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An IDF soldier directing a tank onto a truck near the Kerem Shalom border crossing just outside the Gaza Strip on Thursday. (Reuters)
Last update - 10:12 20/06/2008
Military sources: IDF to redeploy troops from Gaza if truce holds
By Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff, Barak Ravid and Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies
Tags: Gaza, Israel, Hamas 

The calm in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli communities bordering the Palestinian territory was maintained throughout the day Thursday, after the agreement for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas went into effect at 6 A.M.

Military sources said Thursday that if the one-day-old Gaza cease-fire holds, the army will redeploy some of its troops, currently stationed near the Strip, to other sectors or for training. At the moment, the troops are on high alert.

The truce began a day after about 30 Qassam rockets were fired from the Strip at communities along its border, lightly wounding one woman.
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Moments before the truce took hold, the Israel Air Force killed a member of a Qassam rocket squad preparing to launch near the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. Palestinian sources said the man killed was a Hamas operative.

Hamas reported that the Israel Navy fired four shells into the waters off Gaza City just after the truce began. But the shells fell about 500 yards from shore and there were no apparent targets in the area, witnesses reported. The Israel Defense Forces said it had fired warning shots into the air after Palestinian fishermen entered Israeli water.

The resumption of the transfer of goods from Israel to the Gaza Strip through the Sufa Crossing went into effect following the start of the cease-fire. Security sources said that the number of trucks permitted to bring goods to the coastal territory will increase on Sunday morning, from 60 to 80 or 90.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Hamas on Thursday that the cease-fire was the militant group's last chance to avoid an IDF incursion into the Gaza Strip.

Hamas supporters and the people of Gaza were "pissed off with Hamas" after years of violence, Olmert said in an interview with Australia's Sydney Morning Herald.

"I think the strategy of Hamas, which does not want to recognise Israel's right to exist in the first place, and the extremism, and the fanaticism, and the religious dogmatism, is the enemy of peace," Olmert reportedly told the newspaper.

"We are at the end of our tolerance with regard to terror in Gaza," he stated.

Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev on Thursday said Israel would fully implement all its commitments but added, "Our eyes are open, we are closely following what the other side is doing."

In the West Bank, which is not subject to the cease-fire, IDF troops early Thursday arrested 14 wanted Palestinians, and an IDF officer was lightly wounded in an exchange of gunfire with militants in the town of Nablus.

In Washington, White House deputy press secretary Gordon Johndroe was hopeful about the cease-fire.

"We hope this means no more rockets will be fired by Hamas at innocent Israelis as well as lead to a better atmosphere for talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority," he said, "but for that to happen, Hamas has to choose to become a legitimate political party and give up terrorism."

And United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed the hope that the truce would provide security and an easing of the humanitarian situation in Gaza and end rocket and mortar attacks against Israeli targets.

Meanwhile, the IDF forces on the border with the Gaza Strip have been instructed to maintain restraint early in the cease-fire and to avoid any offensive operations.

The soldiers have been told they are allowed to respond if they come under fire; however, they have not been issued precise rules of engagement for the new situation that went into effect Thursday morning.

Similarly, no specific instructions have been issued on what actions to take if armed Palestinians are identified close to the border fence  inside the Gaza Strip.

New rules of engagement are expected in the coming days.

Hamas: Our forces won't deploy along Gaza border

Hamas sources said they do not intend to deploy any of their forces along the border so as to prevent any IDF operations.

They noted: "There is a decision among all factions that whoever violates the agreement will be dealt with by his organization."

The military wing of Hamas, Iz al-Din al-Qassam, has already announced that it intends to abide by the cease-fire agreement.

In a statement the Iz al-Din al-Qassam issued as the truce went
into effect, the group declared that the ceasefire was "not in anyway a free gift," and warned against any violations by Israel.

"Qassam Brigades is fully ready to launch a military strike that would shake the Zionist entity if they did not abide by all the items of the calm deal and the Zionist enemy would be responsible for any foolish act they may commit," the statement said.

