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The Hassein family: No dairy products, no fruits or vegetables, no rice or even pasta. (Nir Kafri)
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International aid agency: 80 percent of Gazans now rely on food aid
By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent

Eighty percent of Gazans receive food aid from the World Food Program or from UNRWA, WFP spokesperson Kirstie Campbell says, "and without it they are liable to starve."

The dozens of laborers who used to cross into Israel every day to work also found themselves unemployed as a result of laws prohibiting them from working and the construction of the separation barrier.

WFP officials refer to the people affected by these developments "the new poor," former members of the middle class who lost their source of income. Some were able to find other jobs, but the case of the Hassein family is particularly complex.

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The father, Yusuf, suffered a mild stroke about three years ago that affects his daily functioning. There is no unemployment insurance, his extended family is unable to help out with either money or food, and the family is completely dependent on the WFP.

The Hasseins are not an exception in the territories. According to WFP figures, 34 percent of residents of the territories suffer from food insecurity, which the UN food agency defines as the inability of a household to produce and/or access at all times the minimum food needed for a healthy and active life. In the Gaza Strip, where four out of five Palestinians are below the poverty line, the figure is 54 percent.

"We are seeing more and more children who come to school without eating breakfast and without the ability to buy breakfast," Campbell says. "Many families can only give their children one meal a day. The problem is particularly severe in Gaza, but it occurs in the West Bank as well."

Campbell says that while in the past food shortages were generally limited to rural areas, it now affects urban residents, traders and people who own small workshops, among others.

"The Palestinian economy is becoming an 'island' economy," Campbell explains, "small areas where residents trade among themselves." The WFP defines food insecurity as income of less than $1.60 per person per day, since this is the minimum required to obtain a nutritionally adequate diet. In Gaza, many people eat nothing but tomatoes and bread. Their neighbors and relatives may try to help, but it is not enough.

Dana Hassein, 3, and Abdu, 6, observe their houseguests with suspicion. They are hesitant at first to answer the questions posed by workers for WFP, but Majidi, one of the WFP's field workers, manages to penetrate the children's shyness. They do not ask for food or a handout, and Abdu proudly announces that he is "the most diligent student in his class."

Hunger, however, lurks in every corner of their home. Here, on the northern edge of Bidiya, not far from Ariel, the Israeli claim that there is no hunger in the West Bank rings hollow. As they do every day, Abdu, Dana, their seven siblings, their mother Basma and their father Yusuf, eat only pita and hummus, morning, noon and night. Occasionally there is tehina instead. In the morning, each child drinks a cup of tea. Once a week they eat chicken or red meat.

Since 2004, Basma relates, she and her husband have been unable to afford even the most basic staples, and the children's daily diet has become monotonous. No dairy products, no fruits or vegetables, no rice or even pasta. Occasionally Basma cooks up khubeiza or other wild greens picked in the yard, but mainly they rely on the food supplied by WFP: flour, salt, cooking oil, chickpeas and tehina.

The Hasseins' home is only a few hundred meters from Bidiya's main road, formerly the Trans-Samarian Highway. Like everyone else in the region, they remember the weekends when Israelis came to Bidiya to do their shopping, leaving sufficient cash behind to support the village and its environs. Then the second intifada broke out. The Israelis stopped coming, the highway was rebuilt about two kilometers away and thousands of families were left without livelihoods.
