`s Baby 15:45  |  Chasa Boy 03/09/06   83.   Re#54 Reed states: The IDF kills a child/day. What about IRAQ? 15:51  |  Vittorio 03/09/06   84.   the empty square indeed 15:54  |  ricki bobbi 03/09/06   85.   Gideon Levy..aka Khalid 15:55  |  Nemesis 03/09/06   86.   11# Rosemary`s baby 15:56  |  Chasa Boy 03/09/06   87.   #46 Rachelle Aractigi from Paris 16:01  |  Vittorio 03/09/06   88.   You houkld be proud of Gideon Levy 16:03  |  Paulo Costa 03/09/06   89.   GIDEON LEVY EXPOSES TRUTH - UN MUST INTERVENE 16:04  |  Smadar 03/09/06   90.   Ariel Sharon and the Lubavitcher Rebbe 16:05  |  Translator 03/09/06   91.   Self Defense is a Bitch Gideon 16:09  |  Jane 03/09/06   92.   The real Holocaust deniers 16:12  |  Boycott 03/09/06   93.   Re: Marylin(#23), who called #1and #2 "Savages" 16:14  |  Vittorio 03/09/06   94.   #73 Vittorio..RE: O. Reed 16:16  |  Nemesis 03/09/06   95.   didn`t know 16:23  |  zeev 03/09/06   96.   Gaza`s darkness 16:23  |  Aaron 03/09/06   97.   Nazis in the Polish Ghetto all over again 16:27  |  Amoz 03/09/06   98.   Kadima centrist? 16:27  |  Michael N 03/09/06   99.   THE `JEWISH PEOPLE` KNOW 16:28  |  ISHMAEL ISHMAEL 03/09/06   100.   Fascists need a villain to blame to keep control 16:34  |  Jack Cadillac 03/09/06   101.   The UN is a clown show of Banana Republics 16:38  |  Jack Cadillac 03/09/06   102.   to #41 Knave Dave 16:49  |  David Hawkins 03/09/06   103.   Jane 91 16:56  |  MJ 03/09/06   104.   Crimes Against Humanity 16:58  |  Cincinnatus 03/09/06   105.   PS my seemingly cold message 17:03  |  christoph 03/09/06   106.   to Shlomo from Tel-Aviv #55 17:04  |  zeev 03/09/06   107.   gaza 17:11  |  ralph 03/09/06   108.   Maybe trye but there is also a Palestinian Govt 17:22  |  Stephen Duke 03/09/06   109.   Israel/Some Jews--Think Being Humane ONLY APPLIES To Jews/Israel. 17:24  |  Proud Pal Defender 03/09/06   110.   The Rafah FRAUD 17:26  |  Mark of Lewiston 03/09/06   111.   Gaza Occupation 17:26  |  DisgustedWithDeath 03/09/06   112.   No 1. Greedy Israeli 17:28  |  Lebanese Admirer 03/09/06   113.   10 FOX - HOTHOUSES DESTROYED BY IDF 17:31  |  Mark of Lewiston 03/09/06   114.   Concentration Camps 17:37  |  Ahmed 03/09/06   115.   to Vittorio 17:39  |  zeev 03/09/06   116.   No 47. The so called occupation 17:47  |  Lebanese admirer 03/09/06   117.   UN Intervention? 17:57  |  Lebanese admirer 03/09/06   118.   zeev. your act is tired and worn as janice the bubby 17:57  |  peter 03/09/06   119.   Gideon Levy is a Traitor 18:01  |  Lenzo 03/09/06   120.   I ONCE SUPPORTED PEACE AND....... 18:01  |  Moe 03/09/06   121.   Pathetic performance by IDF 18:13  |  Boris 03/09/06   122.   to Ahmed 18:19  |  Lenzo 03/09/06   123.   Lebanese admirer, you bring a tear to my eye 18:27  |  peter 03/09/06   124.   #108 Stephen Duke stating the simple truth 18:30  |  peter 03/09/06   125.   Gods Chosen Peoples 18:41  |  Ah 03/09/06   126.   Palestinian actions 18:46  |  MALCOLM X 03/09/06   127.   freedom 18:49  |  MALCOLM X 03/09/06   128.   Israeli Bad Image 18:58  |  Robert 03/09/06   129.   Shalit is in Tel Aviv partying 19:01  |  watcher 03/09/06   130.   No 112: The Problem Is Greedy ARABS 19:05  |  Yishai Kohen 03/09/06   131.   it is not over with you yet. 19:06  |  arab 03/09/06   132.   Connie`s assessment 19:11  |  hollingsworth 03/09/06   133.   Sincere promise from President Bush 19:13  |  Linda 03/09/06   134.   