Islamic Jihad has also said it would not violate the accord.

The head of the political-security bureau at the Defense Ministry, Major General (res.) Amos Gilad, told Haaretz Wednesday night that the real test of the truce will be "a complete cessation of terrorist activities. Even if a single Qassam rocket is launched by a small faction, that is a fundamental violation of the agreement. A single Qassam can murder - and one must remember that this is a weapon of fear."

He said Hamas is in a position to impose full compliance on the other factions in the Strip. "They have the capability. It is just a matter of will," he said.

In the first stage of the deal, militants are to halt their attacks on Israel, and Israel is to cease its raids. If the quiet holds, Israel will ease its blockade of Gaza on Sunday to allow the shipment of some supplies to resume. A week later Israel is to further ease restrictions at cargo crossings, which in recent months have been closed to all but humanitarian aid and restricted fuel supplies.

For the foreseeable future, the goods will be transferred through the Sufa Crossing, while the Karni Crossing, which has been closed for the last year, will open at an unspecified time.

The defense establishment said that renovations have only recently begun at the Kerem Shalom crossing, which was seriously damaged in a suicide attack in April, and that the work would take at least three months before the crossing could be reopened. The security sources added that the rate of goods transfers was also dependent on Hamas' adherence to the cease-fire deal.

In a final stage, negotiators are to tackle Hamas' demand to reopen the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt and Israel's insistence that Hamas release Shalit.

Rafah was snapped shut after Hamas violently wrested control of Gaza a year ago from security forces loyal to moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who now rules only in the West Bank. Although Rafah lies on the Gaza-Egypt border, Israel has had the power to idle it because Europeans monitoring the passage require Israeli security clearance to operate. That clearance has not been given since the Hamas takeover.

The Hamas Interior Ministry sent an email to reporters Thursday saying 260 Palestinians who had been stranded in Egypt after seeking medical treatment there had crossed back into Gaza through Rafah overnight. It said 5,517 Gazans, including students and Palestinians with residency abroad, have applied to leave if Rafah is opened.

"We expect very good news in the next few days," the ministry said - hinting at a temporary opening to allow those people to leave.

Amos Gilad: Negotiations on Shalit to resume next week

Gilad said that a significant portion of his talks in Egypt Tuesday revolved around abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.

"It was agreed that there will be a great effort on this issue," he said, adding there was a basis for serious resumption of talks.

A senior political source said Wednesday that the negotiations on Shalit will resume next Tuesday in Egypt. On that day, Olmert will visit Egypt for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the cease-fire, Shalit and peace talks with the Palestinians.

Ofer Dekel, the prime minister's point man on the release of abducted IDF soldiers, will travel to Cairo, where he will meet Egypt's intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, who is expected to brief Dekel on the latest Hamas stance on a prisoner exchange.

Palestinian sources confirmed on Wednesday that intensive talks will begin next week on the prisoner exchange.

