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Last update - 19:26 04/03/2008 Nine immoral solutions for Gaza - a guide By Bradley Burston Tags: Hamas, Burston, Gaza, IDF For a moral compass, Gaza is the North Pole. The needle spins so continually, and at such speed, that no reading is possible. For Israelis, the quandary of Gaza is a powerful Rorshach of the role and the burdens of Israel, of mood and injury, of personal tragedy and official befuddlement, of social conscience, ethical outlook, and sense of history. The Gaza Strip, unwanted by the world, unwanted by Israel, unwanted by the Arabs and even by many Palestinians, forlorn, violent, seething, unlivable, has become the great moral test for the Jewish people. Advertisement All it took was rockets. Seven years of rockets. Rockets launched toward civilian populations, schools, a college, rockets that slammed through private homes, children's bedrooms in the blue collar Israeli town of Sderot. More than a thousand rockets a year for seven years, directed at kibbutzim which for decades had supported an end to occupation and the rise of a Palestinian state. Eight thousand rockets, fired when Israel had 25 settlements and 20,000 troops in the Gaza Strip, and when Israel expelled the settlers and withdrew its troops, rockets fired from the ruins of the settlements and former emplacements of the IDF. For Palestinians, Gaza was a prison before the disengagement, and a maximum security lockup thereafter. For Palestinians, the end of Israeli rule and the subsequent rise of Hamas were a human rights tragedy turned human rights catastrophe. For Palestinians, there is no more work in Israel, no more work in Gaza, no more hope anywhere. When Israel ended its operation in the Strip on Monday, a Hamas radio announcer declared victory, saying that despite all of the destruction and death, Hamas gunners were still hitting Sderot and Ashkelon and even Netivot. Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar addressed a rally to mark what he called Hamas' success in the Five Day War. Taking the trouble to thank the news media in general for its coverage of Palestinian casualties, Al Jazeera and Hamas' own Al Aqsa TV in particular, he told a cheering, chanting crowd, in effect: We showed them. The Israelis?ll think twice before invading ever again. He's right. Israelis will think twice, and many times again. This is why: Hamas, with the direct or inadvertent cooperation of Hezbollah, Iran, the Islamic Jihad, Fatah fatcats, Fatah rebels, the Bush administration, and, of course, Israel itself, has created a situation in which every one of Israel's moral and strategic options is a bad one. This is the test for Israel: There is no way to ace it, and there are countless ways to fail. Here are a few. Choose your poison: 1. A massive IDF ground offensive. Arguments in favor: There is no alternative but to use overwhelming if tactically directed force to root out terror groups which fire the rockets, and to break the back of the Hamas government and remove it from power. Marshalled example: Operation Defensive Shield, 2002 Arguments against: The risk-benefit equation suggests that large numbers of Gaza non-combatants as well as Israeli forces would be killed and wounded, without truly material success in curbing Qassam and Katyusha attacks. International outrage could cause Israel great political, economic, even strategic harm. 2. Reoccupy the Gaza Strip Arguments in favor: Israel cannot abide a terrorist state less than an hour's drive from Tel Aviv. Hamas, if allowed to rule, will eventually take over the West Bank and, effectively, East Jerusalem as well. Even a large-scale IDF offensive, if only temporary, will leave the field open to rearmament and continued attacks. Arguments against: Israel militarily occupied the Gaza Strip for nearly forty years, but was unable to prevent the manufacture and firing of Qassams. Qassam firing continued under Israeli occupation for more than three years until the disengagement in 2005. Finally, Israel lacks the will and the forces to occupy Gaza indefinitely. 