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Palestinians versus Tibetans - a double standard By Gideon Levy Tags: Israel, Gideon Levy Click here for more articles by Gideon Levy Israelis have no moral right to fight the Chinese occupation of Tibet. The president of the Israeli Friends of the Tibetan People, the psychologist Nahi Alon, who was involved in the murder of two Palestinians in Gaza in 1967 - as was revealed in Haaretz Magazine last weekend - chose to make his private "atonement" by fighting to free Tibet, of all places. He is not alone among Israelis calling to stop the occupation - but not ours. No small number of other good Israelis have recently joined the wave of global protest that broke out over the Olympics, set to take place in Beijing this summer. It is easy; it engenders no controversy - who would not be in favor of liberating Tibet? But that is not the fight that Israeli human rights supporters should be waging. To fight for Tibet, Israel needs no courage, because there is no price to pay. On the contrary, this is part of a fashionable global trend, almost as much as the fight against global warming or the poaching of sea lions. Advertisement These fights are just, and must be undertaken. But in Israel they are deluxe fights, which are unthinkable. When one comes to the fight with hands that are collectively, and sometimes individually, so unclean, it is impossible to protest a Chinese occupation. Citizens of a country that maintains a military subjugation in its backyard that is no less cruel than that of the Chinese, and by some parameters even more so, and against which there is practically no more protest here, have no justification in denouncing another occupation. Citizens of a country that is entirely tainted by the occupation - a national, ongoing project that involves all sectors of the population to some extent, directly or indirectly - cannot wash their hands and fight another occupation, when a half-hour from their homes, horrors no less terrible are taking place for which they have much greater responsibility. The world has fallen in love with Tibet. How easy it is to do so. The picturesque figure of the Dalai Lama and the non-violent struggle he leads with his scarlet-robed monks is truly captivating. Indeed, the world has smothered the leader with awards and recognition, from the Nobel Peace Prize to an honorary doctorate at Ben-Gurion University. The Palestinians are not as nice as the Tibetans in the eyes of the world. But the Palestinian people deserve exactly the same rights as the occupied Tibetan people, even if their leaders are less enchanting, they have no scarlet robes and their fight is more violent. There is absolutely no connection between rights and the means of protest, and from that perspective, there is no difference between a Tibetan and a Palestinian - they both deserve the exact same freedom. Moreover, in the first years of the Israeli occupation, most Palestinians accepted it submissively, with practically no violence. What did they get as a result? Nothing. The world and Israel cloaked themselves in apathy and callousness. Only when planes started being hijacked in the 1970s did the world begin to notice that a Palestinian problem even existed. In contrast, the Tibetan struggle also was tainted with violence in the past, and it is reasonable to assume that violence will increase if the Tibetans do not attain their goal. There is also no point in asking which occupation is crueler, the Chinese or the Israeli. The competition is harsh and bitter. The Chinese killed and imprisoned more Tibetans, in Lhasa there is less freedom of expression than in Nablus, but in general, the extent of Israeli repression in the territories is much greater today than Chinese repression in Tibet. Nowhere