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The 41st kilometer
By Amira Hass

A zoo. This is one of the ways that Palestinians describe the conditions under which nearly 1.5 million of them have been living: in an area of some 360 square kilometers, closed in on three sides by sophisticated barbed-wire fences, concrete walls and military lookout towers, and to the west by Israeli navy ships that seal them off from the sea. Overhead, in the sky, unmanned aircraft and hot air balloons continually photograph whatever happens inside this closed cage, which has seven gates connecting it to the world, all of which are sealed off almost hermetically.

During the past four months, Israel has permitted about 2,000 people to leave the Gaza Strip - a minority of them were ill; more than half were Fatah senior activists or loyalists who were fleeing from the Strip; and the rest were individuals holding dual citizenship or visas for prolonged stays abroad. For the sake of comparison: In 1999, 1,400 people a day went through the Rafah crossing point alone, in addition to the thousands who passed though the Erez crossing point, despite the permanent closure policy. Now, 1.5 million human beings are living with the knowledge that the length of their world is at most 41 kilometers long and 12 kilometers wide.

The comparison to a zoo was made by Dr. Mamdouh al Aker, a doctor who heads the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights. For another Gazan, a prominent businessman whose food plant is working at about 5 percent of its capacity, the situation is reminiscent of a hospital: Like patients, the inhabitants do not work, but they receive food. They do not work, because for four months Israel has prohibited not only the exit of any Gazan products to market, but also the entry of any raw materials or means of production. If the prices of goods continue to rise and the cash crisis worsens because of the severing of contact between banks in Israel and the banks in Gaza, the international aid organizations will soon increase the quantities of food that they donate, which today account for about 10 percent of the supplies that are brought in. Perhaps the day will come when they will drop food packages from helicopters.
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The governments of Israel, the United States and Europe see the hermetic imprisonment of 1.5 million human beings and the final destruction of Gaza's economic infrastructure as a suitable answer to Hamas, at least until it falls. It appears that the Ramallah "government" agrees with them. Indeed, the head of the Gazan "government," Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, has hinted that the exclusive Hamas regime in Gaza is temporary. But, this temporary nature depends on the success of a dialogue between Hamas and Fatah, whereas Israel and the United States are forbidding Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from carrying on such a dialogue. And Abbas, in any case, is for the moment sticking to the approach that Hamas is a hostile entity.

As always, the students who are not being allowed to leave are a minority whose imprisonment reflects the extent of the destruction inflicted upon the Palestinian future. For years now Israel has been preventing Gazans from studying in the West Bank. As a consequence, those who want to undertake advanced studies at the university level must go abroad. Take, for example, 10 outstanding students who have received scholarships for master's and doctoral studies in Germany. Take another several hundred students who are already studying abroad and got stuck in the Gaza Strip over the summer, and others who registered for studies abroad this year. The essential future contribution by all of these students to their community is ensured. But if they do not leave the Gaza Strip today, right now, some of them will lose their scholarships, others the first semester of the school year and still others the entire year. Thousands of other young people have simply given up on their aspiration to study abroad because of the closed-gates policy. And when they do not receive the opportunity to get to know the world, the world according to Hamas and the religious horizons that it offers are the most persuasive.

Since 1991, Israel has been using the partial or total imprisonment of the Gazans in their cage, for longer or shorter periods, as a political strategy: Sometimes it is depicted as punishment, sometimes as a deterrent action and always as a preface to a political plan. Until not long ago, it seemed as though the terms of imprisonment could not be any worse. The past four months have proven that there is always "worse."