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  1.   Hamas, stop buying weapons and feed them 08:24  |  D 04/03/07
  2.   They`ve been given billions, why`s it not buying food? 08:36  |  David Teich 04/03/07
  3.   but they can afford bombs and bullets 08:41  |  PJ 04/03/07
  4.   Food Aid 09:08  |  Fred 04/03/07
  5.   This is criminal... 09:12  |  Dutch 04/03/07
  6.   And Suha Arafat... 09:13  |  Somebody from Europe 04/03/07
  7.   Starving people, blockading them, killing them 09:14  |  SA 04/03/07
  8.   Palestinians show no signs of wanting anything better 09:14  |  redmike 04/03/07
  9.   Islamic money for nukes, not food 09:23  |  Joe Sittizen 04/03/07
  10.   When Israel left the Gaza Strip back in the Summer of 2005, the.. 09:28  |  Nadav 04/03/07
  11.   Please send food trucks and not jeeps and tanks 09:34  |  Sam 04/03/07
  12.   What goes around, comes around 09:43  |  Joe 04/03/07
  13.   Build More Kassams, Buy More Arms. 09:45  |  Terry 04/03/07
  14.   gazans 09:45  |  colin 04/03/07
  15.   They are growing veggies. Did you read the article "FRED" 09:49  |  Sam 04/03/07
  16.   There is price to pay for that ! 09:49  |  mm 04/03/07
  17.   "OH DEAR" dutchy #6 10:06  |  Joe Moer 04/03/07
  18.   ALL of you read the LAST PARAGRAPH 10:18  |  Ari ben Yisrael 04/03/07
  19.   aren`t ketushas edible? 10:21  |  don 04/03/07
  20.   chutzpah 10:21  |  Joseph 04/03/07
  21.   tosefta and shibley telhami 10:22  |  flashman 04/03/07
  22.   tosefta and polls on shalit 10:31  |  flashman 04/03/07
  23.   tosefta and his interpretation of mordechai gur 10:41  |  flashman 04/03/07
  24.   For Racist Redmike # 9 10:44  |  Clickfool 04/03/07
  25.   tosefta misleads intentionally 10:48  |  flashman 04/03/07
  26.   God, you`re ignorant, Don # 20 10:48  |  Clickfool 04/03/07
  27.   KA are you crazy? 10:50  |  Andrew 04/03/07
  28.   tosefta "the palestinians would give up on the right 10:54  |  flashman 04/03/07
  29.   #19: I READ it and it is NOT A QUOTE 10:54  |  Sam 04/03/07
  30.   to redmike no 9 / just look at 10:55  |  Tina 04/03/07
  31.   to no 8 / observe a bit better 10:58  |  Tina 04/03/07
  32.   Let them eat their guns & bombs or starve! 11:02  |  Avraham 04/03/07
  33.   an evil state like this has no right to exist 11:02  |  American 04/03/07
  34.   State of Israel, this is on your conscience 11:02  |  Ben 04/03/07
  35.   This is BEYOND indefensible! 11:04  |  Joe 04/03/07
  36.   Stop the false tears! 11:06  |  Jonathan S 04/03/07
  37.   Please send me all requests for food 11:07  |  Suha 04/03/07
  38.   I wish ... 11:07  |  PalWatch 04/03/07
  39.   tosefta and benny begin 11:08  |  flashman 04/03/07
  40.   To Avraham 11:14  |  Anne 04/03/07
  41.   80% of Gazans rely on food aid and strive toward the objective of 11:22  |  Uzi 04/03/07
  42.   It`s an exciting innovation 11:28  |  Colin Wright 04/03/07
  43.   TIME FOR REALITY STOP ALL AID TO GAZA 11:31  |  paul harris 04/03/07
  44.   #5 STARVING PEOPLE GROW THEIR OWN FOOD DORIS 11:32  |  paul harris 04/03/07
  45.   Buy FOOD not WEAPONS moronic palestinians 11:39  |  Johnny 04/03/07
  46.   to Fred no 5 / do nothing 11:41  |  tina 04/03/07
  47.   #44, Paul, and did the HOTHOUSES pay to build the HOT HOUSES? 11:49  |  Sam 04/03/07
  48.   # 5 Fred. Your support for Israel is support for extirpation. Sad 11:51  |  Nick Ferriman 04/03/07
  49.   30 sec soundbite 11:59  |  izzy d 04/03/07
  50.   to all you nutcases, think 12:02  |  VIPER 04/03/07
  51.   pals birthright 12:02  |  izzy d 04/03/07
  52.   #2 D.Teich. You`re often frank with others,how bout with yourself 12:03  |  zmogus 04/03/07
  53.   #33, american 12:07  |  VIPER 04/03/07
  54.   #47 AND THE ARABS DESTROYED THEM SAM!!!! 12:12  |  paul harris 04/03/07
  55.   348 NICK FERRIES TROUBLED WATERS AS USUALTHE BOAT 12:15  |  paul harris 04/03/07
  56.   Peace Now`s Legacy 12:16  |  Simon 04/03/07
  57.   pals brought this on themselves 12:24  |  JDM 04/03/07
  58.   #26 Clickfool: 12:30  |  Eugene 04/03/07
  59.   Well, the people of Leningrad also could have opted 12:30  |  Andreas 04/03/07
  60.   Trying to starve a nation into submission 12:46  |  Ben Alofs 04/03/07