3. Shell sources of rocket fire Arguments in favor: Use of long-range artillery will save the lives of soldiers who would be out at risk in a ground offensive. If Israel puts Gazans on notice that artillery will immediately and consistently shell any area from which rockets are fired, they will either prevent Hamas gunners from using their homes and yards, or will flee before the firing begins. Arguments against: Artillery has proven markedly inaccurate as retaliatory fire against small crews of armed men, often with disastrous consequences. Cases of innocent civilians killed in error, tragic in themselves, have in many cases also made it impossible for the IDF to continue to pursue its military targets. 4. Assassinate Hamas leaders Arguments in favor: Assassinations of commanders and political leaders can paralyze the organization, sending leading figures underground, cutting lines of communication, interrupting chains of command, while at the same time causing less danger to Palestinian civilians and to IDF soldiers. When Israel assassinated Hamas founders Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Abed Aziz Rantisi in 2004, threats os monumental retaliation never materialized, and the organization subsequently offered a limited truce. Arguments against: Civilians are often killed by mistake in assassination attempts. Assassination is also a dangerous policy, as it invites counter-attempts, such as the murder of then-cabinet minister Rehavam Ze'evi in Jerusalem in 2001. Finally, it fails to address core concerns, and may cause deadly reprisals, as in the suicide bombings that killed 60 people in Israel after the 1996 assassination of Hamas bomb mastermind Yihye Ayyash. 5. Negotiate with Hamas Arguments for: Hamas is not only the democratically elected ruler of Gaza, it also still enjoys broad, if somewhat dimished, popular support in the Strip. Because it trades on an ideology of martyrdom and steadfastness in the face of attack, it will be defeated neither by economic sanctions nor military confrontation. There is no alternative to talks toward a cease-fire, which Hamas has been proposing for years, holding out the offer of the return of captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit in an exchange for jailed Hamas men. Arguments against: Negotiations would constitute a major victory for Hamas, and tacit Israeli recognition of the organization, further undermining the standing of Mahmoud Abbas and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority and perhaps paving way for future Hamas control of the West Bank. The Hamas charter continues to call explicitly for the violent destruction of the state of Israel, and any expansion of Hamas hegemony to the West Bank could put large swathes of central Israel, the bulk of Israel's population, in range of Katyusha-Grad rockets. 6. Tighten the economic siege over Gaza Arguments for: How can a nation at war justify supplying its enemy with fuel, electricity, water, and even supplies which may be used for producing rockets and other armaments? Arguments against: The people of Gaza as a whole should not be punished for the actions of a small number of armed men. Collective punishment, moreover, increases hatred toward Israel and will, in the end, persuade more youths to become terrorists. 7. Lift the economic siege over Gaza Arguments in favor: Such a step could, if carried out in cooperation with Abbas and the PA, strengthen Abbas' hand. (Also see arguments against, numbers 6 and, if carried out in cooperation with Hamas, 5 above) Arguments against: Such a step could bolster Hamas, whioch could list it as a strategic victory and an indication that its policies were correct all along. 