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  1.   Dear Amira : keep on the good work 09:25  |  Sam (UK) 15/10/07
  2.   A ZOO??? 09:34  |  Jack 15/10/07
  3.   Gaza = Warsaw Ghetto 09:39  |  Natallie Durson 15/10/07
  4.   Haza Zoo 09:50  |  Ralph 15/10/07
  5.   These "people" in that zoo were animals long before Israel came 09:58  |  GrossedOut 15/10/07
  6.   Amira, you never cease to amaze me 10:07  |  Nechama 15/10/07
  7.   IT IS A ZOO : AND THE ANIMALS ARE RUNNING IT 10:26  |  I.N.Vertebrate 15/10/07
  8.   A tendentious article! 10:26  |  S 15/10/07
  9.   Oh brother. What nonsense. 10:33  |  SDHD 15/10/07
  10.   Amira & her zoo 10:34  |  Linette H 15/10/07
  11.   Thanks Amira 10:35  |  Truely yours 15/10/07
  12.   prior to intifada gazans worked in israel in large numbers 10:35  |  victor hardman 15/10/07
  13.   #1-Leon, is that you?? 10:38  |  nina 15/10/07
  14.   The Palestinian bandits turned Gaza into zoo 10:47  |  Shlomo from Tel-Aviv 15/10/07
  15.   # 11 The Zoo of Amira 10:58  |  Emanuel C 15/10/07
  16.   # 8 Vertebrate 11:02  |  Roxana from Iran 15/10/07
  17.   12# Truley yours : all u have to do 11:08  |  Sam (UK) 15/10/07
  18.   Truely yours 11:10  |  Big 15/10/07
  19.   #3 Joe and #6 11:10  |  bill 15/10/07
  20.   Natalie Durson #4 - great post and unfortunately too true 11:25  |  dana 15/10/07
  21.   Oiy, oiy, oiy, don`t INSULT ANIMALS! 11:32  |  mary for jews 15/10/07
  22.   Nataly Durson: still off her rocker 11:38  |  Star of David 15/10/07
  23.   CORRECTION: Hamas has turned Gaza into a zoo 11:42  |  charles soper 15/10/07
  24.   For Big #19 11:45  |  Small 15/10/07
  25.   arabist apologists and neo-revisionism 11:55  |  peter 15/10/07
  26.   SORRY AMIRA HASS it was a MISTAKE 11:55  |  Gil 15/10/07
  27.   Gaza zoo developed economically under Israel 11:56  |  Shlomo 15/10/07
  28.   Israel shining star ! but for whom 12:00  |  Refugee 15/10/07
  29.   Israeli Degenerates 12:04  |  Walid 15/10/07
  30.   Your thinking is a zoo. 12:09  |  Henry 15/10/07
  31.   Star of David 12:19  |  Walid 15/10/07
  32.   Zoo profile: pals as pooches? 12:23  |  Star of David 15/10/07
  33.   Time to throw the book at those sick Israelis... 12:26  |  Dutch 15/10/07
  34.   S 12:32  |  Walid 15/10/07
  35.   Durston you are 12:33  |  Nerys 15/10/07
  36.   Israelis are the barbarians at the gate today.. 12:36  |  Dutch 15/10/07
  37.   Dana 12:37  |  Walid 15/10/07
  38.   so is it a zoo or a prison? 12:42  |  matt 15/10/07
  39.   For Walid 12:46  |  Star of David 15/10/07
  40.   WRONG ZOOS ARE SAFE TO VISIT. IN GAZA THE ANIMALS EAT JEWIS FLESH 12:49  |  Mitch Iginer 15/10/07
  41.   planet of the Apes 12:51  |  Jo Jo 15/10/07
  42.   3 walls a prison doesn`t make 12:52  |  Ilan 15/10/07
  43.   For Walid again: re `S` and fence sitting 12:54  |  Star of David 15/10/07
  44.   AMIRA HASS and Palestinian Education 13:02  |  Gil 15/10/07
  45.   amira is a parody of herself 13:15  |  bob 15/10/07
  46.   Open Border With Enemy State? Sheer Idiocy 13:17  |  dyinglikeflies 15/10/07
  47.   Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 13:25  |  George Orwell 15/10/07
  48.   Walid 38 13:27  |  Nerys 15/10/07
  49.   the warsaw ghetto.... the right comparison 13:31  |  ravi 15/10/07
  50.   Walid 13:35  |  Nerys 15/10/07
  51.   I`d compare Gaza with Darfur 13:48  |  Chris Linthwaite 15/10/07
  52.   Dutch is the idiot at the gate today 13:52  |  Hastaroth 15/10/07
  53.   Zookeepers take care of their animals 13:52  |  Donald 15/10/07
  54.   Star of David 13:54  |  Walid 15/10/07
  55.   Shame on Israelis 13:57  |  Walid 15/10/07
  56.   Enough with the "Warsaw Ghetto" crap 14:03  |  Hastaroth 15/10/07
  57.   Taming the zoo 14:04  |  Leo 15/10/07
  58.   FYI Roxana from Iran 14:05  |  Nechama 15/10/07
  59.   45 Amira, Pay little attention to bullying mindset of Gil 14:07  |  Dutch 15/10/07
