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Olmert: Gaza cease-fire is fragile, may be short lived
By Amos Harel and Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondents and News Agencies
Tags: Gaza Strip, cease-fire 

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday said that Israel would do its part to implement a cease-fire deal in the Gaza Strip, but warned that the truce was "fragile and likely to be short-lived."

Olmert spoke hours after Israel confirmed that it had agreed to an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire (tahadiyeh), to go into effect at 6 A.M. Thursday.

The prime minister said that Israel would "go forward in implementing this calm" but that its military was readying its response should Palestinian rocket attacks continue.
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Olmert stressed that he had not and would not negotiate directly with terrorist elements, and reiterated Israel's position that Shalit's release was inherent to the truce deal.

"We have no illusions. The calm is fragile and likely to be short-lived," Olmert said. "Hamas has not changed its skin. These are bloodthirsty and despicable terrorists who even today are doing all they can to harm Israeli civilians."

"Hamas is the address in Gaza, and it carries responsibility for everything that happens in Gaza," he added.

Olmert also said that the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit was an inherent condition for the cease-fire deal reached with Gaza militants.

"Gilad Shalit's release is inseparable from the understandings reached in the terms for calm. Each day, I make efforts to return him to his parents. I believe that as part of the understandings that enabled this calm, we will be able to advance his release," Olmert said.

Earlier, government spokesman Mark Regev said Israel planned to ease its months-long siege of the Gaza Strip so long as the truce deal was implemented as planned.

"If the fighting indeed ceases Thursday as planned, Israel will ease its blockade of Gaza next week," Regev said. At the same time, talks to release Shalit will intensify, Regev said.

Shalit was kidnapped by Gaza militants from his IDF post in cross-border raid in June 2006.

Peter Lerner, spokesman for Israel's military coordinator for the Gaza Strip, said the plan was to boost supplies to the territory starting next week by an initial 30 percent from the 60 truckloads a day now entering.

"Initially it will be foodstuffs and other basic commodities. That could be expanded later to construction materials," Lerner said.

A Palestinian trade official dismissed the planned increase as "nothing."


Egypt and Hamas, which controls the coastal strip, both announced Tuesday that a cease-fire would go into effect Thursday morning. But there was no official confirmation from Israel until Wednesday.

"Thursday will be the beginning, we hope, of a new reality where Israeli citizens in the south will no longer be on the receiving end of continuous rocket attacks," Regev said. "Israel is giving a serious chance to this Egyptian initiative and we want it to succeed."

However, alongside the Israeli confirmation came 15 Qassam rockets fired from Gaza, most of which struck open fields in the western Negev on Wednesday morning and another which scored a direct hit on a home in Sderot.

One rocket caused light damage to a nearby greenhouse. Palestinian militants also opened fire on Israel Defense Forces troops operating near the Gaza-Israel border fence, but none were wounded.

Jerusalem reportedly approved the cease-fire deal after Egyptian diplomats told Defense Ministry official Major General (res.) Amos Gilad, who was in Cairo Tuesday for talks, that Hamas had agreed to Israel's demands.

Army Radio reported that Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni all approved the deal.

Gilad emphasized Wednesday, however, that the truce does not constitute a peace deal.

"This is not a peace agreement. There is an understanding that is based on the effectiveness of military activities until now, and the will to stop it. At this point, we are exhausting the possibilities," Gilad told Israel Radio.

Senior Hamas officials, among them Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and the deputy head of the organization's political bureau in Damascus, Mohammed Nazal, announced the timetable, confirmed by news agencies with officials in Cairo.

"Both sides have pledged to halt all hostilities and all military activities against each other," Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said in Cairo Tuesday.

Gilad met Tuesday with Egyptian intelligence chief General Omar Suleiman. The Hamas delegation from Gaza, who met with Suleiman at the beginning of the week, is still in Cairo; Egypt may be shuttling between the parties to conclude the deal. Gilad returned to Israel overnight with the final agreement and reported to Barak.

