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More than 620 Palestinians killed in Gaza operation
Yoav Zitun
Published: 23.07.14, 11:51
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1. tell gazians to take it up with their government
ralph   (07.22.14)
2. Moshe Feiglin has the right idea
Tomer ,   IL   (07.23.14)
1. Give the arabs in Aza 24 h to leave to Sinai, Surrender Unconditionally or Die. 2. Flatten Aza. We will use ALL our forces at full power. Think Berlin in May 1945. 3. Establish Full Jewish Soverieignty over Aza. 4. PROBLEM SOLVED
3. To: Facebook American Truth, redux
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.23.14)
They "palestinians" are NOT refugees. They are displaced persons, but they were voluntary quits. Contrary to the lies they tell, they listened to their leadership who told them to get out of the way of the "conquering Arab armies." Those Arabs that did NOT heed the call are citizens of Israel today, enjoying all the rights and privileges of citizenship, although not all of the obligations. For example, they do not pay municipal taxes; military service is not mandatory. Of course, the ones who did leave were promised "first right of plunder" of the property that the Jews were going to leave behind when the victorious Arabs pushed the Jews into the sea. The moral of the story is don't make promises you cannot keep. The Arabs -- five armies, outnumbering the Jews 100 to 1, with superior weapons, couldn't beat Israel. They tried five additional times, and lost additional territory. Israel does not have to allow them back into the country. Of course, the best estimates were that somewhere between 200,000 and 250,000 Arabs VOLUNTARILY left their homes. Nearly ONE MILLION JEWS were forcibly expelled from their homes in Arab and Moslem lands; most went to Israel, some (from the Maghreb) went to France. All were forced to leave with little more than the clothes on their backs. Israel absorbed all the refugees. With one notable exception, the Arab countries did not absorb any of the displaced "palestinians." Although they forced them to live in refugee camps, and under dreadful conditions, Jordan extended citizenship to all West Bank Arabs and their progeny, irrevocably. Most Arabs cannot stand the "palestinians." They have been kicked out of Jordan, kicked out of Lebanon, kicked out of Tunisia, kicked out of Kuwait, kicked out of Oman, kicked out of Muscat, kicked out of Dubai, kicked out of Abu Dhabi, kicked out of Fujeira and are only allowed to enter the Kingdom for purposes of haj, and they must leave within 48 hours. You and truth do not even maintain a passing friendship.
4. France FM, would your country take down Hamas' rockets
Naomi   (07.23.14)
Since you like to sit on the fence and criticize Israel, show us how you can do better. Or perhaps you already have enough Muslims to deal with in France - and they are taking over your country.
5. Gaza must fight, damage Israel economy, image, will to fight
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (07.23.14)
...even if it takes years.
6. Hamas is a killing machine
K   (07.23.14)
hamas uses schools, mosques, private homes to hide their terrorists and their missiles. hamas has fired thousands of missiles into the sovereign state of israel for years. hamas is an illegal terror group that must be disarmed.
7. More than 620 Palestinians killed in Gaza
jacques ,   nsw   (07.23.14)
On sait les points faibles et les points forts, on sait comment gérer quand l'autre s'énerve. As FOR THE FM OF FRANCE it would be wise to control his backyard from his 10 million Arabs which is ruining his country
8. So..? To me France is unacceptable too, so?!
tom ,   tel aviv   (07.23.14)
9. evacuation of Gaza
jochair ,   kfar saba Israel   (07.23.14)
all antisemitic Europeand other sanctimonious Muslim lovers can do something to help Gazana by organizing a mass evacuation, for example to Afghanistan.
10. Green parties need to support Hamas
Ron ,   Melbourne, Australia   (07.23.14)
As a concerned 'greeny' I would like to nominate Hamas for ecologist of they year Hamas has taken to hart the problem of Global Warming and the 'Consumer society'. In a gallant effort to reject 'eye-sore' as modern urbanization with all its impact on the environment - the have decided to invest all their time and funds on building an underground city. Being underground they have constant temperature alleviating the need to invest in building [dirty] power plants (by the way - the thank Israel for providing them with electricity while they are working on this mega eco city). The abandonment of all infrastructure above ground shows the level of concern the rules of Hamas have for the environment. Hamas is amazed at the lack of support it is getting in its effort to avert Global warming. It is also is amazed and distressed that its effort to 'seed clouds' so that more rain will fall on Israel is mistaken for a rocket attack. All they are trying to do is help Israel get more water since it has been so generous as to provide water to Gaza alleviating, again, the need to invest in infrastructure. How can such act of kindness - sending over 9000 cloud seeding rockets since Israel left Gaza - can be so misunderstood. Do people not appreciate the great effort and sacrifice taken by Hamas to help Israel - it would have been so much easier to invest in infrastructure in Gaza, in improving citizen lives, etc - but no - helping a neighbor is more important. Shame on you world.