  60.   to Big 14:07  |  nina 15/10/07
  61.   Hamas says it will destroy Israel if Israel lets them get weapons 14:14  |  Yitzhak 15/10/07
  62.   Walid 14:14  |  S 15/10/07
  63.   #37 Dutch 14:14  |  Chris 15/10/07
  64.   You wanted "Disengagement" You Got it!! 14:16  |  Yaakov Ish Tam 15/10/07
  65.   Walid in Beirut 14:16  |  Nechama 15/10/07
  66.   The Warsaw ghetto -- a poor comparison indeed 14:17  |  bbl 15/10/07
  67.   No zoo and no ghetto 14:18  |  Esther 15/10/07
  68.   Star of David in Perth: Bravo! 14:18  |  Nechama 15/10/07
  69.   Taming the (Israeli) zoo (II) 14:19  |  Leo 15/10/07
  70.   Taming the (Israeli) zoo (III) 14:22  |  Leo 15/10/07
  71.   Gil in Haifa #45 14:22  |  Nechama 15/10/07
  72.   The Zoo 14:24  |  Eric 15/10/07
  73.   Chris Linthwaite 14:26  |  Nechama 15/10/07
  74.   Amira: they did it all by themselves! 14:26  |  Hard Talk 15/10/07
  75.   Walid in Beirut 14:28  |  Nechama 15/10/07
  76.   Dutch: spreading lies again! 14:32  |  Nechama 15/10/07
  77.   Gaza is Jewish version of CONCENTRATION CAMP 14:32  |  Joe 15/10/07
  78.   Hastaroth 14:37  |  Walid 15/10/07
  79.   Walid in Beirut 14:38  |  Star of David 15/10/07
  80.   Nechama: It is time for supporters of 14:41  |  Star of David 15/10/07
  81.   The utter disgrace of the Jews of Israel 14:43  |  Clickfool 15/10/07
  82.   Bravo, Walid 14:44  |  Sanity Speaking 15/10/07
  83.   Bravo, Walid 14:45  |  Sanity Speaking 15/10/07
  84.   #41 Mitch Iginer, Re the Disturbed Psychological Disorder 14:45  |  Dutch 15/10/07
  85.   Annex Aza : Zoo animals to Egypt (Hess may join too) 14:48  |  Feiglin for PM 15/10/07
  86.   For bbl # 67 14:51  |  Clickfool 15/10/07
  87.   # 4 Natalie - what source are your cherished jewish traditions? 14:52  |  Tom 15/10/07
  88.   #74 Nechama 14:54  |  Chris Linthwaite 15/10/07
  89.   Clickfool #82 pontifying again..... 14:58  |  Esther 15/10/07
  90.   Gosh, Amira, if only the arabs didnt force this on themselves!! 15:04  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  91.   THEY DONT EARN THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM UNTIL... 15:05  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  92.   82 Clicky, never a disgrace to protect your citizens 15:06  |  The Equalizer 15/10/07
  93.   gaza citizens ONLY have themselves to blame!!! 15:06  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  94.   Walid, taming the zoo 15:08  |  Leo 15/10/07
  95.   Nechama 15:15  |  Walid 15/10/07
  96.   Esther #68 Finally you react... 15:23  |  S 15/10/07
  97.   Gazans voted for a Nazi-like charter 15:23  |  Jonathan S 15/10/07
  98.   Message # 32 of Walid 15:30  |  Yitzhak 15/10/07
  99.   What a boring, pointless article 15:34  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  100.   Walid to Nechama #96 15:36  |  S 15/10/07
  101.   #85 DUTCH: you have gapping holes in civilization! 15:37  |  Hard Talk 15/10/07
  102.   The Hamas Leaders are Guilty of this Zoo 15:37  |  True Moral 15/10/07
  103.   The Jewish Religion Teaches: 15:39  |  POP 15/10/07
  104.   Listen to all the Israeli posters here: 15:40  |  POP 15/10/07
  105.   Esther 15:41  |  Walid 15/10/07
  106.   Answer to Walid # 30 15:41  |  Abu Yusuf 15/10/07
  107.   Israel = Burma 15:43  |  POP 15/10/07
  108.   Gaza = Warsaw Ghetto 15:43  |  POP 15/10/07
  109.   Clickfool #87 15:44  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  110.   George Orwell thanks for the book review 15:44  |  Gil 15/10/07
  111.   @1, sam from UK. hi leon, why you changed your nick? 15:46  |  vladimir 15/10/07
  112.   Piranas and Barakudas 15:49  |  Yosi 15/10/07
  113.   clickfool #87....no mention of how arabs treat jews? why not?!?! 15:51  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  114.   Chris Linthwaite 15:51  |  Nerys 15/10/07
  115.   Shimon 15:52  |  Walid 15/10/07