  61.   Starving? 12:46  |  Jean-Pierre 04/03/07
  62.   #59 Andreas 12:49  |  Troll 04/03/07
  63.   CLICKFOOL 12:50  |  Jean-Pierre 04/03/07
  64.   yeah...but arming to the teeth, shooting in all 12:58  |  S 04/03/07
  65.   #59, to Andreass, brimming with sarkasm: 13:04  |  Eugene 04/03/07
  66.   ISRAEL IS GUILTY OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY 13:11  |  Dutch 04/03/07
  67.   # 55 Paul Harris 13:12  |  Nick Ferriman 04/03/07
  68.   A Crime against Humanity. 13:15  |  David Nigel Braham 04/03/07
  69.   God clickfool, you`re ignorant 13:15  |  Jasmine Murphy 04/03/07
  70.   Andreas how does it feel to be on the loosing side 13:19  |  Johnny 04/03/07
  71.   Joe, stop talking through your hat 13:19  |  Jasmine Murphy 04/03/07
  72.   Israel`s colonial mentality 13:19  |  Ben Alofs 04/03/07
  73.   Harris, Get ready to become a wondering Jew again 13:30  |  Dutch 04/03/07
  74.   The same old responses from Israelis 13:44  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/03/07
  75.   Under Egypt administration GAZANS could earn their food. Why do.. 13:45  |  Vittorio 04/03/07
  76.   For Eugene # 58 13:50  |  Clickfool 04/03/07
  77.   BTW: Johnny, I used to know a Johnny from Sweden 13:52  |  Andreas 04/03/07
  78.   Jasmine Murphy would have liked Goebbels # 65 13:53  |  Clickfool 04/03/07
  79.   @34, ben, our conscience is O`K, they wantedthat way 13:54  |  vladimir 04/03/07
  80.   WHAT happened to the 86mill.Euros for immediate 13:57  |  Alicia 04/03/07
  81.   # 21 Flashman. Why are you barraking Toesfta. She`s not posted. 13:59  |  Nick Ferriman 04/03/07
  82.   @42, idiot colin, let gazans use rafa for supplies 14:01  |  vladimir 04/03/07
  83.   Gaza mini -state. 14:11  |  Vital 04/03/07
  84.   re # 24 Conclusion based on facts P1 14:12  |  Alberto Cohen 04/03/07
  85.   Jesus Christ Clickfool ,dont you have a job dude? 14:13  |  Poor poor clickfool 04/03/07
  86.   #59 Andreas Palestinians and Leningrad 14:14  |  Ibrahim Shvonce 04/03/07
  87.   Clickfool # 24 - People are all the same 14:15  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  88.   They are human also only very misguided 14:22  |  Clickfool 04/03/07
  89.   re # 24 Conclusion based on facts P2 14:24  |  Alberto Cohen 04/03/07
  90.   Starving Civilians 14:24  |  Samir Salameh 04/03/07
  91.   So? They chose it by thedmselves,murderous pal beggars 14:24  |  Absolute Sweden 04/03/07
  92.   To all you Israel bashers and other idiots 14:25  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  93.   flashman#21-23 where are the tosefta posts you are responding to? 14:25  |  carmela 04/03/07
  94.   If they destroy greenhouses what do you expect? 14:26  |  The Equalizer 04/03/07
  95.   to great humanist ben alofs, @60 14:26  |  vladimir 04/03/07
  96.   ERRATA 84 !!! 14:27  |  Alberto Cohen 04/03/07
  97.   Andrew 14:31  |  KA 04/03/07
  98.   human nick ferriman, how many thai yuong boys or girls 14:34  |  vladimir 04/03/07
  99.   None of you Israel bashers has answered 14:34  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  100.   #76, Clickfool 14:34  |  Eugene 04/03/07
  101.   Fred 14:41  |  two sides of issue 04/03/07
  102.   ChanahS 14:41  |  Mike 04/03/07
  103.   Nadav # 10 about the Palestinians` readiness 14:41  |  Geulah 04/03/07
  104.   david teich #2 14:44  |  tax payer 04/03/07
  105.   Israelis understand very well 74 14:45  |  Marlene 04/03/07
  106.   #92 Chanah S 14:47  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/03/07
  107.   #73 YEAR 10 AND DORIS CADIGAN SENDS THE SAME MESSAGE . 14:49  |  paul harris 04/03/07
  108.   to Samir from Beirut , SALAM TO U 2 14:51  |  Alberto Cohen 04/03/07
  109.   Clickfool in a nutshell 14:58  |  Softwalker 04/03/07
  110.   99 14:59  |  quearion to YOU 04/03/07
  111.   Create hospitals, etc. 99? 15:02  |  Marlene 04/03/07
  112.   RAMALLAH JOE.What happened to the Gaza hothouses paid for by Jews 15:06  |  PETER SM 04/03/07
  113.   52: Zmogus, Hey, I`m not Frank! 15:09  |  David Teich 04/03/07
  114.   #5 Daffy Dutch is at it again 15:11  |  * BEN JABO 04/03/07
  115.   Children should be evacuated, cared for and "deprogrammed" of 15:16  |  Compassion 04/03/07