The cease-fire reportedly includes a pledge by the IDF not to engage in offensive action in the Gaza Strip, and a pledge by Hamas to prevent any attack from the Strip on Israel by its operatives or the other Palestinian groups. Smaller groups in the Strip who are not party to the agreement have hinted that they will not impede it.

Once there have been three days of calm, Israel has pledged to ease the economic siege of the Gaza Strip and allow a large shipment of raw materials and merchandise through the border crossings. A few days later the Egyptians have pledged to renew intensive talks in Cairo for the release of Shalit. The talks will be coordinated by Olmert's point man on prisoner negotiations, Ofer Dekel.

At the same time, Shin Bet security service head Yuval Diskin will evaluate whether the clause in the agreement to cut the smuggling of arms significantly has been kept. The smuggling goes via Sinai to the Strip. If Israel sees progress on these two fronts, it will remove its objection to the opening of the Rafa crossing.

No limit in West Bank

The agreement puts no limitations on IDF actions in the West Bank, and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said Tuesday in the Knesset that the army would continue its operations in the West Bank. He added that Israel had to try the option of calm and at the same time prepare for a military operation.

Hamas leader Nazal told the Nazareth station Radio Ashams that Hamas' agreement not to include the West Bank was not a concession, and that "the West Bank is an inseparable part of Palestinian land," but that "it was important first of all to lift the siege on Gaza." He confirmed there were understandings to move ahead on talks on Shalit's release following the agreement and that this issue depended on Israel.

Defense sources in Israel said the cease-fire could hold for a few months. Sources also said that the day ahead was particularly sensitive and the IDF would be on high alert against attacks.

Vice Premier Haim Ramon said: "The tahadiyeh is recognition of Hamas and a very serious blow to the Palestinian Authority and its leaders, who will negotiate to establish a joint government with Hamas."

Speaking at the University of Haifa at a memorial ceremony for Nir Regev, killed in the terrorist attack at Haifa's Maxim restaurant, Ramon also said: "In the end there will be an operation, but it will extract a much higher price."

Ramon also said he opposed the cease-fire because he considered it "a victory for radical Islam."

Meshal: Any Israeli violation of the deal would not go unanswered

On Tuesday, Hamas leader Khaled Meshal said the truce commits Israel to ending its crippling blockade of the Gaza Strip but any Israeli violation of the deal would not go unanswered.

"If you go back, we go back. The resistance factions are not in a weak position, they are in a strong position... We are a people with a cause and we will not be broken by aggression or invasion," Meshal told Reuters during a visit to the United Arab Emirates.

"We will deal with the position on the ground as necessary."

Damascus-based Meshal said that the truce deal made no mention of Shalit or opening the Rafah crossing with Egypt.

Israel had said Rafah would not reopen unless there was progress on Shalit's release.

"The enemy tried...to merge the issue of Gilad Shalit with the truce. We rejected this and in the final Egyptian offer the two issues are not linked," he said.

Meshal added: "The Gilad Shalit issue is linked to an exchange deal ... whereas the truce involves a bilateral ceasefire, lifting the blockade and opening the crossings."