  116.   POP...what does arab religion teach? how to make belt bombs?? 15:52  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  117.   Message #96 of Walid (maybe we can discuss without hostility) 15:55  |  Yitzhak 15/10/07
  118.   Advice to Gazans 15:57  |  Tosefta 15/10/07
  119.   Ms. Haas insults HAMAS 16:01  |  17 15/10/07
  120.   Gaza 16:01  |  Avrum 15/10/07
  121.   #116, walid...arabs didnt give jews anything! 16:04  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  122.   Ah Nerys: i knew you`d put 16:04  |  Star of David 15/10/07
  123.   Leo in Modiin 16:05  |  Walid 15/10/07
  124.   THE PEOPLE OF GAZA.... OR COURAGE AND PERSISTENCE FACING CRUELTY 16:05  |  TrippleJump 15/10/07
  125.   My Dear Tosefta #119 16:11  |  Arnold Sommerfeld 15/10/07
  126.   More a concentration camp than a zoo 16:15  |  Ralph is back 15/10/07
  127.   Walid 16:17  |  Lynn 15/10/07
  128.   Advice to Gazans 16:17  |  17 15/10/07
  129.   #105 - POP 16:19  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  130.   #119 Advice to Tosefta - the mindless one 16:19  |  pace306 15/10/07
  131.   #98EXCELLENT COMMENT- HAMAS CHARTER IS VERY NAZI LIKE IN IDEOLOGY 16:20  |  Al Einstein 15/10/07
  132.   arabist apologists, denial personified 16:22  |  peter 15/10/07
  133.   Walid #124...backwards logic 16:24  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  134.   # 17 Roxana 16:24  |  Lynn 15/10/07
  135.   an explanation 16:31  |  kaled 15/10/07
  136.   Yitzhak 16:31  |  Walid 15/10/07
  137.   #119 Tosefta wishes the Arabs `Good Luck` killing Jews 16:33  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  138.   They want to travel through Israel end the rockets & give us Gila 16:36  |  zionist forever 15/10/07
  139.   Peace Through Victory - Who Keeps the Pals Down? 16:37  |  David Samson 15/10/07
  140.   super star of David 16:38  |  Nerys 15/10/07
  141.   For Esther # 90 16:45  |  Clickfool 15/10/07
  142.   Susceptibility to shame (Arnold Sommerfeld #126) 16:47  |  Tosefta 15/10/07
  143.   For WWACD # 110 16:50  |  Clickfool 15/10/07
  144.   #19 Truly yours, keep on praying to alah 16:50  |  TOMY 15/10/07
  145.   There is no other side to this story 16:52  |  Meir 15/10/07
  146.   Prisoner Exchange 16:53  |  Walid 15/10/07
  147.   #s34 & 125 Dutch & Triple Jump--I AGREE With You Both! 16:53  |  Proud Pal Defender 15/10/07
  148.   Nechama Not Only Do I Expect it But,,, (#72) 16:59  |  Gil 15/10/07
  149.   S 17:01  |  Walid 15/10/07
  150.   Joathan S: it´s a PA-Charter NOT a Hamas invention! 17:07  |  Hard Talk 15/10/07
  151.   Pop 17:08  |  Walid 15/10/07
  152.   Israel is a disgrace, hypocrisy abounds 17:08  |  Ann 15/10/07
  153.   POP # 104 17:08  |  ChanahS 15/10/07
  154.   POP # 105 17:11  |  ChanahS 15/10/07
  155.   Poor Little Things 17:13  |  Ron 15/10/07
  156.   Advice to the children of Sderot 17:15  |  Jonathan S 15/10/07
  157.   Abu Yusuf 17:16  |  Walid 15/10/07
  158.   POP 109 17:16  |  ChanahS 15/10/07
  159.   WWACD 17:20  |  Walid 15/10/07
  160.   Walid 17:21  |  Nerys 15/10/07
  161.   Re 4 Natallie Durson show me Wannsee 17:24  |  Alan the real one 15/10/07
  162.   Re 87 click to the rescue 17:29  |  Alan the real one 15/10/07
  163.   Earth to Amira 17:30  |  Tod Zuckerman 15/10/07
  164.   Not a zoo. Leprosarium. 17:31  |  Xaxam 15/10/07
  165.   Exchange Completed 17:32  |  Walid 15/10/07
  166.   re 144 It will never end old click. 17:33  |  Alan the real one 15/10/07
  167.   Walid #150 17:33  |  S 15/10/07
  168.   The end of the Gaza Ghetto may put Israel and the Jews to shame 17:35  |  Tosefta 15/10/07
  169.   Yitzhak 17:44  |  Walid 15/10/07
  170.   Walid (#160) I would call it 17:44  |  Gil 15/10/07
  171.   A Zoo of Their Own Making 17:45  |  CHGODMK 15/10/07
  172.   The result of keeping Hamas out 17:45  |  Tosefta 15/10/07