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      2.   pit stop 02:32  |  JP 19/06/08
      3.   Ceasefire ? 03:05  |  Jack 19/06/08
      4.   For Whom The Bell Tolls 03:18  |  Jeff Northridge 19/06/08
      5.   Not a cease-fire or truce, just a "lull" 03:23  |  Free Gilad Shalit 19/06/08
      6.   The joke of a "truce" 03:25  |  Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 19/06/08
      7.   Outsider 03:52  |  Di 19/06/08
      8.   HOPE Israel is ready to return any fire.Free kicks encourage them 03:56  |  PETER SM 19/06/08
      9.   Truce Crap 04:05  |  Brod 19/06/08
      10.   Of course they will launch this is a ruse to re-arm. 04:37  |  Avram 19/06/08
      11.   will be dealt with by his organization 04:49  |  vik 19/06/08
      12.   Truce? 05:52  |  Hans 19/06/08
      13.   6 o`clock on the rock 05:54  |  Sal 19/06/08
      14.   Hamas declaration of another Divine Victory is coming 06:58  |  POP 19/06/08
      15.   one democratic state in palestine 06:59  |  bashar hassan 19/06/08
      16.   Truce won`t hold.Truce is with Hamas who won`t stop other faction 07:00  |  POP 19/06/08
      17.   Nothing will be resolved until 07:01  |  Dror 19/06/08
      18.   Another Olmert, Kadima Folly Throw These Idiots Out Of Office 07:05  |  Dish it Out 19/06/08
      19.   Leftist Shearing Right... 07:06  |  Ploni 19/06/08
      20.   Against the " weapon of fear." Assert Diplomacy of Fear Thru Real 07:13  |  Joseph.E 19/06/08
      21.   HAMAS: YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE 07:35  |  THE ARAB PEACE MYTH 19/06/08
      22.   Olmert says `Truce is fragile and may be very short` 08:37  |  The Threadmill 19/06/08
      23.   This "cease fire" will not last so long as Gilad Shalit is being 08:50  |  Ariel 19/06/08
      24.   The last truce had rockets flying from Gaza within an hour 08:51  |  Gina 19/06/08
      25.   Could not have been done with anyone else 08:58  |  isratinian 19/06/08
      26.   #3 A one-state solution isn`t a solution 09:01  |  DesMnsDave 19/06/08
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      28.   like watching the receding horizon 09:07  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/06/08
      29.   Response to #3 09:12  |  Mike 19/06/08
      30.   A meaningless statement from Olmert 09:13  |  Clickfool 19/06/08
      31.   Nothing but a farce ! 09:15  |  Benjamina 19/06/08
      32.   Why Israel cannot be trusted in any Shalit deal # 5 09:16  |  Clickfool 19/06/08
      33.   At Last... 09:30  |  Steven Grumman 19/06/08
      34.   #3 09:47  |  Igor 19/06/08
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      36.   The Arab armies, maybe coming... 10:01  |  Maureen Ann 19/06/08
      37.   The Israeli people must finally learn to lose their fear of peace 10:09  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/06/08
      38.   Destroy the terrorists. 10:14  |  Jean Van Daem 19/06/08
      39.   cease fire is not in gaza 10:18  |  qofaras 19/06/08
      40.   This is serious. The US economy needs Middle East peace. 10:19  |  Michael 19/06/08
      41.   THE WORLD IS WATCHING VERY CLOSELY, VERY CLOSELY 10:28  |  indrajaya 19/06/08
      42.   Getting beyond the broken record stage 10:37  |  Tzfonit 19/06/08
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      44.   clickfool "olmert is too fragile to permit the release 11:04  |  zebulun 19/06/08
      45.   Will Israel call one kassam a violation? 11:32  |  Jonathan 19/06/08
