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Let Arabs tell the truth
By Bradley Burston

Case Number One:

Architect and political analyst Raed Jarrar lives in America. A year ago, he was in New York's Kennedy Airport getting ready to board a plane back to his home in Oakland, California, when a federal Transportation Security Administration official told him he would not be allowed on the airliner unless he removed his shirt.

You may be thinking: bomb belt. But Jarrar had already passed two pre-boarding security inspections with no problem. The issue was not what was underneath his t-shirt, but what was on it.

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In white letters on black, his shirt read "We will not be silent." The real issue, it developed, was that the words were written in Arabic as well as English.

According to a federal civil rights discrimination lawsuit filed this month by the American Civil Liberties Union, the TSA official, identified only as Inspector Harris, told Jarrar that it is impermissible to wear an Arabic shirt to an airport, equating it to a "person wearing a t-shirt at a bank stating, 'I am a robber.'"

Told that he would have to take off or cover up the shirt because other passengers were uncomfortable with its message, and worried that he might miss his flight or even be arrested, Jarrar, who works for the American Friends Service Committee, accepted the JetBlue airline crew's self-styled compromise offer of a free covering shirt and a seat reassignment from the front of the plane to the very rear.

Case Number Two:

Debbie Almontaser was to have been principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy, New York City's new Arabic-language public school when it opened its doors in Brooklyn next month. But a series of articles in the New York Post earlier this month drew a tenuous link between Almontaser and an organization which was, in the Post's words, "hawking T- shirts that glorify Palestinian terror"

"The inflammatory tees boldly declare "Intifada NYC" - apparently a call for a Gaza-style uprising in the Big Apple."
Almontaser's response was measured. "The word [intifada] basically means 'shaking off.' That is the root word if you look it up in Arabic," she said, in remarks quoted by the Post.

"I understand it is developing a negative connotation due to the uprising in the Palestinian-Israeli areas. I don't believe the intention is to have any of that kind of [violence] in New York City.

"I think it's pretty much an opportunity for girls to express that they are part of New York City society . . . and shaking off oppression."
Almontaser was right. So was Jarrar. They were telling the truth. It was their truth, to be sure, but the First Amendment to the United States Constitution was written ? and placed before all 26 other amendments ? specifically to protect each individual's personal truth.

There is some irony in the circumstance that the First Amendment defense of free speech often fairs poorest in the court of public opinion.

New York Sun columnist Daniel Pipes, who has strongly backed efforts to fire Almontaser and shut the school's doors before they ever open, called her remarks on the t-shirts' message "a gratuitous apology for suicide terrorism."

The Anti-Defamation League also weighed in against the shirts. ADL spokesman Oren Segal called them "a reflection of a movement that increasingly lauds violence against Israelis instead of rejecting it. That is disturbing."

After an onslaught of criticism, Almontader issued a public apology. "The word 'intifada' is completely inappropriate as a T-shirt slogan," she said. "I regret suggesting otherwise. By minimizing the word's historical associations, I implied that I condone violence and threats of violence. That view is anathema to me."

To which Assemblyman Dov Hikind, an unapologetic far-right settlement advocate, was unmoved. "It is an absolute outrage that she doesn't know what intifada is all about," he said. This is not about shaking off - this is about carnage represented by blowing up pizza stores in Israel, blowing up buses."

"This woman should not be principal of any school," added Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. "This shirt should read, 'I promote terror and hate on a daily basis, and all I got for it is this lousy T-shirt.' "

In the end, Almontader bowed to the pressure, writing in her letter of resignation that she made the decision for the benefit of her students and teachers so that they could have "the full opportunity to flourish without these unwarranted attacks."

My heart goes out to Raed Jarrar and Debbie Almontaser and the multitude of Arabs and Muslims in America who on a routine basis are profiled, humiliated, stifled, and shunned, their universe of belief and language and identity written off as a culture of death, an agent of world jihad, their legitimate and honest efforts at self-expression buried in an avalanche of intentional misreading and misrepresentation.

Under the circumstances, it is plain to see why Jarrar and Almontaser might be tempted to opt for silence over the exercise of their rights to free speech. It is plain, and it is tragic as well.