  173.   Walid 17:48  |  CHGODMK 15/10/07
  174.   #119 My dear arabist apologist 17:53  |  peter 15/10/07
  175.   Shimon 17:54  |  Walid 15/10/07
  176.   The Key 17:55  |  Yonatan Netser 15/10/07
  177.   #160 Wally 17:57  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  178.   Half-truth is the worst of the lies 18:04  |  Victor 15/10/07
  179.   # 4 You pal`s are lucky SOB`s and B....s, given.... 18:05  |  Misha 15/10/07
  180.   For my friend Alan # 163 18:06  |  Clickfool 15/10/07
  181.   #173toosofta and the abstract of reality 18:06  |  victor hardman 15/10/07
  182.   Clickfook #144 18:07  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  183.   Gazans, the guinea pigs of Tehran 18:12  |  Jonathan S 15/10/07
  184.   S 18:14  |  Walid 15/10/07
  185.   For Alan, again # 167 18:14  |  Clickfool 15/10/07
  186.   #178 WWACD the racist from Haifa 18:19  |  Boycott 15/10/07
  187.   # 1 Amira & the zoo in the resort of Gaza 18:21  |  Rahamim S 15/10/07
  188.   Amira is only half-right! 18:22  |  Etoile 15/10/07
  189.   Soft biggotry of low expectations 18:24  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  190.   Walid (#176) Hello about DIR YASSIN 18:24  |  Gil 15/10/07
  191.   Walid...the major difference 18:25  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  192.   to natallie 18:25  |  marcG 15/10/07
  193.   Amira`s zoo 18:26  |  peter 15/10/07
  194.   What about Egypt 18:26  |  Herbert Kaine 15/10/07
  195.   # 167 Alan the real one - Re: C/FOOL 18:27  |  17 15/10/07
  196.   Walid...dont tell me to look at both sides when u refuse to 18:27  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  197.   #125 Re The Courage & Persistance of Palestinians 18:27  |  Dutch 15/10/07
  198.   # Boytoy 18:33  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  199.   Ann # 53 18:33  |  Maureen S 15/10/07
  200.   # 186 Clickass, how about that wonderfull pal`n state in the... 18:34  |  Misha 15/10/07
  201.   For WWACD # 183 18:37  |  Clickfool 15/10/07
  202.   Gaza is one reason 18:38  |  Peter SM 15/10/07
  203.   Tosefta you have sent this advice to Gazans 18:44  |  Jasmine Murphy 15/10/07
  204.   S 18:46  |  Walid 15/10/07
  205.   mary for jews 18:46  |  The Deity 15/10/07
  206.   Amira Hass and journalistic ethics 18:52  |  Jonathan S 15/10/07
  207.   Gil 18:55  |  Walid 15/10/07
  208.   Gazans Chose War. War is Hell. 18:55  |  David Samson 15/10/07
  209.   #182 Hard head is really Pauls Harris 18:58  |  Labhras 15/10/07
  210.   RACIST Warning = WWACD from Hafia 19:01  |  POP 15/10/07
  211.   Misha #180 19:02  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  212.   unconditional surrender 19:07  |  Wade 15/10/07
  213.   Shimon 19:08  |  Walid 15/10/07
  214.   Amira take your time and read the responses 19:10  |  Aaron S 15/10/07
  215.   Amira , you prooved that you don`t give the Zionist a damn 19:13  |  Sky Hawk 15/10/07
  216.   This Labhras pretends to be Irish 19:18  |  millie 15/10/07
  217.   Not a Zoo, it`s Israel`s Game Reserve 19:19  |  Harold 15/10/07
  218.   Hey there Pops. Thanks for the publicity 19:21  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  219.   # 207 re Amira Hass 19:29  |  Moshe ben Tov 15/10/07
  220.   WWACD 19:33  |  Walid 15/10/07
  221.   North Koreans have a more benevolent dictator 19:33  |  Tim 15/10/07
  222.   Hass Did Slander Israelis 19:38  |  David Samson 15/10/07
  223.   #92 Shimon, THINGS WORK BOTH WAYS 19:41  |  Dutch 15/10/07
  224.   Compare numbers 19:44  |  MLK 15/10/07
  225.   I thought racism wasn`t allowed on this messgae board... 19:45  |  peacelover 15/10/07
  226.   Hey Wally 19:46  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  227.   ATTN: ALL YOU ANTI-SEMETIC CRAP 19:53  |  Murray of Montreal 15/10/07
  228.   peacelover - oh what a good name! 19:57  |  Jasmine Murphy 15/10/07