      46.   #43, yirmi 11:38  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/06/08
      47.   Dear POP 11:41  |  mark hammond 19/06/08
      48.   to Bashar Hassan 11:42  |  Harry 19/06/08
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      50.   Did Someone drop Olmert on his head is the question 11:44  |  Doreen 19/06/08
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      54.   Indra 12:06  |  Dr. Wong, 19/06/08
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      56.   Jonothan #45 Not a matter of numbers 12:31  |  Tzfonit 19/06/08
      57.   # 54, DR. WONG 12:33  |  indrajaya 19/06/08
      58.   The time for military action against Gaza is long overdue. 12:34  |  Jean Van Daem 19/06/08
      59.   arabs have no time for africans 12:51  |  harzion 19/06/08
      60.   To Bashar Hassan # 48 - Do not be carried away,,,,, 12:55  |  Josephus 19/06/08
      61.   Surrender to pressure 13:02  |  Hilda 19/06/08
      62.   bashar hassan"all the jews and arabs" Arabs? not" Palestinians" 13:08  |  PETER SM 19/06/08
      63.   The Truce 13:12  |  Massein 19/06/08
      64.   The prove that Hamas and Israel are the same shit 13:16  |  Ivan 19/06/08
      65.   Rocket-propelled diplomacy 13:16  |  Malka Leifer 19/06/08
      66.   "this is the last chance we will give hamas" 13:23  |  Arie 19/06/08
      67.   widening goal posts 13:28  |  guy 19/06/08
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      69.   This truce is no more or less then silence before Big Big storm 13:43  |  Marco 19/06/08
      70.   expect the worse to happen after this truce 13:46  |  Marco 19/06/08
      71.   Olmert blusters like the Arabs 13:47  |  Sidney 19/06/08
      72.   see this truce gives greenlight for massive blame and retaliation 13:48  |  Marco 19/06/08
      73.   the one breaking truce first can expect heavy response now 13:49  |  Marco 19/06/08
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      76.   #57 indrajaya 13:57  |  Daniela 19/06/08
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      81.   Like Babu I am going on a strike for Peace 14:30  |  Ramius 19/06/08
      82.   have you noticed that leftists do not mind when 14:32  |  harzion 19/06/08
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      84.   To Steven # 55 - There is no shortage of food and medicine 14:39  |  Dagma 19/06/08
      85.   the problem now is IDF boredom 14:40  |  Palestinian in UK 19/06/08
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      88.   Maureen Ann 14:46  |  Ramius 19/06/08
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      90.   tzfonit the arabist 14:49  |  GABE1 19/06/08
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      93.   To Harry # 48 - Hisrtoric Palestine...... 15:10  |  Dolly 19/06/08
      94.   #15 One State Solution? Like lebanon or Iraq? 15:15  |  roger 19/06/08
      95.   TRUCE? 15:15  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 19/06/08
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      97.   # 67, DANIELA 15:25  |  indrajaya 19/06/08
      98.   The Imprisonment of Hamas Legislators 15:32  |  FOX 19/06/08
      99.   DAY ONE 15:34  |  FOX 19/06/08
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      102.   palestinian in UK is right 15:43  |  noor 19/06/08
      103.   The evolving Israeli Gaza policy 15:46  |  Tosefta 19/06/08
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      107.   #43 yirmi 16:09  |  Roo 19/06/08