8. Increase IDF operations in the West Bank Arguments in favor: Israel must do everything it can to confront and contain Hamas in the West Bank, to keep it from taking over. Arguments against: Such operations sap the limited sovereignty of Abbas and the PA, which has taken action of its own against Hamas in the West Bank. Such operations also cast Abbas in the role of collaborator with Israel, cutting his support among Palestinians. 9. Do nothing Arguments for: This stance, which, while it may have adherents in practice, has no proponents. Arguments against. Israel does not have the option of doing nothing. To do nothing is, in effect, a violation of the human rights of the people of Sderot and the western Negev, who are the targets of Hamas war crimes. ______________ Previous blogs: Islam will winPalestinians' doomsday weapon, non-violence, fails test This November, I'm voting christian Anti-Zionism as a form of racism Sderot as Stalingrad, Hamas as blind Samson Bookmark to del.icio.us   The Chancellor's visit Angela Merkel arrives in Israel to 'open new chapter' in bilateral ties. London paying Netanyahu says PR trip to U.K. wasn't funded by Israeli taxpayer.   1.   "... trucks carrying humanitarian aid to the Palestinians..." 11:42  |  atilla karagözoğlu 04/03/08   2.   between a rock and Gaza 11:44  |  JJ Burke 04/03/08   3.   WHO WOULD HELP ISRAEL IF SHE FALLS DOWN ONCE ? 11:46  |  atilla karagözoğlu 04/03/08   4.   PALESTINIANS NOT READY TO DIE ALL FOR THEIR LAND 11:47  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 04/03/08   5.   PALESTINIANS ARE NOT WARRIERS, THEY ACCEPTED LIVE UNDER ALL THESE 11:48  |  atilla karagözoğlu 04/03/08   6.   Israel and her military "FETISH"...... 11:49  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/03/08   7.   palestinians just cry, NO UNITY, NO BROTHERHOOD, NO UPRISING 11:49  |  ... 04/03/08   8.   if all Gaza walk against to the walls of ısrael, LIBERTTY COMES 11:51  |  ... 04/03/08   9.   One alternative missing 11:52  |  Ofer Maimon 04/03/08   10.   WHY THOUSANDS PALESTINIAN DONT WALK TO THE WALLS OF ISRAEL TO DIE 11:52  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 04/03/08   11.   MR.BURSTON ! LETS DO SOMETHING GOOD TODAY 11:54  |  ... 04/03/08   12.   EVERYBODY ! FOR ONE DAY FOR GOD SAKE LETS TALK DEEP HONEST 11:54  |  ... 04/03/08   13.   J.J. Burke #2 wants us to "retreat back "... 11:59  |  S 04/03/08   14.   The Jewish religion tells us... 12:00  |  Edith 04/03/08   15.   THOUSANDS PALESTINIANS WALKING TO THE WALLS OF ISRAEL FOR LIBERTY 12:00  |  why not ? 04/03/08   16.   who can stand against 10 THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO WALK FOR LIBERTY ? 12:01  |  lets do it 04/03/08   17.   THE RABBIS TALK AND WRITE POLITICS, THERE ! 12:06  |  why ? 04/03/08   18.   hamas is dangereous ? or The Rabbis in politics dangereous ? 12:07  |  RELIGION DANGER 04/03/08   19.   Solutions for Gaza are in DOING SOMETHING in the West Bank! 12:08  |  S 04/03/08   20.   LETS LIVE AS MAN, MAN LIKE MAN...bye for now 12:09  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 04/03/08   21.   ISRAEL IS FRIGHTENED TO DEATH BY THE IDEA OF NON-VIOLENCE 12:15  |  indrajaya 04/03/08   22.   common sense 12:17  |  Steve 04/03/08   23.   Gazans have absolutely nothing left to lose 12:23  |  spyguy 04/03/08   24.   Response to Edith (#14) 12:25  |  Lurker 04/03/08   25.   13 12:31  |  JJ Burke 04/03/08   26.   WRONG Swiss Dino 12:44  |  Israeli 04/03/08   27.   Immoral trajectory 12:45  |  Truth 04/03/08   28.   Clearly the logical answer is to talk to Hamas 12:46  |  Clickfool 04/03/08   29.   Some people are shamless 12:49  |  pal 04/03/08   30.   The new mighty pharaon 13:13  |  aziz 04/03/08   31.   