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Palestinians flooding into Egypt on Wednesday over a section of the border wall blasted away by militants in southern Gaza overnight. (AP)
Last update - 00:07 24/01/2008
Gazans rush to buy food, fuel made scarce by Israeli blockade
Hamas takes control at frontier as 200,000 Gazans enter Egypt
By Barak Ravid, Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff, and Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents and News Agencies
Tags: Hosni Mubarak, Ehud Barak 

Some 200,000 Palestinians poured out of Gaza and into Egypt early Wednesday, after masked gunmen blew dozens of holes in the wall delineating the border.

The Gazans rushed to purchase food, fuel, and other supplies made scarce by Israel's blockade of the Strip, after militants detonated 17 bombs in the early morning hours, destroying some two-thirds of the metal wall separating the Gaza Strip from Egypt.

Hamas did not take responsibility for knocking the border wall down, but Hamas militants quickly took control of the frontier, as Egyptian border guards took no action.
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Israel said in response to the chaos that it expects Egypt to solve the crisis.

The destruction of the border continued later Wednesday morning. Palestinians driving a Caterpillar bulldozer arrived at a point where the frontier is marked by a low concrete wall topped with barbed wire, tearing down the wall and opening a gap to allow easier access for cars.

Earlier Wednesday, the United Nations estimated the number of Gazans who had crossed into Egypt at 350,000.

Palestinians have breached the Egypt-Gaza border several times since Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005. In the past, Egyptian security forces restored order after hours or days.

Hamas police channeled the crowds through two sections of the border, and inspected some bags, confiscating seven pistols carried by one man returning to Gaza.

Others walked unhindered over the toppled metal plates that once made up the border wall, carrying goats, chickens and crates of Coke. Some brought back televisions and car tires, and one man bought a motorcycle. Vendors sold soft drinks and baked goods to the crowds.

Mohammed Abu Ghazel, 29, said he had crossed the border three times since the morning. He bought cigarettes worth NIS 200 in Egypt and sold them for five times that in Gaza, he said. "This can feed my family for a month," he said.

On Monday, some 60 people were injured at a demonstration at the Rafah crossing as the crowd tried to break through the border gate, and Egyptian border guards used water cannons against them.

Israel imposed a full closure on the Gaza Strip last Thursday in response to massive barrages of Qassam rocket fire on southern Israel. Defense Minister Ehud Barak allowed limited transfers of fuel Tuesday for the power plant in the Strip and medical supplies for hospitals.

Security sources told Haaretz on Tuesday that Israel intends to keep the crossings into the Gaza Strip permanently closed except when it is necessary to provide for emergency humanitarian needs.

This new policy will allow the transfer of sufficient aid and materials to the Palestinians to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and minimize international criticism, "but so long as the rocket attacks continue there will not be a situation in which one hundred trucks a day cross into the Strip," a security source said.

From Damascus, Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshal declared that the attacks would continue until Israel "ended the occupation and the aggression, the resistance, including rocket attacks, would not cease."

At least 20 rockets were fired against Israel on Tuesday, in addition to a handful of mortars.

This comes in stark contradiction to claims by Israeli security sources Monday evening that the drop in the number of rocket attacks reflected "an understanding by Hamas of the message sent by the blockade."