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  1.   America in 2007= Germany in 1938 12:01  |  Khalid 24/08/07
  2.   Some apartheid between your examples please BB 12:02  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/08/07
  3.   IN THE PROCESS OF SEL-DESTRUCTION 12:03  |  indrajaya 24/08/07
  4.   What made the US a Great Democracy 12:17  |  Bandar Michaels 24/08/07
  5.   Noy quite, Bradley 12:31  |  Michael Steiner 24/08/07
  6.   Margie in Tel-Aviv 12:38  |  El_Justiciero 24/08/07
  7.   # 4, BANDAR MICHAEL 12:54  |  indrajaya 24/08/07
  8.   Is Bradley insane? Why is he apoligizing for `intifada, NYC` 13:17  |  John Ryan 24/08/07
  9.   Tragic? 13:53  |  S 24/08/07
  10.   Burston is Right 13:59  |  Walid 24/08/07
  11.   the evil of islam 14:03  |  kazgnik 24/08/07
  12.   THE WORD `PROTEST` DOESN`T INCLUDE `SUICIDE BOMB`-`INTIFADA` DOES 14:07  |  Reut Coss 24/08/07
  13.   American has never been a great country 14:17  |  Khalid 24/08/07
  14.   `intifada` 14:35  |  by gum 24/08/07
  15.   The First is Disgustng,The Second Understandable 14:38  |  Ronnie Wolman 24/08/07
  16.   El Justiciero: bad taste and poor judgement 14:45  |  Alicia 24/08/07
  17.   To No.8 - You Don`t Know What Islam is 14:50  |  Darwish 24/08/07
  18.   Why don`t Muslims denounce terrorism clearly? 15:04  |  ScotGuy 24/08/07
  19.   Thank you Mr. Burston 15:07  |  Mom of Arab children 24/08/07
  20.   Oh no! Walid is wrong again 15:07  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/08/07
  21.   Oh no! Walid is wrong again 15:08  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/08/07
  22.   Reut Coss 15:08  |  Walid 24/08/07
  23.   MORE INTERESTED IN RIGHTS THAN RESPONSIBILITIES 15:08  |  Ian 24/08/07
  24.   INTIFADA T-SHIRTS?? 15:09  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 24/08/07
  25.   OBVIOUSLY a word that sets off an "alarm" to Americans 15:18  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 24/08/07
  26.   Walid 15:21  |  Anna 24/08/07
  27.   Censorship will be unapologetic 15:23  |  Mark Bernadiner 24/08/07
  28.   Let`s hire principals with "I hate Islam" t-shirts 15:27  |  McQueen 24/08/07
  29.   13 ASSIMILATE like other peoples do 15:28  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 24/08/07
  30.   We should wear "Naqba Now" t-shirts 15:28  |  Dani 24/08/07
  31.   Democracy as a perpetual state 15:31  |  Tess 24/08/07
  32.   INTIFADA IS `COOL` 15:34  |  FOX 24/08/07
  33.   Life is cruel 15:40  |  Deborah 24/08/07
  34.   What a crock, Bradley 15:52  |  MarkC 24/08/07
  35.   #13 ScotGuy and Muslims 15:55  |  hala 24/08/07
  36.   BRADLEY IS HALF RIGHT AND HALF WRONG 16:00  |  Brant 24/08/07
  37.   Walid #21 Ya Abul Banot to Reut Coss 16:13  |  GABE1 24/08/07
  38.   Khalid # 13 16:21  |  Lynn 24/08/07
  39.   Muslims Have No Obligation for Truth to Infidels 16:23  |  Jane 24/08/07
  40.   We named it "intifada" not you 16:38  |  Omar 24/08/07
  41.   Intifaddeh ... 16:38  |  Ibrahim 24/08/07
  42.   America IS a Judao/Christian country that IS a demoicracy 16:40  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 24/08/07
  43.   Ronnie 16:40  |  ODP 24/08/07
  44.   Bradley and First Amendment Rights 16:44  |  Lynn 24/08/07
  45.   Walid 16:44  |  danite 24/08/07
  46.   Omar: Intifada Meanings and Concepts 16:47  |  Ronnie Wolman 24/08/07
  47.   # 22 Walid 16:48  |  Lynn 24/08/07
  48.   FOX #32 16:50  |  Danite 24/08/07
  49.   Khalid, Bandar #s 1 and 4 16:56  |  Polybios 24/08/07
  50.   Arabs Don`t Know From Truth 16:57  |  Chaim Gorenstein 24/08/07
  51.   Khalid 16:57  |  Lynn 24/08/07
  52.   Equating Disapproval Of a Teashirt with Mass Murder Is A Sick Jok 16:58  |  dyinglikeflies 24/08/07
  53.   Omar of Ramallah 17:02  |  Lynn 24/08/07
  54.   for comparison.... 17:03  |  Omar 24/08/07
  55.   Gabe 17:03  |  Walid 24/08/07
  56.   Jane, on her HATE ramage again.. 17:06  |  Ibrahim 24/08/07
  57.   Lack Of Communication 17:07  |  Yosemite 24/08/07
  58.   Margie, you are wrong 17:09  |  Ibrahim 24/08/07
  59.   Omar- 40 17:15  |  Tess 24/08/07