in the world today is there a region more besieged and confined than Gaza. And what is the result? The world calls to boycott the occupier in the case of China, while absurdly, with regard to the Palestinians, the world is boycotting the occupied entity, or at least its elected leadership, and not the occupier. This, it seems, has no parallel in history. Internationally speaking, the situation of the Palestinians is ostensibly better, since while all governments recognize Chinese sovereignty over Tibet, no government in the world recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Palestinian territories. Practically speaking, this does not help the Palestinians much: Contemporary bon ton is to support the struggle for Tibet, only Tibet. The Palestinians have not even one Richard Gere to serve as a mouthpiece. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is boycotting the Olympic games but paid an official visit to Israel, where she spoke not one word about the shameful conditions in Gaza under Israeli occupation. Is there any other way to describe this, except a double standard? In a more just world, no occupation would exist - neither the Chinese nor the Israeli. But until that time, the Israelis have to look inward at their own home and protest what is being done there in front of the Israeli Defense Ministry, before they present themselves with colorful signs outside the Chinese Embassy. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Disturbing trend Jewish Agency says Anti-Semitic acts in Jan. 2009 triple last year's records. After the war IDF gains in Gaza have softened Israel's stance on Shalit deal.   1.   Levy - Just As Fellow Kapo Richard Falk - Lies With Such Ease 03:56  |  Tod Zuckerman 13/04/08   2.   Gideon Levi is like a massiah to me. His writings are holy 04:31  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/04/08   3.   Hey Gideon and the Tibetans do not have Oil Filthy Rich Brothers 04:59  |  Genuine Tosefta 13/04/08   4.   Hey Gideon your facts show that Chinese repression is greater 05:03  |  Genuine Tosefta 13/04/08   5.   It`s called "Transference" 09:07  |  Natallie Durson 13/04/08   6.   how would china react to tibetan kassams? 09:20  |  don 13/04/08   7.   Natalie, did you say 95%? 09:25  |  Some Random Guy 13/04/08   8.   Does Tibet want to annihilate China? 09:26  |  Joseph 13/04/08   9.   THE MASK IS OFF 09:28  |  AVI 13/04/08   10.   THE DIFFERENCE IS.... 09:47  |  INCREDULOUS 13/04/08   11.   What distortions! 09:51  |  S 13/04/08   12.   Durson occasional? You`re anti-semitic lies know no humility. 09:54  |  Allon 13/04/08   13.   Jews are the Tibetans to the `Chinese` Arabs 09:56  |  Ben Plonie 13/04/08   14.   Gideon Levy`s painful, lacerating truth 10:05  |  Clickfool 13/04/08   15.   It all boils down to the Israeli appetite for hypocrisy 10:09  |  Clickfool 13/04/08   16.   #5 Natalie, but how sexual minorities are discriminated in Tibet? 10:20  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/04/08   17.   Israel, the time has come to get rid of your "chains"....... 10:24  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/04/08   18.   #14 I have 2 pictures on my wall JesusChrist and Gideon Levy 10:44  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/04/08   19.   No apology to the Chinese from Japan. 10:53  |  Maureen Ann 13/04/08   20.   Gideon Levy is right 11:01  |  Jean-Paul Doguet 13/04/08   21.   well written 11:09  |  Nick 13/04/08   22.   Clickfool loves self hating Jews 11:21  |  Truthsayer 13/04/08   23.   The Truth Hurts - keep it up! 11:22  |  D Hirod 13/04/08   24.   gideon KNOWS the palis BETTER than they do themselves?? hahahaha 11:28  |  CK Tan 13/04/08   25.   Many Israelis are like sheep following the herd.. 11:30  |  Dutch 13/04/08   26.   