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Last update - 17:10 20/09/2007
EU calls on Israel to reconsider sanctions against Gaza Strip
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent, News Agencies and Haaretz Service
Tags: PA, roadblocks, Israel, IDF

The European Union joined on Thursday a United Nations call for Israel to reconsider its move to declare the Gaza Strip "hostile territory" and appealed for it not to cut key services to the Hamas-run territory.

Israel announced the move on Wednesday, saying it would disrupt electricity and fuel supplies to the coastal strip as a step to prevent continued rocket fire at Israeli civilians.

Following the cabinet's decision, Israel Defense Forces officials on Thursday morning began formulating plans to limit services to the civilian population in Gaza.
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"Our first reaction is one of deep preoccupation ... We think the Gaza people should not be deprived of basic necessities," EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said.

"We join the call by the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Israel government to reconsider its decision," he added in a statement issued through his spokeswoman.

The European Commission, which helped coordinate emergency aid to Palestinians after militant Islamist Hamas' election victory prompted the West to suspend direct aid to the territories, also urged Israel to reconsider.

"The Commission hopes that Israel will not find it necessary to implement the measures for which the decisions set the framework yesterday," a spokeswoman for the EU executive said.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel on Wednesday to reconsider its decision to declare the Gaza Strip a hostile territory, warning that any cutoff of vital services would violate international law and punish the already suffering civilian population.

In one of his toughest statements aimed at Israel since taking the reins of the UN on January 1, Ban said he was very concerned at the Israeli government's declaration earlier Wednesday and its announced intent to interrupt essential services such as electricity and fuel to the civilian population.

"Such a step would be contrary to Israel's obligations towards the civilian population under international humanitarian and human rights law," he said.

"I call for Israel to reconsider this decision," the secretary-general said in a statement read by UN spokeswoman Michele Montas.

Haniyeh meets with militant factions in bid to halt rocket fire
Deposed Palestinian Authority prime minister Ismail Haniyeh met in the Gaza Strip with leaders from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on Thursday, in a bid to bring about a halt to Qassam rocket fire from from the Gaza Strip.

Despite this, Islamic Jihad said it would keep firing rockets at Israel, after the groups leaders met with Haniyeh on Wednesday in his attempt to convince them to halt the rocket fire.

Hamas, which rules Gaza, has urged militants not to fire rockets at Gaza-Israel border crossings, to prevent a cutoff of supplies, particularly during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. However, Hamas militants have fired mortar at Israeli targets.

Abu Ahmed, a spokesman for Islamic Jihad militants, said Thursday that "rockets are an affirmation of our option of continuing holy war and resistance against the occupation. Therefore, resistance will only stop if the occupation ends," he said.

The restrictions the cabinet unanimously voted upon include limiting the supply of fuel and electricity from Israel to Gaza, the transfer of goods through the crossings and the movement of people to and from the Strip. Visits to prisoners will come to a halt, and Israel will increase the monitoring of funds.

Arab, Islamic states denounce Gaza Sanctions at UN human rights body
Arab and Islamic countries on Thursday condemned Israel for declaring the Gaza Strip "hostile territory", and accused Israeli forces of killing Palestinian civilians, detaining parliamentarians, and destroying property.

In speeches to the United Nations Human Rights Council, delegates from the Middle East and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) said the humanitarian situation in the territories had deteriorated and would worsen further if Israel cut fuel and electricity to Gaza's 1.5 million people.

Israel's Ambassador Itzhak Levanon denounced the 47-member state forum for "bashing" Israel, while the U.S. delegation called for a "balanced and forward-looking approach"

Mohammad Abu-Koash, Palestinian representative to the UN in Geneva, told the talks: "Israel's recent declaration that Gaza Strip is hostile territory contravenes the Oslo agreements and mutual agreements in which I was involved."

Israeli raids had caused death and injuries among civilians, and destruction of homes, farms and infrastructure, he said.

"Kidnapping of civilians and officials go on unabated and by now there are 11,000 Palestinians in Israeli detention centers, including parliamentarians," the Palestinian envoy said.

Pakistan's ambassador Masood Khan, speaking on behalf of the OIC, decried the "deteriorating humanitarian and human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories."

"The Palestinians face military incursions, extra-judicial and targeted assassinations, restrictions on movement and demolition of houses and infrastructure," Khan said.

The OIC, a 57-nation alliance representing 1.3 billion Muslims, urged Israel to reverse its decision to interrupt basic services in Gaza, saying that would violate international law.

Western powers including Switzerland and the European Union denounced both Israeli restrictions in the territories and extreme militants who fire cross-border rockets.