  116.   #104 TAXPAYER RECREATES HOAX AND KNOWS NOTHING 15:17  |  paul harris 04/03/07
  117.   #75 Chris Linthwaite 15:30  |  * BEN JABO 04/03/07
  118.   How is Israel starving the Palestinians 15:35  |  New poster 04/03/07
  119.   # 102 Mike 15:36  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  120.   Click the FOOL #26 15:37  |  GABE1 04/03/07
  121.   # 119 - 99 15:39  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  122.   In the due course of time 15:39  |  Hope I`m right 04/03/07
  123.   # 111 Marlene 15:42  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  124.   Marlene sheli Marlene #105 15:45  |  Gabe1 04/03/07
  125.   For Eugene # 100 15:45  |  Clickfool 04/03/07
  126.   nick ferriman you are a jew hater 15:51  |  flashman 04/03/07
  127.   #164 Tax Payer 15:55  |  * BEN JABO 04/03/07
  128.   #115 Chanah S 16:01  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/03/07
  129.   re: Redmike #8 16:04  |  Paulo 04/03/07
  130.   Arafat the ugly 16:19  |  Lynn 04/03/07
  131.   Alicia 16:24  |  Lynn 04/03/07
  132.   brings to mind the warsaw ghetto 16:26  |  roy 04/03/07
  133.   It is easy to say... 16:26  |  Stephen Connor 04/03/07
  134.   # 34 Ben 16:28  |  Lynn 04/03/07
  135.   If there is hunger in Gaza 16:31  |  James 04/03/07
  136.   Joe In Ramallah 16:33  |  Avrum 04/03/07
  137.   world news 16:36  |  joey 04/03/07
  138.   Paulo - You still owe all of us an answer: Does Isrel 16:38  |  Leah Yavin 04/03/07
  139.   BEN - CAPTIVITY V. CAPTIVITY 16:45  |  Stephen Connor 04/03/07
  140.   80 percent of Gazans now rely on food aid 16:46  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  141.   When one is disabled. 16:46  |  sandra chitayat 04/03/07
  142.   compassion, you have a point 16:48  |  bev 04/03/07
  143.   James - Open your heart if you have one 16:51  |  Stephen Connor 04/03/07
  144.   Hamas and UNRWA 16:54  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  145.   "THE SORES OF ISLAMIC PUTRIFICATION" 16:56  |  Stephen Connor 04/03/07
  146.   Come now ChannahS -120 16:57  |  Marlene 04/03/07
  147.   Bingo No. 121! 17:00  |  Marlene 04/03/07
  148.   the racist nick ferriman and "inflaming the palestinians" 17:02  |  flashman 04/03/07
  149.   Ben Olofs, THROW OVERBOARD 17:03  |  Dutch 04/03/07
  150.   Nu, I see this anti-Semite Paulo is still here. 17:03  |  Malka Rabinowitz 04/03/07
  151.   There is something rotten in Israel 17:04  |  Marilyn 04/03/07
  152.   Roy from Kringville 17:05  |  Stephen Connor 04/03/07
  153.   tosefta and military intelligence yossi kuperwasser 17:07  |  flashman 04/03/07
  154.   Joe Of Ramallah 17:08  |  Rustam 04/03/07
  155.   Maybe they should try farming instead of bombmaking 17:08  |  Cynic 04/03/07
  156.   Stephen Connor 17:08  |  James 04/03/07
  157.   99 -TRILLIONS? 17:08  |  Stephen Connor 04/03/07
  158.   UNRWA history of abuse 17:10  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  159.   Compassion 17:12  |  Stephen Connor 04/03/07
  160.   tosefta read yoel esteron`s question to kuperwasser 17:14  |  flashman 04/03/07
  161.   New Poster 17:16  |  Stephen Connor 04/03/07
  162.   The problem is particularly severe in Gaza 17:17  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  163.   # Marlene devoid of substance 17:17  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  164.   Dutch $149 17:19  |  Gabe1 04/03/07
  165.   ChanahS @99 They don`t need aid money, they need freedom! 17:19  |  Ben Alofs 04/03/07
  166.   A Mess They have Created for Themselves 17:22  |  Omid the Persian 04/03/07
  167.   #123: Clickfool and mathematics 17:23  |  Eugene 04/03/07
  168.   kuperwasser tells yoel esteron 17:24  |  flashman 04/03/07
  169.   I agree on your comments about the USA No. 124 17:25  |  Marlene 04/03/07
  170.   Palis have food, others starve! 17:25  |  HonestAbe 04/03/07
  171.   Tlhe last refuge of a scoundrel Clickfool 17:26  |  Jasmine Murphy 04/03/07
  172.   Stephen Connor and the children 17:28  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  173.   Ben Alofs on Dutch-Doris 17:30  |  Realistic 04/03/07
