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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 17:18 05/09/2007 Special Place in Hell Awards, 5768 By Bradley Burston The Jewish New Year begins in less than a week, and with it, a period of soul-searching, of asking for forgiveness, of clearing the air, of new beginnings. Until then, though ... This is the time for your nominations of politicians, preachers, columnists, creeps, all of those in Israel and Palestine, in the Middle East and in the Jewish world, anti-Semites and Islam-haters, who have shown themselves most deserving of a special hell of their very own. Perhaps it's the former chief rabbi who announces that IDF soldiers die because they don't pray, perhaps it's the Islamic Jihad official who informs the parents of Sderot that the Qassams raining on their toddlers are a "gift for the new school year." Perhaps it's the advocate of cutting off supplies of water, electricity and fuel to a million and more Gazans. Perhaps it's the author of these lines. We invite your nominations, with the colorful explications to which talkbacks have accustomed us. We invite your seconds, your votes in favor and your considered expressions of dissent. We wish the very best of new years for all of our readers. But first ... _________________ Recent blogs: Let the settlers stay where they are We're not man enough to make peace Let Arabs tell the truth Hamas the cripple, Gaza the doomed __________________ The guiding principles of the talkback forum for this article will be mutual respect and openness to dialogue. Participants, even if they rule out, dismiss or oppose coexistence, must, within the confines of this forum, practice it. Censorship will be unapologetic. Political orientation will have absolutely no bearing on whether a comment is posted or rejected. The following will be grounds for deletion: 1. Racist remarks, as well as slurs on the basis of religion, ethnicity and gender. 2. Use of the terms Nazi, Hitler, to describe the actions and policies of Israelis, Palestinians or other parties to the Israel-Arab conflict. 3. Disparaging remarks, personal attacks, vulgarities and profanities directed at other participants in the forum. 4. Advocacy of violence against individuals or religious, ethnic or racial groups, including statements which may be construed as urging attacks on leaders, officials, security forces or civilians. Bookmark to del.icio.us Public discontent Teachers are replacing port workers in the public's mind as the 'serial national strikers.' Bad for academia? A Haifa professor says funding from corporations gives rise to some ethical conundrums.   1.   Alan Dershowitz 18:22  |  Colin Wright 05/09/07   2.   The arch terrorist Ariel Sharon 18:44  |  Stephen Murray 05/09/07   3.   The IDF 18:45  |  Stephen Murray 05/09/07   4.   ariel sharon 18:54  |  ravi 05/09/07   5.   3..youre right .........and of course the idf.... 19:16  |  ravi 05/09/07   6.   Ahmanijad - the next Haman 19:16  |  Martin Griss 05/09/07   7.   Nasrallah - brought chaos to poor Lebanon 19:20  |  Martin Griss 05/09/07   8.   i was going to say 19:20  |  steven murray`s mum 05/09/07   9.   Response to #3, the IDF 19:42  |  Shmuel Goldstein 05/09/07   10.   blissfully ignorant cause-seekers 21:00  |  J Freeman 05/09/07   11.   Norman Finkelstein 21:15  |  Steven 05/09/07   12.   For Putting Kassams on par with Words 21:56  |  Efox 05/09/07   13.   Ehud Olmert 23:00  |  D 05/09/07   14.   The Settlers in Old Hebron 23:08  |  Don Camillo 05/09/07   15.   A second vote for Aland Dershowitz 23:11  |  A reader 05/09/07   16.   Terrorists who murder innocent civilians 23:52  |  Daniel Friedman 05/09/07   17.   this is MY house you are talking about! 00:29  |  LUCIFER 06/09/07   18.   Anyone who... 01:02  |  Robert 06/09/07   19.   Hypocrites everywhere who... 02:43  |  Canderra 06/09/07   20.   