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      1.   Crossings mst be kept closed - enemy entity 03:01  |  Free Gilad Shalit 23/01/08
      2.   Machismo BS! 03:11  |  Haaretz Loyalist 23/01/08
      3.   Why would Hamas stop rocket attacks? 03:16  |  Jon 23/01/08
      4.   The international community is watching and watching very closely 03:45  |  lakshmi 23/01/08
      5.   What about the 60-70 Pals wounded by Egyptian police 03:55  |  POP 23/01/08
      6.   A Lesson for all Israelis 04:05  |  Fred McCann 23/01/08
      7.   beyond belief 04:07  |  solitarioh2005 23/01/08
      8.   Sweets for the not so sweet 04:13  |  Aphemia 23/01/08
      9.   History lessons and the fate of Gaza Arabs (and other Arabs) 04:22  |  Genuine Tosefta 23/01/08
      10.   Good thing Egypt allowed explosives to be smuggled into Gaza 04:32  |  Gina 23/01/08
      11.   #2 Odd definition of "safe and secure" 04:41  |  Johnboy 23/01/08
      12.   crossings 04:43  |  Shmuelshachor 23/01/08
      13.   NO SURPRISE NEWs 06:12  |  human 23/01/08
      14.   crossings 06:32  |  colin 23/01/08
      15.   Okay, now I really feel sorry for them.There "own"could care less 06:54  |  When will these poor 23/01/08
      16.   #4 Fred 06:59  |  Sheikh Rattle & Roll 23/01/08
      17.   CLOSE IT 07:02  |  real vision 23/01/08
      18.   20 kassams are not too much, don`t cause harm 07:21  |  Yaakov Sullivan 23/01/08
      19.   solitarioh2005 07:24  |  GZLives 23/01/08
      20.   Gazans Wanna Go to Cairo , Gazans refuse to be held hostages 07:28  |  Joseph E . 23/01/08
      21.   Israeli`s there is a lesson to be learned here 07:29  |  Shepherd 23/01/08
      22.   Israeli Learning Curve 07:31  |  Ron 23/01/08
      23.   What is Israels real agenda? 07:34  |  Natallie Durson 23/01/08
      24.   just moment with truth 08:06  |  dani 23/01/08
      25.   no more aid through israeli crossing 08:20  |  vik 23/01/08
      26.   RETAKE PHILIDELPHIA CORRIDOR NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 08:30  |  Ben Uziel 23/01/08
      27.   Germany should absorb 6 million Palestinians !!! 08:34  |  German citizen 23/01/08
      28.   mabee, but just mabee.... 08:41  |  watcher 23/01/08
      29.   Question 08:44  |  Inquisitive 23/01/08
      30.   Cigarettes?! 08:46  |  Oddvark 23/01/08
      31.   Limited reprisals cannot work 08:48  |  Natallie Durson 23/01/08
      32.   Israel has become a terrorist operating state 09:01  |  Dutch 23/01/08
      33.   #5 - of course Israeli politicians anticipated the reaction 09:06  |  redmike 23/01/08
      34.   Arabs hold arabs as hostages for anti Zionism purposes 09:11  |  Joseph E . 23/01/08
      35.   SEND THEM ALL TO SINAI 09:15  |  Yishai Kohen 23/01/08
      36.   to # F McCann of Waco Tx "the Semite" 09:16  |  Steve the Pals. 23/01/08
      37.   Egypt Rather force Gazans to be Martyrs than to cross to Cairo 09:24  |  Joseph E . 23/01/08
      38.   Simply.. Israel has legal obligation as an occupier to Gaza. 09:27  |  John 23/01/08
      39.   to # 16 the German citizen 09:30  |  Steve the Pals. 23/01/08
      40.   If one border is closed, the other must open 09:31  |  Clickfool 23/01/08
      41.   Was this anticipated? 09:33  |  Esther 23/01/08
      42.   #18 question 09:40  |  YURI 23/01/08
      43.   Lies 09:46  |  YURI 23/01/08
      44.   What now? 09:50  |  Maureen Ann 23/01/08
      45.   Can this happen on the israeli side of the border? 09:52  |  Ali 23/01/08
      46.   #38 no such obligation exists john read it carefully 09:52  |  v hardman 23/01/08
      47.   desparation at its highest 09:53  |  Leona 23/01/08
      48.   Natallie Durson - what is the Hamas agenda 09:53  |  Joe Sittizen 23/01/08
      49.   #41 09:53  |  YURI 23/01/08
      50.   27 - yes Germany should absorb the Jews, and let Pales B free 09:54  |  Jeremy Martin 23/01/08
      51.   #34 09:57  |  noffo 23/01/08