      108.   Truce is only as fragile as IDF takes it...... 16:28  |  The Archives 19/06/08
      109.   "I`ll huff and I`ll puff" whatever 16:38  |  Paul Freedman 19/06/08
      110.   Another stalling tactics, and bying time to stay as PM 16:38  |  Haham me Bat Yam 19/06/08
      111.   Without round table schedules of IDF OBSERVERS 16:39  |  The Archives 19/06/08
      112.   Yes, give the poor little terrorists a rest. 16:39  |  Shmuel 19/06/08
      113.   Lebanese in Canada 83 16:39  |  ChanahS 19/06/08
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      115.   Gun Powder must be Confiscated! 16:44  |  The Archives 19/06/08
      116.   #15 bashar hassan 16:47  |  Beitcafe 19/06/08
      117.   unlike ramius and babu, im going on a strike for JUSTICE 17:01  |  noor 19/06/08
      118.   WANNA BET ? - NEW FACTION WILL VIOLATE 17:02  |  * BEN JABO 19/06/08
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      120.   Ben Jabo 118 Army of Islam? 17:17  |  Free Gilad Shalit 19/06/08
      121.   noor # 102 Nuts! 17:25  |  Jeff Northridge 19/06/08
      122.   GAZA OPERATION WILL BE ENEVITABLE 17:30  |  indrajaya 19/06/08
      123.   What about Shalit? 17:32  |  KUTW 19/06/08
      124.   Attacks on Israel pay off 17:34  |  KUTW 19/06/08
      125.   To Harry # 48 - 3 States, 4 States, 17:37  |  charlie 19/06/08
      126.   #100 Harizon Notice Natalie doesnot talk toopposite viewers like 17:48  |  Robert/Montreal 19/06/08
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      129.   yirmi #107 sloppy work-must do better 17:59  |  Roo 19/06/08
      130.   #112 Shmuel 18:16  |  Beitcafe 19/06/08
      131.   Ceasefire whilst Hamas TV TEACHES to KIDNAP IDF Soldiers 18:18  |  Linda Rivera 19/06/08
      132.   Robert/Montreal re Natalie #126 18:20  |  glial 19/06/08
      133.   Swiss (Dino) Israelis are not scared of peace 18:22  |  David Israel 19/06/08
      134.   Linda Rivera #131 `Give peace a chance` 18:29  |  glial 19/06/08
      135.   HAMAS Charter of MASS MURDER 18:34  |  Linda Rivera 19/06/08
      136.   Who will be the first to violate the cease fire? 18:36  |  Tosefta 19/06/08
      137.   #114 Chanass working hard to get one State 18:39  |  Labhras 19/06/08
      138.   Basha Hassan Gaza 18:40  |  Pamela 19/06/08
      139.   to 133: David Israel 18:45  |  Palestinian in UK 19/06/08
      140.   #134 Glial this hunger for women seems to apply to you my friend 18:47  |  Robert/Montreal 19/06/08
      141.   Swiss Dino 18:48  |  Pamela 19/06/08
      142.   why is ireland the begger nation screwing europe 18:49  |  papalbull 19/06/08
      143.   Palestinian In UK 18:52  |  david Isarel 19/06/08
      144.   noor # 117 What Do You Consider To Be "Justice"? 18:52  |  Jeff Northridge 19/06/08
      145.   Truce? 18:53  |  Dav 19/06/08
      146.   Harry 18:54  |  Pamela Hackner 19/06/08
      147.   to 121: Jeff Northridge 19:02  |  Palestinian in UK 19/06/08
      148.   141 pamela 19:05  |  Axel 19/06/08
      149.   PAMELA #146 19:09  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 19/06/08
      150.   US TRUCE WITH AL QAEDA MUST BE CONSIDERED SERIOUSLY 19:09  |  indrajaya 19/06/08
      151.   # 115 The Archives Gun Powder must be Confiscated! 19:10  |  KATHY 19/06/08
      152.   It goes both ways 19:12  |  Dogpile 19/06/08
      153.   #120 Free Giald Shalit 19:13  |  * BEN JABO 19/06/08
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      157.   A terrific gallery of Gaza Photos from Nick Kristof 19:28  |  Ramius 19/06/08
