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Hamas wants Israel to starve Gaza
By Bradley Burston

There's a Darfur at our door.

The signs are stark. The Hamas takeover of Gaza intentionally placed hospital patients in the line of fire. The serial atrocities of summary executions of both non-combatants and political rivals were innovatively obscene even by the brutal standards of one of the most violence-hardened places on earth.

Most reminiscent of the Sudan tragedy was the incident late on Monday when Palestinian gunman opened fire and and hurled a grenade at refugees huddled for shelter in the concrete no-man's-land of the Erez border crossing with Israel, killing one person and at least wounding 10.

From the Israeli right come the calls to let "Hamastan" stew to death. Cut off their water, their electricity, their fuel, their food. Seal the borders, stop all supply trucks, keep all refugees from moving from Gaza to the West Bank, keep Marwan Barghouti and all jailed Fatah leaders of influence and charisma to stay right where they are, behind bars.

While your at it, have the IDF stop Israeli ambulances from evacuating the Palestinian wounded at Erez.

In other words, play directly into the hands of Hamas.

From its very beginnings, Hamas has relied on the unerring sixth sense of Israel to do everything possible to shore up the Islamic Resistance Movement. Soon after the Six-Day War, Israeli security strategists began to view and quietly foster the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoots as a distracting counterweight to the radical Marxism of armed PLO groups and the declared militarism of Yasser Arafat.

In a thousand ways since, Israel has acted to muzzle, sideline, discredit by unwise praise, and otherwise neuter Palestinian moderates, while decimating their security forces and making heroes of the Muslim Brotherhood's local heir, Hamas.

At this point, Hamas wants nothing more than for Israel to starve Gaza.

Hamas needs Israel to keep Barghouti in prison. Hamas, which began as a humanitarian relief organization and became a world leader in the field of suicide terrorism, now looks worse in the world's eyes than ever before. Most significantly, it has never looked worse in the eyes of Palestinians. Without Israel to pull it out of the muck, Hamas could sink of its own inability to make the transition from a self-sainted opposition to a bad caricature of Israeli occupation forces.

Hamas, in one week, managed to turn its domestic image from Robin Hood into the janjaweed.

"It is the 'wet dream of Hamas'" for Israel to cut Gaza off and contribute to a humanitarian nightmare, said Technion researcher and retired IDF colonel Moshe Elad, who served as a military governor in the West Bank.

"Many of them are waiting for Israel to create a situation that can be filmed and broadcast on television, so that they can say 'Look at what is happening here - a true holocaust."

In Elad's view, Israeli economic constraints aimed at forcing Hamas out of power are a rank mistake. It is also a mistake to think that Palestinians are under the thrall of Hamas, he told Israel Radio on Tuesday.

Only Palestinians, not Israel, can wrest power back from Hamas, he continued, both by democratic means and meeting force with force, and only after an overhaul of under-trained and under-commanded Fatah security forces.

Only Israel can avoid the trap. Only a wise government can resist the pressure from the right, and do the right thing.

"Hamas is facing a big problem now and is isolated by other political groups," Palestinian political analyst Abdel-Majid Sweilem said this week, adding he believed Hamas had "miscalculated" if it believed seizing control of Gaza would increase its negotiating power.

Only a shrewd Israeli government can recognize the importance of Barghouti's message from prison, a direct attack on Hamas. "From my small dark cell I tell our people: I consider the military coup in Gaza a dangerous threat to the unity of the homeland and a threat to the Palestinian cause... I fully support the decision to form a new Palestinian government."

Only a rational Israel will heed the advice of cabinet minister and ex-senior Shin Bet official Gideon Ezra, who called Tuesday for the release from prison of Barghouti and other popular and powerful Fatah leaders, saying it would otherwise take years and years for an effective opposition to Hamas to arise.

"If these people are in prisons, they must be freed. I would have freed Barghouti a while ago. Abbas needs able leaders in addition to [new Prime Minister] Salam Fayyad."

The Palestinian territories, East Palestine and West, are up for grabs. An opinion poll conducted by Near East Consulting after Abbas named his emergency government showed that one Palestinian in three supports Fatah and only about half that number favors Hamas. Fully 43 percent of respondents said they trusted neither major party.

Only Israel can do the right thing. It must help the refugees from Gaza in cooperation with Abbas. It must quietly liaise with Hamas, and find ways to keep the supplies of daily life availiable to people who are not, as Aryeh Eldad and other far-rightists would have it "all terrorists," but rather people who have suffered more than enough, for as long as any of them can remember.

It must swallow its natural instincts for self-injury, stand up to the right-wing calls to let the Palestinians suffer, and allow the human beings of Gaza to avoid the fate of the human beings of Darfur.

One janjaweed in the world is enough.