Switzerland said that cutting fuel and power supplies would amount to "collective punishment" of the civilian population.

The debate was sparked by Israel's denial of access to UN human rights investigators seeking to probe alleged violations in the territories last year, including the death of 19 Palestinian civilians in errant Israeli shelling of the Gaza town of Beit Hanun in Gaza.

Syria's envoy Faysal Khabbaz Hamoui said the stalled UN investigations should not be forgotten, adding: "This will determine credibility of the Council."

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  1.   Attacking civillians? 10:18  |  PETER SM 20/09/07
  2.   Targeting civilians, as usual 10:22  |  Tony Price 20/09/07
  3.   this is a repeat of yesterday , haniyeh even knows what to do 10:34  |  victor hardman 20/09/07
  4.   Tony Price 10:41  |  Jasmine Murphy 20/09/07
  5.   Reaping what they sew. 10:57  |  Charles Smyth 20/09/07
  6.   #1 Peter SM 11:00  |  Begood 20/09/07
  7.   response to tony price 11:02  |  akoun jean 20/09/07
  8.   MAKE IT QUICK AND PAINLESS FOR THE GAZANS 11:08  |  indrajaya 20/09/07
  9.   PRIORITIES 11:08  |  Mer 20/09/07
  10.   Its About Time!! 11:09  |  No Innocents 20/09/07
  11.   Support for # 1 and # 2 11:13  |  Andrew Watson 20/09/07
  12.   Chicken Or Egg 11:15  |  Barry 20/09/07
  13.   I`ll repeat here what I wrote before too late 11:18  |  S 20/09/07
  14.   Against any humanitarian "laws" 11:21  |  Anne 20/09/07
  15.   gaza 11:23  |  sean 20/09/07
  16.   disruption of services 11:27  |  chaia antara 20/09/07
  17.   civillians 11:33  |  alon frank 20/09/07
  18.   The Science of Suffering 11:33  |  Natallie Durson 20/09/07
  19.   international law 11:39  |  Naim S. Mahlab 20/09/07
  20.   Yes Tony from New Zealand #2 11:44  |  Hilda 20/09/07
  21.   SO MUCH TALENT; SO LITTLE IMAGINATION 11:46  |  Brant 20/09/07
  22.   "We`ll keep firing" IJ 11:48  |  Henry 20/09/07
  23.   CONTINUE BOMBING? SO HOW ABOUT ISRAEL GOV. STOP PUSSYFOOTING AND 11:53  |  Gary 20/09/07
  24.   Tony 11:57  |  Spoff 20/09/07
  25.   collective punishment?? 12:00  |  Dawn 20/09/07
  26.   Answer to PETER SM 12:03  |  Honest 20/09/07
  27.   More Suffering.... 12:03  |  Anton 20/09/07
  28.   UN 12:11  |  sami 20/09/07
  29.   Peter SM #1 12:16  |  Ariel 20/09/07
  30.   GAZA 12:16  |  Zed 20/09/07
  31.   People who play with fire.... 12:19  |  Joe 20/09/07
  32.   FAKE PETER SM@1.If you need to ride on somebody else`s coattails. 12:21  |  PETER S .M. 20/09/07
  33.   QASSEM bombing of mainly Israeli civillians use services 12:26  |  PETER S .M. 20/09/07
  34.   Here we go again (Hilda #7) 12:32  |  Hanoman 20/09/07
  35.   Lost the plot yet again 12:45  |  kiwi girl 20/09/07
  36.   Palistinian agression 12:49  |  Frank 20/09/07
  37.   Hitler only sent Jews to heaven? 12:49  |  Dutch Dirk 20/09/07
  38.   International law and Hamas. 12:58  |  Charles Smyth 20/09/07
  39.   ARIEL&HONEST #1 is a CHEAP FRAUD as is his message. 13:00  |  PETER S .M. 20/09/07
  40.   DONT STOP QASSANS 13:05  |  indrajaya 20/09/07
  41.   natallie durson "the science of suffering" 13:05  |  benzion 20/09/07
  42.   MORE TRIBAL THINKING FROM ISRAELI OFFICIALS 13:06  |  Dutch 20/09/07
  43.   #5Akoun Jean, #17 Hilda 13:07  |  Tony Price 20/09/07
  44.   #9, No Innocents-How does that sound to you? 13:09  |  Anton 20/09/07
  45.   first kill the leaders in gaza. 13:11  |  benzion 20/09/07
  46.   "declaration of war." 13:12  |  akiva 20/09/07
  47.   tell egypt israel has no more to do with gaza 13:13  |  benzion 20/09/07