      52.   Eurabia strikes again!!!! 10:02  |  Seth 23/01/08
      53.   Joe Sittizen What is Hamas agenda? 10:06  |  Natallie Durson 23/01/08
      54.   #39 Steve the Pals. Not the German but the Zionist 10:12  |  Dav 23/01/08
      55.   EGYPTIANS LEARNING A LESSON FROM 10:18  |  Robert 23/01/08
      56.   No illigal occupation 10:19  |  Dav 23/01/08
      57.   To Clickfool 10:26  |  Gershon Reed 23/01/08
      58.   let them (force them) to pour into Egypt 10:29  |  mike 23/01/08
      59.   Maybe it is now time for Egypt to be Gaza`s guardian 10:29  |  Jo 23/01/08
      60.   #46 VictorPaul is another of those.... 10:31  |  Johnboy 23/01/08
      61.   hey egypt: you gonna do something now? 10:31  |  matt 23/01/08
      62.   Thank G-d. 10:32  |  sandra chitayat 23/01/08
      63.   Great Plan ! grant all Pals Visa to Germany ! 10:33  |  to German Citizen 23/01/08
      64.   Esther #41 10:34  |  S 23/01/08
      65.   Hamas given the chance will invade Egypt 10:34  |  De 23/01/08
      66.   "Egyptian guards did shoot at the demonstrators"` 60 injured" 10:36  |  PETER SM 23/01/08
      67.   the "hearts and minds" of the international community. 10:41  |  Yonatan 23/01/08
      68.   Jeremy Martin...will you take the Germans then? 10:43  |  Ofer Maimon 23/01/08
      69.   Uou`re being deliberately dense, Gershon Reed # 57 10:44  |  Clickfool 23/01/08
      70.   Steve is a israeli jew - actually an ex religious turned leftist 10:46  |  baba 23/01/08
      71.   To #58 10:47  |  Gershon Reed 23/01/08
      72.   Re Yuri #49 10:50  |  Esther 23/01/08
      73.   Peter SM, being economical with the truth # 66 10:50  |  Clickfool 23/01/08
      74.   Re S #64 10:53  |  Esther 23/01/08
      75.   How dare these dispossessed refugees want to eat 10:55  |  Chanalau, Tova 23/01/08
      76.   Food and medicine 10:57  |  Cynic #2 23/01/08
      77.   Bravo bravo, people of Gaza 10:58  |  Sammy 23/01/08
      78.   @ 27 Yeaaaah, its time for Hamas to free Germany NOW 11:01  |  Karl 23/01/08
      79.   46 Victor Paul`s getting desperate. 11:03  |  Michael 23/01/08
      80.   How about solving the probelm? 11:03  |  Eric 23/01/08
      81.   Natalie Durston 53 11:07  |  Nerys 23/01/08
      82.   Mashal risking enclave 11:09  |  Rick G 23/01/08
      83.   And the (blame) song remains the same....... 11:12  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/01/08
      84.   Ali (45),good question. What will happen if thousands of Hamas 11:15  |  Karl 23/01/08
      85.   Just a beginning, Good riddance 11:16  |  Moshe 23/01/08
      86.   Gazans ! 11:19  |  Pal Girl 23/01/08
      87.   Egypt should not be trusted. 11:21  |  Harold Lane 23/01/08
      88.   what would you do? 11:23  |  PAL 23/01/08
      89.   at last egypt gets to help 11:27  |  happy palestine 23/01/08
      90.   Prison Break for 1.5 Million! 11:30  |  Jeremy Martin 23/01/08
      91.   It would seem someone is misinformed 11:35  |  Colin Wright 23/01/08
      92.   # 71- quite right -from #58 11:36  |  mike 23/01/08
      93.   at least Europe can not gas us anymore 11:40  |  to Swiss (Dino) 23/01/08
      94.   Gershon Reed 71 11:42  |  ChanahS 23/01/08
      95.   89 11:44  |  Nerys 23/01/08
      96.   Good! 11:45  |  A mother 23/01/08
      97.   To Lakshmi #4. The international community does not care 11:45  |  Moti 23/01/08
      98.   #83, Dino, we couldn`t care less about the image thing 11:48  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/01/08
      99.   to Eric for once I agree with an Israeli point of view! 11:48  |  MIchele 23/01/08
      100.   to #90 you`re wrong, just the opposite 11:49  |  mike 23/01/08
      101.   GOD ALMIGHTY IS GREAT!ALL GAZANS TO EGYPT!RETAKE GAZA FREE SHALIT 11:49  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 23/01/08
      102.   SWISS DINO 11:56  |  Nerys 23/01/08
      103.   HUMAN SPIRIT TO SURVIVE 11:58  |  indrajaya 23/01/08