Israeli :Swiss`s arguments are as full of holes as swiss chees 13:19  |  y...a...w.....n..... 04/03/08   32.   # 6 Swiss....Hamas fixation is why there is no peace 13:31  |  Lynn 04/03/08   33.   Israel`s biggest mistake 13:35  |  Ilana 04/03/08   34.   # 29 pal in LA 13:43  |  Lynn 04/03/08   35.   Human rights 13:52  |  Lover of Peace 04/03/08   36.   Olmert partially responsible 13:55  |  paulo2005 04/03/08   37.   Bradely you miss the most glaringly obvious option.... 13:57  |  Don Camillo 04/03/08   38.   plan 13:58  |  losman 04/03/08   39.   To #33 Ilana 14:31  |  klas 04/03/08   40.   to Edith 14:34  |  Hilda 04/03/08   41.   Final solution-leave Palestine forever 14:48  |  Raed Kami 04/03/08   42.   Final solution-leave Palestine forever 14:48  |  Raed Kami 04/03/08   43.   Be Happy Mr Burston...next war with Iran and Syria will solve... 14:48  |  soldier 04/03/08   44.   Question to CLICKFOOL 14:56  |  Oetis 04/03/08   45.   Hamas: A School Bully 15:04  |  Barakuzu 04/03/08   46.   OPTIONS #10 AND #11 15:10  |  JOHN ISH ISHMAEL 04/03/08   47.   The solutions not proffered 15:11  |  Mark Lincoln 04/03/08   48.   # 21 INDY.....Hamas fears peace 15:16  |  Lynn 04/03/08   49.   The missing element - Evolution 15:19  |  Tosefta 04/03/08   50.   Gaza - a possible moral solution 15:20  |  James 04/03/08   51.   The danger of rabies (as in Rabid Fox) - Smadar, re yesterday 15:20  |  Tosefta 04/03/08   52.   # 35 Lover of peace... 15:21  |  Lynn 04/03/08   53.   Don Camillos option 15:24  |  Ofer Maimon 04/03/08   54.   Why don`t Arabs have bomb shelters? 15:26  |  Rick and TC 04/03/08   55.   21 Indrajaya,quite right,with the recent non violent breach of 15:30  |  lakshmi 04/03/08   56.   Arajewians 15:38  |  American Christian 04/03/08   57.   Clickfoolon talking to Hamas 15:39  |  Ofer Maimon 04/03/08   58.   #40 and #40 from Raed Kami 15:41  |  Hastaroth 04/03/08   59.   Raed Kami....stay put 15:47  |  Ofer Maimon 04/03/08   60.   Jordan 15:48  |  American Christian 04/03/08   61.   The only humane and effective way is to demolish buildings 15:52  |  arun 04/03/08   62.   QASSAMS CEASE WHEN ISRAELI TERRORISM ENDS 15:56  |  JH 04/03/08   63.   Tosefta 15:59  |  Elinor 04/03/08   64.   #21 - "NON-VIOLENCE movements of the GAZANS." 16:01  |  Steve 04/03/08   65.   #40 - The choice is clear: Israel 16:04  |  Steve 04/03/08   66.   Livni talking tough on Rice arrival 16:04  |  bill gordon 04/03/08   67.   indrajaya: Non violence 16:09  |  Joe Shmo 04/03/08   68.   Assassinations + Lifting the Siege (3 + 4 + 7). 16:13  |  Fortuna Benmayor 04/03/08   69.   peace never 16:27  |  utagawa 04/03/08   70.   10th option 16:28  |  drew 04/03/08   71.   Tossi Fetta @50 16:28  |  GABE1 04/03/08   72.   For Ofer Maimon # 56 16:31  |  Clickfool 04/03/08   73.   For Ofer Maimon # 56 16:31  |  Clickfool 04/03/08   74.   Bradley B 16:39  |  GABE1 04/03/08   75.   Rabbi Kahane was right. 16:42  |  Choni Davidowitz 04/03/08   76.   Not do `nothing` precisely 16:45  |  Steve from Raleigh 04/03/08   77.   a siege is casus belli but since gaza isn`t a 16:47  |  bozhidar 04/03/08   78.   #3 is the best option. Shell the area from which the crews fire 16:55  |  Jason 04/03/08   79.   The obvious alternative to the above failures is ... 16:55  |  Bo 04/03/08   80.   To Mr Tosefta...Palestinian love Parmenides 16:57  |  soldier 04/03/08   81.   # 14 Edith 16:59  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/03/08   82.   Gaza Reverts Back to Egypt 17:00  |  Knott Bushman 04/03/08   83.   # 26 Israeli 17:03  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/03/08   84.   to Atila(15) good idea, come with us .Bring candies 17:03  |  Ugy the she camel 04/03/08   85.   # 31 y...a...w...n 17:06  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/03/08   86.   # 32 Lynn 17:08  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/03/08   87.   