  48.   is israel really supplying gaza with electricity? 13:15  |  ravi and lakshmi 20/09/07
  49.   Israel will not get away with this war crime 13:22  |  Clickfool 20/09/07
  50.   Israel will not get away with this war crime 13:22  |  Clickfool 20/09/07
  51.   free world 13:25  |  mo 20/09/07
  52.   Whay hipocracy! 13:41  |  Murray of Montreal 20/09/07
  53.   TRADING PLACES 13:41  |  Vann 20/09/07
  54.   #42 - Dutch 13:44  |  JES 20/09/07
  55.   Switch off Aza`s water + wait 1 week = Peace Now 13:45  |  Jo Levine 20/09/07
  56.   Not Targeting civilians 13:46  |  real vision 20/09/07
  57.   When was the last time that Hamas respected international law? 13:54  |  Ian Robertson 20/09/07
  58.   Mo (#51) 13:54  |  Hanoman 20/09/07
  59.   #13 Anne on "unjustified collective punishment" 13:58  |  Alice of Wonderland 20/09/07
  60.   # 50 C/FOOL 14:05  |  17 20/09/07
  61.   Stupid move by a stupid PM 14:10  |  Jonathan S 20/09/07
  62.   jo Levine and peace 14:13  |  truth 20/09/07
  63.   The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker 14:14  |  Klaudia 20/09/07
  64.   The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker 14:14  |  Klaudia 20/09/07
  65.   # 13 S 14:14  |  Lynn 20/09/07
  66.   i have always known the palestinians were deficient 14:18  |  benzion 20/09/07
  67.   # 50 Clicky 14:18  |  Lynn 20/09/07
  68.   we must be mad 14:19  |  benzion 20/09/07
  69.   Dark ages 14:22  |  kastner 20/09/07
  70.   Ban...just another twit cashing in on the U.N. 14:26  |  Nechama 20/09/07
  71.   poor Gazanians, nasty Hamasians 14:31  |  sambo 20/09/07
  72.   Yet ! Disruption ll nt restore Israel deterrence p1 14:37  |  Alberto Cohen 20/09/07
  73.   The Bigots are Back 14:40  |  Honest Observation 20/09/07
  74.   It`s about time 14:41  |  k shamash 20/09/07
  75.   Dutch/Doris - Respecting others` rights 14:43  |  Gil 20/09/07
  76.   T PRICE.Haniyeh is now getting his thugs to stop.Get It? 14:49  |  PETER S .M. 20/09/07
  77.   For Jonathan S # 61 14:50  |  Clickfool 20/09/07
  78.   Even Terrorrists Need Some Integrity 14:52  |  Secular Moral 20/09/07
  79.   #18 Natallie Durson, LET IS SEE HOW HONEST YOU ARE 14:55  |  Clarence Darrow 20/09/07
  80.   EU & UN should send candles to GAZANS:First step to STONE AGE. 14:55  |  Vittorio 20/09/07
  81.   YOU DON`T PUNISH SWORN ENEMIES. YOU DEFEAT THEM! 14:56  |  Ambrose 20/09/07
  82.   Jes, My Response on Hamas` ability 14:57  |  Dutch 20/09/07
  83.   to Tony Price#43 15:05  |  Ilya 20/09/07
  84.   enemy entity 15:07  |  Jo Jo 20/09/07
  85.   Hamas Dilemma 15:08  |  Ron 20/09/07
  86.   Mr. Secretary; Israel is really trying to save Palestinian lives 15:10  |  Ian Robertson 20/09/07
  87.   To Alice of Wonderland/ Cllective Punishment 15:12  |  Anne 20/09/07
  88.   #76 Gil, Re Respecting others Rights 15:12  |  Dutch 20/09/07
  89.   Colonisation 15:15  |  BB 20/09/07
  90.   propaganda and support victory for Hamas 15:25  |  Mark B. 20/09/07
  91.   Clickfool 15:25  |  Israelit 20/09/07
  92.   Congratulations on an effective response, but.. 15:27  |  Tosefta 20/09/07
  93.   Water NOT switched off 15:27  |  Israelit 20/09/07
  94.   C`fool, talk about frustration and bloodlust 15:29  |  Israelit 20/09/07
  95.   Definiton of "occupation" and Gaza 15:29  |  Tosefta 20/09/07
  96.   CFOOL"Israel will not get away--". Haniyeh just blinked 15:30  |  PETER S .M. 20/09/07
  97.   Response to so-called Honest Obsevation 15:31  |  Mark B. 20/09/07
  98.   Bad response? What would you recomend then? 15:35  |  Arthur 20/09/07