  229.   #226 lotsa laughs 19:57  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  230.   Plain Truth 19:58  |  MLK 15/10/07
  231.   Israel turned Gaza into a Zoo?? 20:01  |  Harriet 15/10/07
  232.   She who imagines the past can see it as ideal (Jasmine #204) 20:03  |  Tosefta 15/10/07
  233.   Pop 20:04  |  Walid 15/10/07
  234.   Zoo is good , all is left is for Haas ,finaly admit herself 20:08  |  Sal 15/10/07
  235.   The zoo 20:10  |  KUTW 15/10/07
  236.   ##217 Millie 20:13  |  Labhras 15/10/07
  237.   Thanks to 17 # 196 20:16  |  Clickfool 15/10/07
  238.   walid likes "good jews" 20:17  |  peter 15/10/07
  239.   Walid....not a risk israel can take and survive 20:17  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  240.   Some more suggestions 20:22  |  Leo 15/10/07
  241.   Chris L - pulling a fast one? 20:24  |  Polybios 15/10/07
  242.   #237 Labhras seems ready to discuss Ireland 20:25  |  peter 15/10/07
  243.   4. Natallie Durson: The Warsaw ghetto was for Jews 20:25  |  KUTW 15/10/07
  244.   Self-inflicted prison 20:29  |  AbuAli 15/10/07
  245.   Tosefta: Judge not that thou be not judged. (WS) 20:30  |  Jasmine Murphy 15/10/07
  246.   I actually feel sorry for the Aza civilians...does Amira? 20:33  |  Ofer 15/10/07
  247.   Shimon 20:34  |  Walid 15/10/07
  248.   Shimon, you are mistaken... 20:36  |  Maimon 15/10/07
  249.   Walid in Beirut 20:39  |  Leo 15/10/07
  250.   Walid 20:41  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  251.   #234 Wally 20:41  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  252.   Clickfook #202 20:46  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  253.   Some suggestions for us 20:49  |  Leo 15/10/07
  254.   Without Israel, the PA would be a heaven like Somalia 20:49  |  Polybios 15/10/07
  255.   The enclosure of Gaza is normal 20:56  |  Nicolas from Paris 15/10/07
  256.   GAZA ===Stalag one 20:58  |  Ishmael 15/10/07
  257.   Question for The Man With A Fine Opinion of Himself # 253 21:01  |  Clickfool 15/10/07
  258.   Vise Versa, Walid 21:03  |  Tzfonit 15/10/07
  259.   "Hamas is reliable" 21:03  |  David Samson 15/10/07
  260.   Shimon # 134 21:04  |  christa 15/10/07
  261.   Miss Amira Haas, you aredoing a fantastic JOB. 21:05  |  Delailah 15/10/07
  262.   To Nicolas from Paris 21:11  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  263.   walid and ilk 21:15  |  vladimir 15/10/07
  264.   Christa....get your timetable right (1) 21:15  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  265.   Christa - get your timetable right (part 2) 21:17  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  266.   #249 21:19  |  SHIMON 15/10/07
  267.   Be honest, Ishmael 21:20  |  Polybios 15/10/07
  268.   Christa @ 261 21:24  |  ChanahS 15/10/07
  269.   Animals in zoo don`t fire rockets, use suicide bombs 21:26  |  Polybios 15/10/07
  270.   Ishmael from Gaza 21:28  |  David Samson 15/10/07
  271.   WWACD 21:30  |  Walid 15/10/07
  272.   Clickfook the forgetful 21:31  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  273.   Do not compare Gaza with Zoo. Gaza is Jihads State of 7 century 21:36  |  e.m 15/10/07
  274.   263 - WWACD (1) 21:38  |  Nicolas from Paris 15/10/07
  275.   Hamas` reliability 21:39  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  276.   Amira Hess 21:45  |  Elisha Jacobsen 15/10/07
  277.   #248 Wally and the elusive truth finally come face to face 21:51  |  WWACD 15/10/07
  278.   263 - WWACD (2) 21:58  |  Nicolas from Paris 15/10/07
  279.   Delilah 22:00  |  sampson 15/10/07
  280.   What is `occupation` 22:04  |  millie 15/10/07
  281.   For Natalie, Dana and the other Anti-Israel regulars 22:14  |  Lee 15/10/07
  282.   For Natalie, Dana and the other Anti-Israel regulars #2 22:17  |  Lee 15/10/07
  283.   If the shoe had been on the other foot... 22:18  |  Scharker Yid 15/10/07