  60.   Those are typical cases of prompters and 17:19  |  TOMY 24/08/07
  61.   First ammendment is not a suicide ammendment 17:25  |  TOMY 24/08/07
  62.   Let Arabs tell the truth 17:27  |  Avi 24/08/07
  63.   Intifada "shaking off"? 17:44  |  Walter 24/08/07
  64.   Walid Ya Abul Banot #55 17:47  |  GABE1 24/08/07
  65.   Let`s wear t-shirts with `Palestinian Buchenwald` 17:47  |  Paul Henzen 24/08/07
  66.   Ibrahim this is what the world understands by Intifada: 17:51  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/08/07
  67.   Interesting Walid, that you slam the reaction to the Intifada NYC 17:57  |  Jacob Blues 24/08/07
  68.   Lynn 18:02  |  Walid 24/08/07
  69.   KHALID #13 18:05  |  JOJO 24/08/07
  70.   ODP: Plural Thinkers 18:08  |  Ronnie Wolman 24/08/07
  71.   Lynn and logic 18:10  |  Omar 24/08/07
  72.   Intifada and the N word 18:16  |  Edifice 24/08/07
  73.   Words: The signifier and the signified 18:31  |  Tosefta 24/08/07
  74.   Omar # 40 Connotations 18:40  |  Jeff Northridge 24/08/07
  75.   Excellent column 18:40  |  W 24/08/07
  76.   We named "Zionism" not you Omar 18:41  |  peter 24/08/07
  77.   Mom of Arab children No 19 18:43  |  Palestinian Brit 24/08/07
  78.   Omar # 71 18:53  |  Lynn 24/08/07
  79.   Jeff Northridge on connotations 18:58  |  Omar 24/08/07
  80.   # 68 Walid 18:59  |  Lynn 24/08/07
  81.   Lynn and logic response 19:08  |  Omar 24/08/07
  82.   omar great idea/come to nyc AND weear it 19:10  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 24/08/07
  83.   # 19 Mom of Arab Children 19:21  |  Lynn 24/08/07
  84.   74 Jeff ON connotations 19:23  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 24/08/07
  85.   To Jon Feigenbaum 19:24  |  Omar 24/08/07
  86.   Ignorant attacks on Almontaser 19:32  |  Peter H 24/08/07
  87.   Talking about T Shirts ......... 19:35  |  Mary 24/08/07
  88.   #19 I`M SORRY for your plight but you need to.... 19:57  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 24/08/07
  89.   Lynn 20:04  |  Walid 24/08/07
  90.   Quite the discussion of free speech on these posts... 20:10  |  Ali bin Abu ibn Abd 24/08/07
  91.   Omar of Ramallah 20:12  |  Lynn 24/08/07
  92.   Overreacting? 20:14  |  Joe 24/08/07
  93.   Margie from Tel Aviv. 20:17  |  Ibrahim 24/08/07
  94.   Ibrahim 20:17  |  Gina 24/08/07
  95.   To # 17 Darwish 20:20  |  Dagme 24/08/07
  96.   Daniel Pipes = what`s wrong with America 20:22  |  Akiva Patysh 24/08/07
  97.   2... far fetched comparison... 20:27  |  ravi 24/08/07
  98.   Omar # 79 Like You Said... 20:31  |  Jeff Northridge 24/08/07
  99.   Walid - Obviously 20:31  |  Gina 24/08/07
  100.   Ronnie Wolman, (UFLCS, founder) 20:34  |  Akiva Patysh 24/08/07
  101.   Common Sense 20:37  |  Dagma 24/08/07
  102.   hala 20:38  |  Gina 24/08/07
  103.   Khalid on America @#13 20:41  |  Akiva Patysh 24/08/07
  104.   Khalid on America @#13 20:41  |  Akiva Patysh 24/08/07
  105.   Lynn -- thank you 20:44  |  Gina 24/08/07
  106.   Excuse Me Ibrahim- Radical Muslims 20:47  |  Jane 24/08/07
  107.   Akiva-You are Very Wrong About Pipes 20:50  |  Jane 24/08/07
  108.   Two very different cases in the article 20:50  |  Igor 24/08/07
  109.   Jeff Northridge and what I said 20:53  |  Omar 24/08/07
  110.   Ibrahim -- it does 20:55  |  Gina 24/08/07
  111.   omar 79 20:56  |  alan 24/08/07
  112.   Burston, the intifada is filthy 20:56  |  Gina 24/08/07
  113.   Jane, no problemo. 20:57  |  Ibrahim 24/08/07
  114.   An Exhibition of Arrogance. 21:03  |  Dolly 24/08/07
  115.   Mom of Arab Children- Then Leave 21:08  |  Jane 24/08/07
  116.   to omar from ramallah,i see your so concerned,about what might 21:10  |  terrornator 24/08/07
  117.   Gina 21:15  |  Walid 24/08/07
  118.   akiva patysh,if you dont like living in america,then get the hell 21:16  |  terrornator 24/08/07
  119.   Jane, maybe you should leave? 21:17  |  Ibrahim 24/08/07
  120.   Ibrahim 21:21  |  Walid 24/08/07
  121.   Jane, you`re right! 21:23  |  Akiva Patysh 24/08/07