      104.   #46 michael all arabs to arab countries is a good thing 11:58  |  v hardman 23/01/08
      105.   95 -- Nerys -- I`m not saying Egypt wanted to help or ever wanted 12:05  |  happy palestine 23/01/08
      106.   Israel`s image 12:05  |  Minister 23/01/08
      107.   What could Israel react??? 12:07  |  Doa`a 23/01/08
      108.   This mass action is a reflection of the desperation 12:09  |  Ben Alofs 23/01/08
      109.   Hamas Has Canibalised Gaza Sewer Pipes , It`s a Health Problem 12:10  |  Joseph E . 23/01/08
      110.   try not to see it in normative terms 12:12  |  doesnt matter 23/01/08
      111.   Egypt must "ensure border operates properly" 12:16  |  Murray 23/01/08
      112.   Leaving the Strip for good. 12:16  |  Vital 23/01/08
      113.   Don`t target the children of Gaza 12:16  |  Anita Herber 23/01/08
      114.   # 93 (without name) # 98 Cipora Julianna Kohn 12:16  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/01/08
      115.   Destroying the ghetto walls 12:17  |  Nathan Perelman 23/01/08
      116.   Re Cipora #98 12:18  |  Esther 23/01/08
      117.   Gershon Reed forgets something 12:24  |  The Judge 23/01/08
      118.   I have a broad smile on my face this morning 12:26  |  Paul Wood 23/01/08
      119.   # 18 Yakoov: You can help by converting to Islam 12:26  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 23/01/08
      120.   There were never borders in da Arab world it should stay that way 12:27  |  Hipocrisy Monitor 23/01/08
      121.   See Minister #106 12:28  |  Esther 23/01/08
      122.   The law of unintended consequences strikes again 12:31  |  Natallie Durson 23/01/08
      123.   Gaza masses stream into Egypt 12:33  |  Ralph 23/01/08
      124.   Look at the Picture , Arabs Are Happy to Leave Jewish Lands 12:34  |  Joseph E . 23/01/08
      125.   Anita #113, palestinian mothers wish for martyrdom of their child 12:34  |  Johnny 23/01/08
      126.   # 102 Nerys 12:38  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/01/08
      127.   Pal Girl, you maybe IN nablus,but there is No palistine! 12:38  |  Elizabeth 23/01/08
      128.   Fantastic news 12:39  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      129.   105 12:41  |  Nerys 23/01/08
      130.   Where is Amnesty International? 12:42  |  Daniel 23/01/08
      131.   A just, peaceful, humane solution 12:43  |  Eric 23/01/08
      132.   Muslim women covering themselves completly, self hate? 12:44  |  Erdogan 23/01/08
      133.   SWISS DINO @114 12:44  |  Nerys 23/01/08
      134.   #28 Why give up? 12:47  |  Outsider 23/01/08
      135.   # 124, JOSEPH E 12:48  |  indrajaya 23/01/08
      136.   to #124 12:49  |  doesnt matter 23/01/08
      137.   As usual, the best business in Gaza...funerals and.. explosives 12:49  |  maurice 23/01/08
      138.   #131 - A just, peaceful, solution 12:50  |  Eric 23/01/08
      139.   Open Gaza to Egypt! 12:58  |  AJ 23/01/08
      140.   The right time. 12:59  |  Charles Smyth 23/01/08
      141.   the crack in the warsaw ghetto 13:01  |  sev 23/01/08
      142.   Chris Linthwaite: WHAT did you say??? 13:03  |  The Judge 23/01/08
      143.   #127 Elizabeth 13:03  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      144.   ALLAHU AKBAR! 13:04  |  Assad-u-LLAH 23/01/08
      145.   ANITA, OH THIS IS RICH COMING FROM AN AUSTRIAN WHOS 13:05  |  Elizabeth 23/01/08
      146.   The palestinian muslim culture of suicide 13:05  |  Erdogan 23/01/08
      147.   Increase Israeli patrols on Sinai border 13:06  |  AJ 23/01/08
      148.   How much difference does it make? 13:07  |  Sidney 23/01/08
      149.   Pal Girl...very funny! 13:10  |  Ofer Maimon 23/01/08
      150.   #142 The Judge 13:14  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      151.   CHRIS, Your Reputation Precedes you. 13:15  |  Elizabeth 23/01/08
      152.   # 133 Nerys 13:15  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/01/08