  99.   For Every Kassam-Lights Out in One Area 15:35  |  Jane 20/09/07
  100.   Durson 15:36  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 20/09/07
  101.   #8 indrajaya 15:40  |  Sol 20/09/07
  102.   sean, @15, it is good you worried about kids in gaza 15:41  |  vladimir 20/09/07
  103.   Haniyeh be happy...Egypt love Hamas...ask for help 15:43  |  SuperClickfool 20/09/07
  104.   Click "fool" 15:44  |  Yaakov 20/09/07
  105.   Slick move 15:45  |  Mark Lincoln 20/09/07
  106.   to Dutch 15:51  |  Sol 20/09/07
  107.   # 54 15:54  |  Goldberg 20/09/07
  108.   Few Other Options 15:57  |  Double Click 20/09/07
  109.   to Hanoman 16:01  |  Sol 20/09/07
  110.   Gaza is proving to be a giant cesspool with little use 16:04  |  Richard S 20/09/07
  111.   haaretz editors publish that 16:05  |  vladimir, rio 20/09/07
  112.   You`re right, Kiwi girl. All out war is SO much better 16:09  |  Polybios 20/09/07
  113.   A government and her people are inseparable 16:13  |  Jason 20/09/07
  114.   The UN weighs in, unfortunately 16:24  |  B 20/09/07
  115.   Declaration of war 16:29  |  B 20/09/07
  116.   Move Sderot away from Ghaza - SOL TORONTO 16:30  |  indrajaya 20/09/07
  117.   #77 Clickfool 16:32  |  Sol 20/09/07
  118.   DOUBLE CLICK 16:36  |  DoubleClick.com 20/09/07
  119.   Only now, under threat, Haniyeh meets with his front troops 16:38  |  Albert 20/09/07
  120.   Jason, correct. 16:41  |  Ibrahim 20/09/07
  121.   Jane, for every Israeli air-raid and every Israeli death squad op 16:42  |  Ibrahim 20/09/07
  122.   kastner # 69 And What Is The "Right Way"? 16:47  |  Jeff Northridge 20/09/07
  123.   #94 16:48  |  B 20/09/07
  124.   Lebanons actions in the nahr al bared refugee camp 16:48  |  Matt 20/09/07
  125.   What`s next...killing disabled? 16:49  |  Tim 20/09/07
  126.   From the pic....Haniyeh looks like a whipped puppy 16:50  |  Lynn 20/09/07
  127.   #116 16:50  |  Sol 20/09/07
  128.   I laugh at the spineless Israel bashers here 16:53  |  Jake 20/09/07
  129.   #116 16:54  |  B 20/09/07
  130.   #116 Oops! 16:56  |  B 20/09/07
  131.   Dutch Dirk Ahmedinejad 16:58  |  Jake 20/09/07
  132.   Ibrahim, correct 17:05  |  peter 20/09/07
  133.   URGENT URGENT URGENT!!!!!!! 17:08  |  PICS OF CLICKFOOL 20/09/07
  134.   poor Tim 17:08  |  peter 20/09/07
  135.   indrajaya "move sderot away from gaza" 17:08  |  tommy suharto 20/09/07
  136.   What`s next...stealing their land and property? 17:15  |  Tim 20/09/07
  137.   Re: Choices. Clarence Darrow 17:16  |  Omran 20/09/07
  138.   EU Calling on Israel to Reconsider Sanctions 17:18  |  gabriel 20/09/07
  139.   To Peter SM 17:19  |  gabriel 20/09/07
  140.   A17 year old killed in central Gaza by an israeli bulldozer 17:20  |  lakshmi 20/09/07
  141.   To Peter SM 17:26  |  gabriel 20/09/07
  142.   Palestinians will EVENTUALLY prevail... 17:27  |  ME Observer 20/09/07
  143.   Almost comedy 17:30  |  Omran 20/09/07
  144.   EU should call on Hamas to - like Nazis - cease to exist 17:31  |  AV 20/09/07
  145.   Sol #127 17:32  |  Hanoman 20/09/07
  146.   TONY INDRED PRICE. AMEN 17:33  |  DANNY. 20/09/07
  147.   the first picture of a child.. 17:35  |  Kris 20/09/07
  148.   TO NO 5. 17:36  |  DANNY 20/09/07
  149.   #16 Hear,hear 17:36  |  outsider 20/09/07
  150.   Ibrahim #121 17:38  |  Polybios 20/09/07
  151.   And what does the EU and UN suggest that Israel do? 17:39  |  Murray of Montreal 20/09/07
  152.   Tony Price 17:40  |  rich 20/09/07
  153.   Tosefta # 81 Pure Bunk! (part 1) 17:40  |  Jeff Northridge 20/09/07
  154.   Sol, Re Primitive Response 17:49  |  Dutch 20/09/07