Levy`s inversion of the truth 11:34  |  Veritas 13/04/08   27.   Re Natallie #5... a small but significant correction... 11:36  |  Esther 13/04/08   28.   Some Random Guy - Since you asked 11:44  |  Natallie Durson 13/04/08   29.   Levy versus the truth 11:47  |  Moshe BenTov 13/04/08   30.   Levy and his double standard 11:52  |  Dalia 13/04/08   31.   Pals versus Tibetans-denial of reality 11:52  |  KUTW 13/04/08   32.   Direct link 11:53  |  Serenity 13/04/08   33.   Bravo, Uri Avnery said the same thing 11:58  |  Marilyn 13/04/08   34.   Mr. Levy, I find your article pretty outrageous 11:59  |  KUTW 13/04/08   35.   In a world without terrorists 12:02  |  KUTW 13/04/08   36.   # 5 It is called "distortion of true facts" 12:03  |  Yona K 13/04/08   37.   fight occupation; don`t compare 12:11  |  Rose 13/04/08   38.   Jews&Samaritans are aborigines of Judea&Samaria, Tibetans Tibet 12:15  |  Haldrik 13/04/08   39.   The Jews and N Durston # 5 12:27  |  Liora 13/04/08   40.   Palestinians versus Tibetans 12:30  |  Patel M. 13/04/08   41.   Ben you are a hoot 12:36  |  Marilyn 13/04/08   42.   Thank You Gordon Levy for Exposing Israeli Hypocricy 12:40  |  Johan Odin 13/04/08   43.   "Israel have no right to fight the occupation of Tibetans" 12:44  |  Akram Zekaria 13/04/08   44.   About absurd comparisons 12:49  |  Zak 13/04/08   45.   Mr. Levy, welcome to my Party! 12:50  |  Adolf 13/04/08   46.   clickfool - and what has UK done for the Tibet cause? 12:52  |  CK Tan 13/04/08   47.   swiss d`s people - the time has come to get rid of your "chains" 12:55  |  CK Tan 13/04/08   48.   maureen ann SUPPORTS a CHEAP apology for DECADES of GENOCIDE 12:57  |  CK Tan 13/04/08   49.   Tibetans vs Israelis 13:00  |  KUTW 13/04/08   50.   I wish Israel was dealing with the Dalai Lama 13:03  |  KUTW 13/04/08   51.   #25 dutch DEMENTIA strikes AGAIN - the proof 13:05  |  CK Tan 13/04/08   52.   Who deserves freedom 13:07  |  KUTW 13/04/08   53.   Palestinians versus Tibetans. 13:09  |  David Nigel Braham 13/04/08   54.   Another great articles 13:11  |  cfs 13/04/08   55.   Levy & Hass similiar but not the same 13:21  |  FOX 13/04/08   56.   THIS IS NO LONGER ABOUT TIBET 13:24  |  indrajaya 13/04/08   57.   no difference 13:24  |  ravi 13/04/08   58.   By that logic only Israelis can criticise Israel 13:28  |  Ilan 13/04/08   59.   Who are you Gideon Levi to tell us what to do 13:43  |  David 13/04/08   60.   Gideon, are Tibetans firing Kassams at China? 13:47  |  Ronald 13/04/08   61.   chinese history 13:47  |  Fung 13/04/08   62.   Are you really this stupid and biased? 13:57  |  JordanisPlaestine 13/04/08   63.   No 62, you are the stupid one 14:22  |  Marilyn 13/04/08   64.   41# no marilyn you are a hoot 14:33  |  half Mizrachi. 13/04/08   65.   Tibetans are not the gold medal winners in Terrorism 14:33  |  Shalom Freedman 13/04/08   66.   You`re right, Shalom Freedman # 65 14:51  |  Clickfool 13/04/08   67.   Levy is repeating my words 14:55  |  FOX 13/04/08   68.   #13 - Ethnic Cleansing 15:09  |  Boyd 13/04/08   69.   Ronald, are Chinese firing missiles from MIGS 15:13  |  Dav 13/04/08   70.   Does Levy join the other protestors 15:17  |  Lynn 13/04/08   71.   Expel Israel and the USA 15:18  |  Dav 13/04/08   72.   # 47 CK Tan...and quit trying to stop 15:19  |  Lynn 13/04/08   73.   # 42 Johan Odin....yeah! 15:23  |  Lynn 13/04/08   74.   Levy 15:27  |  Charles 13/04/08   75.   Levy wants Jews to care more about Pal families than their own 15:31  |  Sam 13/04/08   76.   charity begins at home 15:38  |  Oliver 13/04/08   77.   giddy finds a cause? restore the ottomans 15:41  |  v hardman 13/04/08   78.   Gideon is right-peace requires end of zionism 15:44  |  Raed Kami 13/04/08   79.   Gideon is right-peace requires end of zionism 15:44  |  Raed Kami 13/04/08   80.   