      153.   ANYONE CAN NOW ENTER STRIP.... 13:16  |  Robert 23/01/08
      154.   Total Failure (Again) by Olmert [View from the Right] 13:16  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 23/01/08
      155.   HUGE problem for Mubarak. And potentially for Israel. 13:17  |  Michael 23/01/08
      156.   60YEARS ISRAEL, and still no peace 13:18  |  VIPER 23/01/08
      157.   Swiss (Dino) hitting the pipe again 13:21  |  Ofer Maimon 23/01/08
      158.   ahahahaha :) you lose israhell! you can`t keep a good people down 13:22  |  Assad-u-LLAH 23/01/08
      159.   #53, NATALLIE, here here 13:23  |  VIPER 23/01/08
      160.   # 135 indrajaya " stay away from wahabism funded 13:24  |  Joseph E . 23/01/08
      161.   # 127, Elizabeth 13:24  |  PAL 23/01/08
      162.   151.Elizabeth want Lebanon 3 in Gaza 13:26  |  come and get it 23/01/08
      163.   #151 Elizabeth 13:26  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      164.   To Erdogan #146. Answer regarding you confusion (muslim culture) 13:28  |  Rafi 23/01/08
      165.   Dear Elizabeth -125 13:28  |  Pal Girl 23/01/08
      166.   Chris Linthwaite & yet more nonsense 13:30  |  The Judge 23/01/08
      167.   How nice diplomatic relationship "Palestine" and Egypt have ! 13:31  |  IL supporter 23/01/08
      168.   People Power! Cool! 13:32  |  Fred the Magnet Man 23/01/08
      169.   Like the Berlin Wall coming down 13:33  |  Tim 23/01/08
      170.   LET MY PEOPLE GO!(FROM GAZA) 13:33  |  GEORGE S. 23/01/08
      171.   # 5 POP...why not report? 13:35  |  Lynn 23/01/08
      172.   Help Elizabeth, NOW!!! 13:35  |  PAL 23/01/08
      173.   # 10 Gina...the stories in this article are 13:44  |  Lynn 23/01/08
      174.   # 157 Ofer Maimon, you are sooooooo wrong........ 13:46  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/01/08
      175.   Israel - addicted to evil 13:49  |  Fred the Magnet Man 23/01/08
      176.   Truth or lies? 13:49  |  Sarah 23/01/08
      177.   To all the Israel haters and anti-Semites 13:51  |  Sidney 23/01/08
      178.   Buy Palestinian! 13:54  |  Fred the Magnet Man 23/01/08
      179.   PalGal, I know life is tough and denial is the easy way to go... 13:56  |  Elizabeth 23/01/08
      180.   #166 The Judge 13:56  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      181.   OK, Joseph E. of Givatayim 13:58  |  Murray 23/01/08
      182.   # 83 Swiss..then this worked out quite nicely 13:59  |  Lynn 23/01/08
      183.   This is a Palestinian-Egyptian Border 13:59  |  JJ 23/01/08
      184.   165 PAL GIRL 14:00  |  Nerys 23/01/08
      185.   Feel the fredom my Palestinian brothers! 14:00  |  Fred the Magnet Man 23/01/08
      186.   #18 Sullivan 14:02  |  Sarah 23/01/08
      187.   176. Sarah: we always made sure they had enough money 14:03  |  muslim 23/01/08
      188.   #173 Lynn 14:04  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      189.   The Gazans are finally back on the mother ship, ahhhhhhh so cute! 14:04  |  Is it just me? 23/01/08
      190.   Be happy they didn`t stream into Sderot 14:06  |  Gray 23/01/08
      191.   177. Sidney: you are hardly in a position to dictate terms 14:07  |  Assad-u-LLAH 23/01/08
      192.   # 177, SYDNEY 14:09  |  indrajaya 23/01/08
      193.   Pal, why would you think Im angry?Are you projecting your emotion 14:10  |  Elizabeth 23/01/08
      194.   The world is watching and cheering 14:14  |  jan 23/01/08
      195.   Chris Linthwaite ever heard of Darfur? 14:15  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 23/01/08
      196.   Turning out to be a really bad day for Israel 14:15  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      197.   Dino loves the Jewish values?Can you name some Dino? 14:17  |  Curious 23/01/08
      198.   Egypt should annex Gaza 14:17  |  Iz Ray Leigh 23/01/08
      199.   freedom the fresh air we dream of 14:17  |  sev 23/01/08