Israel Is Going To Need To Reoccupy... 17:18  |  Yosemite 04/03/08   88.   To Nol.: bozhidar 17:27  |  American Christian 04/03/08   89.   Many good military options available 17:31  |  Bob 04/03/08   90.   #83 Swiss 17:33  |  Shmuel 04/03/08   91.   #62jh puts the cart before ther horse again 17:34  |  v hardman 04/03/08   92.   Some people are shameless 17:34  |  American Christian 04/03/08   93.   All Solutions Are Moral If They Put an End to Hamas and Its Ilk 17:44  |  massaraksh 04/03/08   94.   JH, a virtual guarantee qassams will not cease 17:47  |  jj 04/03/08   95.   There is nothing immoral about 3 and 4 (though they may not work) 17:49  |  McQueen 04/03/08   96.   67Joe Shmo,israel`s past record is not encouraging! 17:53  |  lakshmi 04/03/08   97.   A better solution. 17:56  |  howiej 04/03/08   98.   You forgot option number 10 18:10  |  ClickSchmuck 04/03/08   99.   Two practical answers that aren`t on your "list" 18:31  |  Dr. L. Brnd 04/03/08   100.   How about just kill one terrorist for each five rocket launches 18:35  |  Voice of Reason 04/03/08   101.   # 55 lakshmi and the imaginary 18:40  |  Lynn 04/03/08   102.   # 41 Raed Kami of London....cracks me up 18:45  |  Lynn 04/03/08   103.   Solution is to cleanse 18:51  |  Fred Locke 04/03/08   104.   Think outside the prison 18:52  |  R. Mayer 04/03/08   105.   1000 rockets per year 18:54  |  Marilyn 04/03/08   106.   # 86 Swiss....Atilla is a wonderful addition 18:55  |  Lynn 04/03/08   107.   Earth to Bradley Burston 18:55  |  Greg 04/03/08   108.   It`s obvious to most people that............ 18:58  |  Deborah 04/03/08   109.   to # 6 18:59  |  Watcher 04/03/08   110.   Unilateral Israeli Cease-Fire 18:59  |  Pablo B 04/03/08   111.   to # 86 19:07  |  Watcher 04/03/08   112.   Wall Street JournaL WORSHIPPERS OF DEATH 19:11  |  ROBERT/MONTREAL 04/03/08   113.   To#34 Nice try 19:11  |  pal 04/03/08   114.   Has Jordon gotten their trucks back yet? 19:12  |  MaryRose 04/03/08   115.   So you`re Jewish Edith? Re #14 19:22  |  MaryRose 04/03/08   116.   To # 41 19:24  |  W 04/03/08   117.   Gaza needs reparations? 19:29  |  MaryRose 04/03/08   118.   Im amazed how wrong Brad can be time after time after time 19:34  |  its really so easy 04/03/08   119.   #30 the judgement is in Aziz 19:38  |  MaryRose 04/03/08   120.   #31 Hypocrites who claim "civilian protections" 19:44  |  MaryRose 04/03/08   121.   #35 Since when did human rights include the 19:48  |  MaryRose 04/03/08   122.   DO ALL 9 BUT VARY ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES 19:49  |  Don 04/03/08   123.   Here is what Isreal should do 19:52  |  Adrian de Klerk 04/03/08   124.   JJ Burke 19:53  |  JJ`s sister 04/03/08   125.   Dino Swiss cheese 19:56  |  y...a...w.....n..... 04/03/08   126.   #38 losman 19:56  |  MaryRose 04/03/08   127.   Don Camillo 37 19:58  |  Free Gilad Shalit 04/03/08   128.   Lakhshmi and her dramatic bullshit 19:59  |  x-ray 04/03/08   129.   To #50 James 20:03  |  klas 04/03/08   130.   #110 Pablo B and the Hamas myths 20:17  |  Bob 04/03/08   131.   #44 Oetis Just the opposite of what the 20:22  |  MaryRose 04/03/08   132.   #104 Gaza is not a prison 20:25  |  Bob 04/03/08   133.   immoral solutions for Gaza 20:27  |  sms2ster 04/03/08   134.   If Churchill had followed Bradley Burston’s morality guide … 20:31  |  Mladen Andrijasevic 04/03/08   135.   It just may work 20:34  |  Baz Mann 04/03/08   136.   # 50 James..Gaza- a possible morel solution? 20:35  |  JOSH 04/03/08   137.   #50 So Israel purchases Gaza James, what next? 20:42  |  MaryRose 04/03/08   138.   #129 Klas, you know nothing about our history 20:43  |  Bob 04/03/08   139.   # 47 Mark Lincoln..The solutions not proffered 20:46  |  JOSH 04/03/08   140.   Lakshmi, I`m disappointed 20:46  |  utagawa 04/03/08   141.   A Dumb Column 20:50  |  Tod Zuckerman 04/03/08   142.   #54 Rick and TC 20:53  |  MaryRose 04/03/08   143.   They keep repeating the same lies-follow up 20:53  |  hollingworth 04/03/08   144.   # 118 its really so easy..Amazed Brad has got it wrongtimeafterti 20:55  |  JOSH 04/03/08   145.   To Bazz Man .(135) : Have you read the Hamas Charter? 21:06  |  Mladen Andrijasevic 04/03/08   146.   #62 That is a bunch of bushwa 21:09  |  MaryRose 04/03/08   147.   # 114 Mary Rose..Has Jordon gotten their trucks back yet? 21:10  |  JOSH 04/03/08   148.   Kind of step around that, don`t you? 21:10  |  Colin Wright 04/03/08   149.   Pro-Palestinian Attitudes 21:13  |  eli 04/03/08   150.   #135 where do you get these ideas from? 21:26  |  Bob 04/03/08   151.   MaryRose #142 Thank you for your replay 21:29  |  Rick and TC 04/03/08   152.   #140 utagawa facts are not Lackshmi`s friend 21:33  |  MaryRose 04/03/08   153.   # 90 Shmuel (Rosner ??) :) "Some numbers for you....." 21:49  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/03/08   154.   Lynn , as I said I like you HAHAH the immaculate shots 21:51  |  Robert/Montreal 04/03/08   155.   To Bob #138 22:03  |  klas 04/03/08   156.   to Raed Kami, FOOL, Lakshmi, etc 22:10  |  Dave from Chicago 04/03/08   157.   To Bazz Man .(135) : Have you read the Hamas Charter? 22:11  |  Mladen Andrijasevic 04/03/08   158.   # 106 Lynn..re:Atilla..Dear lady.There`s a Limit! 22:31  |  JOSH 04/03/08   159.   The missing (10th) option 22:32  |  Tosefta 04/03/08   160.   WHAT DID USA DO TO DRESDON ? 22:39  |  Bill 04/03/08   161.   Re #47 clarifications? 22:44  |  DJStahl 04/03/08   162.   To `Free Shalit` - how many rockets from the West bank so far? 22:46  |  Don Camillo 04/03/08   163.   # 155 Klas, Pals are Arabs, there are no Canaanites 23:04  |  Bob 04/03/08   164.   A 10th Solution 23:06  |  Robert Feiger 04/03/08   165.   Mutual Cease Fire,End the Occupation 23:07  |  BIG 04/03/08   166.   the Gaza problem 23:26  |  joel smith 04/03/08   167.   why should israel trust hamas? 23:27  |  hello 04/03/08   168.   #162 the don and a nelsonian eye cast over arabs 23:44  |  v hardman 04/03/08   169.   There are many more than nine options 23:56  |  Stephen Connor 04/03/08   170.   #62 JH 23:56  |  Moshe 04/03/08   171.   Israel has followed George Bush/ Condaleeza Rice evil guide! 00:12  |  Maureen Ann 05/03/08   172.   becoming weak 00:13  |  nicole 05/03/08   173.   the missing option 00:17  |  peter 05/03/08   174.   #72&73 00:23  |  Moshe 05/03/08   175.   BOb and psuedo history 00:47  |  Truth 05/03/08   176.   Negotiating with Hamas 00:52  |  Robert Goldman 05/03/08   177.   PALESTINIANS are "integral part of the Arab nation" Pal.Charter 00:55  |  PETER SM 05/03/08   178.   #162 `Hard` `man` I`ll stop posting the day you... 00:58  |  Don Camillo 05/03/08   179.   Not all solutions are immoral 01:02  |  Brett Marks 05/03/08   180.   SIMPLE ONE: END OCCUPATION & SIEGE 01:10  |  Tala 05/03/08   181.   # 88 American Christian**To All Your Posts Kudos And Thank You. 01:13  |  JOSH 05/03/08   182.   Clueless in Gaza 01:16  |  Walter Plywaski 05/03/08   183.   Tosefta`s 10th option 01:17  |  Brett 05/03/08   184.   Mr. Burston is WRONG on Number 6 01:18  |  Ronald W. Ginson 05/03/08   185.   #110 When Bob doesn`t know his history, he calls history myths 01:18  |  Pablo B 05/03/08   186.   Don Camillo 162 02:44  |  Free Gilad Shalit 05/03/08   187.   Soultion 02:45  |  American Christian 05/03/08   188.   # 173 tosefta talks a load of piffle.What tenth would that be? 03:04  |  JOSH 05/03/08   189.   #159 Tosefta Israeli Gov`t must feel confident that 03:27  |  Smadar 05/03/08   190.   Option # 100 03:28  |  the smart guy 05/03/08   191.   Waiting for vs. shaping the future (Brett #183) 03:29  |  Tosefta 05/03/08   192.   D.CAMILLO.how about posting what you gave your word you would 03:46  |  PETER SM 05/03/08   193.   