attack the messinger gideon levy 19:18  |  n.friedman 03/09/06   135.   58Sylvia: you seem to be a fanatical liar 19:32  |  KUTW 03/09/06   136.   58. Sylvia: the liar 19:42  |  KUTW 03/09/06   137.   59. Sylvia: Read something else 19:47  |  KUTW 03/09/06   138.   Levy is the poster-boy for journalistic fraud 19:54  |  Dr. L. Brnd 03/09/06   139.   Gaza darkness because of arab occupation 20:01  |  Levite 03/09/06   140.   #129 Haaretz, shame on you 20:10  |  Pamela Levene 03/09/06   141.   #102 David Hawkins re GAZA A SUCCESS! 20:12  |  Knave Dave 03/09/06   142.   #133 Linda - Sincere Promise from Bush 20:18  |  Knave Dave 03/09/06   143.   Dear SH, Israel was out of Gaza, troops and civilians 20:22  |  TM (Jewlicious.com) 03/09/06   144.   Why? because 20:27  |  Seanirl 03/09/06   145.   MJ- Unfriendly, Are You Kidding? 20:28  |  Jane 03/09/06   146.   how dare you 20:43  |  indiana 03/09/06   147.   Ha`Aretz how come you allow 20:46  |  Ari ben Yisrael 03/09/06   148.   Islam is the problem 20:54  |  Solid security 03/09/06   149.   to Americans, Europeans, Australians: Who are Friends of Israel ? 20:56  |  Vittorio 03/09/06   150.   Personal question for David Hawkins 20:59  |  Clickfool 03/09/06   151.   Boycott advertisers of Al - Haaretz 21:09  |  Vladimir Jabotinsky 03/09/06   152.   Seanirl, aww don`t you love us? 21:10  |  peter 03/09/06   153.   to #144. I FOLLOWED YOUR ADVICE... 21:13  |  Vittorio 03/09/06   154.   arabist apologists and fraud 21:15  |  peter 03/09/06   155.   supporting Israel= supporting fascism 21:16  |  Russian 03/09/06   156.   For Ari Ben Yisrael 21:17  |  Clickfool 03/09/06   157.   the most curious thing about the gazans 21:18  |  edward gibbon 03/09/06   158.   GIDEON LEVY YOU ARE AN ARAB NOT ISREAL 21:21  |  SEEK FOR TRUTH 03/09/06   159.   KTUW: you are like those Swedes who visited the concentration 21:21  |  Sylvia 03/09/06   160.   GIDEON WHY DO YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT ARAB RIGHT NOT ISREALIE 21:22  |  FOR JUSTICE 03/09/06   161.   the bbc is even more curious 21:23  |  edward gibbon 03/09/06   162.   For the cad, Mad Bad Vlad 21:25  |  Clickfool 03/09/06   163.   KUTW: you support murderers and child killers 21:29  |  Julie 03/09/06   164.   voice of the mosheach 21:31  |  Babra hyamson. 03/09/06   165.   Gaza has been re-occupied? REALLY? 21:32  |  Yaakov K. 03/09/06   166.   GIDEON YOUR EMIL GRUNZWEIG HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD SHOULD BE TAKE AWAY 21:32  |  HUMANRIGHTSWATCH 03/09/06   167.   Inoncent people are killing in Gaza 21:35  |  Ana 03/09/06   168.   TO# 155 YOU SOUND STUPIED 21:38  |  FROM RUSSIA 03/09/06   169.   For Edward, the funky Gibbon 21:41  |  Clickfool 03/09/06   170.   gaza"s darkness. 21:45  |  MARGARET THE JEWESS 03/09/06   171.   For Barbara Hyamson 21:46  |  Clickfool 03/09/06   172.   Hollingsworth 21:48  |  Connie 03/09/06   173.   about Dr. L. Brnd` #138 21:50  |  zeev 03/09/06   174.   Gideon and Abdul 22:00  |  Dr D 03/09/06   175.   Like Duh Dude! 22:05  |  Mark Lincoln 03/09/06   176.   King #32 22:06  |  Bonnie 03/09/06   177.   Clickfool why do you need to lie 22:11  |  GAZA Bar and Grill 03/09/06   178.   Gaza`s darkness 22:27  |  anton 03/09/06   179.   To 175 Mark Lincoln 22:28  |  Bart 03/09/06   180.   163. Sylvia-Julie on jihad 22:40  |  KUTW 03/09/06   181.   The living conditions 22:44  |  KUTW 03/09/06   182.   No justification 22:52  |  LUTW 03/09/06   183.   