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      2.   Israel HATES peace - they will back-out, or violate the deal. 01:53  |  POP 18/06/08
      3.   West Bank should be included - Israel wants to continue apartheid 01:54  |  POP 18/06/08
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      5.   `truce` 01:59  |  ben 18/06/08
      6.   "renew intensive talks" after shipment and 3 days calm? How about 02:04  |  Virginia 18/06/08
      7.   fingers crossed 02:32  |  gearoid 18/06/08
      8.   This time, Israel really needs a cease fire... 02:39  |  Tosefta 18/06/08
      9.   Too Complicated 02:52  |  Ron 18/06/08
      10.   If it works, Good News 02:58  |  Mark of Lewiston 18/06/08
      11.   WHAT IS THE DEAL;THAT THE IDF PULL OUT AND HAMAS KEEPS BOMBING!!! 03:27  |  glenna 18/06/08
      12.   mert gave an inch to fatah and now hamas wants the same deal; 03:37  |  glenna 18/06/08
      13.   This time, Israel really needs a cease fire... 03:41  |  Tosefta 18/06/08
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      42.   A DAY OF SORROW 09:25  |  indrajaya 18/06/08
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      46.   #39 You mean Hamas break the truce, Ahmad 09:35  |  DesMnsDave 18/06/08
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      50.   Israel approves cease fire 09:46  |  Ralph 18/06/08
      51.   # 45 Janice,and IF 09:48  |  Hastaroth 18/06/08
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      54.   POP Hamas does not speak for the West Bank. 10:06  |  PETER SM 18/06/08
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      58.   Abbas-Fayyad-Meshal-Haniyeh Jealous of Hezbullah Tactics 10:11  |  Joseph.E 18/06/08
      59.   #48 Joe 10:13  |  Ahmad 18/06/08
      60.   #9 It`s not that it`s too complicated, Ron 10:14  |  Johnboy 18/06/08
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      66.   #46 DesMnsDave thinks only in military terms 10:25  |  Johnboy 18/06/08
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      114.   a truce is never a goal.. only a tool to fool the enemy and media 13:15  |  Marco 18/06/08
      115.   AND THE WINNER IS...... 13:17  |  indrajaya 18/06/08
      116.   watch one of the two sides breaking the truce very soon 13:17  |  Marco 18/06/08
      117.   Like Meshal said, it will take a single Israeli `violation` 13:17  |  TonyL 18/06/08
      118.   Channah of course not 13:20  |  Ramius 18/06/08
      119.   Nato was truce too creators France and US totally ignore Nato 13:20  |  Marco 18/06/08
      120.   at least one of the both sides will use truce to prepare attack 13:22  |  Marco 18/06/08
      121.   The headline is misleading 13:22  |  Arie 18/06/08
      122.   #110, Ramius 13:23  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/06/08
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      128.   rula khalaf of the financial times 13:36  |  zebulun 18/06/08
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      130.   This organization has instilled so much hate in its people. 13:38  |  How can they 18/06/08
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      132.   #121 Sharon surrendered Gaza. Look where it got him. 13:42  |  and Israel 18/06/08
      133.   #42 Indrajaya 13:44  |  Jim 18/06/08
      134.   # 109 FOX, thanks very much for your sportsmanship...... 13:45  |  Swiss (Dino) 18/06/08
      135.   Truce was already in place 13:46  |  Philip 18/06/08
      136.   Israel`s bold strategy... 13:54  |  Palestinian in UK 18/06/08
      137.   # 133, JIM 13:58  |  indrajaya 18/06/08
      138.   #61 Clickfool 13:58  |  Jim 18/06/08
      139.   #63 Clickfool 14:02  |  Jim 18/06/08
      140.   SEE YOU UNTIL THE FIRST QASSAM IS FIRED 14:05  |  DISRAELI 18/06/08