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  1.   THE DIVIDENDS OF BRAIN DEAD THINKING ARE NOW HERE 10:41  |  paul harris 19/06/07
  2.   An fair analysis but for one thing... 10:46  |  Don Camillo 19/06/07
  3.   "Palestinian gunman opened fire onto Gaza refugees" MORALISTS??? 10:56  |  PETER SM 19/06/07
  4.   Bradley: do I supply you with ideas? 11:00  |  S 19/06/07
  5.   This author of this article is mistaken, naive 11:01  |  Khalid 19/06/07
  6.   Don`t spread doom and gloom 11:02  |  Fairplay 19/06/07
  7.   CONGRATULATION ISRAEL 11:02  |  indrajaya 19/06/07
  8.   Hamas never expected this... 11:07  |  Hassan Merican 19/06/07
  9.   West Bank is key for saving the life of the Israeli patient 11:10  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/06/07
  10.   DISTORTION 11:21  |  Choni Davidowitz 19/06/07
  11.   The truth Bradley 11:30  |  JewishHeart 19/06/07
  12.   STARVING GAZA 11:31  |  LOVER OF GODS PEOPLE 19/06/07
  13.   Is Abbas a moderate Bradley? 11:33  |  JewishHeart 19/06/07
  14.   The BBC doesn`t know anything about it 11:33  |  Yonatan 19/06/07
  15.   Indrajaya 11:34  |  Daniel W 19/06/07
  16.   There is nobody to talk to... think smart 11:37  |  JewishHeart 19/06/07
  17.   #1 Paul Harris - apples and oranges 11:41  |  Yonatan 19/06/07
  18.   #4 Khalid is intentionally misleading readers 11:44  |  Yonatan 19/06/07
  19.   # 14, DANIEL W 11:46  |  indrajaya 19/06/07
  20.   Damned if you do, damned if..... 11:53  |  FOX 19/06/07
  21.   Regardless of Hamas`s wishes, Israel should do the utmost to have 11:55  |  Orit 19/06/07
  22.   Choni, Only a Few Thousand? 11:56  |  Bernie 19/06/07
  23.   Hamas, Hizbollah, Iran and AlQaida strive on misery 12:00  |  ScotGuy 19/06/07
  24.   Tactical mistake 12:03  |  Yehudit 19/06/07
  25.   #17 INDRAJAYA 12:04  |  Daniel W 19/06/07
  26.   Thank You Indy #7, and Congratulations! 12:04  |  FOX 19/06/07
  27.   # 12 Jewish Heart "How can I find no one to talk to ??" 12:11  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/06/07
  28.   What utter, utter drivel Bradley 12:13  |  Marilyn 19/06/07
  29.   But Indrajaya, you promised... 12:18  |  bbl 19/06/07
  30.   Indrajaya"CONGRATULATION ISRAEL"not necessary you brothers did it 12:31  |  PETER SM 19/06/07
  31.   To Fox...collaborators deserve death 12:43  |  Anti-Nazi Jew 19/06/07
  32.   no 11 12:47  |  Fredrick Dittlau 19/06/07
  33.   #13 Why is reporting the news `disinforming`? 12:49  |  Don Camillo 19/06/07
  34.   This was no "miscalculation", Mr. Abdel-Majid Sweilem 12:56  |  Karl 19/06/07
  35.   Hamas - good students of Machiavelli 13:02  |  Clickfool 19/06/07
  36.   JewishHeart - Hello 13:03  |  Gil 19/06/07
  37.   Starvation will be too slow: Cutoff the bastards` water instead! 13:07  |  Nir 19/06/07
  38.   #13 i hate to disillusion you yonatan AND AS MUCH AS I HATE THE 13:09  |  paul harris 19/06/07
  39.   Abbas is only a stooge, reading from a cue card 13:11  |  Natallie Durson 19/06/07
  40.   When can we expect to hear condemnation by Brit.accademics 13:13  |  PETER SM 19/06/07
  41.   ANOTHER ISLAMIC CON TRICK ?? 13:15  |  Bill. 19/06/07
  42.   #11 Lover of God`s People 13:20  |  Boycott 19/06/07
  43.   Gaza the Movie .... Brought to You By the International Left 13:22  |  Klaudia 19/06/07
  44.   Hamas=Israel 13:24  |  bifocials 19/06/07
  45.   HAMAS HAS NO INTEREST IN STARVING GAZA.... 13:28  |  Patriot 19/06/07
  46.   Hamas Is Absolutely Right. 13:40  |  Terry 19/06/07
  47.   Keep em tanks rolling nto Gaza! 13:47  |  Randale 19/06/07
  48.   Hamas remains a toy 13:53  |  Star of David 19/06/07
  49.   Poor Natallie 13:56  |  Ronnie Goldfein 19/06/07