123. Land grabber 22:57  |  Lebanese admirer 03/09/06   184.   123. Land grabber 22:57  |  Lebanese admirer 03/09/06   185.   to Levite #139 22:58  |  hollingsworth 03/09/06   186.   167. Ana: Another one with the Holocaust 22:59  |  KUTW 03/09/06   187.   To#163 About Blindness 23:02  |  Yonatan Netser 03/09/06   188.   To Mark Lincoln#175 It`s All Good 23:10  |  Yonatan Netser 03/09/06   189.   Gaza got what it voted for... 23:26  |  Michael 03/09/06   190.   TM (Jewlicious.com) 23:28  |  sh 03/09/06   191.   Sylvia you are the ignorant 23:40  |  Davka 03/09/06   192.   The situation in Gaza 23:43  |  sandra chitayat 03/09/06   193.   Clickfool # 17 23:43  |  christa 03/09/06   194.   to FOR JUSTICE #160 23:57  |  zeev 03/09/06   195.   Gaza`s darkness 23:57  |  DLS 03/09/06   196.   To# 78 Peter 23:58  |  Romario 03/09/06   197.   Occupation never terminated...what do you RE-occupied 00:18  |  Iranian-American 04/09/06   198.   To # 179 KUTW (The reasn for the living conditions of the Israli 00:35  |  Romario 04/09/06   199.   terror or peace? - Palestinians to choose 00:39  |  Howard 04/09/06   200.   about Michael #181 00:40  |  zeev 04/09/06   201.   Gaza 00:52  |  wilbur 04/09/06   202.   To : GAZA Bar and Grill 00:54  |  Romario 04/09/06   203.   watcher # 129 01:00  |  ChanahS 04/09/06   204.   Hi again, connie 01:05  |  hollingworth 04/09/06   205.   # 182 Iranian -so called `American`! 01:07  |  Sylvia M 04/09/06   206.   Gaza is not Illegally Occupied by the Philistines 01:16  |  Ishan Banerjee 04/09/06   207.   KUTW Arafat was NOT egyptian 01:16  |  fatima 04/09/06   208.   Somebody want to explain the math of this to me? 01:22  |  Ishan 04/09/06   209.   Ben Alofs 01:35  |  Danite 04/09/06   210.   Amoz #97 01:37  |  Danite 04/09/06   211.   Vladimer Jabotinsky 01:39  |  Danite 04/09/06   212.   to FOR JUSTICE #160 (third try) 01:48  |  zeev 04/09/06   213.   Haaretz 01:49  |  Danite 04/09/06   214.   Zeev, I hate to break this news to you, but... 01:50  |  Dr. L. Brnd 04/09/06   215.   to Vittorio #153 (second try) 01:52  |  zeev 04/09/06   216.   about Michael #181 (second try) 01:55  |  zeev 04/09/06   217.   its a Palestinian choice- terror or peace (2nd try) 02:08  |  Howard 04/09/06   218.   a Palestinian choice - terror or peace (3rd try) 02:18  |  Howard 04/09/06   219.   Gaza 02:44  |  Barbara Leckie 04/09/06   220.   Post 151. Boycott "Al-" Haaretz 02:57  |  Johnny Weintraub 04/09/06   221.   indiscriminately? 03:09  |  Jason 04/09/06   222.   #191 Fatima 03:14  |  Nemesis 04/09/06   223.   Dear TM 03:17  |  Peter 04/09/06   224.   To Sylvia-Nejad #189 03:19  |  Iranian-American 04/09/06   225.   #192 the math 03:32  |  Sheri 04/09/06   226.   to Hollingsworth #180 03:44  |  Levite 04/09/06   227.   To Peter 03:58  |  Seanirl 04/09/06   228.   The false hopes of last year 04:00  |  Mark Lincoln 04/09/06   229.   Danite the hoax of the century 04:03  |  Mark Lincoln 04/09/06   230.   Danite vs Jabotinsky 04:09  |  Mark Lincoln 04/09/06   231.   Terror or Peace? 04:15  |  Mark Lincoln 04/09/06   232.   Re: Israel-haters, such as G.Levy - my answer 04:25  |  Vittorio 04/09/06   233.   QUESTION 192 04:46  |  TOBIA 04/09/06   234.   Gaza`s fault for being in the dark 04:52  |  Harry 04/09/06   235.   Danite 04:59  |  Ben Alofs 04/09/06   236.   to Dr. L. Brnd #197 04:59  |  zeev 04/09/06   237.   Thank Sirnirl 05:04  |  Janice 04/09/06   238.   