  174.   That is how pal terrorists liberate the people 17:32  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  175.   Geulah @ 103, you have some chutzpah! 17:33  |  Ben Alofs 04/03/07
  176.   If there is no bread 17:34  |  Marie Antoinette 04/03/07
  177.   Hamas et al have pal children starving 17:36  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  178.   there is no starvation in gaza 17:37  |  harzion 04/03/07
  179.   #132 ROY AND AVIVID IMAGINATION AND RUBBISH 17:38  |  paul harris 04/03/07
  180.   Marilyn from Australia 17:40  |  Stephen Connor 04/03/07
  181.   Ben Olofs and shove it 17:44  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  182.   #165 Ben Alofs, the terraces 17:44  |  Eugene 04/03/07
  183.   patrick clawson former economist imf 17:45  |  harzion 04/03/07
  184.   Some Food For Thought 17:46  |  Jeff Northridge 04/03/07
  185.   the aid to each pakistani is usd 7 per person 17:46  |  harzion 04/03/07
  186.   perhaps if the ethiopians went on a terrorist spree 17:48  |  harzion 04/03/07
  187.   Stephen Connor 17:48  |  New Poster 04/03/07
  188.   Ben Alofs - Beulah`s right 17:50  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  189.   when the intifada began aid to the palestinians 17:53  |  harzion 04/03/07
  190.   patrick clawson "the single biggest barrier to palestinian growth 17:55  |  harzion 04/03/07
  191.   Stephen Connor 17:55  |  Marco Poletti 04/03/07
  192.   ChanahS 17:56  |  Stephen Connor 04/03/07
  193.   # 66 Dutch 17:58  |  Lynn 04/03/07
  194.   patrick clawson"how poor are the palestinians" 18:00  |  harzion 04/03/07
  195.   Ben Alofs 18:03  |  Stephen Connor 04/03/07
  196.   Clickfool 18:04  |  Lynn 04/03/07
  197.   in spite of the catastrophe that has overtaken the palestinians 18:07  |  harzion 04/03/07
  198.   clawson "the aid to all the 43 million of the poorest 18:10  |  harzion 04/03/07
  199.   #35 Joe, A very sick mindset 18:11  |  Dutch 04/03/07
  200.   social indicators of development 18:12  |  harzion 04/03/07
  201.   in fairness patrick clawson says economic aid to israel 18:15  |  harzion 04/03/07
  202.   FUNDED BY WESTERN DEMOCRACIES 18:16  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  203.   I (verbally) support the Palestinians whenever I can..... 18:17  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/03/07
  204.   Stephen Connor # 192 18:18  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  205.   5. Dutch: This is criminal... 18:19  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  206.   # 148 Flashman 18:23  |  Nick Ferriman 04/03/07
  207.   Sanctions= Starvation 18:30  |  Joe 04/03/07
  208.   re #72 `Israel`s colonial mentality` 18:33  |  Colin Wright 04/03/07
  209.   #151 Marilyn RE; Behaving like savages 18:33  |  Dutch 04/03/07
  210.   Eugene @ 182 18:33  |  Ben Alofs 04/03/07
  211.   #151 Mad marilyn 18:35  |  Bloody Savage 04/03/07
  212.   # 98 Vladimir. Truly pathetic. Stick to the issues. 18:38  |  Nick Ferriman 04/03/07
  213.   America must distance herself from Israel 18:38  |  Timothy 04/03/07
  214.   #165 Son of aFools 18:39  |  Ari ben Yisrael 04/03/07
  215.   harzion 18:40  |  Rose 04/03/07
  216.   nick ferriman the french today fired at 18:41  |  yirmiyahu 04/03/07
  217.   re #185 `the aid to each pakistani is usd 7 per person` 18:43  |  Colin Wright 04/03/07
  218.   POLITICAL PAWNS!!!!!!!!!!!! 18:48  |  alonitzafoni 04/03/07
  219.   # 126 Flashman 18:54  |  Nick Ferriman 04/03/07
  220.   The reason is,that Arabs make wrong choises 18:56  |  TOMY 04/03/07
  221.   #73 DORIS THE WORLD WANDERING DODO BIRD 19:05  |  alonitzafoni 04/03/07
  222.   #8 This is because we refuse to be extortioned 19:06  |  Hani 04/03/07
  223.   nick ferriman but can we speak in the same breath 19:10  |  flashman 04/03/07
  224.   and nick ferriman you have not addressed 19:11  |  flashman 04/03/07
  225.   For the author of message # 85 19:12  |  Clickfool 04/03/07
  226.   and nick ferriman the hotels of najaf which housed 19:13  |  flashman 04/03/07
  227.   #7SA Every Israeli action is justified,as long , 19:14  |  TOMY 04/03/07
  228.   Sharon: "We will put them on a diet" 19:14  |  Firas 04/03/07
  229.   For Marilyn in Australia 19:16  |  Clickfool 04/03/07