      200.   #177 Sidney 14:21  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      201.   SIDNEY, some things just never change, yeah Leb is just blooming 14:23  |  Elizabeth 23/01/08
      202.   Collective punishment 14:23  |  Pasha 23/01/08
      203.   350,000 Gazans stream into Egypt. 14:28  |  Marlene 23/01/08
      204.   So what are you calling for, Charles Smyth? 14:28  |  Murray 23/01/08
      205.   195. poor lost margie pointing in all directions away from zion 14:29  |  tip 23/01/08
      206.   Dear Elizabeth 14:30  |  Pal Girl 23/01/08
      207.   USA should annex israel 14:30  |  Fred the Magnet Man 23/01/08
      208.   Let the stay!! 14:31  |  Dave 23/01/08
      209.   Let the stay!! 14:31  |  Dave 23/01/08
      210.   Dumping the government. 14:31  |  Charles Smyth 23/01/08
      211.   This Is Wnat Happens When the Occupier 14:33  |  Yaakov Sullivan 23/01/08
      212.   Now Bring in a Truckload of Cigarettes 14:33  |  Yoel 23/01/08
      213.   #106 14:36  |  Christian 23/01/08
      214.   Wonderful news! Make all 350,000 stay in Egypt 14:36  |  Kenny 23/01/08
      215.   GRAY, whats with you Germans coming here pontificating and 14:37  |  Elizabeth 23/01/08
      216.   Bravo Gaza! Wonderful to see all those women &children yesterday, 14:40  |  lakshmi 23/01/08
      217.   "Egyptian border guards took no action" - they no mass killers 14:41  |  Gray 23/01/08
      218.   #195 Margie of Tel Aviv 14:43  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      219.   So happy with Hamas, they escape better in desert 14:43  |  maurice 23/01/08
      220.   Only 350K? Now Egypt Can Have Them 14:43  |  Jane 23/01/08
      221.   Welcome home 14:45  |  Citizen 23/01/08
      222.   214. Kenny the simpleton? how will you do that? 14:47  |  get a clue 23/01/08
      223.   #187 muslim 14:48  |  Sarah 23/01/08
      224.   # 182 Lynn 14:49  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/01/08
      225.   ray of light 14:49  |  Bob 23/01/08
      226.   #215 Elizabeth of Canada 14:50  |  Paul Wood 23/01/08
      227.   215. Elizabeth living in the past: been a long time since you won 14:50  |  g/things in the past 23/01/08
      228.   NO palgal...not at all..I live in MY JEWISH CITY OF YERUSHALEYEEM 14:52  |  Elizabeth 23/01/08
      229.   Kenny and his like love humanitarian crises 14:53  |  Yaakov Sullivan 23/01/08
      230.   EXCELLLENT 14:54  |  Dror 23/01/08
      231.   This is Great News this Morning... FREEDOM 14:55  |  POP 23/01/08
      232.   Exodus 14:55  |  Emils 23/01/08
      233.   Egypt takes over Gaza, Jordan the West Bank 14:56  |  Louis 23/01/08
      234.   There may be a silver lining here... 14:57  |  bat yam 23/01/08
      235.   The Lions goes from strenght to strenght 14:57  |  Dr. R. von Tor 23/01/08
      236.   Close the Door After Them 14:57  |  Ze`ev 23/01/08
      237.   Interesting Development 14:57  |  Jeff Northridge 23/01/08
      238.   Gaza breached international border with the souvereign 14:57  |  17 23/01/08
      239.   Margie 195 15:11  |  Guido 23/01/08
      240.   Good for them! Reminds me of Soviet meltdown! 15:17  |  Toronto`s Finest 23/01/08
      241.   Pause for reflection 15:18  |  Murray 23/01/08
      242.   #237 Jeff Northridge 15:20  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      243.   I can`t believe the amount of racism on this board 15:21  |  Jerusalem 23/01/08
      244.   #17 15:24  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      245.   Reply to Eric in Israel (Post No. 131) 15:25  |  Johnny Weintraub 23/01/08
      246.   Give them time.. 15:26  |  Nemesis 23/01/08
      247.   Mr (Swiss) Dino 15:37  |  Nerys 23/01/08
      248.   view from the wall 15:45  |  maan 23/01/08
      249.   For Jane in Palm Beach # 220 15:47  |  Clickfool 23/01/08
      250.   Let them rot to death! 15:48  |  Mark 23/01/08
      251.   What will happen next? 15:53  |  Clickfool 23/01/08