Over-aggressive Lobbies - aipac - 2nd try 08:15  |  dana 06/09/07   21.   The Dumbing Down of Haaretz 08:51  |  FOX 06/09/07   22.   Amira Haas 08:59  |  Daniel 06/09/07   23.   A reader #15 Banal post 09:38  |  FOX 06/09/07   24.   Dana disengenuous #20 09:42  |  FOX 06/09/07   25.   Special Place in Hell Awards, 5768 09:48  |  Gregory 06/09/07   26.   About Hell.... 10:11  |  Mimi 06/09/07   27.   oh and before I forget... 10:12  |  Mimi 06/09/07   28.   The hit list 10:15  |  Talula 06/09/07   29.   dana #20 10:20  |  S 06/09/07   30.   Aspects of Hell 12:16  |  FOX 06/09/07   31.   OLMERT, PERETZ, HALUTZ 12:21  |  indrajaya 06/09/07   32.   Amira Hass, come on folks 12:23  |  FOX 06/09/07   33.   S #29 - Does it mean that 13:17  |  dana 06/09/07   34.   Condemn to hell 13:52  |  Hilda 06/09/07   35.   Amira Haas and Gideon Levy 13:58  |  Joe Sittizen 06/09/07   36.   Olmert 15:42  |  Chris Linthwaite 06/09/07   37.   The Jews that whent to Iran to kiss the president 16:20  |  Fernando 06/09/07   38.   So obvious Ahmadinejad 16:37  |  Shalom Freedman 06/09/07   39.   I`ll try again - MUHAMMED 17:10  |  Nik Miller 06/09/07   40.   S #29 - Does it mean.....2nd TRY (again!) 17:21  |  dana 06/09/07   41.   there are 3 different hells mentioned in the scriptures 17:22  |  virginia 06/09/07   42.   FOX #24 - on putrid posts and scintillating phraseology 17:42  |  dana 06/09/07   43.   S - one more thing 18:30  |  dana 06/09/07   44.   Talkback 18:39  |  europamedical 06/09/07   45.   I vote for Atilla Liman Karagozoglu 19:17  |  David Israel 06/09/07   46.   I nominate the talkbackers 19:18  |  Israeli guy 06/09/07   47.   JIMMY CARTER 19:37  |  Lynn 06/09/07   48.   don`t worry, Bradley 19:49  |  woof 06/09/07   49.   Why not Jimmy Carter? 19:55  |  Lynn 06/09/07   50.   About Hell 20:35  |  Rey 06/09/07   51.   Hell and who belongs there 21:36  |  Peter 06/09/07   52.   Jerry Falwell 22:06  |  Tipton 06/09/07   53.   Mayor of Hell 22:34  |  Zoe 06/09/07   54.   Olmert, Peres, Bush, Rice 23:52  |  Delta 06/09/07   55.   # 37, sounds like me, but is not. Kinda makes me wonder... 01:44  |  Virginia 07/09/07   56.   Mother Theresa, Golda Meir, Mick Jager, The smelly guy on the bus 02:09  |  Chad 07/09/07   57.   hell 02:43  |  al quada and ghengis 07/09/07   58.   The Christian fundamentalists in San Diego 06:55  |  J. Friedman 07/09/07   59.   Dana if aipac is doing a disservice to Israel 07:37  |  Israeli 07/09/07   60.   Uri Lupolianski 08:06  |  David 07/09/07   61.   dana #40-42 and 33! - second try (next morning( 09:01  |  S 07/09/07   62.   Osama Ben Laden 09:23  |  Danni 07/09/07   63.   Indrajaya For Making Fun Of Us! 09:35  |  Yosemite 07/09/07   64.   In Reply to Dana #42 a minor muse 10:34  |  FOX 07/09/07   65.   Some people have their hell in this world 10:49  |  Wolf 07/09/07   66.   # 63, YOSEMITE 10:56  |  indrajaya 07/09/07   67.   the one who loves me since many years, despite my mistakes 11:44  |  saul a. readner 07/09/07   68.   All Talkbackers 11:49  |  Maral 07/09/07   69.   Nik Millers and all other bigots 11:51  |  Maral 07/09/07   70.   This time, being egocentrical cannot be wrong 12:00  |  christoph 07/09/07   71.   There is no Hell 12:46  |  Bandar Michaels 07/09/07   72.   Maral 13:21  |  Nik Miller 07/09/07   73.   Worst offendors 13:32  |  Choni Davidowitz 07/09/07   74.   SHEIKH NASRALLAH 13:41  |  indrajaya 07/09/07   75.   People Who Post on Talkback 13:47  |  Jim Blowhard 07/09/07   76.   Know-it-alls 13:53  |  Dubya 07/09/07   77.   The Duke Professors, hell? 13:54  |  FOX 07/09/07   78.   "47 Lynn 13:56  |  Labhras 07/09/07   79.   #2/3 murray is not known for his legal or historical accuracy 13:59  |  victor hardman 07/09/07   80.   How about PAUL HARRIS 14:00  |  Phil 07/09/07   81.   #49 Lynn the "enlightened".Asks why nor Carter. 14:10  |  Labhras 07/09/07   82.   Sheikh Taj El-Din Hamid Hilaly - READ 14:28  |  Yered Shmuel 07/09/07   83.