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Abbas blasts 'Gaza massacre'
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Published: 10.06.06, 17:16
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1. Catch the arab that fired the qassam
Arie   (06.10.06)
and you will find your killer
2. Over the top.....
c.k ,   Europe   (06.10.06)
Their grieving is so over the top, it is comical. Those women love death, they keep reminding us, that dying for ALLAH is a noble cause, that is why they send their children blow themselves up.So, i wish they would stop the pretence of crying for a dead child.... (killed by one of their Qassam).
3. The Jews
Dick Itchings ,   Methil   (06.10.06)
Whether this was a Kassam or an artillary shell does not matter, it is still the jews fault. Remember, it is o.k. for the palestinians to fire arbitrary missiles at israel, but it is completely wrong of israel to fire arbitrary missiles at the palestinians. The israelis are a country, so hold them accountable, the palestinians are not a country and have never been, so don't hold them accountable for their actions.
4. You want revenge
yakov shani ,   IL   (06.10.06)
String up Haniyeh and E Zahar, they bear the blame.
5. arie=sherlock holmes.
(06.10.06)
arie you are trying to be a smart ass and try to surpass sherlock holmes in the realm of investigations. stop talking needlessly and go ride a djackass in your settlement before it is too late and your boss olmert throughs you back to tel aviv or new york.
6. President Abbas, when I read
Ellen Prescott ,   Southsea, Hampshire   (06.10.06)
how peaceful and forgiving your words are, one man comes to mind: Desmond Tutu, of the South African Reconciliation Council. After all the Israelis have done to your people - 40 year occupation, collective punishment, countless bombings, starvings, and so on - you still have forgiveness in your heart. You are truly a man of peace and courage. I am mourning for three days in solidarity with Palestine and the entire family who were murdered.
7. A question for Dick Itchings from Methil
Kate ,   London   (06.10.06)
As a matter of interest, is that "little Dick" or "big Dick"?
8. Questions for Ellen Prescott
Kate ,   London   (06.10.06)
How many days will you spend mourning the over 100,000 Iraqi civilians who have died as a result of the United Kingdom's illegal invasion of Iraq? How many days did you spend mourning the thousands of innocent Serbs who were killed by the RAF during the UK's illegal bombing campaign against Serbia? How many days did you mourn the innocent Irish people who were gunned down in cold blood by Her Majesty's forces in Britain's brutal suppression of the uprising in Ireland? How many days do you mourn Israelis civilians who are murdered by Palestinian suicide bombers?
9. The "funeral" must be bombed
Anna ,   Florida   (06.10.06)
Israel must respond to this "funeral" by bombing them. As to Halutz, he must be removed at once by blaming Israel for what is absolutely clear was done by Arabs. First, he said Navy then somebody else. This guy Halutz is a total joke.
10. # 3 Mr. H.
yakov shani ,   IL   (06.10.06)
You are just itchung to get at the Jews at every opportunity. What happened to you Mr.H. you had a couple of Jews in your class at school and they were more clever than you. Perhaps you had a Jewish neighbour once who had a bigger house and a better car, or did you just read too much Lenin and Trotsky when you were young. Don't bother to tell me the latter was a Jew, I know all about it, just keep on reading, it's good stuff for the soul, but only the soul, the head needs Rousseau or Russel.
11. All the while western media fails to be objective
AC   (06.10.06)
Most western media outlets are painting this as a sort of provocation done to the law abiding Hamas. They show Hamas as abiding by a ceasefire and that there havent been attacks in Israel since Feb 2005 (how quick they forget the recent attack in Tel Aviv and the daily Qassam rocket launches) and that Israel went out of its way to bomb families picnicing on the beach Give me a break There is alot of evidence that the IDF is not responsible and further more Hamas needs to radicalize the masses once again as civil war and factionalism engulfs the Palestinians. This attack serves to unify the people again and further radicalize them. Don't expect to find that in the MSM of the west (forget the Arab media, Jews are responsible for ever misery under the sun since the year zot) Expect rather to hear tales of moral equivilance: a suicide bomber killing civilians in Israel is the same as IDF targeted killings of terrorists. In some cases the West prefers the former case citing the lack of resources and desperation of a people under oppresion (or at least how they see it). The Palestinians fulfill some Western fantasy of the down-trodden masses rising up to overthrow the ruthless oppressors. Westerns don their kaffiyehs in support of these terrorists and demonize the Israelis as cruel and heartless. To get back to the main point, Hamas is going to use this to accelarate their grip on power on teh Palestinians. I feel sorry for those Palestinians who have died and the broken families that are left behind. But you must understand you have the power to stop this. You need to ignore Hamas and Fatah and promote the moderates in your camp, if you can do that, Israel will become more moderate. It will never happen that Israel will moderate itself to Hamas; Hamas would take it as weakness and that they are winning. Palestinians want peace? Show us. Don't call for jihad, call for moderation...you expect as much from us
12. mrs. prescott: face reality
Gerd ,   Germany   (06.10.06)
13. To Kate #8
Ellen Prescott ,   Southsea, Hampshire   (06.10.06)
You sound like a rebellious teen-ager when you rationalise criminal, evil behaviour because it happens elsewhere. Have you ever heard of the phrase, two wrongs don't make a right? The mere fact that you refuse to acknowledge the vicious, criminal murders of an entire Palestinian family picnicking on a Friday at the beach, shows what type of person you really are.