  230.   ...to lovely Dutch..come to visit us(we looking for new products) 19:16  |  The 72... 04/03/07
  231.   taxpayer,marlene, since when do we still recieve aid from usa???? 19:17  |  alonitzafoni 04/03/07
  232.   nick ferriman ramadi followed the horrible path 19:18  |  flashman 04/03/07
  233.   Not Israels Problem 19:18  |  Bill 04/03/07
  234.   Swiss 19:19  |  Lynn 04/03/07
  235.   nick ferriman and contrition 19:19  |  flashman 04/03/07
  236.   For Eugene # 167 19:20  |  Clickfool 04/03/07
  237.   Colonial arrogance 19:22  |  Ben Alofs 04/03/07
  238.   #165 Son of aFools 19:22  |  Ari ben Yisrael 04/03/07
  239.   nick ferriman"whether history will show iraq in a better light" 19:22  |  flashman 04/03/07
  240.   # 204 Timothy 19:22  |  Lynn 04/03/07
  241.   For Jasmine Murphy # 171 19:23  |  Clickfool 04/03/07
  242.   80 & of Gazans now rely on food aid. REALLY??? 19:23  |  Kath` 04/03/07
  243.   war crimes 19:24  |  flashman 04/03/07
  244.   #35, zionists have done nothing wrong 19:26  |  Daniel Friedman 04/03/07
  245.   nick ferriman you are desperate 19:26  |  flashman 04/03/07
  246.   nick ferriman and "human rights" 19:29  |  flashman 04/03/07
  247.   #204 `America must distance herself from Israel` 19:29  |  Colin Wright 04/03/07
  248.   # 26 God you`re ignorant Clickfool....... 19:30  |  Kath` 04/03/07
  249.   nick ferriman "warnings of genocide" 19:31  |  flashman 04/03/07
  250.   To usefull Clickfool...stop coming 19:32  |  The 72... 04/03/07
  251.   IF WE ISRAELI`S SENT IN CONVOYS OF FOOD??? 19:35  |  alonitzafoni 04/03/07
  252.   # 199 Swiss (Dino) 19:35  |  Nick Ferriman 04/03/07
  253.   Hamas and Fatah make the other 20 percent 19:37  |  Giora Sedman 04/03/07
  254.   nick ferriman and "scurrilous" 19:38  |  hymie schwartz 04/03/07
  255.   #146 Marlene 19:41  |  Giora Sedman 04/03/07
  256.   Flushman is of the low "ron" variety, I (Mark Lincoln) 19:45  |  Tosefta 04/03/07
  257.   As Long As The World Supports Them... 19:46  |  Jane 04/03/07
  258.   Flushman is of the low "ron" variety, II (Mark Lincoln) 19:47  |  Tosefta 04/03/07
  259.   Haaretz. I SENT A POST THROUGH YOU.BE KIND SAND PUT IT OUT... 19:47  |  Kath` 04/03/07
  260.   nick ferriman what about the nato bombing 19:49  |  flashman 04/03/07
  261.   nick ferriman "the usa got serbia right" 19:55  |  flashman 04/03/07
  262.   Fred#4.If they are allowed to build 19:57  |  Brad 04/03/07
  263.   Swiss, need to point out why you are dead wrong on this one 19:57  |  Joe 04/03/07
  264.   nick ferriman israel defends itself on its border 20:01  |  flashman 04/03/07
  265.   # 223 Flashman 20:01  |  Nick Ferriman 04/03/07
  266.   @110, querion, where did you get trillions of $? 20:02  |  vladimir 04/03/07
  267.   Evils of the Occupation 20:03  |  Tosefta 04/03/07
  268.   # 228 Clickfool.re:Marilyn................. 20:03  |  Kath` 04/03/07
  269.   @111, marlene, we respond to amer. congress, not whores like you 20:04  |  vladimir 04/03/07
  270.   x167 Eugene 20:04  |  Michele 04/03/07
  271.   Please Alonitzafoni 20:06  |  Marlene 04/03/07
  272.   according to you nick ferriman 20:07  |  flashman 04/03/07
  273.   @211, nick, this is exactly what europeans are doing in siam, bra 20:07  |  vladimir 04/03/07
  274.   I don`t understand the figures 20:07  |  Tosefta 04/03/07
  275.   #6 .The talk is on 80% Gazans are starving. 20:13  |  Honest European 04/03/07
  276.   Marilyn, Clickfool, Swiss, et al 20:14  |  Lynn 04/03/07
  277.   Joe # 206 Aw, That`s Tough 20:17  |  Jeff Northridge 04/03/07
  278.   They only have themselves to blame 20:18  |  zionist forever 04/03/07
  279.   # 215 yimriyahu 20:19  |  Nick Ferriman 04/03/07
  280.   #8 redmike. What a sick mind,You`ve forgotten alredy 20:21  |  Becky 04/03/07
  281.   same nick ferriman 20:28  |  bev 04/03/07
  282.   I don`t support Duch`s existence on earth 20:41  |  Prophet 04/03/07
  283.   12 - Joe from Ramallah 20:41  |  zionist forever 04/03/07
  284.   Flashman 20:42  |  Nick Ferriman 04/03/07
  285.   Let them consider themselves 20:43  |  Lena 04/03/07
  286.   Nadav#10. Answer 20:44  |  Brad 04/03/07
  287.   SA, don`t include me in your we 20:48  |  Not your `we` 04/03/07
  288.   Ben Alofs 20:49  |  Benny 04/03/07