  284.   POP - using your logic 22:22  |  David Israel 15/10/07
  285.   #10 Question for SDHD 22:23  |  Janice 15/10/07
  286.   No pity, no sorry, everybody is a master 22:31  |  TOMY 15/10/07
  287.   Amira Hass, zookeeper extraordinaire. 22:31  |  akiva (zionist) 15/10/07
  288.   #4 22:46  |  Moshe 15/10/07
  289.   Millie in Tel Aviv 22:46  |  Walid 15/10/07
  290.   Walid #205 22:53  |  S 15/10/07
  291.   Unfortunately Walid, those supposedly decent nations 22:55  |  Jacob Blues 15/10/07
  292.   #281 millie omits one word==="Belligerent". 23:01  |  Labhras 15/10/07
  293.   IDF = Nazis? 23:06  |  Sonya 15/10/07
  294.   Tosefta shames himself 23:07  |  Jacob Blues 15/10/07
  295.   No 45 -What do you know about Gaza? 23:08  |  Palestinian Brit 15/10/07
  296.   #258 Clickfool re WWACD 23:15  |  Labhras 15/10/07
  297.   Really Tim? 23:16  |  Jacob Blues 15/10/07
  298.   Esther #68 - did Amira or Nathalie cross your "red line"? 23:20  |  dana 15/10/07
  299.   Warsaw Redux 23:26  |  chet 15/10/07
  300.   Jews are animals 23:29  |  Nigel 15/10/07
  301.   The 41 st kilometer 23:36  |  josh 15/10/07
  302.   Amira Hass, zookeeper extraordinaire. 23:37  |  akiva (zionist) 15/10/07
  303.   This is ridiculous and insulting to all of us. 23:41  |  sg 15/10/07
  304.   Dear Amira:what is your answer to Hamas ?? 23:42  |  dr danielito 15/10/07
  305.   Whose fault is it anyway? 23:49  |  A.J. Friend 15/10/07
  306.   #281 millie 23:57  |  Boycott 15/10/07
  307.   Things are looking up in Gaza it seems 00:15  |  Danite 16/10/07
  308.   Walid except for... 00:16  |  Danite 16/10/07
  309.   Hamas Has Turned Gaza Into An Armed Camp 00:19  |  Jane 16/10/07
  310.   Labhras, my Narrow Back pal 00:31  |  WWACD 16/10/07
  311.   #283 Nigel 00:49  |  Boycott 16/10/07
  312.   #262 Delailah 00:54  |  Boycott 16/10/07
  313.   The INNOCENT Shouldn`t Suffer! ...Israel/Jews Look Bad. 01:05  |  Proud Pal Defender 16/10/07
  314.   Nerys: I am but 01:11  |  Star of David 16/10/07
  315.   ACTUALLY ITS THE ARAB COUNTRIES THAT MADE ISRAEL A ZOO 01:12  |  PalestniansAreA Myth 16/10/07
  316.   #288WWACD-HILLARIOUS STUFF, I NEARLY SPLIT MY GUT LAUGHING 01:37  |  Al Einstein 16/10/07
  317.   amira hass......who made gaza a zoo? 01:38  |  maria 16/10/07
  318.   natallie durson...........they made their own. 01:40  |  maria 16/10/07
  319.   zoo artzeinu 01:57  |  Zev 16/10/07
  320.   This is the face of Israel 01:59  |  Ibrahim 16/10/07
  321.   pop........are you kidding us? 02:05  |  maria 16/10/07
  322.   mary for jews....have you tried to visit 02:07  |  maria 16/10/07
  323.   #9 you must be kidding!!... 02:10  |  EA 16/10/07
  324.   I`m surprised at the hatefilled comments 02:13  |  EA 16/10/07
  325.   #295 proud pal defender.......regarding palestinians 02:14  |  maria 16/10/07
  326.   Tosefta #232 02:17  |  WWACD 16/10/07
  327.   millie......you`re right about that. 02:21  |  maria 16/10/07
  328.   Amira 02:22  |  ConnieM. 16/10/07
  329.   #250 Nothing is ever one sided...a closer look 02:25  |  Dutch 16/10/07
  330.   Re:Nigel#283and Boycot#293.What is wrong with the animals? 02:28  |  e.m 16/10/07
  331.   amira hass....israel is no longer the zookeeper 02:30  |  maria 16/10/07
  332.   INDEPENDENCE - What are the implications? 02:32  |  Mark of Lewiston 16/10/07
  333.   polybios.........you mean to say......animals 02:35  |  maria 16/10/07
  334.   # 176 Yonatan Netser HOW WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU HERE,WITH WWACD 02:48  |  KATH` 16/10/07
  335.   Dana #284, you are incorrect 02:52  |  bbl 16/10/07
  336.   Social Democrates 03:05  |  LLoyd 16/10/07
  337.   palestinian brit 03:20  |  Danite 16/10/07
  338.   #6 You left out a fact, Nechama 03:45  |  Johnboy 16/10/07
  339.   #66 Actually, bbl, the comparison is quite apt 04:04  |  Johnboy 16/10/07
  340.   #301 Lloyd: you´ve got it wrong 04:19  |  correction 16/10/07