  50.   BBC Well done! 13:58  |  Lex 19/06/07
  51.   All the hamas pal lovers 13:58  |  Star of David 19/06/07
  52.   @All freaks: Read "GOD" backwards and see the farce! 14:03  |  DOG 19/06/07
  53.   To Bill from NZ..... Conspiracy Central - Welcome to the Club ! 14:05  |  Klaudia 19/06/07
  54.   POOR PALS-TOO WEAK TO STAND UP TO HAMAS BUT STRONG ENOUGH TO VOTE 14:07  |  don 19/06/07
  55.   Clickfool`s philosophy 14:12  |  Jasmine Murphy 19/06/07
  56.   #38 Perhaps rename the BBC the Israeli News Service? 14:27  |  Don Camillo 19/06/07
  57.   this is as spot on as can be 14:28  |  Mahona 19/06/07
  58.   #42 wake up 14:33  |  Mahona 19/06/07
  59.   Let the Hamas be fed by Egypt and Jorden 14:41  |  Zoe 19/06/07
  60.   *41 Klaudia . 14:43  |  Bill. 19/06/07
  61.   Hamas needs urgently an overreacting Israel government 14:47  |  Michael 19/06/07
  62.   Clickfool 14:49  |  Jerry 19/06/07
  63.   #22 We in the U.S. get the news.... 14:54  |  John Allen 19/06/07
  64.   Mahona 46 giving them a chance to breathe can only 14:57  |  The Equalizer 19/06/07
  65.   #28 What is your def. of revenge? 15:02  |  John Allen 19/06/07
  66.   # 12 JewishHeart "The art of finding no one to talk to" 15:04  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/06/07
  67.   #31 G_ d gave us free will and if you dont.. 15:05  |  John Allen 19/06/07
  68.   BRADLEY- Grant them 15:07  |  GABE1 19/06/07
  69.   #34 hamas restored peace!!! 15:10  |  John Allen 19/06/07
  70.   For Jasmine Murphy # 44 15:10  |  Clickfool 19/06/07
  71.   #35 I agree with you. 15:13  |  John Allen 19/06/07
  72.   # 41 15:15  |  ChanahS 19/06/07
  73.   Palestinians and their right to Self Determination 15:16  |  Dennis M Starkman 19/06/07
  74.   Patriot # 24 15:20  |  ChanahS 19/06/07
  75.   Expert factual analysis not speculation is needed 15:20  |  Joel in Albany 19/06/07
  76.   Freeing Barghouti is insane 15:24  |  Dennis M Starkman 19/06/07
  77.   Sal 15:42  |  Turin 19/06/07
  78.   Bradley describes as moral masturbation 15:43  |  Joseph E . 19/06/07
  79.   Israel should act humanely 15:45  |  Tosefta 19/06/07
  80.   Burston`s universal elixir 15:51  |  Sidney 19/06/07
  81.   For Lover of God`s People # 11 15:55  |  Clickfool 19/06/07
  82.   Khalid a/k/a Natallie Durson 16:00  |  Khalid Watch 19/06/07
  83.   Burston exaggerates coup "atrocities" 16:05  |  Tosefta 19/06/07
  84.   Don Camillo BBC 16:06  |  Reality Check 19/06/07
  85.   Balkanisation of the Middle East 16:07  |  Michel 19/06/07
  86.   Dino (Swiss) 16:09  |  My Conclusion 19/06/07
  87.   Fostering a new Political Entity 16:18  |  Tzfonit 19/06/07
  88.   Khalid 16:19  |  Lynn 19/06/07
  89.   # 7 No, congratulations to the supporters... 16:21  |  Lynn 19/06/07
  90.   Fatah Displays its Courage.... NOT ! 16:23  |  Klaudia 19/06/07
  91.   Better free Barghouti NOW 16:25  |  Tosefta 19/06/07
  92.   Swiss # 52 16:32  |  Lynn 19/06/07
  93.   Indrajaya - you have some nerve 16:32  |  Polybios 19/06/07
  94.   ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 16:32  |  Stephen Connor 19/06/07
  95.   Mission Accomplished! 16:32  |  Mark Lincoln 19/06/07
  96.   Help Fatah and Abbas 16:41  |  Linda 19/06/07
  97.   #24 "I predict no more excesses in Gaza" 16:42  |  Polybios 19/06/07
  98.   Michel in Paris #73 16:50  |  CHGODMK 19/06/07
  99.   What Are You Talking About, Mr. Burston? 16:50  |  Jeff Northridge 19/06/07
  100.   Tosefta # 68 ... I agree with part of your post 16:51  |  Klaudia 19/06/07
  101.   Swiss #55 17:02  |  Polybios 19/06/07
  102.   A quote from a Palestinian who`s received human rights awards... 17:19  |  Smadar 19/06/07