  122.   HOLd on a minute, this is ridiculous! 21:28  |  Jay 24/08/07
  123.   Let Arabs tell the truth..... 21:28  |  Natasha 24/08/07
  124.   alan in toronto 21:28  |  Omar 24/08/07
  125.   Ibrahim of Michigan, teach me, my friend,.. 21:33  |  Akiva Patysh 24/08/07
  126.   Bradley`s insanity shouldn`t go over in the U.S. or Israel. 21:33  |  Chaim 24/08/07
  127.   Truth 21:33  |  P. J. Casey 24/08/07
  128.   Feigenbaum, Lynn and Margie 21:36  |  Tess 24/08/07
  129.   INTIFADA 21:41  |  ISHMAEL ISHMAEL 24/08/07
  130.   Ali bin Abu ibn Abd # 90 Freedom of Speech 21:42  |  Jeff Northridge 24/08/07
  131.   Akiva Patysh 21:43  |  Ibrahim 24/08/07
  132.   P. J. Casey 21:44  |  Omar 24/08/07
  133.   Walid - you just linked the t-shirt to the Palestinian intifada 21:50  |  Gina 24/08/07
  134.   #13 - Khalid lived in the U.S. for eight years... 21:51  |  Mimi 24/08/07
  135.   Walid you really should decide which side of the fence you are 21:54  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/08/07
  136.   Ibrahim 21:56  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/08/07
  137.   Feigenbaum, Lynn and Margie- example... 22:03  |  Tess 24/08/07
  138.   Akiva Patysh/Ibrahim your friend 22:07  |  Walid 24/08/07
  139.   Ibrahim, Begin`s goal in 1982... 22:11  |  Akiva Patysh 24/08/07
  140.   Ibrahim to Akiva: Vacumn Cleaners 22:15  |  Ronnie Wolman 24/08/07
  141.   Walid of Beirut 22:19  |  Akiva Patysh 24/08/07
  142.   124 Omar 22:21  |  alan 24/08/07
  143.   Tess 22:22  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/08/07
  144.   Margie in Tel Aviv 22:25  |  Walid 24/08/07
  145.   Walid...you make a very good point.. 22:29  |  Ibrahim 24/08/07
  146.   walid,if the first suicide bombing occurred in 1994 22:29  |  terrornator 24/08/07
  147.   MR. BURSTON, I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND 1 22:32  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/08/07
  148.   Let me tell the truth about Almontaser 22:35  |  Saif al Kufr 24/08/07
  149.   Walid -- No one is required 22:39  |  Gina 24/08/07
  150.   MR. BURSTON, I FAIL TO UNDRSTAND 2 22:47  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/08/07
  151.   Pipes is Right As Always 22:59  |  Jane 24/08/07
  152.   Burston`s Preaching 23:04  |  Yoram 24/08/07
  153.   Ibrahim the hypocrite spews from Dearborn 23:05  |  Sandman 24/08/07
  154.   Akiva Patysh #121 23:13  |  GABE 1 24/08/07
  155.   Dolly, take a deep breath! 23:17  |  Akiva Patysh 24/08/07
  156.   Tess # 137 23:17  |  Lynn 24/08/07
  157.   That reminds me of the insulting cartoons of last year 23:29  |  Lebanese in Canada 24/08/07
  158.   Paternalism, yet again 23:31  |  Hannah 24/08/07
  159.   Expectations of Representatives 23:35  |  Shaka 24/08/07
  160.   Gina 23:40  |  Walid 24/08/07
  161.   115- Jane 23:47  |  Mom of Arab Children 24/08/07
  162.   #157, Lebanese in Canada 00:04  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  163.   143 Margie in Tel Aviv 00:07  |  Tess 25/08/07
  164.   Margie in Tel Aviv 00:09  |  Walid 25/08/07
  165.   Walid -- Can`t dispute it, can you? 00:10  |  Gina 25/08/07
  166.   Ibrahim 00:20  |  Gina 25/08/07
  167.   Bradley.Did you Use Your Head when You Wrote That "Drivel"?Shame! 00:27  |  Kath` 25/08/07
  168.   Jihadi Hannah 00:37  |  Gina 25/08/07
  169.   Muslims should not provocate ! 00:39  |  Edmond Danijean 25/08/07
  170.   Burston, how`d you feel if my T-shirt declared Sieg Heil NYC? 00:50  |  Mr. Ami Goldman 25/08/07
  171.   An anal orifice 00:51  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  172.   Khalid - times change, conservatives don`t 00:54  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  173.   Gina 01:00  |  Walid 25/08/07
  174.   Word Use 01:06  |  Sam 25/08/07
  175.   Mom of Arab Children 01:17  |  Gina 25/08/07
  176.   Kath -- Cheers! Well said! 01:19  |  Gina 25/08/07
  177.   #157 - Lebanese in Canada 01:25  |  Slibovitz 25/08/07
  178.   Walid 01:26  |  Gina 25/08/07
  179.   Mark Lincoln -- Incorrect 01:34  |  Gina 25/08/07
