It seems like yesterday that Israel was being praised for bringing peace to the conflict. Now, perhaps, the world will realise the Jewish state's true intentions.
The IDF now advocates collective punishment and the targeting of civilian areas in Gaza. Notwithstanding the failure of such policies in the past, the IDF suggests it may even cut off electricity so that Palestinians understand the meaning of Israeli might.
Seventy U.S. senators are calling on George Bush to tell Palestinian leaders that "Hamas and other groups that the United States wants terrorist organizations to disarm or be banned from upcoming Palestinian elections." Again, dictating terms of democracy to a fledging state is a sure way to increase public support for Hamas. Besides, since when does the US or Israel have the right to tell the Palestinian people that only certain candidates are acceptable? Perhaps Abbas should actively campaign for the defeat of Ariel Sharon in the March Israeli elections.
Leading Israeli journalist Amira Hass reports on Israel's enlightened view of dissent:
"Israel Defense Force soldiers confiscated documents belonging to the Committee for the Popular Struggle against the Separation Fence during a nighttime raid on the northern West Bank village of Qafin, a committee activist said yesterday. Apparently, the soldiers located the committee headquarters in a building search and seized documents and NIS 7,000 and 500 dinars from their offices, said the activist."
Like the US - afraid of truly free elections across the Middle East due to the likelihood of Islamist parties taking power, as is happening in Iraq - Israel is trying to undermine free elections in Palestine. It is destined to fail on a number of levels. Open elections are impossible to conduct under occupation, though Palestinians will try and convince the world that they can while support for Hamas is partly related to the Palestinian Authority's corruption and inefficiency.
Until the occupation finally ends, Palestinian "democracy" is little more than a smokescreen. Israel and the US must be so proud.
The IDF now advocates collective punishment and the targeting of civilian areas in Gaza. Notwithstanding the failure of such policies in the past, the IDF suggests it may even cut off electricity so that Palestinians understand the meaning of Israeli might.
Seventy U.S. senators are calling on George Bush to tell Palestinian leaders that "Hamas and other groups that the United States wants terrorist organizations to disarm or be banned from upcoming Palestinian elections." Again, dictating terms of democracy to a fledging state is a sure way to increase public support for Hamas. Besides, since when does the US or Israel have the right to tell the Palestinian people that only certain candidates are acceptable? Perhaps Abbas should actively campaign for the defeat of Ariel Sharon in the March Israeli elections.
Leading Israeli journalist Amira Hass reports on Israel's enlightened view of dissent:
"Israel Defense Force soldiers confiscated documents belonging to the Committee for the Popular Struggle against the Separation Fence during a nighttime raid on the northern West Bank village of Qafin, a committee activist said yesterday. Apparently, the soldiers located the committee headquarters in a building search and seized documents and NIS 7,000 and 500 dinars from their offices, said the activist."
Like the US - afraid of truly free elections across the Middle East due to the likelihood of Islamist parties taking power, as is happening in Iraq - Israel is trying to undermine free elections in Palestine. It is destined to fail on a number of levels. Open elections are impossible to conduct under occupation, though Palestinians will try and convince the world that they can while support for Hamas is partly related to the Palestinian Authority's corruption and inefficiency.
Until the occupation finally ends, Palestinian "democracy" is little more than a smokescreen. Israel and the US must be so proud.
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The IDF NOW advocates collective punishment. So it has been determined that nothing done before was actually collective punishment.
Seems to me that if Hamas wins the elections, thereby being the leaders of the Palestinian people, and there is another terror attack from Hamas, the IDF is justified in destroying Hamas.
After all, the terror attack is then an act of war. No proportional response required, just war.
As most Islamic democracies are smoke screens, why would the Palestinian thugacracy be any different?
How many oranges fit up eddie's ass? How many apples?
No real reason for the querry, Just curious to see the differentials.
Poor poor moronic addamo, is it any wonder that his parents out him away?
Melanie isn't arguing the merits of collective punishment. She is stating that the tag team idiots, eddie and addamo haven't the foggiest what is collective punishment.
And as an example, suicide bombing is collective punishment. Shutting down the entry to Israel to non-resident Arabs is not, as those arabs have no right to enter Israel, yet those Jewish grandmothers murdered by Arab suicide bombers have a right to live.
See the difference? Now, can the same number of apples and oranges, which fit up eddies ass, be the same number that will fit up comfortably in Addamo's ass?
No real reason for the querry, Just curious to see the differentials.
Of course the IDF forces palestinian women to give birth at check points. In fact they look for pregnant women and hold them at check points until they give birth. Some have been there 3 months now.
Maybe eddie and you don't know? No maybe about it.
I'm sorry you're mother died. My mother died. Everybodies mother dies eventually. It doesn't give you the right to spout your nonsense.
Now start counting the apples and oranges. It'll take a while because you have a big ass.
Without the Israelis, the Palestinians have no hospitals. Their illness is not a mortgage on our lives.
Only an antisemite could look at the overall record and come away with that conclusion. Eddie, why do you out yourself?
Hitler didn't write an order "Kill all of the Jews" but we knew what he wanted. We also know what you mean. You're very obvious.
Let's pretend that you are not an antisemite. Screw it, lets stick with the truth.
You can wait until the antisemite stops being an antisemite. I suspect you'll have a long wait.
Why bother arguing with an antisemite? It is like trying to teach a pig to dance. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
The antisemitic eddie has already lost. I am just reminding him of it, time and time again.
Addamo - the humanitarian crisis is man-made by the Palestinians and their arab overlords. let them invest the money and manpower to solve it.
You still want to learn how to dance? How pathetic.
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