      158.   tosefta #78 outrageous comments 19:29  |  zebulun 19/06/08
      159.   #54 Dr Wong - Excellent comment on Indra & #150 Indra 19:30  |  Stellar 19/06/08
      160.   # 42 Tzfonit..Sorry not Geting beyond the broken record stage,BUT 19:35  |  KATHY 19/06/08
      161.   To Linda Rivera # 135 - FACTS for all to know. 19:42  |  Pathfinder 19/06/08
      162.   #147, Palestinian in UK... 19:44  |  Silvienne 19/06/08
      163.   #139 Pal` In U.K..Tell Us a new Story..Fools?? 19:44  |  KATHY 19/06/08
      164.   post 78 is not mine. 19:46  |  zebulun 19/06/08
      165.   158 is also not mine 19:47  |  zebulun 19/06/08
      166.   Dogpile 19:48  |  Ramius 19/06/08
      167.   Olmert`s Threat to Hamas - As Hollow As He Is 19:49  |  Tod Zuckerman 19/06/08
      168.   #126 Robert/Montreal Nattalie & Indra..Reason Is: 19:56  |  KATHY 19/06/08
      169.   Another poster using my name 19:56  |  glial 19/06/08
      170.   Palestinian in UK 19:58  |  glial 19/06/08
      171.   # 162, SILVIENNE 19:59  |  indrajaya 19/06/08
      172.   Ramius if you`re stupid enough to smoke 20:02  |  glial 19/06/08
      173.   Pathfinder 20:03  |  Ramius 19/06/08
      174.   #121 Jeff Northridge..The Many Who Come Here,And I have Asked.AND 20:06  |  KATHY 19/06/08
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      176.   glial 20:17  |  Ramius 19/06/08
      177.   Indrajaya 20:18  |  Edifice 19/06/08
      178.   #147, Palestinian in UK... 20:21  |  KUTW 19/06/08
      179.   Fishing in Gaza 20:21  |  Gray 19/06/08
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      182.   Ramius 20:26  |  glial 19/06/08
      183.   Hey Kath 20:31  |  Ramius 19/06/08
      184.   Kathy I`ve seen a lot of posing 20:34  |  glial 19/06/08
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      186.   Olmert`s warning 20:37  |  Colin Wright 19/06/08
      187.   # 179 Gray..You Are So Boring I didn`t Go Further Than one Line 20:38  |  KATHY 19/06/08
      188.   # 14 How come that idiot/POP is able to post garbage?... 20:39  |  misha 19/06/08
      189.   # 150 INDY.......NO WAY!!!!!!!! 20:43  |  Lynn 19/06/08
      190.   Palestinian in UK # 147 I Said Nothing About Hamas` Capabilities 20:45  |  Jeff Northridge 19/06/08
      191.   # 180 KUTW ...Nor Can I Believe It..Wow! 20:45  |  KATHY 19/06/08
      192.   To Pathfinder # 161 - It;s being HOSTAGES TO OIL! 20:46  |  Dolly 19/06/08
      193.   #171, indrajaya... 20:47  |  Silvienne 19/06/08
      194.   # 162 Moron/Salvine posts idiocy as usual... 20:47  |  misha 19/06/08
      195.   # 117 noor of Ft Lauderdale.....so, where are you striking 20:48  |  Lynn 19/06/08
      196.   glial 20:50  |  Ramius 19/06/08
      197.   Kathy I agree with you about Gray 20:50  |  glial 19/06/08
      198.   #150 what do you teach Indy? 20:51  |  glial 19/06/08
      199.   colin wright is appalled 20:58  |  yirmi 19/06/08
      200.   #195, Lynn, nice to see you think this is funny 20:58  |  Silvienne 19/06/08
      201.   glial I just read your last post 20:59  |  Ramius 19/06/08
      202.   # 189, LYNN 21:00  |  indrajaya 19/06/08
      203.   # 152 Hey Dogpile. With Such an Inciseve Mind You Tell Us.. 21:04  |  KATHY 19/06/08
      204.   MISHA # 185 - The Philistines...... 21:05  |  Natasha 19/06/08
      205.   It shall not last! 21:12  |  Moritz 19/06/08
      206.   # 201 Ramius ***What a way To go***,BUT! 21:15  |  KATHY 19/06/08