Tibet doesn`t want China swept into the Sea 15:45  |  Rocky 13/04/08   81.   #61 Fung...we keep telling him that 16:04  |  Shui 13/04/08   82.   # 65 Shalom Freedman`s double standards... 16:16  |  Dutch 13/04/08   83.   You insult us 16:17  |  Dan 13/04/08   84.   #51 CK Tan, So what? 16:21  |  Dutch 13/04/08   85.   marilyn re #41 and # 63 - PROVE you are not STUPID 16:23  |  CK Tan 13/04/08   86.   responses 16:31  |  algorythm 13/04/08   87.   TIBETANS DON`T WANT TO DESTROY CHINA, MAKE BEIJING THEIR CAPITAL 16:31  |  Joel Stein 13/04/08   88.   #62 - Marilyn 16:35  |  JordanisPalestine 13/04/08   89.   for KUTW 16:45  |  Albert 13/04/08   90.   Gidon Levy and Tibet 16:49  |  Carl Perkal 13/04/08   91.   Gideon Levy; What Occupation Of Tibet? 16:49  |  Jeff Northridge 13/04/08   92.   #71 doris and remarkable illogic about all 17:04  |  victor hardman 13/04/08   93.   I feel for them 17:05  |  Analyst 13/04/08   94.   Half Mizrachi re: Marilyn 17:20  |  Zelkha 13/04/08   95.   We congratulate Chinese on their proper policies 17:24  |  Sal 13/04/08   96.   #2 Yaakov Sullivan 17:41  |  Moshe 13/04/08   97.   Reply to Jeff 17:50  |  Jean-Paul Doguet 13/04/08   98.   Thank you Gideon for another great article. 17:50  |  Deborah 13/04/08   99.   Gaza, mon amour 17:53  |  Stina 13/04/08   100.   drawing parallels, are we? 18:15  |  open eyes 13/04/08   101.   Tibetans=Palestinians 18:18  |  Moshe 13/04/08   102.   89. Albert 18:27  |  KUTW 13/04/08   103.   this time gideon not right 18:32  |  paulo2005 13/04/08   104.   Mr Levy and terrorism 18:36  |  KUTW 13/04/08   105.   The Chinese kill innocent people 18:39  |  KUTW 13/04/08   106.   The world is not boycotting the pals 18:43  |  KUTW 13/04/08   107.   Once Again 19:02  |  Janice 13/04/08   108.   # 47 CK Tan getting more desperate everyday....... 19:09  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/04/08   109.   # 36 It is called distortion OK 19:15  |  Claire from Asnieres 13/04/08   110.   Those who have friends among the security services... 19:25  |  Neighbour 13/04/08   111.   Me too 19:32  |  hollingsworth 13/04/08   112.   Tibet and the Palestinian Arabs 19:42  |  Hilda 13/04/08   113.   LEVY IS A NOBLE AND BRAVE HUMAN 19:58  |  JACKAL 13/04/08   114.   unless 20:01  |  wh 13/04/08   115.   I love you Gideon Levy! 20:01  |  NJ 13/04/08   116.   How Haaretz lies and promotes an anti Israel view. 20:12  |  Ken Jurist 13/04/08   117.   This is exactly how some justify genocides Armenia, Darfur, Kurds 20:18  |  Genuine Tosefta 13/04/08   118.   Gideon Levy is aiming for another Arab Award in deceptive journal 20:21  |  Genuine Tosefta 13/04/08   119.   I love you too Gideon Levy! 20:25  |  Bruce 13/04/08   120.   CK Tan 47 20:26  |  wh 13/04/08   121.   Jean-Paul Doguet # 97 Declarations Of Independence 20:36  |  Jeff Northridge 13/04/08   122.   Yeah!! he can link everything 20:39  |  drdanielito 13/04/08   123.   Response to #1 20:44  |  Donald 13/04/08   124.   "The Palestinians are not as nice as the TIbetans" 20:55  |  The World 13/04/08   125.   Reply to Jeff 20:58  |  Jean-Paul Doguet 13/04/08   126.   Jewish and Han settlers 21:06  |  Seán 13/04/08   127.   Hollingsworth our fetid anti=semite #111 21:07  |  FOX 13/04/08   128.   Yaakov Sullivan 21:12  |  jc 13/04/08   129.   What would you have us do mr levy? 21:16  |  Jason 13/04/08   130.   Gideaon hits the nail on the head but gets his groups wrong 21:20  |  Alan the real one 13/04/08   131.   re 5 The understated Ms Natty D 21:23  |  Alan the real one 13/04/08   132.   You`re wrong, Clickfool # 66 21:23  |  Tired of fools 13/04/08   133.   re 14 Is levy a member of your gang. 21:28  |  Alan the real one 13/04/08   134.   re 28 Good number Natty 21:30  |  Alan the real one 13/04/08   135.   