  155.   Wow! The E.U. is showing real leadership! LOL! 17:51  |  Denton 20/09/07
  156.   # 60 then i suppose it wasn`t 17:52  |  Kris 20/09/07
  157.   WE,LL KEEP FIRING 17:52  |  DANNY. 20/09/07
  158.   Non Occupation of Gaza 17:53  |  17 20/09/07
  159.   Give Gaza "peace for peace". Give Gaza "war for war". 17:53  |  Mirror 20/09/07
  160.   attack gaza now 17:55  |  phil 20/09/07
  161.   Israel has no clue at all. 17:55  |  Deborah 20/09/07
  162.   Give Gaza "peace for peace". Give Gaza "war for war". 17:56  |  Mirror 20/09/07
  163.   The Eu and the UN doesn`t have Quassams falling daily on them 17:59  |  Shepherd 20/09/07
  164.   # 120 Ibrahim 18:01  |  17 20/09/07
  165.   135 - almost comedy 18:02  |  pete 20/09/07
  166.   TO 47. 18:04  |  DANNY. 20/09/07
  167.   For ClickFOOL who cannot read #77 18:04  |  Jonathan S 20/09/07
  168.   NO 37. 18:06  |  DANNY. 20/09/07
  169.   #132 - move 18:06  |  hal 20/09/07
  170.   Let Egypt supply electricit and water to Gazastan 18:09  |  Aaron 20/09/07
  171.   anti-Zionists applaud Nazi regieme 18:11  |  Paul Freedman 20/09/07
  172.   131 18:12  |  DANNY. 20/09/07
  173.   #2: Israel is not a colony 18:14  |  Paul Freedman 20/09/07
  174.   161 - deborah 18:18  |  your solution is? 20/09/07
  175.   Tosefta # 81 Pure Bunk! (part 2) 18:21  |  Jeff Northridge 20/09/07
  176.   Tim,how about crushing someone to death with a bulldozer,that`s 18:22  |  lakshmi 20/09/07
  177.   What`s next....killing their children? 18:22  |  Tim 20/09/07
  178.   This is not going to work... 18:26  |  Tzfonit 20/09/07
  179.   Why Isn`t the EU Leaning On Hamas? 18:33  |  Brad 20/09/07
  180.   The UN 18:35  |  Paul 20/09/07
  181.   Dude Dutch your blind 18:37  |  Paul 20/09/07
  182.   Solana is preoccupied 18:39  |  Jonathan S 20/09/07
  183.   Cha Ani 18:41  |  paul 20/09/07
  184.   No electricity 18:44  |  Paul 20/09/07
  185.   #153 Jeff Northridge pushing falsehoods again. 18:46  |  Labhras 20/09/07
  186.   A message from Gaza! 18:46  |  Palestinian 20/09/07
  187.   Hamas 18:46  |  Paul 20/09/07
  188.   Israel doesn`t act carelessly 18:47  |  H50 20/09/07
  189.   The way a Blockhead works (Jeff Northridge #153) 18:48  |  Tosefta 20/09/07
  190.   #151 Murray of Montreal 18:54  |  Labhras 20/09/07
  191.   The EU should follow the example 18:58  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  192.   For Jake, who laughs a lot # 128 18:59  |  Clickfool 20/09/07
  193.   #140 Lakshmi 19:01  |  Labhras 20/09/07
  194.   They EU supporting terror against Israel 19:02  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  195.   If the EU rulers were coherent 19:05  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  196.   S # 13 19:07  |  ChanahS 20/09/07
  197.   #158 17 19:07  |  Labhras 20/09/07
  198.   Javier Solana again 19:08  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  199.   #1 Peter SM .Is that really YOU? Doesn`t Sound like it. 19:09  |  Kath` 20/09/07
  200.   Solana had better 19:11  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  201.   I wouldn`t hold your breath, Jonathan S # 167 19:12  |  Clickfool 20/09/07
  202.   EU, a bunch of hypocrites 19:13  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  203.   War Crimes 19:16  |  Mary 20/09/07
  204.   EU pathetic cries.. 19:16  |  Daniel 20/09/07
  205.   # 13 S. I think This Subject Has Been Exhausted... 19:17  |  Kath` 20/09/07
  206.   Solana, why don?t you 19:18  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  207.   peter...your posts are silly. 19:18  |  Ibrahim 20/09/07