      141.   To # 83. Roo 14:06  |  Joseph.E Part 1 18/06/08
      142.   To # 83. Roo 14:09  |  Joseph.E Part 2 18/06/08
      143.   To # 83. Roo 14:12  |  Part 3 18/06/08
      144.   Ahmad the motivation of Olmert and Barak R political prostitution 14:14  |  Simon 18/06/08
      145.   #65 FOX 14:14  |  Jim 18/06/08
      146.   yirmi-harzion-zebulun #94 -you too 14:20  |  Roo 18/06/08
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      148.   #8 Tosefta, at the crucila time for Israel and its 14:24  |  Haham me Bat Yam 18/06/08
      149.   # 103 Arthur @ Nantes-France 14:27  |  Joseph.E 18/06/08
      150.   wait for Israel-Army-kill-Hamas-human-shields incidents to come. 14:30  |  Marco 18/06/08
      151.   Guess they didn`t hear about the upcoming truce 14:30  |  Nechama 18/06/08
      152.   Olmert`s garage sale, why now, smarts or political prostitution 14:31  |  Simon 18/06/08
      153.   Oops...pardon me...maybe it`s a unilateral truce 14:31  |  Nechama 18/06/08
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      157.   THE DAY AFTER 14:38  |  GABE1 18/06/08
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      159.   Cease Fire 14:46  |  Dani 18/06/08
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      166.   ANOTHER ONE SIDED TRUCE 15:16  |  JEWish doctor 18/06/08
      167.   truce 15:16  |  colin 18/06/08
      168.   Who has ceased the fire? 15:17  |  Hastaroth 18/06/08
      169.   World War One as an Example 15:22  |  * BEN JABO 18/06/08
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      174.   From CNN poll of today: 15:36  |  S 18/06/08
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      187.   indrajaya #42 "a day of sorrow" to you indy,it is a day of sorrow 16:14  |  terrornator 18/06/08
      188.   Good. That should be enough time for Israel to put an end 16:18  |  to this fight 18/06/08
      189.   colin wrong #37 Deal reportedly dosen`t limit terrorist attacks 16:23  |  terrornator 18/06/08
      190.   The truce will set you free? Unlikely (Jeff Northridge #173) 16:23  |  Tosefta (re Johnboy) 18/06/08
      191.   Truce should not be ok-d just yet 16:28  |  Tali 18/06/08
      192.   Clickfool all huffing & puffing.... 16:33  |  The Judge 18/06/08
      193.   POP Go to the W Bank and tell them Hamas is in charge 16:36  |  PETER SM 18/06/08
      194.   UNWANTED ADVICE TO TOSEFTA 16:39  |  Soggy liberal 18/06/08
      195.   COME ON EVERYBODY, LETS GO OUT AND DANCE, TRUCE AT THE DOOR 16:41  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 18/06/08
      196.   # 180 Ramius..I still Maintain Meshaal Is "DEAD MEN WALKING" And 16:43  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      197.   # 174 S..Whether we can ascertain the polls or not.It is True 16:46  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      198.   To 196: Kathy 16:51  |  Palestinian in UK 18/06/08
      199.   Definition of truce, world vs Hamas 16:53  |  S 18/06/08
      200.   #123 TOM.Truce eh? KEEP DREAMING it may actually become true this 16:57  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      201.   #99 harzion yoav galant for the record 17:06  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      202.   POP # 177 Correction 17:10  |  Jeff Northridge 18/06/08
      203.   Why aren`t Those who care Happy? 17:14  |  FOX 18/06/08
      204.   As I noted yesterday 17:15  |  Mark Lincoln 18/06/08
      205.   dino,actually your the one that would be the biggest loser 17:17  |  terrornator 18/06/08
      206.   Pop#2&3 No substance like the Gazanz 17:18  |  Robert/Montreal 18/06/08