      207.   # 194 Misha,Misha ,Misha..Oh what a Laugh You Gave me!.. 21:24  |  KATHY 19/06/08
      208.   #188 Misha,Garbage Is as Garbage does Misha. 21:27  |  KATHY 19/06/08
      209.   Kathy re Snoopy 21:28  |  Ramius 19/06/08
      210.   Indrajaya #122 21:33  |  Gary 19/06/08
      211.   #171, indrajaya 21:42  |  KUTW 19/06/08
      212.   171indrajaya 21:45  |  KUTW 19/06/08
      213.   The pals will violate the cease fire 21:50  |  Adrian de Klerk 19/06/08
      214.   #203 Kathy 21:51  |  Dogpile 19/06/08
      215.   #147, Palestinian in UK... 21:54  |  KUTW 19/06/08
      216.   #122....windy indy 21:58  |  Nemesis 19/06/08
      217.   #133Egyptian State-Controlled paper PRAISED TEL AVIV BOMBING (1) 22:28  |  Linda Rivera 19/06/08
      218.   #133Egyptian State-Controlled paper PRAISED TEL AVIV BOMBING (2) 22:29  |  Linda Rivera 19/06/08
      219.   168 Kathy I assume you are right why always negative Indra,Durson 22:31  |  Robert/Montreal 19/06/08
      220.   #188 Misha re: poop in the garbage 22:34  |  Robert/Montreal 19/06/08
      221.   Glial I am sorry for your family member my son has cancer 22:37  |  Robert/Montreal 19/06/08
      222.   #152 Dog Pile Israeli Navy says they were warnings 22:48  |  Robert/Montreal 19/06/08
      223.   Olmert on hamas:... 22:55  |  Akiva P 19/06/08
      224.   #185 Natasha, true! 22:57  |  AliciaYasmeen 19/06/08
      225.   Gaza truce is Olmert`s last chance to avoid 23:00  |  Vladimir 19/06/08
      226.   celebrating a good day 23:00  |  allang 19/06/08
      227.   Jeff Northridge, help me out please 23:02  |  FOX 19/06/08
      228.   #211 I like Dogs 23:02  |  Ramius 19/06/08
      229.   KATHY # 174 Thank You 23:05  |  Jeff Northridge 19/06/08
      230.   Hello Kathy & gilail 23:07  |  Gray 19/06/08
      231.   Robert Montreal 23:22  |  glial 19/06/08
      232.   Hamas has arrived on theTemple mount 23:23  |  Jonathan 19/06/08
      233.   robert of montreal 23:28  |  israel 19/06/08
      234.   Hi Linda 23:30  |  Ramius 19/06/08
      235.   #195, Lynn, nice to see you think this is funny 23:30  |  KUTW 19/06/08
      236.   191 KATHY 23:31  |  KUTW 19/06/08
      237.   # 208 Ramius re:Snoopy I hope I didn`t offend him too much.YES! x 23:34  |  KATHY 19/06/08
      238.   157Ramius: Terrific? 23:35  |  KUTW 19/06/08
      239.   Apology. 00:01  |  Gray 20/06/08
      240.   #230, Gray...to Kathy 00:05  |  Silvienne 20/06/08
      241.   Gray how sad for you, what torture 00:07  |  glial 20/06/08
      242.   #236, KUTW... 00:07  |  Silvienne 20/06/08
      243.   Hi KUTW 00:11  |  Ramius 20/06/08
      244.   Gray re my new Girlfriend Kathy 00:25  |  Ramius 20/06/08
      245.   Tosefta #136 P1 00:35  |  TonyL 20/06/08
      246.   What is he smoking? 00:36  |  Mark Lincoln 20/06/08
      247.   Tosefta #136 P2 00:40  |  TonyL 20/06/08
      248.   The Enemy of Peace Is Land for Peace . 00:48  |  Joseph.E 20/06/08
      249.   Palestinian in UK 139 00:57  |  ChanahS 20/06/08
      250.   Kathy 01:13  |  Ramius 20/06/08
      251.   Justice is treating others with equality, respect 01:13  |  noor 20/06/08
      252.   famous last chance 01:32  |  david 0 20/06/08
      253.   FOX # 227 I Don`t Know 01:49  |  Jeff Northridge 20/06/08
      254.   indrajaya #57 what,you making more islamic idle threats your 01:54  |  terrornator 20/06/08
      255.   Mr. Olmert, Re: The real enemy of peace 01:58  |  Dutch 20/06/08