  289.   Clickfool # 228 Climatology 20:50  |  Jeff Northridge 04/03/07
  290.   Joe 20:57  |  Zioinist forever 04/03/07
  291.   American charities for Palestinians 21:01  |  Lynn 04/03/07
  292.   Sanctions= Starvation 21:02  |  Joe 04/03/07
  293.   #73 Dutch, Have nice dreams, as you see 21:03  |  TOMY 04/03/07
  294.   No Fruit, Veggies,Pasta, Rice LOTSA GUNS 21:03  |  * BEN JABO 04/03/07
  295.   marlene 21:05  |  eva 04/03/07
  296.   # 231 Flashman 21:06  |  Nick Ferriman 04/03/07
  297.   #237 European 21:07  |  * BEN JABO 04/03/07
  298.   #237 European 21:07  |  * BEN JABO 04/03/07
  299.   # 151 Mariln. There is something rotten in Israel. YES IT IS TRUE 21:07  |  Kath` 04/03/07
  300.   #74 Chris, so you want Israel to feed those 21:09  |  TOMY 04/03/07
  301.   Swiss, need to point out why you are dead wrong on this one 21:10  |  Joe 04/03/07
  302.   #38/Pals watch. I could not put it better. 21:13  |  Human Being 04/03/07
  303.   For Kath # 235 21:13  |  Clickfool 04/03/07
  304.   #132 Roy, face reality 21:17  |  * BEN JABO 04/03/07
  305.   #51.izzy d, and then to go on vacation for 20000 years 21:22  |  Tuna 04/03/07
  306.   Why do they need food aid 21:22  |  Gilbert 04/03/07
  307.   Please, stop talking about Arabs love for kids. 21:23  |  TOMY 04/03/07
  308.   80% of Gazans now rely on food aid 21:29  |  mona 04/03/07
  309.   #61 Jean Pierre, When the last time you visited Gaza? 21:30  |  Jeanne Dalais 04/03/07
  310.   # 76 Click-Fool, I am happy to report ,that 21:33  |  TOMY 04/03/07
  311.   Michele # 236 Demographics 21:35  |  Jeff Northridge 04/03/07
  312.   Flushman is of the low "ron" variety, I (Mark Lincoln) 21:38  |  Tosefta 04/03/07
  313.   Flushman is of the low "ron" variety, II (Mark Lincoln) 21:40  |  Tosefta 04/03/07
  314.   I don`t understand the figures 21:41  |  Tosefta 04/03/07
  315.   Hani # 221 You should follow your own 21:41  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  316.   #102 Mike, the 3 billion goes to improove 21:41  |  TOMY 04/03/07
  317.   98#Vladimir. What a sick mind 21:47  |  Aaron 04/03/07
  318.   Poverty in Gaza 21:47  |  Fargo 04/03/07
  319.   what happened to the Green Houses and the Millions donated 21:51  |  ivan Israel 04/03/07
  320.   barbosity 21:54  |  again and again 04/03/07
  321.   Kath`, thank you, and hag sameah to you as well. 21:55  |  Nadav 04/03/07
  322.   US AID TO ISRAEL 21:59  |  Stephen Connor 04/03/07
  323.   Joe from Ramalla 22:14  |  Trude 04/03/07
  324.   Gazans starving 22:15  |  worldly mother 04/03/07
  325.   Blame the Gazans why they have no electricity 22:17  |  Joe 04/03/07
  326.   #272 Bev The Town Crier 22:20  |  Racon-tour 04/03/07
  327.   marilyn 22:22  |  eva 04/03/07
  328.   # 262 Marlene 22:26  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  329.   MARLENE #262 22:28  |  alonitzafoni 04/03/07
  330.   206. Joe: sanctions and terrorism 22:33  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  331.   DUTCH IS RIGHT IT IS CRIminal 22:33  |  TOBIA 04/03/07
  332.   208 Dutch: Behaving like savages 22:35  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  333.   308. ivan Israel: what happened to the Green Houses and the Mill 22:39  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  334.   #221 Hani, Your brotheren will never stand on their 22:46  |  TOMY 04/03/07
  335.   #291 Tomy 22:48  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/03/07
  336.   #273- I SUPPORT HER EXISTENCE ON EARTH 22:54  |  alonitzafoni 04/03/07
  337.   # 268 Joe of Ramallah 22:54  |  Lynn 04/03/07
  338.   Pals are building military bases! 22:56  |  Alicia 04/03/07
  339.   #132 How DARE YOU 22:56  |  TOBIA 04/03/07
  340.   Tosefta 23:00  |  Lynn 04/03/07
  341.   312 The ultimate hutzpah Joe 23:03  |  ChanahS 04/03/07
  342.   Aid to the pals has increased 23:03  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  343.   Tosefta 23:09  |  Ben Gurion 04/03/07
  344.   ben alofs #165 23:10  |  Ari ben Yisrael 04/03/07
  345.   Aid to the Palestinians in 2006 (1/3) 23:12  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  346.   Aid to the Palestinians in 2006 (2/3) 23:13  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  347.   #294 Clickfool 23:14  |  Racon-tour 04/03/07