OLMERT RESIGN YOU ARE A LEFTIST LOSER 03:54  |  Robinson 05/03/08   194.   American Christian 04:02  |  Justice 05/03/08   195.   We shouldn`t underestimate Israeli stupidity (Smadar #189) 04:25  |  Tosefta 05/03/08   196.   To Hollingworth 04:25  |  American Christian 05/03/08   197.   Palestinians completely to blame for their self inflicted wounds 04:25  |  Doc Holliday 05/03/08   198.   #185 Pablo, a mere repetition will get you nowhere 04:42  |  Bob 05/03/08   199.   #175 Truth and lies 04:54  |  Bob 05/03/08   200.   To hollingworth again 04:54  |  American Christian 05/03/08   201.   Tosefta #191 04:56  |  Brett 05/03/08   202.   hollingworth once more 05:08  |  American Christian 05/03/08   203.   to American christian 05:15  |  pal 05/03/08   204.   Bob and Lies 05:26  |  Truths 05/03/08   205.   Bob look at your Pubmed site for the Truth 05:34  |  Truth 05/03/08   206.   Hollingsworth Who Died And Made You Commandant? 07:15  |  Yosemite 05/03/08   207.   to Brett #183 07:31  |  zeev 05/03/08   208.   to Brett #183 - and something else 07:55  |  zeev 05/03/08   209.   Let Freedom Ring! 08:28  |  Martin Luther King J 05/03/08   210.   #178 don thinks there is something to debate? 08:35  |  v hardman 05/03/08   211.   #189 Smadar assumes they know what they are doing. 08:44  |  Johnboy 05/03/08   212.   better be silent 09:06  |  El Toto 05/03/08   213.   "...ARAB-ISRAELI KNESSET MEMBERS ...YESTERDAY EVENING ... 09:15  |  CRIMES & MASSACRE 05/03/08   214.   Another Diaspora Jew, making a brave stand for Israel #156 09:28  |  Clickfool 05/03/08   215.   for 105 Marilyn 09:30  |  chasaboy 05/03/08   216.   Mr. Burston for PM of Israel, Mr. Karagözoğlu for PM of Palestine 09:36  |  Golden Days 05/03/08   217.   doing nothing IS a viable response! 09:36  |  eric 05/03/08   218.   Understand 10:58  |  Bigfacedog 05/03/08   219.   Tosefta #49 Does His "Logic" Applies In Reverse Too? (2nd Try) 11:34  |  Tim R 05/03/08   220.   Johnboy #203 What Israel Should Do (The World According to JB) 12:26  |  Tim R 05/03/08   221.   Survey: Which option would Haaretz readers opt for, and why? 12:33  |  Fritz 05/03/08   222.   JJ Burke 12:37  |  Fritz 05/03/08   223.   ISRAEL IS FRIGHTENED TO DEATH BY THE IDEA OF NON-VIOLENCE 12:49  |  Fritz 05/03/08   224.   common sense 12:55  |  Fritz 05/03/08   225.   SWISS DINO BOMBS AGAIN 13:46  |  Israeli 05/03/08   226.   Bob your pubmed blows your own theory 14:16  |  Truth 05/03/08   227.   Israel Doesn`t Want Peace 14:30  |  marge, USA 05/03/08   228.   #192 Peter SM 16:03  |  Don Camillo 05/03/08   229.   #217 "Truth" caught lying again 16:05  |  Bob 05/03/08   230.   10 crazygadzilla 16:24  |  King Kong 05/03/08   231.   41 where and what the hell is palestine? 16:27  |  Israel4 Ever 05/03/08   232.   105 16:30  |  Nuke of Earl 05/03/08   233.   Truth, here is more on why Pals are typical Arabs 16:31  |  Bob 05/03/08   234.   computer=golden calf to bored talkbackers 16:34  |  Moses 05/03/08   235.   Immoral options 17:07  |  Fred 05/03/08   236.   D>CAMILLO I have answered you at least 3 times 21:04  |  PETER SM 05/03/08   237.   to American Christian #88 21:23  |  zeev 05/03/08   238.   PETER SM and Hebron - if true, how can you support Zionism? 22:21  |  Don Camillo 05/03/08   239.   #229 Bob and Truth 23:14  |  Boycott 05/03/08   240.   Zeev #237 The Only People Who Talk About Disappearances .. 23:43  |  Tim R 05/03/08   241.   count our blessings 23:44  |  Harry Scott 05/03/08   242.   D.CAMILLO I can support pure Zionism & you ignore Islamofascism. 01:15  |  PETER SM 06/03/08   243.   to Tim R #240 - (1) 03:00  |  zeev 06/03/08   244.   to Tim R #240 - (2) 03:02  |  zeev 06/03/08   245.   Boycott, Pals friend caught red handed falsifying science I 03:10  |  Bob 06/03/08   246.   Boycott and falsifying science II 03:13  |  Bob 06/03/08   247.   # 220 Tim R..re:Johnkid..Blows his Horn The sheep`sin The Meadow, 03:35  |  JOSH 06/03/08   248.   Boycott, Paliwood=Paliscience 03:41  |  Bob 06/03/08   249.   one more option: EXPULSION TO EGYPT 03:46  |  transfer NOW 06/03/08   250.   Bob you refuse to face truth 04:06  |  Truth 06/03/08   251.   Peter Sm your memory doesn`t go far enough 04:12  |  Truth 06/03/08   252.   bob and genetics of colonisation 04:20  |  Truth 06/03/08   253.   bob and genetics or Pals are typical Arabs 04:23  |  Truth 06/03/08   254.   Bob #163 14:14  |  klas 06/03/08   255.   to Brett #201 14:52  |  zeev 06/03/08   256.   klas and selective history 16:27  |  Bob 06/03/08   257.   # 243 zeev re:Tim R..Just a Remider for you.Time to Throw Away. 16:28  |  Fed-Up 06/03/08   258.   END EVIL OCCUPATION 16:31  |  moraki 06/03/08   259.   to Smadar #189 17:08  |  zeev 06/03/08   260.   Gaza 18:33  |  Garry 06/03/08   261.   Zeev #243 Yes, I Am Still At It! 23:42  |  Tim R 06/03/08   262.   Sorry Bob you are wrong 23:50  |  Truth 06/03/08   263.   Zeev #243 And YOUR Answer Was Nonsense 00:17  |  Tim R 07/03/08   264.   dear spyguy 00:41  |  L 07/03/08   265.   Zeev #244 And I Find Your Attitude Quite Telling Too 00:45  |  Tim R 07/03/08   266.   to "lover of peace" Shderot is not a settlment 00:51  |  L 07/03/08   267.   Zeev #243 Yes Zeev: Poor Little israel! Part II (Third Try) 03:15  |  Tim R 07/03/08   268.   the tenth solution 06:14  |  Ruslan Zydek 07/03/08   269.   the 12th Solution a pass to Disneyland 06:20  |  Ruslan Zydek 07/03/08   270.   Absolute victory. 08:53  |  Jean Van Daem 07/03/08   271.   to Tim R #264 - (2) 12:53  |  zeev 07/03/08   272.   to Fed-Up #257 12:57  |  zeev 07/03/08   273.   Solution only in wider context 12:57  |  Joseph 07/03/08   274.   Zeev #269 And You Might Get Yourself Some education Too 13:58  |  Tim R 07/03/08   275.   to "Zeev" #268 14:11  |  L 07/03/08   276.   4- go back to assassinating the leaders 14:41  |  someone 07/03/08   277.   I have better idea 15:28  |  Simon 07/03/08   278.   to L #261 20:33  |  zeev 07/03/08   279.   to Tim R #264 - (1) - 2nd try 20:38  |  zeev 07/03/08   280.   to Tim R #262 - 3rd try 20:48  |  zeev 07/03/08   281.   Zeev #268 And How Do You React To Pal Terror Acts? 22:15  |  Tim R 07/03/08   282.   Zeev #273 Part 1 22:39  |  Tim R 07/03/08   283.   Zeev #273 Part 2 22:53  |  Tim R 07/03/08   284.   Zeev #274 You Are A Broken Record 23:24  |  Tim R 07/03/08   285.   The correct solution: Retake Gaza forever. Rebuild Gush Katifs. 02:10  |  Chaim 08/03/08   286.   Open the seige and attack the actual parties responsible. 02:29  |  jack 08/03/08   287.   Zeev #273 Why Don`t You Convince Hamas of Your Logic? 03:41  |  Tim R 08/03/08   288.   Zeev#268See What I Mean Zeev? You Only See Pal Suffering- 2nd Try 06:46  |  Tim R 08/03/08   289.   to zeev #272 10:08  |  L 08/03/08   290.   Nine Immoral sulutions for Gaze Poblem 22:20  |  Ray Bright 08/03/08   291.   US occupying Mexico 22:36  |  Ray Bright 08/03/08   292.   collective Puishment???? - How can it be collective when at the s 00:14  |  yaron 09/03/08   293.   Pulling back to the 1967 border now is retarded 03:24  |  Tal 10/03/08   294.   "Final solution-leave Palestine forever" 03:40  |  Tal 10/03/08   295.   To #293 - I have the answer... 19:39  |  Jimmy 10/03/08   296.   Dumbest Thing Israel Ever Did (so far...) 19:40  |  Jimmy 10/03/08   297.   #3 Helping Israel. 00:26  |  mike davis 11/03/08   298.   gaza 21:24  |  isiaiah 12/03/08   299.   Palastinians in Gaza, from 300000 to 1.5Mil. 14:14  |  Turk 13/03/08   300.   Reoccupy Gaza but absolutely NO Jewish re-settlement activity 17:23  |  Mike 13/03/08   301.   to Tim R #287 - (1) 15:55  |  zeev 17/03/08   302.   to Tim R #287 - (2) 16:07  |  zeev 17/03/08   303.   to Ray Bright #291 - and L #289 too 16:33  |  zeev 17/03/08

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