14. It has only been 40 years
Dick Itchings ,   Methil   (06.10.06)
It has only been 40 years since the creation of the palestinians. So what if they are not yet ready for peace. THe rest of the world including the Israelis must stop moving forward with thier lives and wait until the palestinians are ready to make peace with israel. It may take 40 more years but so what. Everyone stop moving forward until the palestinians are ready to compromise and make peace.
15. HAMAS BEHIND BLASTS; CREATING ITS OWN EXCUSE FOR WAR, WE ARE
WATCHING YOU ,   ISRAEL STANDS STRONG   (06.10.06)
16. #11 SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE OF TRUTH AND REASON, THANKYOU
DA' JEWS ,   WORLD   (06.10.06)
17. Fundamentalist forces have taken over
Josh ,   Jerusalem   (06.10.06)
It is always tragic when innocent people die, but this event gives us a little insight into Palestinian society. The same innocent Palestinians who morn the deaths of their brethren are marching side by side, in the thousands, with Hamas and Islamic Jihad. They answer to the jihad calls to annihilate the Zionist entity, which translates into the Jews (for all you believers that anti-Zionism is ok, but not anti-Semitism). The Palestinians are shouting in the streets "death to the Jews," not "down with the Israeli government." This call for genocide from the Palestinian people stems from a lot of reasons of which are not relevant to this point. The real issue here is the fact that a call for genocide exists amongst these people and that this call is getting stronger every day.
18. A further response to Ellen Prescott #13
Kate ,   London   (06.10.06)
"You sound like a rebellious teen-ager when you rationalise criminal, evil behaviour because it happens elsewhere. Have you ever heard of the phrase, two wrongs don't make a right?" And you sound like a very typical elderly Brit who loves nothing more than a cup of tea, a game of bingo, and regular bouts of Jew-baiting. I am not rationalising anything for the simple reason that I do not for one minute accept that Israeli conduct here has been criminal. That the only people in the world you mourn are Arabs while completely ignoring not only the countless thousands of innocent civilians butchered in cold blood by the brutal and pefidious British but also Jews murdered by Arab terrorists does show beyond question that you are a total hypocrite and a dyed-in-the-wool Jew-hater. "The mere fact that you refuse to acknowledge the vicious, criminal murders of an entire Palestinian family picnicking on a Friday at the beach, shows what type of person you really are." That you are willing to accuse the Jewish state of murder based on nothing but your own ignorance and prejudice shows exactly the type of person you are. Just for the record: murder is what they gentiles of Europe engaged in when they collaborated wholesale with the Germans and Austrians to murder millions of Jews, theft is what the gentiles of Europe engaged in when they stole the property of the Jews they had murdered. Can there by any wonder that Jews the world over refer to Europe as the "evil continent"?
19. Dont let them fool us
poppy ,   Israel   (06.10.06)
Why does eveyone acknowledge them as Palastinians??? They are not Palastinians they are Jordanian Refugees. Who ever calls them Palastinians they need to read history. I would like to hear the truth
20. #6 You're right Ellen
Cynthia ,   USA   (06.10.06)
Abbas stood by during Arafat's 40 year occupation of the Palestinians. He feathered his golden cage while perpetrating collective punishment against Israel. He did nothing to prevent over 100 suicide bombings against Israel and now he labels this incident a "massacre" instead of insisting on a proper investigation. Ellen, your posts reek of insincerity. You thrive on this conflict.