      207.   #189 terrornator..As We Speak The Rockets Are being Fired.. 17:19  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      208.   Kathy In Karkur 17:24  |  GABE1 18/06/08
      209.   #8 if Cease fire fails and it is not Israels fault, rest assured 17:25  |  Robert/Montreal 18/06/08
      210.   3 Qassam rockets hit Israel in the 1st few hours after a truce 17:25  |  Joseph.E 18/06/08
      211.   indrajaya,"AND THE WINNER IS",israel,they made hamas gravel and 17:26  |  terrornator 18/06/08
      212.   Greetings 17:26  |  Hassan Baig 18/06/08
      213.   to haham mi bat yam, and others like him 17:27  |  soggy liberal 18/06/08
      214.   #148 Haham fear not BIBI will take care of it 17:32  |  Robert/Montreal 18/06/08
      215.   Stop fooling us, Israel cannot afford to have Shalit released 17:32  |  Tosefta 18/06/08
      216.   # 155, TOSEFTA 17:33  |  indrajaya 18/06/08
      217.   Tossi Fetta @190 17:34  |  GABE1 18/06/08
      218.   foggy liberal 17:39  |  Ramius 18/06/08
      219.   No Shalit, No peace!!!!! 17:40  |  Anat 18/06/08
      220.   Congratulation to the civilian, salute to decison maker, NEXT.. 17:40  |  Simon 18/06/08
      221.   The Judge, spinning for Israel # 192 17:40  |  Clickfool 18/06/08
      222.   just like last time, when qassams rained down 17:41  |  jj 18/06/08
      223.   @212 thank you for the optimistic wishes 17:43  |  S 18/06/08
      224.   Tosefta 17:44  |  Joe Budd 18/06/08
      225.   Jeff Northridge #202 17:45  |  examiner 18/06/08
      226.   Hahahaham miBat Yam (#148; re Soggy Liberal) 17:47  |  Tosefta 18/06/08
      227.   #194 Soggy Liberal 17:50  |  Beitcafe 18/06/08
      228.   221 clickfool 17:50  |  JP 18/06/08
      229.   so the question becomes Tosfta 17:50  |  Ramius 18/06/08
      230.   INHERENT NOT HUMAN 17:50  |  Brauner 18/06/08
      231.   If you were Hamas...... 17:51  |  Clickfool 18/06/08
      232.   # 198 Pal` in the UK ..Well you`ve got it wrong.It IS,AS I`VE ... 17:52  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      233.   Gabe1 #217 17:52  |  Tosefta 18/06/08
      234.   ANAT:NO JUSTICE NO PEACE!! 17:54  |  noor 18/06/08
      235.   S #199 Are you deaf or blind or both? Don`t you see another S ? 17:56  |  S 18/06/08
      236.   To 215: Tosefta 17:56  |  Palestinian in UK 18/06/08
      237.   @234 Justice would be... 18:02  |  S 18/06/08
      238.   `Israel is led by useless tosspots.` 18:04  |  The Judge 18/06/08
      239.   And Olmert the liar keeps on lying 18:05  |  Mark Anthony 18/06/08
      240.   # 215, TOSEFTA 18:06  |  indrajaya 18/06/08
      241.   Typical Olmert`s MESS! he says one and Meshal the opposite. 18:06  |  S 18/06/08
      242.   Swiss (Dino) No winner or loosers yet 18:06  |  David Isarel 18/06/08
      243.   #237: youre definition of justice is your mere opinion,sorry 18:08  |  noor 18/06/08
      244.   This Bud is for you Budd 18:09  |  Ramius 18/06/08
      245.   # 182 TOSEFTA..How dare you surmise that.. 18:11  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      246.   Tosefta alternative scenario 18:11  |  x-ray 18/06/08
      247.   for S who doesnt know the meaning of justice 18:13  |  noor 18/06/08
      248.   Ramius, Fox & Cipora what are we expecting? 18:22  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 18/06/08
      249.   # 240 Indrajaya MY GOD,You Do Sound Like A Woman after all.. 18:23  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      250.   Whats Wrong With this Truce? Why Olmerrt Is A Idiot 18:24  |  Olmert the worst 18/06/08
      251.   Beitcafe, Indrajaya, Ramius, Soggy Liberal 18:32  |  Tosefta 18/06/08
      252.   #106 Jim from Murfreesboro 18:33  |  Dish it Out 18/06/08
      253.   Truce only supports the Gazans 18:40  |  The Archives 18/06/08
      254.   kathy 18:43  |  pepsi 18/06/08