  208.   Reading comprehension test (Jeff Northridge #175) 19:19  |  Tosefta 20/09/07
  209.   Hamas & Islamic Jihad needs to pay a very heavy price.... 19:20  |  cv 20/09/07
  210.   Polybios...you as usual forget... 19:20  |  Ibrahim 20/09/07
  211.   What Ban Ki-moon should do 19:21  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  212.   # 185 Labhras 19:22  |  17 20/09/07
  213.   #118 - Disingenuous Request 19:23  |  Double Click 20/09/07
  214.   Tim, 177, you are backwards! 19:24  |  Denton 20/09/07
  215.   Bloody Europe should tell us, the Jewish people, how to 19:24  |  Geula 20/09/07
  216.   EU hypocrites should 1st donate rocket-proof schools to Sderot 19:24  |  Dr. L. Brnd 20/09/07
  217.   Tosefta # 95 Pure Bunk! (part 3) 19:25  |  Jeff Northridge 20/09/07
  218.   # 21 Brant..SO MUCH TALENT;SO LITTLE IMAGINATION.(REALLY?) 19:30  |  Kath` 20/09/07
  219.   Labhras,Tim,Tosefta&Howdy jeff,L.great news about the Irish Trade 19:32  |  lakshmi 20/09/07
  220.   Palestinian from Gaza 19:33  |  Polybios 20/09/07
  221.   No matter what course of action Israel took 19:36  |  Alon Fisher 20/09/07
  222.   #198 KUTW 19:43  |  Chris Linthwaite 20/09/07
  223.   Hey natalie Durson & co 19:49  |  Alon Fisher 20/09/07
  224.   # 211 KUTW ...What Ban-Ki-Moon should do? Well.. 19:50  |  Kath` 20/09/07
  225.   #200 Daniel of Mexico 19:50  |  Chris Linthwaite 20/09/07
  226.   to Tim#136 19:51  |  Ilya 20/09/07
  227.   Only 1/4 cheek 19:51  |  Mark Lincoln 20/09/07
  228.   tweele dee and tweedle dum 19:54  |  ravi and lakshmi 20/09/07
  229.   # 196 ChanahS. re:S. Silly me I Forgot to Remind S ... 19:55  |  Kath` 20/09/07
  230.   #1 and 2 The New Antisemitism 19:55  |  Liliane 20/09/07
  231.   Ibrahim-The Palestinians Chose A Terrorist Thug Gang 19:55  |  Jane 20/09/07
  232.   dee and dum 19:58  |  ravi and lakshmi 20/09/07
  233.   Worldly wisdom for Jeff Northridge #217 19:59  |  Barak Ravid 20/09/07
  234.   #49 Good example of Biased European Hysteria 19:59  |  Semsem 20/09/07
  235.   Haniyeh, another hypocrite 20:00  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  236.   Islamic Jihad must explain which areas they mean by "Occupation" 20:00  |  Smadar 20/09/07
  237.   cutoff of supplies during Ramadan 20:03  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  238.   #75 - Gil, you raise a good point 20:03  |  JES 20/09/07
  239.   No other country supplies electricity to an enemy regime 20:04  |  Briton 20/09/07
  240.   Pal jihadists, on holy war 20:05  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  241.   lakshmi power generators in ashkelon 20:05  |  dimple kapadia 20/09/07
  242.   # 186 Pali` From Gaza. Just Wake Up and stop Whining.. 20:07  |  Kath` 20/09/07
  243.   Air Lift 20:07  |  Jim 20/09/07
  244.   Israel condemned for stating the obvious 20:07  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  245.   Need to halt rockets-COMPLETELY 20:10  |  Ron 20/09/07
  246.   Stop beating their drums ClickFOOL! 20:10  |  Jonathan S 20/09/07
  247.   Reconsider sanctions 20:11  |  Arnold Rosen 20/09/07
  248.   #82 - Dutch 20:12  |  JES 20/09/07
  249.   What`s next...running over people with bulldozers? 20:13  |  Tim 20/09/07
  250.   #89 - BB, you are quite wrong 20:16  |  JES 20/09/07
  251.   Labhras # 185 I Already Responed To That Post 20:17  |  Jeff Northridge 20/09/07
  252.   EU: Fuel aid for Gaza hinges on Hamas vow not to tax electricity 20:17  |  Martin List,M.D. 20/09/07
  253.   To Kath and ChanahS 20:20  |  S 20/09/07