21. Abbas Crap
Brod ,   USA   (06.10.06)
When hundreds of Jewish children in Buses, Restaurants and Malls were slaughtered into bits by Arab Islamist-Jihadist suicide bomber terrorists-savages, where were the condemnations from Arab Islamist world? Seven or twelve victims which might have been caused by the Arab terrorists's own explosives and putting children in the line of fire are nothing compared to the hundreds of Israeli civilians and children that were slaughtered by the Arab Islamist-Jihadist suicide bomber terrorists-savages the past few years. If the Arab Islamist-Jihadist leaders like Abbas cannot stamp out the terrorists-savages among them and restore law and order among his people, you have nothing but lawlessness and chaos. The savages have only one goal and that is the destruction of Israel. In this kind of ambience, peace can never be attained. And Israel has to defend herself from her attackers and those who threaten to annihilate her. If the Arab Islamists are serious about peace, they must first stamp out the terrorists-savages among them. Second, they must also stamp out the preachers of hate and killing that are breeding, masterminding and producing terrorists-savages among them. If Abbas and his government fail to accomplish this, peace talks, peace formula, road map etc. exist only in the realm of fantasy and illusion. Israel should not be deterred with whatever other countries may say or think about Israel. Israel is a sovereign nation and it is none of the business of other countries to meddle or interfere with Israel affairs. Israel has the Duty and the Right to defend herself from her attackers and from those who threaten to annihilate her. Israel does not need to apologise or cow to any other person, entity or country. The Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish People since 4000 years ago when GOD gave the historic and biblical Homeland of Israel to the Jewish people through their forefathers-Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Their Land Title is all recorded in the Holy Bible, and the world better understand and respect it.
22. Calling for the killing of all Jews?
Isac ,   Florida   (06.10.06)
Sorry, can't feel ANY compassion with those bastards!
23. Politically Correct War
Michael ,   Bella Vista, Ark, US   (06.10.06)
Israel is a compassionate country, as I said on my vlog on YouTube (my username is Ghostwolf), It makes no sense that the Pali's blame Israel for this, then they do not allow an investigation. Israel gives access to their hospitals.. hey if they want war, Israel should have just carpet bombed that stadium where the Pali's were at shooting their guns in the air. A whole bunch of terrorists in one place. By the way what is it with Pali's and shooting guns in the air?
24. ellen_southsea@yahoo.co.uk
(06.10.06)
has never set foot on Israel or "Palestine"
25. Even BBC has stopped blaming Israel
Larry ,   Eastbourne, UK   (06.10.06)
I've just read the equivalent story on the BBC News website and it no longer says "killed by an Israeli shell" but "killed in an explosion" and "Hamas blames Israel". Interesting, isn't it? Perhaps it was a Palestinian rocket after all (but if so the BBC will put it in small print, not as a headline).
26. To Larry
Poppy ,   Israel   (06.10.06)
YOU ARE SO RIGHT
27. To Ellen #13
(06.10.06)
Kate's questions are valid yet you avoid them. What happened to this Palestinian family was indeed unfortunate. You are quick to blame Israel without proof of Israel's responsibility. It's a fact these people are dead. It's not a fact that Israel is responsible. And what stops you from speaking out against Palestinian terror when Israeli families are viciously murdered?
28. Don't Dare Apologize For Responding To Terror Rocket Fire
Adina kutnicki ,   US   (06.10.06)
The definition of a massacre is when someone PURPOSEFULLY targets the group. This was no such animal. The real massacres are when Arabs blow up in Israeli malls, restaurants, buses etc etc, all in order to kill the Jews. Israel would do well to stop apologizing for protecting its citizens through military actions. IF the Pals do not stop their rocket fire the Israeli regime should (instead of apologizing like dhimmis) tell Abbas that more of the same (unfortunate) collateral damage will occur. THEN they will beg for 'peace'.
29. Staged.
sk ,   USA   (06.10.06)
30. one other thought..
Michael ,   Bella Vista, AR   (06.10.06)
Since when is land given back that was taken in a war? I hope Israel never even thinks about "giving back" East Jerusalem. And why after 1967 did Israel allow the terrorists to occupy the temple mount? They are destroying a historical site. Those demonic buildings need to be removed from the mount, along with every last muslim. Guess what, I'm not a Jew and I'm not even religious. I don't even like George Bush.. I'm just a guy who knows right from wrong. I have made some videos at Youtube, I invite you all to comment, especially the tribute to American Daniel Wultz, killed by those muslim animals. Just enter "Ghostwolf" in the search box at YouTube.
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