re 66 very slippery click 21:33  |  Alan the real one 13/04/08   136.   GIDEON 1.Does Tibet Charter call for the obliteration of China? 21:54  |  PETER SM 13/04/08   137.   Tibet and Mr. Levy 21:57  |  Mao Tse Tung 13/04/08   138.   #8 Joseph- Does Tibet want to wipe out china? 22:03  |  Mohamed 13/04/08   139.   Tibet and Mr. Levy Part2 22:12  |  Mao Tse Tung 13/04/08   140.   Tibet and Mr. Levy Part3 22:16  |  Mao Tse Tung 13/04/08   141.   Marilyn and others:Palestinian "Arabs" 22:28  |  kay 13/04/08   142.   ethics - has Gidi Lrvy ever heard that word? 22:33  |  Peter Smith 13/04/08   143.   Gaza Ineptitude 22:45  |  Robert Haymond 13/04/08   144.   Gideon is a man of conscience among ostriches 22:46  |  Isaiah 13/04/08   145.   Dirty Buzz Words 22:54  |  Jeff Northridge 13/04/08   146.   swiss d cranks up his CRYBABY in DENIAL mode - waaawawaahhh 22:56  |  CK Tan 13/04/08   147.   marilyn re #41 and # 63 - PROVE you are not STUPID 22:58  |  CK Tan 13/04/08   148.   Jews & Samaritans are the aborigines of Judea & Samaria 23:12  |  Haldrik 13/04/08   149.   The hate by Palestinian Muslims against Jews will backfire 23:37  |  Haldrik 13/04/08   150.   "no connection between rights and the means of protest" 23:41  |  DJStahl 13/04/08   151.   "Only when planes started being hijacked in the 1970s" 23:50  |  DJStahl 13/04/08   152.   To the censors 23:51  |  Sarah 13/04/08   153.   # 5 "Jews have been the occasional target.."!! 23:52  |  Sister Anna 13/04/08   154.   Genetically, Scandinavians are related to Jews, not other Euros 00:16  |  Haldrik 14/04/08   155.   Red robes versus fashion kaffiyas 00:19  |  FOX 14/04/08   156.   Jean-Paul Doguet # 125 Sorry, But... 00:22  |  Jeff Northridge 14/04/08   157.   Levy rides again 00:43  |  Connie 14/04/08   158.   What about East Turkistan 00:58  |  Pssd Off American 14/04/08   159.   look at the nations 01:03  |  roger wallace 14/04/08   160.   #42 Johan Odin 01:09  |  dovvod 14/04/08   161.   The world may hate Jews, but it doesnt like Palestinians either 01:09  |  AV 14/04/08   162.   China could be a lesson for Arabs & Islam to learn from. 02:50  |  Akram Zekaria 14/04/08   163.   #58 We ain`t responsible for past sins, Ilan 03:21  |  Johnboy 14/04/08   164.   a question for yaakov Sullivan 03:24  |  leo 14/04/08   165.   Don`t kid yourselves 03:24  |  David King 14/04/08   166.   A Breath of Air ! 03:31  |  Nixo 14/04/08   167.   #164 Bashing Christ followers and gays, leo? 04:12  |  Yaakov Sullivan 14/04/08   168.   G L you need to realize life is worth it I know your sad story 04:19  |  life is a good 14/04/08   169.   DIFFERENCES."Dalai Lama will resign if Tibet violence worsens" 06:11  |  PETER SM 14/04/08   170.   Predictable PC Lefto silliness 06:21  |  ankhfnkhonsu 14/04/08   171.   Predictable PC Lefto silliness 06:21  |  ankhfnkhonsu 14/04/08   172.   Predictable PC Lefto silliness 06:21  |  ankhfnkhonsu 14/04/08   173.   DIFFERENCES"PLO: We`ll drive Israel out (all)of Palestine" 06:40  |  PETER SM 14/04/08   174.   DIFFERENCESal-Asta l Hamas MP"Islam would soon conquer Rome &etc" 06:48  |  PETER SM 14/04/08   175.   Poor analogy 06:58  |  bill 14/04/08   176.   World should stay out of China`s internal problems 07:06  |  Voice of Reason 14/04/08   177.   Well said Gideon! Keep up the great work 07:27  |  Kim 14/04/08   178.   Gideon Levy 07:34  |  dovvod 14/04/08   179.   Gideon Levy, a clear eye in a blind nation! 07:53  |  Niva dos santos 14/04/08   180.   .Sure Mr Levy. And Cows Should Have Wings. 08:48  |  Alex 14/04/08   181.   #172 kim and explicit oppression by nuslims of their own people 08:51  |  v hardman 14/04/08   182.   Dutch #48 to CK Tan - yes, dear, it`s not a crime or sin 09:01  |  Chris W 14/04/08   183.   #163 johnboy TRIES to COVER UP the BLOOD off his hands 09:55  |  CK Tan 14/04/08   184.   #172 kim the GENOCIDE enabler PREACHES about DOUBLE STANDARD 09:56  |  CK Tan 14/04/08   185.   What a Blind and subjective author 11:07  |  James 14/04/08   186.   PLO is honest in its aims 12:37  |  Sherlock Holmes 14/04/08   187.   re: Are Tibetans firing kassams, etc. 13:03  |  andrew r 14/04/08   188.   CK Tan Zionism distorts history 13:10  |  Basil 14/04/08   189.   #188 basil - appreciate if you can PROVE your story 13:35  |  CK Tan 14/04/08   190.   Peter SM - thanks for all the posts 13:40  |  CK Tan 14/04/08   191.   Thank you 15:18  |  Farooq 14/04/08   192.   Tibetans aren`t threatening to destroy China. 15:33  |  Chaim 14/04/08   193.   CK Prove to me that you are CK? 16:00  |  Basil 14/04/08   194.   Andrew R - Good Point 16:08  |  Basil 14/04/08   195.   189, CK, do not hold your breath 16:12  |  Bob 14/04/08   196.   To # 192....... Mr. Chaim 16:58  |  Farooq 14/04/08   197.   PA vs. Tibetans.. 17:31  |  Edithann 14/04/08   198.   what point are you trying to make, haldrik? 17:38  |  hollingsworth 14/04/08   199.   differences 18:23  |  Aron 14/04/08   200.   bob, the wheel chair Israeli 18:29  |  Basil 14/04/08   201.   CK Tan you are at last reaching the right conclusions 18:57  |  Genuine Tosefta 14/04/08   202.   Basil just because you cannot prove you say you don`t need it 19:06  |  Genuine Tosefta 14/04/08   203.   Basil hypocrite,is Dubai/UAE an Islamic country for Muslims only? 19:13  |  Genuine Tosefta 14/04/08   204.   #Basil, what message? 19:37  |  Bob 14/04/08   205.   Genuine - Obviously not a Historian :) 19:54  |  Basil 14/04/08   206.   Hollingsworth 20:40  |  Haldrik 14/04/08   207.   but it`s true, haldrik 21:34  |  hollingsworth 14/04/08   208.   Of course there is a difference in the occupied countries....... 22:46  |  Mark Saunders. 14/04/08   209.   #1.TZ Where did you get all them UNFACTUAL facts? 22:50  |  Josh 14/04/08   210.   another "tip of my hat" to you gideon 22:57  |  eric 14/04/08   211.   # 142 it`s you peter smith, who has no ethics... 22:58  |  eric 14/04/08   212.   Compared to the empty Muslim head of Basil reading one book only 00:05  |  Genuine Tosefta 15/04/08   213.   over the top 00:45  |  hollingsworth 15/04/08   214.   #196 Farooq. "Palestinians" should feel lucky they aren`t dealing 01:22  |  Chaim 15/04/08   215.   #208, a Country, Mark????? 02:12  |  Bob 15/04/08   216.   #210 Mr. Levy has to pander to his European masters 02:14  |  Bob 15/04/08   217.   Empires fall 04:32  |  mike honcho 15/04/08   218.   Double standard 07:22  |  Moe 15/04/08   219.   #183 CK Tan shows why he will never apologise 08:14  |  Johnboy 15/04/08   220.   #183 CK Tan, a zionist never apologizes, hey? 08:19  |  Johnboy 15/04/08   221.   #214 Bob spouts some "facts" 08:45  |  Johnboy 15/04/08   222.   dear haaretz 08:53  |  imma peedoff 15/04/08   223.   #213: i have to respond... you make too easy! 09:02  |  laughmann 15/04/08   224.   #125 I hate to say this, Jean-Paul Doguet 09:06  |  Johnboy 15/04/08   225.   Johnboy - the Aboriginals suffering continue 10:31  |  Zelkha 15/04/08   226.   Quelle honte! 11:02  |  Noah 15/04/08   227.   ـJust right 12:45  |  Palestine Friend 15/04/08   228.   johnboy SLAPS himself into a COMA (last try) 13:38  |  CK Tan 16/04/08   229.   Genuine Tosefta (1 last try) 14:01  |  CK Tan 16/04/08   230.   Oohhh, johnboy throws a HISSY FIT ... (last try) 08:55  |  CK Tan 17/04/08   231.   CK - Johnboy has a record of not responding 15:43  |  Zelkha 17/04/08   232.   Israel No less cruel than Chinese B.S. 05:04  |  Jingles 21/04/08   233.   Don-Toronto 19:02  |  DinoN 21/04/08   234.   Palestinians vs. Tibetans 01:23  |  Angel 01/05/08   235.   re Yaakov #2 `Gideon is like a messiah...` 23:12  |  Colin Wright 26/12/08

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