  103.   Burston Rescuing Defeat From The Mouth of Victory 17:23  |  Yoram 19/06/07
  104.   Fredrick Dittlau 17:23  |  Edifice 19/06/07
  105.   Hamas does Machiavelli (Clickfool) 17:29  |  Ed 19/06/07
  106.   Hamas Is Holding Out Until Iran Can Destroy Israel 17:31  |  Yosemite 19/06/07
  107.   Polybios 17:36  |  JewishHeart 19/06/07
  108.   OUR ENEMY IS NOT (G--D SENT) HAMAS,THE ENEMY IS WITHIN US,BRADLEY 17:37  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 19/06/07
  109.   Another Peace Proposal 17:38  |  JewishHeart 19/06/07
  110.   Looks like they won 17:38  |  Greg 19/06/07
  111.   Barghouti 17:40  |  Joel in Albany 19/06/07
  112.   Klaudia #87 17:40  |  Tosefta 19/06/07
  113.   Swiss (Dino) # 55 Abbas 17:40  |  Jeff Northridge 19/06/07
  114.   JewishHeart 17:42  |  The root problem 19/06/07
  115.   CHGODMK 17:42  |  Danite 19/06/07
  116.   This was the pals? decision 17:43  |  KUTW 19/06/07
  117.   Bradley, you disappoint me... 17:46  |  Michael Steiner 19/06/07
  118.   Counterweighting Arafat 17:50  |  KUTW 19/06/07
  119.   re # 72&80 Should Israel be involved in Pal politics ? P1 17:55  |  Alberto Cohen 19/06/07
  120.   I agree Tosefta 17:57  |  Mark Lincoln 19/06/07
  121.   Rational analysis - Tosefta 18:05  |  Mark Lincoln 19/06/07
  122.   re # 72&80 Should Israel be involved in Pal politics ? P2 18:05  |  Alberto Cohen 19/06/07
  123.   Hamas began as a relief organization 18:12  |  KUTW 19/06/07
  124.   Creating a situation 18:16  |  KUTW 19/06/07
  125.   No, the salafi jihadists want that. And Dahlan started it. 18:17  |  Paul 19/06/07
  126.   Danite: Fatah 18:18  |  CHGODMK 19/06/07
  127.   The Egyptian option? 18:37  |  Shalom Freedman 19/06/07
  128.   The "coup" (Mark Lincoln 120-1) 18:43  |  Tosefta 19/06/07
  129.   # 86 My conclusion 18:43  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/06/07
  130.   # 92 Lynn 18:46  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/06/07
  131.   Hamas is consolidating its authority. Abbas cannot stop them 18:50  |  Jason 19/06/07
  132.   Starving Gaza 18:52  |  B 19/06/07
  133.   I agree 100% 18:55  |  Johanes Franzen 19/06/07
  134.   # 101 Polybios 18:59  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/06/07
  135.   Congratulations to Salman Rushdie! 19:03  |  FOX 19/06/07
  136.   Tossi-Fetta re #128 19:10  |  FOX 19/06/07
  137.   # 113 Jeff Northridge 19:10  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/06/07
  138.   Mr Burston swings and misses yet again 19:21  |  Gee 19/06/07
  139.   @ 78 Joseph, let´s evoke something in man... 19:22  |  Karl 19/06/07
  140.   There are crimes and then there are CRIMES (Alberto #119) 19:34  |  Tosefta 19/06/07
  141.   CHGODMK # 126 The Civil War Is Over 19:36  |  Jeff Northridge 19/06/07
  142.   Dino (SWISS)- Kidding? 19:36  |  JewishHeart 19/06/07
  143.   Rabid Fox on the loose #128 19:39  |  Tosefta 19/06/07
  144.   Dino- Do you learn from history? 19:42  |  JewishHeart 19/06/07
  145.   Invade Gaza 19:43  |  Marc Hamil 19/06/07
  146.   18 Yonatan, YOU HAVE IT ALL TWISTED AGAIN 19:50  |  Dutch 19/06/07
  147.   Swiss #134 (at last count) 19:51  |  Polybios 19/06/07
  148.   CHGODMK 20:00  |  Danite 19/06/07
  149.   Tosefta, still a Coward #143 20:02  |  FOX 19/06/07
  150.   CHGODMK PS 20:03  |  Danite 19/06/07
  151.   Reference by Bradley to Darfur 20:09  |  Smadar 19/06/07
  152.   To Danite, please Haaretz.... 20:18  |  FOX 19/06/07
  153.   Khalid Amayreh, editorial writer for the Hamas website. Credible? 20:20  |  Illz 19/06/07
  154.   Egypt and Iran 20:22  |  Herbert Kaine 19/06/07
  155.   Kabbalat HaTorah... The world wants Israel to starve... 20:23  |  Leena Ades 19/06/07