      252.   Israel wouldn`t like that, Jeff # 237 15:57  |  Clickfool 23/01/08
      253.   # 188 Linthwaite on starving Gazans 15:59  |  Lynn 23/01/08
      254.   Israeli plan backfires - Hamas strengthened 16:03  |  Gray 23/01/08
      255.   # 45 Ali....I wouldn`t count on it 16:07  |  Lynn 23/01/08
      256.   # 242 Jersusalem. Believe it! Racism rules here, compassion not ! 16:09  |  Toronto`s Finest 23/01/08
      257.   PAL of LA...do you think Hamas will stop 16:14  |  Lynn 23/01/08
      258.   Kohn #98 16:16  |  Jean De Broglie 23/01/08
      259.   Starving refugees 16:36  |  Ben 23/01/08
      260.   to Chris Linthwaite#180 16:38  |  Ilya 23/01/08
      261.   Swiss (Dino)...you read your stuff before you post it? 16:39  |  Ofer Maimon 23/01/08
      262.   The result of Olmert`s stupid policies. 16:40  |  Gary A, MD. 23/01/08
      263.   #250 boris the clucking fool and reality 16:40  |  v hardman 23/01/08
      264.   to Tim#169 Like Torontonians going shopping across the border 16:42  |  Ilya 23/01/08
      265.   israel expects egypt to slove the crisis? 16:47  |  david 23/01/08
      266.   Somebody should take responsibility 16:48  |  Shlomo from Tel-Aviv 23/01/08
      267.   time for the large-scale operation 17:00  |  B 23/01/08
      268.   re 5-they are breaking the law 17:04  |  Devin 23/01/08
      269.   Haaretz Loyalist 17:06  |  Stranger 23/01/08
      270.   The Arab refugee problem. 17:24  |  Harold lane 23/01/08
      271.   #260 Ilya 17:29  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      272.   Good _ Let Egypt Take Gaza Back...Something They Refused To Do In 17:29  |  Eli 23/01/08
      273.   # 5 POP...do you think anyone cares? 17:31  |  Lynn 23/01/08
      274.   Cipora # 98 Your post was Superfluous 17:31  |  American in NY 23/01/08
      275.   to Chris Linthwaite#218 (2 try) 17:32  |  Ilya 23/01/08
      276.   #253 Lynn 17:33  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      277.   Egypt to Pay the Price 17:34  |  Ron 23/01/08
      278.   HOnestly Linthwaite, get some proportion 17:35  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 23/01/08
      279.   Perfect predicament we are all in! #35 you are right!! 17:42  |  Alberto 23/01/08
      280.   #268 Devin 17:42  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      281.   Hello Mark,Mubarak secretely wants,Hamas in PA out 17:42  |  bill gordon 23/01/08
      282.   Good for them 17:52  |  KUTW 23/01/08
      283.   The siege policy is over 17:53  |  Tosefta 23/01/08
      284.   100% predictable 17:56  |  Paul Freedman 23/01/08
      285.   20 rockets 17:56  |  KUTW 23/01/08
      286.   Trenchant analysis by Michael (#155) 18:00  |  Morris Valentine 23/01/08
      287.   7.Solitarioh2005 18:01  |  KUTW 23/01/08
      288.   # 275 Linthwaite. you have a very short memory 18:03  |  Lynn 23/01/08
      289.   Chaos 18:05  |  Greg 23/01/08
      290.   # 276 Ron of CA...Egypt has arrested 18:06  |  Lynn 23/01/08
      291.   The fall of the wall is good. 18:07  |  Michael 23/01/08
      292.   #274 Ilya (2nd attempt) 18:07  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      293.   exodus for the palestinians....they`re going back to their 18:09  |  maria 23/01/08
      294.   numbers 18:13  |  Max 23/01/08
      295.   Israel can get a brain says Tosefta 18:15  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 23/01/08
      296.   HOW COULD HAMAS BLOW THAT WALL? 18:17  |  indrajaya 23/01/08
      297.   Lynn 18:18  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 23/01/08
      298.   We`ve reached a Humanitarian Catastrophe with this development 18:27  |  Smadar 23/01/08
      299.   yakoov sullivan....you`re crazy....think of the israeli children! 18:28  |  nmf 23/01/08
      300.   Very Good Choices For Hungry People ???? 18:31  |  Gil 23/01/08
      301.   Egyptians Shoot Africans trying to Leave but not Invading Gazans 18:32  |  Efox 23/01/08