  180.   #169, Edmond 01:35  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  181.   Lebanese in Canada 01:35  |  Dan 25/08/07
  182.   Sam 01:38  |  Gina 25/08/07
  183.   #174, Sam 01:39  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  184.   128 TESS 01:41  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 25/08/07
  185.   Mr. Ami Goldman 01:47  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  186.   # 151 Jane.Professor Pipes has Always been Correct.. 01:48  |  Kath` 25/08/07
  187.   Walid - the same difference - at least you are constant 01:53  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  188.   Radical Islam bullies and coerces 01:58  |  Nahoum 25/08/07
  189.   A matter of words - Sam 01:59  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  190.   Walid Ya ABUL BANOT #173 RE GINA 02:04  |  GABE1 25/08/07
  191.   Mom of Arab Children 02:06  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  192.   # 168 Edmond Danijian. Muslims should not provoke! BUT! They Do! 02:14  |  Kath` 25/08/07
  193.   Mom of Arab Children 02:15  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  194.   gina # 165 and 166 you make a lot of sense,keep up the good post 02:18  |  terrornator 25/08/07
  195.   @18 scotguy. agree with you, there are very few not muslim 02:23  |  vladimir 25/08/07
  196.   walid #173 about gina and the pod people 02:27  |  dana 25/08/07
  197.   Mark Lincoln -- killing terrorists is not evil 02:41  |  Gina 25/08/07
  198.   Kath re: Pipes -- Isn`t it interesting 02:45  |  Gina 25/08/07
  199.   terrornator 02:52  |  Akiva Patysh 25/08/07
  200.   mark lincoln 02:53  |  mom of Arab Children 25/08/07
  201.   Walid just one question please..... 02:55  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  202.   Mom of Arab Children 03:01  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  203.   Jon Feigenbaum 03:01  |  Tess 25/08/07
  204.   Sandman, let`s be honest now... 03:02  |  Ibrahim 25/08/07
  205.   # 162 Hannah 03:04  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  206.   Ronnie and Akiva... 03:05  |  Ibrahim 25/08/07
  207.   #171, "the issue is bigotry and prejudice" 03:07  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/08/07
  208.   Ibrahim-# 131-facts and fantazy 03:09  |  Daniel Leopold 25/08/07
  209.   Gabe, a mountain out of a molehill,... 03:15  |  Akiva Patysh 25/08/07
  210.   Dana -- so you don`t dispute the facts either? 03:19  |  Gina 25/08/07
  211.   Mark Lincoln, Amen to that...Jane has gone off the deepend. 03:21  |  Ibrahim 25/08/07
  212.   #192, Kath 03:22  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  213.   GABE 1, a mountain out of a molehill 03:36  |  Akiva Patysh 25/08/07
  214.   Lynn -- Muslims also murdered Muslims in the cartoon rampage 03:36  |  Gina 25/08/07
  215.   Daniel Leopold 03:39  |  Gina 25/08/07
  216.   TESS CHECK OUT 196 and talk about balance 03:42  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 25/08/07
  217.   Ibrahim, coffee or tea? 03:50  |  Akiva Patysh 25/08/07
  218.   #172, Mark, it has nothing to do with conservatives 03:59  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/08/07
  219.   Ibrahim: Did Barak Offer most of What Arafat Wanted or Not???? 04:01  |  Ronnie Wolman 25/08/07
  220.   Tess 04:05  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  221.   Intifada is not welcome in the USA 04:05  |  B 25/08/07
  222.   Gina - panting at the prospect 04:08  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  223.   Mom of Arab Children 04:09  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  224.   # 174 Sam of Canada 04:13  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  225.   #222, Mark Lincoln 04:28  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  226.   To Dagma No. 95 04:32  |  Darwish 25/08/07
  227.   Ronnie...here`s the story.. 04:34  |  Ibrahim 25/08/07
  228.   Akiva, Ahlan wa Sahlan.... 04:38  |  Ibrahim 25/08/07
  229.   Daniel Leopold on Terror.. 04:40  |  Ibrahim 25/08/07
  230.   Zionist protecting Zionists 04:44  |  Labhras 25/08/07