  156.   # 142 / # 144 JewishHeart Who is kidding here...??? 20:32  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/06/07
  157.   HI FOX 20:34  |  Danite 19/06/07
  158.   re #151 Smadar good post 20:37  |  FOX 19/06/07
  159.   # 147 Polybios 20:41  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/06/07
  160.   Scary thought - but I believe you are correct 20:52  |  C McCoy 19/06/07
  161.   Dino 20:52  |  JewishHeart 19/06/07
  162.   Here is the terrible truth 20:54  |  Joel in Albany 19/06/07
  163.   Danite: Abbas and Fatah 20:57  |  CHGODMK 19/06/07
  164.   Sometimes, we can learn much from the "enemy" 20:57  |  Virginia 19/06/07
  165.   Kabbalat HaTorah... "History shows us what is possible" Bush 20:58  |  Leena Ades 19/06/07
  166.   re#140 Inter-Clash executions = Revolution p1 21:01  |  Alberto Cohen 19/06/07
  167.   re#140 Inter-Clash executions = Revolution p2 21:03  |  Alberto Cohen 19/06/07
  168.   What Hamas Wants 21:10  |  Dr. David Feigenbaum 19/06/07
  169.   Discrimination!!!!! 21:10  |  Yusuf ibn Mohamed 19/06/07
  170.   More Pro - Appeasement Nonsense 21:16  |  Tod Zuckerman 19/06/07
  171.   The winner takes it all, the looser has to fall ? 21:19  |  Alberto Cohen 19/06/07
  172.   Thanks for the chuckle, Leena Ades # 155 21:23  |  Clickfool 19/06/07
  173.   "When Palestinian gunmen opened fire at ...refugees. 21:23  |  Friend 19/06/07
  174.   Suggestion for Fox in Karkur # 149 21:27  |  Clickfool 19/06/07
  175.   If Abbas is so moderate and now free to act ... 21:32  |  Gee 19/06/07
  176.   Bradley, please expand on... 21:32  |  Michael Korn 19/06/07
  177.   #157 Fox 21:40  |  Smadar 19/06/07
  178.   Carter comments ! 21:44  |  Alberto Cohen 19/06/07
  179.   The IDF have reoccupied the lost settlements and moved in tanks 21:49  |  Jagger 19/06/07
  180.   Jeff Northridge #141 21:55  |  CHGODMK 19/06/07
  181.   Maybe so, but it is the Israelis doing it. 22:01  |  Roger Bannister 19/06/07
  182.   Fox, Re: The Real Sick Psycho barking dogs 22:06  |  Dutch 19/06/07
  183.   Champagne wishes and HAMAS wet dreams 22:14  |  Jacob Blues 19/06/07
  184.   Good try, Smadar, but no cigar #151 22:30  |  Tosefta 19/06/07
  185.   Dutch # 146 You`re Beating A Dead Horse 22:36  |  Jeff Northridge 19/06/07
  186.   it is true that you cant forget the civilians 22:40  |  roberta 19/06/07
  187.   It`s economics which will defeat Hamas!! 22:44  |  a wandering Jew 19/06/07
  188.   Patriot 22:46  |  Lynn 19/06/07
  189.   # 43 Klaudia.Burston certainly Brought a Scary Scenario.. 22:46  |  KATH` 19/06/07
  190.   we have to help abbas before it will be too late 22:50  |  dovdevan 19/06/07
  191.   # 53 Klaudia.AN ADDENDUM.WHERE IS DAHLAN?WHY BARGHOUTI.?. 22:54  |  Kath` 19/06/07
  192.   #149 Fox Bravo 22:56  |  Keller 19/06/07
  193.   To Bradley Burston. Why exaggerate so? 23:10  |  Kath` 19/06/07
  194.   Hearts and minds 23:19  |  Hannah 19/06/07
  195.   Here`s a deal 23:24  |  Avrum 19/06/07
  196.   A wandering Jew # 174- good idea 23:39  |  Avrum 19/06/07
  197.   Whoops, cat let out of bag again 23:41  |  H50 19/06/07
  198.   re#140 Inter-Clan conflict = Revolution p1 23:44  |  Alberto Cohen 19/06/07
  199.   Roger B. Pals have long chosen guns over butter 23:45  |  Michael Korn 19/06/07
  200.   re#140 Inter-Clan conflict = Revolution p2 23:45  |  Alberto Cohen 19/06/07
  201.   Roger Bannister #170 23:47  |  Gee 19/06/07
  202.   no, Mr. Burston, it has nothing to do with Israel 23:57  |  christoph 19/06/07
  203.   no, Mr. Burston, it has nothing to do with Israel 23:57  |  christoph 19/06/07
  204.   #90, Klaudia 00:02  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 20/06/07