  254.   What`s next....kill Journalists in Gaza? 20:27  |  Tim 20/09/07
  255.   Jonathan S , Re: Making Israel`s problems the world`s 20:30  |  Dutch 20/09/07
  256.   Maybe Israel will relent .... for a price? 20:32  |  Natallie Durson 20/09/07
  257.   Ibrahim - well, yes! 20:36  |  Polybios 20/09/07
  258.   Haaretz Censorship 20:39  |  Honest Observation 20/09/07
  259.   #156 Kris, you simply can`t imagine 20:40  |  martyrmaker 20/09/07
  260.   Sanctions 20:41  |  Fred 20/09/07
  261.   186Palestinian in Gaza,there is a fine piece on the Rice visit in 20:43  |  lakshmi 20/09/07
  262.   # 212 17 .I Know all there is to know,I am the Greatest Fool Here 20:48  |  Labhras 20/09/07
  263.   The humanitarian situation 20:54  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  264.   The human situation in Israel has deteriorated 20:55  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  265.   No Tim, next comes fighting in Gaza streets over prayers 20:57  |  Polybios 20/09/07
  266.   Wrong again Dutch 20:58  |  Dan 20/09/07
  267.   Clickfool, Israel fully evacuated the Philadelphia corridor 20:59  |  Jake 20/09/07
  268.   glorious holy warriors 20:59  |  Harry 20/09/07
  269.   # 230 Liliane re:#1 Peter SM(not him,a Fake) 21:09  |  Kath` 20/09/07
  270.   Tosefta # 189 UN "Documents" 21:17  |  Jeff Northridge 20/09/07
  271.   To Kath and ChanahS (second try) 21:23  |  S 20/09/07
  272.   #236 Smadar 21:25  |  Jim 20/09/07
  273.   Jeff Northridge #251 21:27  |  Labhras 20/09/07
  274.   What does PFLP have to do with IJ? 21:30  |  Rowan Berkeley 20/09/07
  275.   # 128 Jake I too Laugh at the spineless Israel bashers here.. 21:34  |  KATH` 20/09/07
  276.   Tosefta 21:34  |  Ben Gurion 20/09/07
  277.   Anne 21:51  |  eva 20/09/07
  278.   #1 PETER SM - and di you think it wasn`t legitimate? 21:51  |  Yonatan 20/09/07
  279.   Bb. 21:53  |  eva 20/09/07
  280.   Tosefta 21:59  |  Ben Gurion 20/09/07
  281.   A nudnik calling himself Ben-Gurion #261 22:00  |  Tosefta 20/09/07
  282.   Deborah remarkable stupidity 22:01  |  Ray 20/09/07
  283.   Is it really that bad... 22:03  |  Edith 20/09/07
  284.   #256 Kath 22:06  |  Chris Linthwaite 20/09/07
  285.   Tosefta and Jeff, your debate is superffluous 22:06  |  Yonatan 20/09/07
  286.   Boston Mary 22:11  |  Millie 20/09/07
  287.   aw Ibrahim I didn`t realise you were so loved 22:12  |  Millie 20/09/07
  288.   Ibrahim you are so worthy 22:16  |  Saint Ray 20/09/07
  289.   A blockhead is a blockhead (Jeff Northridge #265) 22:17  |  Tosefta 20/09/07
  290.   Israel, stick to your guns 22:18  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  291.   FAKE KATH` ALERT! # 268 22:25  |  kath` 20/09/07
  292.   EU = Association of Jew Hating Hypocrites 22:28  |  Tod Zuckderman 20/09/07
  293.   EU should urge Hamas to reconsider peace with Israel 22:29  |  Aaron 20/09/07
  294.   Push and they push back... 22:29  |  Joe 20/09/07
  295.   Dutch Dirt #37 22:35  |  Brad 20/09/07
  296.   Dutch #42: That was helpful 22:37  |  Brad 20/09/07
  297.   For Jonathan S # 246 22:37  |  Clickfool 20/09/07
  298.   #257 Not worth a response. 22:37  |  Labhras 20/09/07
  299.   Clickfool 22:40  |  Brad 20/09/07
  300.   abraham`s descendants.......what`s going on? 22:44  |  maria 20/09/07
  301.   #211 KUTW wannabe Israeli 22:50  |  Boycott 20/09/07
  302.   Tosefta 22:56  |  Ben Gurion 20/09/07
  303.   Jim #267 - you`ve misunderstood 22:58  |  Smadar 20/09/07
  304.   COFFEE 23:04  |  sam 20/09/07
  305.   # 253 Honest Observation....Haaretz Censorship..Oh How Well.. 23:05  |  Kath` 20/09/07