about Michael #181 (third try) 05:12  |  zeev 04/09/06   239.   # 199 Howard..what are you talking about? 05:18  |  Krin 04/09/06   240.   It is up to the Gazan`s 05:54  |  Ron 04/09/06   241.   To Mark Lincoln #175--It`s All Good 06:13  |  Yonatan Netser 04/09/06   242.   Gaza 06:20  |  Len Torres 04/09/06   243.   #206 To Mark The Real Problem 06:21  |  Yonatan Netser 04/09/06   244.   Seanirl 06:38  |  peter 04/09/06   245.   Arabist apologists and revisionism 06:47  |  peter 04/09/06   246.   Dr. Brand zeev is no self-depracating jew 07:09  |  peter 04/09/06   247.   to # krin clarifying for you 07:40  |  Howard 04/09/06   248.   To Mark Lincloln#206 The Real Price 07:52  |  Yonatan Netser 04/09/06   249.   Tp Mark Lincoln#175 It`s All Good 07:54  |  Yonatan Netser 04/09/06   250.   covering his ass 07:57  |  Rafa 04/09/06   251.   Moral Equivalency 08:08  |  Chris 04/09/06   252.   to #53 that is the worst.. 08:14  |  Wes 04/09/06   253.   #86 Chasa Boy: Really? 08:20  |  Wes 04/09/06   254.   Hollingsworth 08:24  |  Connie 04/09/06   255.   Israel has created a hell hole of Human Misery in Gaza 08:39  |  Dutch 04/09/06   256.   Gideon Levy`s Darkness 08:42  |  Cherice 04/09/06   257.   # 208 Israel`s bullying attitude --a new symbol 08:57  |  John 04/09/06   258.   Well, Levy ... 09:51  |  Spoon 04/09/06   259.   Isreal has a lot to answer to the world over Gaza 09:55  |  Dutch 04/09/06   260.   to Yonatan Netser #243 - on the real "real problem" - part 1 14:00  |  zeev 04/09/06   261.   to peter #246 15:24  |  zeev 04/09/06   262.   ROSEMARY`S BABY - do more research 17:19  |  Michael 04/09/06   263.   this is so sad 17:58  |  verdun 04/09/06   264.   to Yonatan Netser #243 - on the real "real problem" - part 2 19:01  |  zeev 04/09/06   265.   to peter #246 19:04  |  zeev 04/09/06   266.   to Yonatan Netser #243 - on the real "real problem" - part 2 20:09  |  zeev 04/09/06   267.   zeev echpat li? 20:58  |  peter 04/09/06   268.   israel should stop all attacks 21:34  |  alexei 04/09/06   269.   actions israeli should do 21:45  |  alexei 04/09/06   270.   the argument always in terms of "hatred" towards the West 21:51  |  hollingsworth 04/09/06   271.   Gaza´s Darkness 01:43  |  Amin Baloch 05/09/06   272.   to Yonatan Netser #243 - and to conclude ... (2nd try) 03:05  |  zeev 05/09/06   273.   Gaza`s darkness article by Gideon Levy 18:18  |  Max Rositan 05/09/06   274.   to Max Rositan #273 (3rd try) 09:40  |  zeev 06/09/06   275.   Dear Mr.Levy, 00:28  |  Abramovich 07/09/06   276.   dear Mr.Rositan 19:04  |  really 07/09/06   277.   From overseas, looking in... 17:14  |  Jon Gifford 08/09/06   278.   From overseas looking in... 00:09  |  Jonathan Gifford 09/09/06   279.   To Yishai Kohen: elon peace plan 03:58  |  samar 09/09/06   280.   sons of monkeys and apes? 04:20  |  samar 09/09/06   281.   move 11:44  |  really 09/09/06   282.   A never ending? A war NOT about people!!? 14:20  |  Jacques 10/09/06   283.   Honor of Israeli democracy 10:03  |  Pierre 11/09/06   284.   for what does the world wait for? 21:27  |  luk 30/11/06   285.   Review your History Yishai 14:31  |  Farah 01/04/07   286.   zionist hypocracy 11:39  |  soori 06/08/07   287.   how dare you, yishai kohen? 19:01  |  Sarah 21/01/08   288.   Gaza 19:44  |  Aimen 02/01/09   289.   from a brother in Turkey 11:58  |  Olcay Toplusoy 12/01/09

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