      255.   # 229 Ramius..Tosefta "On Demography". 18:44  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      256.   Margie 18:44  |  Ramius 18/06/08
      257.   #251 Never Abusive to you, Toseftaah but I am a zionist 18:45  |  Robert/Montreal 18/06/08
      258.   Dreaming up loud (Margie from the Twilight Zone #248) 18:45  |  Tosefta 18/06/08
      259.   How about some optimism? Even one quiet day is a blessing! 18:47  |  Toronto`s Finest 18/06/08
      260.   b.s. 18:47  |  pepsi 18/06/08
      261.   #2 POOP 18:48  |  JordanisPalestine 18/06/08
      262.   # 248 Hello Margie..If Olmert Actually Said that: 18:52  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      263.   Kathty the answer is simple 18:57  |  Ramius 18/06/08
      264.   Clickfool #61 19:01  |  JordanisPalestine 18/06/08
      265.   indrajaya 19:02  |  J. B. 18/06/08
      266.   #259 Torontos Finest ah we finally agree peace 2 other IDf In Le 19:02  |  Robert/Montreal 18/06/08
      267.   #254 pepsi ..For your sentiments thank you.. 19:03  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      268.   http://shalom-salaam.net/forum/ 19:05  |  Ramius 18/06/08
      269.   # 249, KATHY 19:06  |  indrajaya 18/06/08
      270.   Clickfool you are right 19:10  |  Janice 18/06/08
      271.   Good, hamas now is in trouble 19:14  |  JP 18/06/08
      272.   Hi Kathy :) 19:17  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 18/06/08
      273.   Tossi from Santa Monica #215 19:17  |  FOX 18/06/08
      274.   # 269 But Indra`Tosefta Just Writes.He has no power to change.. 19:21  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      275.   Yes of course the Weisglas letter is famous Tosefta 19:22  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 18/06/08
      276.   tosefta and "denial" 19:24  |  yirmi 18/06/08
      277.   Indrajaya 19:25  |  Ramius 18/06/08
      278.   Ramius 19:25  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 18/06/08
      279.   Ramius, regarding Tossefta #268 19:26  |  FOX 18/06/08
      280.   After this fails we should invade Gaza 19:28  |  Nathan Mizrahi 18/06/08
      281.   Janice 19:31  |  Nathan 18/06/08
      282.   KATHY#196. What`s with the `one by `none` ? 19:34  |  Roo 18/06/08
      283.   where is shalit? 19:36  |  Justin 18/06/08
      284.   #258- arabist apologist braying from Mars 19:36  |  peter 18/06/08
      285.   Wrong Kathy 19:36  |  Ramius 18/06/08
      286.   Olmert if you don`t want a ceasefie don`t agree to one 19:40  |  Paul Freedman 18/06/08
      287.   FOX 19:45  |  TonyL 18/06/08
      288.   Fox 19:45  |  Ramius 18/06/08
      289.   This is a farce 19:47  |  Nemesis 18/06/08
      290.   # 273 Fox..In Short Shalit Is a HOSTAGE to Fortune! 19:48  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      291.   Justin 19:56  |  Ramius 18/06/08
      292.   # 272 Margie in Tel Aviv..Missed it .TV was off.Talking .. 20:04  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      293.   pop 20:13  |  Connie 18/06/08
      294.   HOLD SHALIT FOR A WHILE LONGER 20:19  |  Andy 18/06/08
      295.   #66 Military terms when fighting a war 20:20  |  DesMnsDave 18/06/08
      296.   #263 Ramius Oh You are Quoting Gautama Buddha &Śākyamuni 20:23  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      297.   ABOUT ME 20:24  |  indrajaya 18/06/08
      298.   # 289 Nemesis...Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush. 20:37  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      299.   POOP, did you swallow a duracell ? 20:42  |  TOMY 18/06/08
      300.   # 297, FAKE INDRAJAYA 20:49  |  indrajaya 18/06/08
      301.   literally every member of hamas will be killed soon 20:50  |  frenz 18/06/08