  231.   #196, dana 04:46  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/08/07
  232.   Sam # 174 Word Use (part 1) 04:51  |  Jeff Northridge 25/08/07
  233.   One No One Yes 04:53  |  The Northern Wind 25/08/07
  234.   @124, omar, another lie, where did you get info 05:02  |  vladimir 25/08/07
  235.   Mark Lincoln -- Targeting terrorists is not targetting civilians 05:13  |  Gina 25/08/07
  236.   Lynn 05:15  |  Walid 25/08/07
  237.   Re #244 Lynn 05:20  |  Sam 25/08/07
  238.   Walids cop out 05:21  |  Danite 25/08/07
  239.   Sam # 174 Word Use (part 2) 05:25  |  Jeff Northridge 25/08/07
  240.   Ibrahim 05:25  |  Danite 25/08/07
  241.   Walid 05:26  |  Danite 25/08/07
  242.   171#Mark Lincoln & "The Song of the Shirts". 05:29  |  Akram Zekaria 25/08/07
  243.   Dana 05:30  |  Walid 25/08/07
  244.   mark Lincoln 05:31  |  Danite 25/08/07
  245.   Re# 232 Jeff 05:32  |  Sam 25/08/07
  246.   Jihadi Hannah 05:35  |  Gina 25/08/07
  247.   Gabe 05:38  |  Walid 25/08/07
  248.   Lynn.... 05:41  |  Tess 25/08/07
  249.   Re# 181 Dan 05:42  |  Sam 25/08/07
  250.   Mark Lincoln 05:46  |  Walid 25/08/07
  251.   Ibrahims Spin machine rolls on like a mighty river 05:46  |  Danite 25/08/07
  252.   Walid -- nice evasion 05:52  |  Gina 25/08/07
  253.   Walids total retreat 05:52  |  danite 25/08/07
  254.   re: Mark Lincoln 05:53  |  Efox 25/08/07
  255.   Re#239 Jeff (Part2) 05:56  |  Sam 25/08/07
  256.   Walid # 247 05:56  |  Gina 25/08/07
  257.   Slibovitz 05:59  |  Walid 25/08/07
  258.   Mark Lincolns unthinking nonsense#222 06:05  |  Danite 25/08/07
  259.   Omar 06:08  |  Danite 25/08/07
  260.   223Mark Lincoln. Words that convey ignorance under the ML brand. 06:10  |  Akram Zekaria 25/08/07
  261.   Regarding Raed Jarrar 06:11  |  Mimi 25/08/07
  262.   Sam # 237 06:14  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  263.   Danite 06:14  |  Walid 25/08/07
  264.   Case by Case 06:16  |  CHGODMK 25/08/07
  265.   I give up 06:16  |  Danite 25/08/07
  266.   Gina Hello 06:19  |  Danite 25/08/07
  267.   Tess 06:21  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  268.   # 1, KHALID 06:24  |  indrajaya 25/08/07
  269.   Walid: the action junkie 06:29  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 25/08/07
  270.   Let`s really take a look at these two "stories" 06:31  |  Voice of Reason 25/08/07
  271.   250# Walid.There is close similarity between Blindness & Hate. 06:36  |  Akram Zekaria 25/08/07
  272.   You Americans are a sanctimonious lot arent you 06:40  |  Non-American 25/08/07
  273.   Yes Walid, it is injustice. 06:47  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  274.   Kath` about Crazy Hannah 06:55  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  275.   FALLL OF A TYRANT 06:55  |  arab 25/08/07
  276.   Non-American #272 06:55  |  CHGODMK 25/08/07
  277.   Walid what?? 06:56  |  Danite 25/08/07
  278.   Just calling people "sanctimonious" is itself sanctimonious! 06:57  |  Hal 25/08/07
  279.   Lynn.... 07:04  |  Tess 25/08/07
  280.   #238 Danite 07:05  |  Smadar 25/08/07
  281.   Indrayaya # 07:08  |  Billy Joe 25/08/07
  282.   Danite: Giving Up 07:15  |  CHGODMK 25/08/07
  283.   Freedom comes with responsibilities... 07:25  |  Chiang KS 25/08/07
  284.   Walid # 257 07:34  |  Gina 25/08/07
  285.   Great article 07:52  |  George from Lebanon 25/08/07
  286.   Voice of Reason # 270 Not Quite 07:55  |  Jeff Northridge 25/08/07
  287.   Lakshmi is not only a racist but a placeist 07:55  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 25/08/07
  288.   Re#262 Lynn 08:06  |  Sam 25/08/07
  289.   Danite 08:06  |  Gina 25/08/07
  290.   Israel = apartheid. 08:15  |  Maureen Ann 25/08/07
  291.   Akram Zekaria 08:16  |  Walid 25/08/07
  292.   My heart goes out to Israel-Jewish citizenry 08:28  |  Joseph E . 25/08/07
  293.   Danite 08:30  |  Walid 25/08/07
  294.   Cipora #147 & 150 - to BB 08:33  |  S 25/08/07
  295.   to danite 08:47  |  r.m. 25/08/07
  296.   1)117#Walid The simple truth. 08:50  |  Akram Zekaria 25/08/07