  348.   Aid to the Palestinians in 2006 (3/ 3) 23:14  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  349.   Which country is responsible for its enemies? 23:14  |  Moises 04/03/07
  350.   BEN JABO 23:24  |  curious 04/03/07
  351.   The Real Crisis 23:25  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  352.   # 292 Joe from Ramallah (1) 23:27  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/03/07
  353.   Biting The Hand That Feeds Them 23:29  |  Not Jewish 04/03/07
  354.   Gilbert #297 23:29  |  assesment of life 04/03/07
  355.   Honest European #266 - They are not being "punished" 23:29  |  Moises 04/03/07
  356.   The Real Crisis (more) 23:38  |  KUTW 04/03/07
  357.   quearion to YOU #110 23:40  |  Gee 04/03/07
  358.   Different types of figures (Lynn #340) 23:46  |  Tosefta 04/03/07
  359.   alonitzafoni Re:231 23:47  |  USA TAX PAYER 04/03/07
  360.   Absolutely Chanah No. 328 23:51  |  Marlene 04/03/07
  361.   Fake Ben Gurion #343 23:53  |  Tosefta 04/03/07
  362.   new poster #118 23:53  |  RESEARCH MORE 04/03/07
  363.   Fargo # 308 Impossible 23:57  |  Jeff Northridge 04/03/07
  364.   Any Gazan please explain 23:59  |  Jordi 04/03/07
  365.   the board re Tosefta 00:05  |  Ben Gurion 05/03/07
  366.   Seems to me Eva No. 295 00:05  |  Marlene 05/03/07
  367.   # 252 Nick Ferriman 00:10  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/03/07
  368.   Mona #308, I don`t know what you`re talking about 00:17  |  Palestinian Prince 05/03/07
  369.   they got the gov`t they voted for. called responsible democracy 00:19  |  ralph 05/03/07
  370.   TO #275 Honest European 00:28  |  Alicia 05/03/07
  371.   Moises in Panama (Post No. 349) 00:35  |  Johnny Weintraub 05/03/07
  372.   Let Them Eat Cake 00:40  |  Jeff Northridge 05/03/07
  373.   # 234 Lynn 00:47  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/03/07
  374.   Such cruel injustice... 00:59  |  Maureen Ann 05/03/07
  375.   Talk about chutzpah! 341 00:59  |  Marlene 05/03/07
  376.   It looks like %80 of the israeli are happy about it 01:26  |  Ali 05/03/07
  377.   Gilbert # 354 01:32  |  ChanahS 05/03/07
  378.   I`m curious................ 01:33  |  tadchase 05/03/07
  379.   I find it interesting that nobody commented 01:40  |  ChanahS 05/03/07
  380.   #349.moises. The occupying power is responsible for the welfare o 01:50  |  Arik 05/03/07
  381.   HAARETZ ASLEEP 02:04  |  ChanahS 05/03/07
  382.   Different types of figures (Lynn #340) 02:25  |  Tosefta 05/03/07
  383.   Fake Ben Gurion #343 02:26  |  Tosefta 05/03/07
  384.   What would Russia do? 02:36  |  sk 05/03/07
  385.   77% of Palestinians are overweight; 47% are Obese 02:45  |  Rustam 05/03/07
  386.   Hey, but what happened to all those greenhouses that ... 02:46  |  sk 05/03/07
  387.   Swiss 02:47  |  Lynn 05/03/07
  388.   Child Mortality rates 03:06  |  Rustam 05/03/07
  389.   #374 Maureen Ann 03:07  |  * BEN JABO 05/03/07
  390.   Does anybody care about Israeli kids? 03:12  |  KT 05/03/07
  391.   # 363 Jeff Northridge. Let Them Eat Cake.OR THERE IS A TURKISH... 03:15  |  Kath` 05/03/07
  392.   ChannaS #381 and other puzzled posters - post down times 03:17  |  dana 05/03/07
  393.   You did receive an answer ChanahS 03:17  |  Marlene 05/03/07
  394.   # 376 Ali. NO INDEED,BECAUSE IT IS A FAKE STORY AND NOT TRUE. 03:18  |  Kath` 05/03/07
  395.   Joe from Ramallah, PLEASE stop WHINING 03:21  |  sk 05/03/07
  396.   Sample child mortality rates 03:25  |  Rustam 05/03/07
  397.   VLADIMIR DESCRIBES A NEW LOW IN TALKBACK 03:25  |  Stephen Connor 05/03/07
  398.   # 382 Tosefta 03:25  |  Lynn 05/03/07
  399.   #376 Ali, nothing to be ashamed of 03:27  |  TOMY 05/03/07
  400.   Continued - posters` Guide for the perplexed - preliminary concl 03:30  |  dana 05/03/07
  401.   #384 sk , You forgat the main thing, 03:31  |  TOMY 05/03/07
  402.   Jonny Weintraub #379 03:34  |  Moises 05/03/07
  403.   #324 worldly 03:38  |  * BEN JABO 05/03/07
  404.   Moises - The Illiterate 03:41  |  Stephen Connor 05/03/07
  405.   Tosefta - Posting down times - in my response to ChannaS 03:43  |  dana