  205.   #83, "I find it odd defending cruelty" 00:13  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 20/06/07
  206.   KATH* !!! 00:16  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 20/06/07
  207.   It is not what Hamas wants, but long standing `drill` P1 00:19  |  TonyL 20/06/07
  208.   It is not what Hamas wants, but long standing `drill` P2 00:25  |  TonyL 20/06/07
  209.   Roger Bannister # 165 Emaciated Gazans 00:26  |  Jeff Northridge 20/06/07
  210.   It is not what Hamas wants, but the long standing `drill` P3 00:28  |  TonyL 20/06/07
  211.   # 157 FOX Smadar and Danite.The Gathering of the Tribes.. 00:29  |  Kath` 20/06/07
  212.   # 172 Jagger.Bad enough with Bradley`s Exaggeration.... 00:40  |  Kath` 20/06/07
  213.   Tosefta #83 "The banality of Evil" 00:42  |  Tim R 20/06/07
  214.   Embarrassing article - get educated 00:45  |  Victor 20/06/07
  215.   to 188 00:49  |  a wandering Jew 20/06/07
  216.   # 143 Tosefta.re:Fox.Perhaps he has his own ideas.ODD THOUGH... 00:58  |  Kath` 20/06/07
  217.   OUR ENEMY IS NOT (G--D SENT) HAMAS,THE ENEMY IS WITHIN US,BRADLEY 01:02  |  Mark Lincoln 20/06/07
  218.   |187 Hannah 01:08  |  Labhras 20/06/07
  219.   The Israeli left is to blame, not Israel 01:10  |  Jonathan S 20/06/07
  220.   Tosefta - the coup 01:16  |  Mark Lincoln 20/06/07
  221.   CHGODMK # 173 I Hope Not 01:18  |  Jeff Northridge 20/06/07
  222.   Comparison with Darfur is cynical 01:19  |  Jonathan S 20/06/07
  223.   Tosefta - One good coup deserves another 01:21  |  Mark Lincoln 20/06/07
  224.   Danite - reason delayed beyond reason 01:27  |  Mark Lincoln 20/06/07
  225.   "197 CJK 01:28  |  Labhras 20/06/07
  226.   # 195 chirstoph. YOU ARE WRONG IN SOME ASPECTS.. 01:31  |  Kath` 20/06/07
  227.   Cipora Juliana Kohen - on defending cruelty 01:35  |  Mark Lincoln 20/06/07
  228.   Hamas and the West Bank 01:36  |  CHGODMK 20/06/07
  229.   A very correct and chilling point Cipora 01:39  |  Mark Lincoln 20/06/07
  230.   # 188 Avrum.NO AVRUM.NO DEAL,EVER!!! 01:39  |  Kath` 20/06/07
  231.   #189, Avrum 01:46  |  Hannah 20/06/07
  232.   #197, Ms Kohn 01:48  |  Hannah 20/06/07
  233.   To Cipora # 197 01:51  |  Klaudia 20/06/07
  234.   U.S. committed to renewing aid program to Israel 01:54  |  Daniel Tober 20/06/07
  235.   Hamas Fatah and their Legacy 01:59  |  Larry 20/06/07
  236.   Khalid 02:11  |  Larry 20/06/07
  237.   # 209 Labhras. You Really do not deserve a responseBUT! 02:14  |  Kath` 20/06/07
  238.   #207-208, Mark Lincoln 02:28  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 20/06/07
  239.   The Israeli left is to blame, not Israel - Jonathan S 02:36  |  Mark Lincoln 20/06/07
  240.   Tosefta #83 Credibility 02:39  |  Tim R 20/06/07
  241.   Jeff Northridge - lunacy 02:39  |  Mark Lincoln 20/06/07
  242.   #180- SPOT ON! 02:40  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 20/06/07
  243.   Hamas wants Carter and Burg 02:45  |  Rodefta 20/06/07
  244.   You misaprehend the problem Johnathan 02:46  |  Mark Lincoln 20/06/07
  245.   To the paper editor 02:47  |  TonyL 20/06/07
  246.   christoph # 195 You Get A Grip On Yourself 02:50  |  Jeff Northridge 20/06/07
  247.   To the paper editor again 03:11  |  TonyL 20/06/07
  248.   Mark Lincoln on playing chess 03:12  |  Michael Korn 20/06/07
  249.   `223 Kath 03:16  |  Labhras 20/06/07
  250.   # 219 Hannah. #197 Ms.Kohn.I`ll tell you... 03:19  |  Kath` 20/06/07
  251.   Goals vs. Means (Bird from Outerspace #205) 03:36  |  Tosefta 20/06/07
  252.   Coup (Mark Lincoln #220) 03:47  |  Tosefta 20/06/07
  253.   How little is little (TimR #240) 04:04  |  Tosefta 20/06/07