  297.   #72 Edifice and the N word 08:54  |  hala 25/08/07
  298.   Danite, how can you criticise poor Walid? 08:58  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 25/08/07
  299.   #73 Good try, Tosfeta 09:07  |  hala 25/08/07
  300.   What does "intifada" mean? 09:16  |  Robert Farrell 25/08/07
  301.   2)117#Walid.The simple truth. 09:20  |  Akram Zekaria 25/08/07
  302.   #157 Lebanese on insulting cartoons 09:32  |  hala 25/08/07
  303.   175- Terrorist intifada? 09:33  |  Palestinian Brit 25/08/07
  304.   Lynn -re Mom of Arab Children 09:36  |  Palestinian Brit 25/08/07
  305.   Mom of Arab Children 09:37  |  Jane 25/08/07
  306.   219 - did Barak offer most of what Arafat wanted? 09:41  |  Palestinian Brit 25/08/07
  307.   291# Walid - History has the last word. 09:50  |  Akram Zekaria 25/08/07
  308.   # 2 to margie in tel aviv and others...(2nd try) 09:56  |  eric 25/08/07
  309.   Haaretz Please.. 09:57  |  Akram Zekaria 25/08/07
  310.   # 265 Danite ,Be Strong Be Strong Friend 10:01  |  Joseph E . 25/08/07
  311.   # 265 Danite Heyeh Chazak 10:02  |  Joseph E . 25/08/07
  312.   # 265 Danite היה חזק 10:04  |  Joseph E . 25/08/07
  313.   Palestinan Brit 10:07  |  Gina 25/08/07
  314.   Akram Zekaria 10:11  |  Walid 25/08/07
  315.   Margie in Tel Aviv 10:15  |  Walid 25/08/07
  316.   Dana: a voluntary reaction from the beautifully named 10:31  |  Angelique 25/08/07
  317.   #294, S 10:34  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/08/07
  318.   eric or slightly wrong, little by little 10:40  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 25/08/07
  319.   # 16 define freedom of speech, alicia 10:43  |  eric 25/08/07
  320.   #299, hala and self-righteous indignation 10:50  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/08/07
  321.   #291 Maureen Anne 11:08  |  Zelkha 25/08/07
  322.   let Arabs 11:30  |  roli 25/08/07
  323.   #320 Cipora and misinterpretation 11:30  |  hala 25/08/07
  324.   #308 Eric 11:32  |  Alicia 25/08/07
  325.   eric#308 about Hakenkreutz 11:33  |  S 25/08/07
  326.   #308, eric 11:41  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/08/07
  327.   #310-312, Joseph E, Danite is much deserving 11:55  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/08/07
  328.   We`ll have to wait a generation or two..... 12:08  |  Esther 25/08/07
  329.   #319 Eric; answering to your question 12:21  |  Alicia 25/08/07
  330.   # 318 to margie in tel aviv...(2nd try) 12:27  |  eric 25/08/07
  331.   To put it briefly....... 12:28  |  Esther 25/08/07
  332.   #323, hala 12:59  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/08/07
  333.   eric you claim to have superior knowledge 13:05  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 25/08/07
  334.   #333, Margie in Tel Aviv 13:30  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/08/07
  335.   I see many have very mixed views 13:47  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  336.   PROVOKE people with inflamatry rhetoric after terrorist attacks 16:03  |  PETER.SM 25/08/07
  337.   314# Walid. Be fair if you are really a man of peace. 16:26  |  Akram Zekaria 25/08/07
  338.   "Arab" From the Latin - Low-life Liar Murderers! 16:42  |  mike 25/08/07
  339.   akiva patyash # 199 you and khalid are the same kind of people, 16:44  |  terrornator 25/08/07
  340.   Folks go easy on Walid 16:46  |  peter 25/08/07
  341.   akiva patysh # 199 your living in america,either support her or 16:50  |  terrornator 25/08/07
  342.   187# Mark Lincoln, You are a Comedian. 16:52  |  Akram Zekaria 25/08/07
  343.   PURE PROVOCATION & MANIPULATION 17:03  |  Gil 25/08/07
  344.   PURE PROVOCATION & MANIPULATION 17:04  |  Gil 25/08/07
  345.   # 308 Eric.Just a brief Interpretation of the Swastika.. 17:10  |  Kath` 25/08/07
  346.   Inappropriate title: "Let Arabs tell the truth" 17:13  |  Esther 25/08/07
  347.   Local understanding (Hala #299) 17:17  |  Tosefta 25/08/07
  348.   arab in palestine,"FALL OF A TYRANT",LMFAO 17:20  |  terrornator 25/08/07