      302.   Indrajaya - and Teachings # 297 20:51  |  WYSIWYG 18/06/08
      303.   Tosefta # 190 Maybe, But Abbas Doesn`t Have To 21:06  |  Jeff Northridge 18/06/08
      304.   # 279 Fox.Why Ask Ramius.You Could have done it free.FlagAmerican 21:12  |  KATHY 18/06/08
      305.   I misspoke, this time, Israel does not need a cease fire... 21:20  |  Tosefta 18/06/08
      306.   Indra Jay 21:24  |  Mukhtar Datuk Dingah 18/06/08
      307.   #252 Dish It Out 21:25  |  Jim 18/06/08
      308.   why is the eu being over friendly to israel 21:29  |  zebulun 18/06/08
      309.   and europe is not blind to the atrocities in iraq. 21:58  |  zebulun 18/06/08
      310.   #137 Indrajaya 22:05  |  Jim 18/06/08
      311.   Ramius 22:16  |  Joe Budd 18/06/08
      312.   We have all forgotten Eldad Regev, and Echud Goldwasser 22:19  |  Robert/Montreal 18/06/08
      313.   examiner # 225 Forlorn Hope 22:26  |  Jeff Northridge 18/06/08
      314.   Clickfool #61 captured 22:35  |  Marc 18/06/08
      315.   #250 Olmert the worst 22:45  |  Jim 18/06/08
      316.   Tosefta #251 & #305 23:12  |  Beitcafe 18/06/08
      317.   Indrajaya we should meet in Merdeka Square 23:13  |  Abdul Padang 18/06/08
      318.   #294 Randy in Manchester U for real? 23:25  |  Robert/Montreal 18/06/08
      319.   Kathy and Fox 00:08  |  GABE1 19/06/08
      320.   # 242 David Israel 00:09  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/06/08
      321.   #281 Nathan 00:09  |  Janice 19/06/08
      322.   Dino left out the biggest loser in the column 00:12  |  Jacob Blues 19/06/08
      323.   For Marc # 314 00:23  |  Clickfool 19/06/08
      324.   One way out........... 00:31  |  Gray 19/06/08
      325.   POP 00:58  |  RW 19/06/08
      326.   To Egyptian or anyone 01:08  |  Aziz 19/06/08
      327.   Hamas needs to reload 01:10  |  D 19/06/08
      328.   Last ceasefire rockets flew from Gaza within an hour 01:34  |  Gina 19/06/08
      329.   #173 Jeff`s head is in the clouds 01:44  |  Johnboy 19/06/08
      330.   Tossi Fetta @233 01:51  |  GABE1 19/06/08
      331.   #303 Jeff makes it all up, so he thinks everyone else can too 01:52  |  Johnboy 19/06/08
      332.   #177 That`s like saying the Crips or Bloods "won" an election 01:56  |  DesMnsDave 19/06/08
      333.   Quote: "Demolish the building!" 01:58  |  Lubavitcher Rebbe 19/06/08
      334.   Who agrees with...... (Open question) 02:05  |  Gray 19/06/08
      335.   Swiss Dino 02:10  |  Philippe 19/06/08
      336.   If I was a good chess player, I`d have a better understanding ... 02:26  |  Smadar 19/06/08
      337.   #248 Margie from south africa 02:38  |  Labhras 19/06/08
      338.   JordanisPalestine: i dont think you have much logic 02:39  |  noor 19/06/08
      339.   JordanisPalestine part 2 02:42  |  noor 19/06/08
      340.   fake tosefta #305 02:44  |  Labhras - 19/06/08
      341.   Nathan mizrahi:dont u know about the last time IDF invaded gaza? 02:46  |  noor 19/06/08
      342.   CFOOL tossing his pot.Hamas does not give toss about casualties 02:46  |  PETER SM 19/06/08
      343.   to BIASED robert/montreal 02:49  |  noor 19/06/08
      344.   Countdown 03:13  |  Jim 19/06/08
      345.   #313 Jeff Northridge on Forlorn Hope 03:20  |  Johnboy 19/06/08
      346.   noor and the u.n. 03:34  |  pepsi 19/06/08
      347.   noor is drinking or smoking 03:42  |  peter 19/06/08
      348.   noor 320 03:52  |  ChanahS 19/06/08
      349.   TO Clickfool, Thank you for confirming at least ONE reason 04:25  |  RW 19/06/08
      350.   TO Clickfool, Thank you for confirming at least ONE reason 04:25  |  RW 19/06/08
      351.   JANICE PAL murderers&their assistants do not wear uniforms 04:36  |  PETER SM