      256.   One state solution is the only fair one 02:09  |  Greg 20/06/08
      257.   Hamas will break truce Sat 2PM 03:15  |  leo 20/06/08
      258.   If truce is broken I will..... 03:17  |  Durson 20/06/08
      259.   # 200 Silvienne...it is funny 03:26  |  Lynn 20/06/08
      260.   Obliterate Gaza 03:31  |  Nechama 20/06/08
      261.   KUTW # 235.....maybe if we are very lucky 03:35  |  Lynn 20/06/08
      262.   #53 Ben Jabo Can`t wait for brand "spanking" new war... 03:58  |  Maureen Ann 20/06/08
      263.   FOX @#227 04:11  |  Akiva P 20/06/08
      264.   Rabbi, I smiled reading your remarks 05:52  |  Bernie 20/06/08
      265.   VIOLENCE AND MILITARY FORCE ALWAYS WORK AGAINST ISRAEL 05:58  |  indrajaya 20/06/08
      266.   re 54 clickys beloved england. Can you say Collodan 06:23  |  ALAN THE REAL ONE 20/06/08
      267.   re 54 Welcome to our world Dr Wong 06:31  |  Alan the real one 20/06/08
      268.   A very scary thought 06:41  |  Alan the real one 20/06/08
      269.   #227 You need to understand what "legibility" means, FOX 07:05  |  Johnboy 20/06/08
      270.   If Israel ever touches Gaza it will go back into thehistory books 07:16  |  Dutch 20/06/08
      271.   #240 JeffN says: "I Don`t Know" 07:17  |  Johnboy 20/06/08
      272.   #227 rabid fox never heard of "LOYALTY" 09:25  |  Labhras 20/06/08
      273.   Israel violated ceasefire three times today 10:18  |  Dav 20/06/08
      274.   Truce Failed Already! Shalit is still kidnapped! 14:34  |  Baruch Gold 20/06/08
      275.   prices 15:57  |  sabra 20/06/08
      276.   REDEPLOY;IT`S JUST WHAT HAMAS WANTS;WHEN HAVE THEY STAYED STILL 16:47  |  glenna 20/06/08
      277.   #273 DAV - Where is the link to the violations 17:03  |  * BEN JABO 20/06/08
      278.   #273 What violations? Give specifics! 17:12  |  DesMnsDave 20/06/08
      279.   the truce 17:19  |  ernie 20/06/08
      280.   243 Ramius 20:45  |  KUTW 20/06/08
      281.   avoid vulgarity, please, mr. olmert 00:06  |  frenz 21/06/08
      282.   Lab-Rat #272, you are so dull 01:06  |  FOX 21/06/08
      283.   Johnboy, you have failed me. #269 01:17  |  FOX 21/06/08
      284.   Johhnny boy #271 You don`t get it 01:23  |  FOX 21/06/08
      285.   Dav, Hamas propogandist? #273 01:28  |  FOX 21/06/08
      286.   What is Mark Lincoln drinking? #246 01:33  |  FOX 21/06/08
      287.   #277 DAV - I was correct 03:03  |  * BEN JABO 21/06/08
      288.   #256 Funny, Muslim states don`t have the same heartburn 03:54  |  DesMnsDave 21/06/08
      289.   #283, 284 FOX simply won`t think.... 07:35  |  Johnboy 21/06/08
      290.   #283 Here, I`ll try spelling it out again. 07:58  |  Johnboy 21/06/08
      291.   johnny, the funny boy 10:24  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 21/06/08
      292.   Johnboy, really? #290 11:03  |  FOX 21/06/08
      293.   #291 Cipora doesn`t listen 14:51  |  Johnboy 21/06/08
      294.   #292 FOX needs to study some more.... 15:53  |  Johnboy 21/06/08
      295.   # 291 Cipora J.K..: johnny, the funny boy And If I May Add.. 22:21  |  K 21/06/08
      296.   #292 Yeah, truly rooly, FOX - 2nd try to reply. 10:01  |  Johnboy 22/06/08
      297.   Johnboy, your shallow vapid reasoning #296 21:08  |  FOX 22/06/08
      298.   #297 FOX argues against himself..... 05:17  |  Johnboy 23/06/08
      299.   #297 FOX is astonishingly clueless! 05:35  |  Johnboy 23/06/08
      300.   Johnboy. Why bother? 13:48  |  examiner 23/06/08
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