  341.   "Sealed" 04:25  |  Fortuna Benmayor 16/10/07
  342.   Peter 132 Well said!! 04:43  |  Dakkar 16/10/07
  343.   Danger of Escalation if Gaza is allowed to get advanced weapons 04:48  |  Yitzhak 16/10/07
  344.   Let EGYPYT open their border with Gaza! 04:54  |  John 16/10/07
  345.   Arab League as "Angels" , Yeah Right , Gazans know better 05:17  |  Joseph E . 16/10/07
  346.   Labhras 05:20  |  Dakkar 16/10/07
  347.   Johnnyboy are you serious? 05:32  |  bbl 16/10/07
  348.   Worst than a zoo!! 05:46  |  Niva dos santos 16/10/07
  349.   Natallie Durson, THANKS! 05:53  |  Niva 16/10/07
  350.   EA, I`m surprised at how little you know 06:15  |  bbl 16/10/07
  351.   who made the zoo worst,niva dos santos??? 06:20  |  maria 16/10/07
  352.   NUMEROUS Hamas attacks on crossings killing Israeli civilllians& 06:20  |  PETER SM 16/10/07
  353.   EA..........it`s not a fair fight???????? 06:29  |  maria 16/10/07
  354.   EA ....you don`t know your history...... 06:30  |  maria 16/10/07
  355.   THE Rafah crossing is controlled by Egypt between Egypt &Gaza 06:40  |  PETER SM 16/10/07
  356.   #333 Very serious indeed, bbl 06:44  |  Johnboy 16/10/07
  357.   `Israel has turned Gaza into a zoo.` 06:53  |  Colin Wright 16/10/07
  358.   My thoughts on Amira`s piece 07:15  |  Bill 16/10/07
  359.   Dana & Walid.... 07:21  |  Silvienne 16/10/07
  360.   gaza zoo 07:25  |  llloyd 16/10/07
  361.   Animals are running animals in ... 07:36  |  Roxana from IRAN 16/10/07
  362.   amira makes herself a clown 07:46  |  maria 16/10/07
  363.   JOHNBOY@325 still lying about the Islamofascist Hamas Charter 07:48  |  PETER SM 16/10/07
  364.   WWACD as Bambi # 272 08:32  |  Clickfool 16/10/07
  365.   #271 - Wally: I know 08:33  |  WWACD 16/10/07
  366.   Mark of Lewiston # 318 08:40  |  Guido 16/10/07
  367.   videogameboy is right about the ghetto 08:54  |  peter 16/10/07
  368.   So where do they get the rockets? 08:57  |  B 16/10/07
  369.   Walid and passports 09:42  |  Nerys 16/10/07
  370.   #7# says it all: THE ANIMALS ARE RUNNING THE ZOO 09:53  |  L.Eopard 16/10/07
  371.   #284 nada illustrates gum flapping 09:56  |  peter 16/10/07
  372.   peter and laughing-stocks 10:46  |  sh 16/10/07
  373.   Clickfook scraping the bottom of the barrel 11:06  |  WWACD 16/10/07
  374.   One thousand dozers 12:08  |  Aharit Ha Yamim 16/10/07
  375.   the best zoo in the M.E. 12:44  |  joe 16/10/07
  376.   Amira Hass, keep up with your work! 13:47  |  nikamu 16/10/07
  377.   Amira Today I Managed to read Your Article.My Opnion? 13:53  |  KATH` 16/10/07
  378.   For WWACD, in a world of perpetual triumphs all of his own # 373 14:55  |  Clickfool 16/10/07
  379.   Clickfook. My world of perpetual triumphs: Haaretz talkback 16:12  |  WWACD 16/10/07
  380.   Amira Hass saving Israels honour 17:05  |  Mercedes Grissin 16/10/07
  381.   Johnnyboy -- what are you talking about? 17:17  |  bbl 16/10/07
  382.   the 41 s kilometer 17:34  |  michel 16/10/07
  383.   # 334 Yonatan Netser. ALTHOUGH NICE TO SEE YOU HERE,BUT! 18:07  |  Kath` 16/10/07
  384.   # 145 Meir....Meir? well You could`ve Fool BUT! 18:22  |  Kath` 16/10/07
  385.   320 - Ibrahim 22:36  |  Nicolas from Paris 16/10/07
  386.   #381 Oh, I understand it flies over your head bbl 01:20  |  Johnboy 17/10/07
  387.   Johnny boy -- you blindly assume too much 03:41  |  bbl 17/10/07
  388.   There should be no reason to hold those students 07:13  |  Dutch 17/10/07
  389.   #387 Utter nonsense, bbl 10:52  |  Johnboy 17/10/07
  390.   Amira in a zoo of readers 12:43  |  serene al ahmad 18/10/07
  391.   serene al ahmad #390 Been there, done that 20:50  |  Polybios 18/10/07
  392.   Maybe it`s time Gaza look to Egypt for it`s economy 12:10  |  Jo 19/10/07
  393.   ZOO 15:05  |  robert 19/10/07
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