  254.   The old guards are coming back. 04:13  |  Akram Zekaria 20/06/07
  255.   Coup, Clucks, Clan (Alberto Cohen #200) 04:20  |  Tosefta 20/06/07
  256.   Mark Lincoln # 241 Lunacy Rules 04:36  |  Jeff Northridge 20/06/07
  257.   #253 Tosefta 05:00  |  Oh, Really 20/06/07
  258.   An interesting article 05:02  |  Bill 20/06/07
  259.   #218, Labhras 05:30  |  Hannah 20/06/07
  260.   #250, Kath` 05:35  |  Hannah 20/06/07
  261.   Tosefta #253 Re Tim R (240) - good answers today 05:38  |  dana 20/06/07
  262.   Tosefta #252 06:00  |  TonyL 20/06/07
  263.   Tosefta # 251 Go To Blazes! 06:03  |  Jeff Northridge 20/06/07
  264.   Mark Lincoln #223 - Beaucoups Coups 06:05  |  dana 20/06/07
  265.   Tosefta #253 I Expect Consistency Of Standards 06:06  |  Tim R 20/06/07
  266.   Tim R re: #240 & Tosefta`s reply 06:15  |  TonyL 20/06/07
  267.   gaza 06:26  |  truceful 20/06/07
  268.   #26 Fox to Indra 07:09  |  Willy 20/06/07
  269.   Funds Transfer 101 for Dana 07:31  |  Jacob Blues 20/06/07
  270.   # 29, # 30, BBL, PETER 08:01  |  indrajaya 20/06/07
  271.   #263 And Jeff misses a point here... 08:06  |  Johnboy 20/06/07
  272.   #218 LAB RAT CONFOUNDED SHE DISCOVERS MIGHT IS RIGHT 08:28  |  paul harris 20/06/07
  273.   Dana #261 Owwwww Dana, Alas, I too expected you to appear too... 08:52  |  Tim R 20/06/07
  274.   Says Bradley Burston....! 08:53  |  Dagma 20/06/07
  275.   STILL waiting for the"humanitarians" to condemn Arab brutality! 08:54  |  PETER SM 20/06/07
  276.   TonyL #266 Yes...Their Hypocrisy and Double Standard Is Breath 08:55  |  Tim R 20/06/07
  277.   #267 jacob Blues on Fawning over Funds 09:07  |  dana 20/06/07
  278.   the Right NEVER said to starve Gaza, words are bitter Left`s! 09:08  |  Susan 20/06/07
  279.   to # 50 Lex - BBC Well done! 09:09  |  Ari 20/06/07
  280.   Did you notice? 09:15  |  Ari 20/06/07
  281.   Johnboy, #269 Context my friend 09:35  |  FOX 20/06/07
  282.   Tosefta #112 09:39  |  S 20/06/07
  283.   Dana #264 Chess? No War! 09:46  |  FOX 20/06/07
  284.   Free Barrabas! 10:04  |  Yosemite 20/06/07
  285.   Smadar #177 Have a good time 10:13  |  FOX 20/06/07
  286.   #264,, dana 10:36  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 20/06/07
  287.   dana, post script 10:46  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 20/06/07
  288.   Release Baghoutti??? 11:00  |  Sam 20/06/07
  289.   Tosefta #251 13:04  |  S 20/06/07
  290.   Could it be boredom the road to Peace. 13:09  |  Akram Zekaria 20/06/07
  291.   Clickfool, #174 Projecting again 13:23  |  FOX 20/06/07
  292.   Kath re #143 Rabin assasination Part I 13:33  |  FOX 20/06/07
  293.   Kath, re #216 Part II 13:48  |  FOX 20/06/07
  294.   For Marc Lincoln who reads the wrong books 13:53  |  Jonathan S 20/06/07
  295.   Hamsas wants Israel to starve Gaza 13:58  |  Watesih 20/06/07
  296.   For Marc Lincoln who confounds right and left 14:05  |  Jonathan S 20/06/07
  297.   # 260 Hannah. Well,if you find my posts superficial.. 14:34  |  Kath` 20/06/07
  298.   free baghouti 15:06  |  shmuel 20/06/07
  299.   # 293 FOX. Rabin etc,etc.. 15:16  |  Kath` 20/06/07
  300.   Kath, call me when you get to Karkur 15:50  |  FOX 20/06/07
  301.   #298 `Baghouti with meat balls 15:52  |  FOX 20/06/07
  302.   to FOX #20 16:52  |  zeev 20/06/07
  303.   # 300 Fox. Thanks for the invitation,BUT! 17:35  |  Kath` 20/06/07
  304.   to FOX #292 17:55  |  zeev 20/06/07
  305.   Kath, I gots me an idea 17:58  |  FOX 20/06/07
  306.   Zeev #302 18:08  |  FOX 20/06/07
  307.   to FOX #306 18:52  |  zeev 20/06/07
  308.   DONT DO WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO US 21:23  |  TOBIA 20/06/07
  309.   Dana #261; welcome back to rehab 22:00  |  Tosefta 20/06/07