      302.   Very Good Choices For Hungry People ???? 18:32  |  Gil 23/01/08
      303.   #288 Lynn 18:34  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      304.   # 297 Margie...not to worry 18:34  |  Lynn 23/01/08
      305.   Let the Pals flee to Egypt and stay there 18:34  |  Jason 23/01/08
      306.   # 296 Indy...maybe this was the Israeli plan. 18:36  |  Lynn 23/01/08
      307.   its unfolding... 18:36  |  ravi 23/01/08
      308.   Good work Hamas! 18:37  |  Karl 23/01/08
      309.   #299 18:38  |  Paul Wood 23/01/08
      310.   # 298, SMADAR 18:40  |  indrajaya 23/01/08
      311.   Margie 295 18:41  |  Guido 23/01/08
      312.   viper...read the bible....don`t be ignorant! 18:43  |  m 23/01/08
      313.   # 301, EFOX 18:43  |  indrajaya 23/01/08
      314.   # 261 Ofer Maimon (did I touch a nerve...???) and # 197 curious 18:43  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/01/08
      315.   Natallie 18:45  |  Mary 23/01/08
      316.   Consequences - Michael #291 & Margie 18:45  |  Murray 23/01/08
      317.   # 306,LYNN 18:54  |  indrajaya 23/01/08
      318.   Leaders wake up #1 18:54  |  Eric 23/01/08
      319.   # 247 Nerys (2nd try) 18:56  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/01/08
      320.   Leaders wake up #2 18:58  |  Eric 23/01/08
      321.   Sorry, Eric, nice try 19:10  |  Murray 23/01/08
      322.   Eric, wake up (#320) 19:36  |  Morris Valentine 23/01/08
      323.   to Chris Linthwaite#271(2 try) 19:37  |  Ilya 23/01/08
      324.   The world is watching and cheering.... 19:38  |  Palestinian Brit 23/01/08
      325.   Breakng FREE from Hamas-tyranny! 19:42  |  glad for you 23/01/08
      326.   to Chris Linthwaite#292 (2try) 19:48  |  Ilya 23/01/08
      327.   Come on Chris Linthwaite 19:51  |  rich 23/01/08
      328.   Eric.....all the money in the world 19:52  |  rich 23/01/08
      329.   3, Jon 20:00  |  Jozef 23/01/08
      330.   Makes sense: Gazans are historically Egyptian anyway! 20:23  |  Yael 23/01/08
      331.   #324..palbrit 20:25  |  Nemesis 23/01/08
      332.   Gazans stream into Egypt 20:27  |  E 23/01/08
      333.   #23 Natalie 20:32  |  Danny 23/01/08
      334.   ISRAEL`S VICTORY 20:34  |  Binyamin 23/01/08
      335.   Good for Israel! 20:37  |  Jon 23/01/08
      336.   Yaacov, you are harmless, but Qassems are not 20:37  |  Avi 23/01/08
      337.   #327 Rich 20:44  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/01/08
      338.   What do you expect when 20:44  |  Josh 23/01/08
      339.   GREAT NEWS!! 20:47  |  Barry 23/01/08
      340.   Pal Brit: If you think the world is cheering the rockets... 20:49  |  Tom 23/01/08
      341.   call the rest of your "brothers" and stay in Egypt 20:52  |  abe 23/01/08
      342.   200,000 Gazans stream into Egypt 20:54  |  Aryeh Aaron 23/01/08
      343.   220 Jane of Palm Beach 20:57  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/01/08
      344.   Ali´s wishful thinking 20:58  |  Barry 23/01/08
      345.   Ron, I would add... 20:59  |  Avi 23/01/08
      346.   #321, #322, #328 - That`s not helpful! 21:00  |  Eric 23/01/08
      347.   #98 What do you care about, Cipora? 21:03  |  Ben Alofs 23/01/08
      348.   A good first step, next egypt army to occupy gaza! 21:04  |  Voice of Reason 23/01/08
      349.   266 Shlomo from Tel Aviv - Too Soon to Tell 21:08  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/01/08
      350.   #330 Not so, Yael. Most Gazans are refugees. 21:11  |  Ben Alofs 23/01/08
      351.   324Palestinian Brit,302 Gil,298 Smadar; Pal Brit, clearly this is 21:13  |  lakshmi 23/01/08
      352.   To Natalie 21:13  |  Avi 23/01/08
      353.   ONLY SOLUTION: GAZA UNDER EGYPT; PARTS OF W.BANK LINKED TO JORDAN 21:15  |  G. Marcus 23/01/08
      354.   starvation exodus 21:19  |  mehmet 23/01/08
      355.   Let my people GO! 21:21  |  Ali 23/01/08
      356.   haha...