  349.   #280 Danite 17:22  |  Smadar 25/08/07
  350.   Mark Lincoln -- killing terrorists to save lives is moral 17:28  |  Gina 25/08/07
  351.   CHGODMK 17:35  |  Danite 25/08/07
  352.   hala 17:40  |  Gina 25/08/07
  353.   Esther 17:59  |  Tareq 25/08/07
  354.   # 330 Eric. Explanation about Swastika. If Possible.(Second Try). 18:18  |  Kath` 25/08/07
  355.   Targeted assasinations (Mark Lincoln #187; re Walid) 18:20  |  Tosefta 25/08/07
  356.   Akram Zekaria 18:22  |  Walid 25/08/07
  357.   Next time I`m in New York I should wear my Intifada T-shirt 18:35  |  Ben Alofs 25/08/07
  358.   #205, Lynn 18:39  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  359.   INTIFADA = SHAKING OFF 18:39  |  Gil 25/08/07
  360.   The other Intifadah 18:41  |  Jeff 25/08/07
  361.   To Darwish # 226 18:42  |  Dagma 25/08/07
  362.   # 279 Tess 18:46  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  363.   # 288 Sam 18:48  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  364.   # 314 Walid 18:58  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  365.   Let Arabs tell the truth..... 19:06  |  Dagma 25/08/07
  366.   Cipora Julianna Kohn 19:11  |  Walid 25/08/07
  367.   re #314, 315 Walid, I had to laugh at your hyprocisy 19:20  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 25/08/07
  368.   Ben Alofs don`t puke on your beautiful shirt 19:25  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  369.   Jane - anti-Arab sentiment 19:31  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  370.   #14, by gum 19:34  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  371.   Local understanding (Hala #299) 19:36  |  Tosefta 25/08/07
  372.   Targeted assasinations (Mark Lincoln #187; re Walid) 19:37  |  Tosefta 25/08/07
  373.   eric # 308 It`s Too Late To Fix It Now 19:38  |  Jeff Northridge 25/08/07
  374.   Gil - The definition of IDiot 19:38  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  375.   #18, Scots Guy 19:39  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  376.   # 340 Hannah 19:40  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  377.   PURE - PROVOCATION 19:44  |  Gil 25/08/07
  378.   #107, Jane 19:45  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  379.   hala - point well made 19:48  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  380.   Akram Zekaria 19:49  |  Walid 25/08/07
  381.   Hannah - if he wants a trial 19:53  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  382.   Lynn 19:56  |  Walid 25/08/07
  383.   # 339 Ben Alofs. So By The Same Token,The Muslims Are Committing. 20:01  |  Kath` 25/08/07
  384.   Tosefta - Whacking the bad guys 20:04  |  Mark Lincoln 25/08/07
  385.   THANKS BRADLEY, WE, MUSLIMS HAVE. YOUR MOVE NOW 20:21  |  Mohamed Malleck 25/08/07
  386.   Ben Alofs -- Bring your t-shrit and Hamas flag 20:25  |  Gina 25/08/07
  387.   Cipora Julianna Kohn 20:40  |  Walid 25/08/07
  388.   # 334 Cipora JK 20:56  |  Lynn 25/08/07
  389.   Walid: "Intifada" is not a harmless word 20:58  |  CHGODMK 25/08/07
  390.   Walid -- supporting terrorist murder is not "harmless" 20:59  |  Gina 25/08/07
  391.   Jihadi Hannah 21:01  |  Gina 25/08/07
  392.   Mark Lincoln -- killing terrorists saves lives 21:03  |  Gina 25/08/07
  393.   Walid WELL?? 21:05  |  Danite 25/08/07
  394.   Margie in Tel Aviv # 333 On Swastikas 21:08  |  Jeff Northridge 25/08/07
  395.   CHGODMK 21:08  |  Danite 25/08/07
  396.   Gina and Margie hello 21:14  |  Danite 25/08/07
  397.   Joseph E Thank you 21:18  |  Danite 25/08/07
  398.   !st Ammendment does not Apply to Teacher-student resltionship 21:51  |  Daniel 25/08/07
  399.   Ben Alofs, The thought policemen of New York (like Pipes, ... 22:07  |  Akiva Patysh 25/08/07
  400.   #363, Mark Lincoln 22:08  |  Hannah 25/08/07
  401.   #356 Margie in TA (ex SA) 22:12  |  Labhras 25/08/07
  402.   Walid The Word INTIFADA 22:12  |  Gil 25/08/07
  403.   Mark Lincoln # various posts Trials 22:24  |  Jeff Northridge 25/08/07
  404.   The tenuous connection to the T-shirt 22:31  |  Tosefta 25/08/07
  405.