  310.   S ##282, 289 22:01  |  Tosefta 20/06/07
  311.   Bradley Burston: A man with a conscience 22:44  |  Bill 20/06/07
  312.   Dana #277 About Hamas`s Non Offers 02:52  |  Tim R 21/06/07
  313.   Tosefta and Morality #310 05:55  |  Tim R 21/06/07
  314.   Tosefta #310 Expectations .... (2nd Try) 08:04  |  Tim R 21/06/07
  315.   Jews have 2 choices 09:19  |  keith 21/06/07
  316.   Seige Tacticts 09:22  |  Dawn Baerman 21/06/07
  317.   dana about #309 09:53  |  S 21/06/07
  318.   Tosefta #310 10:26  |  S 21/06/07
  319.   Yosemite;"Free Barabas" 15:25  |  Daniel 21/06/07
  320.   Gaza refugees to Bulgaria!!! 17:10  |  Moises 21/06/07
  321.   S #317 - Some are dim, some are wits, some at wit`s end 17:38  |  dana 21/06/07
  322.   Hamas wants Israel to starve Gaza 17:46  |  Yakov 21/06/07
  323.   FOX - beware of talkback reunions... 17:47  |  dana 21/06/07
  324.   Dana, learn the language #323 20:15  |  FOX 21/06/07
  325.   FOX #324 - sorry me English is so bad... 20:54  |  dana 21/06/07
  326.   What a wonderful world ! 00:40  |  Akram Zekaria 22/06/07
  327.   to Cipor 238# on Mark & Signify nothing. 02:52  |  Akram Zekaria 22/06/07
  328.   Tim R #273 - are we taking up morality now? 05:17  |  dana 22/06/07
  329.   Dana #312 06:11  |  Tim R 22/06/07
  330.   dana #328 09:45  |  S 22/06/07
  331.   murderer ruling 13:55  |  to JewishHeart 22/06/07
  332.   Barghouti 14:09  |  k 22/06/07
  333.   dana #321 3rd try 14:51  |  S 22/06/07
  334.   S 17:06  |  American in NY 22/06/07
  335.   S P2 17:07  |  American in NY 22/06/07
  336.   S P3 17:08  |  American in NY 22/06/07
  337.   Dana 19:05  |  American in NY 22/06/07
  338.   American in NY 20:27  |  S 22/06/07
  339.   S 21:41  |  American in NY 22/06/07
  340.   I Have a Suggestion For You American in NY 02:21  |  Tim R 23/06/07
  341.   American in NY: Example of Non Jews With Dual Loyalty 04:52  |  Tim R 23/06/07
  342.   S #330 - why not? 13:46  |  dana 23/06/07
  343.   S #333 - talkback folklore 14:02  |  dana 23/06/07
  344.   America in NY #337 - Cheering for Texas... 14:10  |  dana 23/06/07
  345.   American in Texas or NY, dual loyalties? 15:17  |  FOX 23/06/07
  346.   dana #343 18:59  |  S 23/06/07
  347.   S 20:07  |  American in NY 23/06/07
  348.   FOX Dual loyalties 23:38  |  American in NY 23/06/07
  349.   FOX dual loyalty continued 23:38  |  American in NY 23/06/07
  350.   American in NY #349 01:23  |  Tim R 24/06/07
  351.   American in NY (no number) P1 09:15  |  S 24/06/07
  352.   American in NY P2 09:44  |  S 24/06/07
  353.   Tim R #341 - Superfluous example of dual loyalties 12:55  |  dana 24/06/07
  354.   S #351, 352 Re American in NY - Interesting History 13:15  |  dana 24/06/07
  355.   Dana #353 Relevance? 13:51  |  Tim R 24/06/07
  356.   Tim R #312 - again - 2nd TRY 14:54  |  dana 24/06/07
  357.   dana #354 second try 16:33  |  S 24/06/07
  358.   Tim R #355 - affinities and relevancies - 2nd TRY 17:29  |  dana 24/06/07
  359.   Dana #356 02:05  |  Tim R 25/06/07
  360.   Dana #356 Continued... 02:16  |  Tim R 25/06/07
  361.   Dana #358 More Affinities and DL 02:33  |  Tim R 25/06/07
  362.   Dana #353 ..And This One Too.. 03:41  |  Tim R 25/06/07
  363.   S #352 04:28  |  American in NY 25/06/07
  364.   American in NY 3rd time 17:01  |  S 27/06/07
  365.   S #359 - Just getting a chance to Reply 00:59  |  dana 28/06/07
  366.   dana #365 19:53  |  S 29/06/07
  367.   Hamas wants Israel to Starve Gaza 12:03  |  Shaul Ben Dove 03/07/07
  368.   END ISRAELI VIOLENCE AND THE OCCUPATION OF PALESTINEAN LAND 06:54  |  Rebekah Goldenstein 05/11/07
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