  306.   @185, labhras. what about 25% of yung irish 23:06  |  vladimir 20/09/07
  307.   non occupation of Gaza - Jeff Northbridge 23:09  |  17 20/09/07
  308.   222. Chris Linthwaite 23:18  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  309.   224 Kath` 23:23  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  310.   re: indrajaya 23:29  |  Efox 20/09/07
  311.   Arabs Liveds In Tents for Centuries 23:30  |  Efox 20/09/07
  312.   Jeff re Tosefta 23:31  |  James 20/09/07
  313.   282Brad,not sure I understand your fine distinction between 23:31  |  lakshmi 20/09/07
  314.   They Voted for Independence under Hamas 23:33  |  Efox 20/09/07
  315.   A nudnik calling himself Ben-Gurion #269 23:36  |  Tosefta (2nd try) 20/09/07
  316.   ClickFOOL, it is your problem already 23:39  |  Jonathan S 20/09/07
  317.   ClickFOOL as adviser to Gordon Brown 23:40  |  Jonathan S 20/09/07
  318.   291. Boycott, wannabe whatsoever 23:50  |  KUTW 20/09/07
  319.   Talking to a Blockhead about the ICJ (Jeff Northridge #217) 23:51  |  Tosefta 20/09/07
  320.   Tosefta 23:52  |  Ben Gurion 20/09/07
  321.   Tosefta 23:57  |  Ben Gurion 20/09/07
  322.   #152 Rich 23:59  |  A.D.Price 20/09/07
  323.   Tzfonit # 178 00:00  |  Gabe1 21/09/07
  324.   eu had nothing to offer in the past nor has anything noe to offer 00:05  |  ralph 21/09/07
  325.   My vote is for Jeff 00:14  |  Millie 21/09/07
  326.   #281 Tosefta re JN 00:18  |  Labhras 21/09/07
  327.   Tosefta - fugg the law 00:21  |  Mark Lincoln 21/09/07
  328.   A legal opinion with no reality (James #304) 00:24  |  Tosefta 21/09/07
  329.   #298 Vladimir 00:25  |  Labhras 21/09/07
  330.   Ben Gurion - really? 00:27  |  Mark Lincoln 21/09/07
  331.   Efox 00:28  |  Mark Lincoln 21/09/07
  332.   #230 Lilane 00:29  |  Tony Price 21/09/07
  333.   Why would the EU object? 00:31  |  Mark Lincoln 21/09/07
  334.   Linthwaite #225 - more of your Gaza water nonsense 00:42  |  Dr. L. Brnd 21/09/07
  335.   #83 Ilya 00:45  |  Tony Price 21/09/07
  336.   lakshmi you travel far to find trouble spots 01:09  |  shastri 21/09/07
  337.   Collective punishment (Mark Lincoln #314) 01:15  |  Tosefta 21/09/07
  338.   Missing end of #316 (re James) 01:18  |  Tosefta 21/09/07
  339.   Charles Smyth 01:22  |  Truth 21/09/07
  340.   This is a good one (Labhras #314) 01:24  |  Tosefta 21/09/07
  341.   Tosefta: Convention Relating To The Feeding Of Unicorns 01:27  |  Jeff Northridge 21/09/07
  342.   Greetings "Yom Kippur" 5768 01:35  |  * BEN JABO 21/09/07
  343.   Boycott - who did you name yourself after? 01:37  |  * BEN JABO 21/09/07
  344.   NUT allie Durson 01:41  |  * BEN JABO 21/09/07
  345.   But they can boycot Israel? 01:44  |  Dr David I. Gross 21/09/07
  346.   sad but justified 01:44  |  Inigo Montoya 21/09/07
  347.   Stop the talk, pull the plug, shut the valves 01:44  |  * BEN JABO 21/09/07
  348.   Rowan berkeley,Jim,Smadar,RB.the most recent news is that all the 01:52  |  lakshmi 21/09/07
  349.   #14 Ann you can`t be a jew, but if you are, 02:00  |  John Allen 21/09/07
  350.   Correct Strategy-Turn Off The Electricity 02:01  |  Ron 21/09/07
  351.   #321 shastri 02:02  |  Labhras 21/09/07
  352.   GABRIEL. PETER SM@1. Is FAKE.please read the rest of my posts 02:03  |  PETER SM 21/09/07
  353.   #2 New Zeland, where is that???? 02:14  |  John Allen 21/09/07
  354.   IBRAHIM.Israeli children are not sent out to confront,into danger 02:18  |  PETER SM 21/09/07
  355.   Tosefta # 281 The UNCHR Is Not A Court 02:20  |  Jeff Northridge 21/09/07
  356.   Tosefta