11. You get what you vote for. No?
Gracey ,   ISRAEL   (07.23.14)
12. #4 French FM
Joseph ,   Malta   (07.23.14)
Naomi, France have a reputation of betraying its own allies, such as the Exocet in Falklands war. I will not be surprised if the IDF will uncover French weapons in Gaza...just my own intuition... As you well said, France and the rest of Europe are intimidated by Muslims. In Malta Government and Opposition lick their feet.
13. Elected Government - Hamas
Chana ,   USA   (07.23.14)
The Gazans voted !!! Hamas in. They knew who Hamas is and what it represents - basically the murder of Jews. When it was supposed to be Jews dying apparently that was okay with them. Take responsibility.
14. Ban Ki Moon should be congratulated for putting peace first
Ron ,   Melbourne,Australia   (07.23.14)
Ban Ki Moon Puts peace ahead of good governance. It was a great moment in UN history when Ban Ki Moon decided that for the benefit of peace he will avoid his first inclination to avoid gifts from Qatar. Ban full acknowledge that it does not look good and smells to high haven ,however, peace is more important. He derided his detractors for not giving him credit in his excellent handling of the sensitivities involved. He could have taken a commercial flight sponsored but Qatar, however, instead decide to keep it all private - having to suffer the loneliness of a private plane vs the networking opportunity afforded him in the first class cabin on commercial airlines. It is a conspiracy that brought out to the open his private moment on a private jet paid by Qatar. Some blame the wikileak mentality which is more concerned with leaks then with peace - after all nothing like gifts amoung friends to forge better relationships. Shame on you people!
15. Israel needs to get Arab expertise
Ron ,   Melbourne,Australia   (07.23.14)
Latest turn of events. Israeli Government has called on the Arab world to assist it with sending war experts. It has realized that with 600 dead over 14 days it would never hope to even remotely catch up with Syria, Iraq, Turkey,Iran, etc. Based on simple linear calculation of other genocides, wars ,etc between Arabs and Arabs and the minorities in Arab land - Israel would need 782.778 years approximately to just catch up. The worry is that given what is happen in Syria, Iraq, etc - the gap is growing bigger. what to do ???
16. WHERE IS YOUR HUMANITY ISRAELIANS?
Rosli Zam ,   Malaysia   (07.23.14)
Dear People of Israel, Killing of innocent civillians including childrens and women in Gaza is totally the acts of Syaitan. Remember that Allah will punish ALL of you for doing this cruelties. The time will come InsyaAllah. Amin....
17. Going into battle without the French is like....
Jhan   (07.23.14)
...going into battle without an accordion...
18. 620 Palestinians killed in Gaza
MAT ,   UK   (07.23.14)
UN EU & WORLD MEDIA SHOULD TELL HAMAS TO STOP SENDING THE ROCKETS TO ISRAEL AND THAT HAMAS ARE KILLING THEIR PEOPLE BY USING ISRAEL SO THAT HAMAS GET PUBLICITY AGAINST ISRAEL IT WORKS HAMAS DONT CARE ABOUT THEIR PEOPLE HAMAS STARTED THIS WAR AS OTHER WARS NOT ISRAEL
19. as far as I see it, this isn't Israel problem only
Lily   (07.23.14)
enough that right winger (as right wingers become more dominante in Europe and America) will kill a Muslim, the muslims will began rioting, in UK alone there are 3 million muslims, which means big trouble, Israel is just a mini modle for the time to come else where, as for UNWRA, this isn't the first time it helps Hamas, so no sympathy to anything it says or does.
20. The French FM is probably supplying the rockets hamas uses
Sallee Eriera ,   Haifa   (07.23.14)
Screw what the French have to say.
21. Palestinians reported??
Moshe ,   USA   (07.23.14)
Arafat used to claim that Israel had killed millions of arabs. If one were to listen to their claims then there are no arabs left in Gaza-Israel has killed them all. So who's firing the rockets?
22. it is not Israel at fault, but Hamas
nathan ,   natanyah   (07.23.14)
tell the French minister to take the body count to Hamas, they started this war and the truth is that they don't care about the deaths, except that it brings sympathy in the eyes of a perverted pubic opinion. Hamas and Islamic Jihad believe that all who die go to heaven and get as a reward 72 virgins. Probably because maybe in heaven there are 72 Muslim virgins and that is what they dream of, because down here they have difficulty finding even one.
23. The French kill over 600 Malians in Mali 2013 - Acceptable?
Josh   (07.23.14)
Over 600 Islamist fighters have been killed since the military operations began in the West African nation of Mali on 11 January 2013, while five French and 63 Malian soldiers lost their lives, according to figures released by the Malian army this week
24. Instaed of peace they opted for terrorism
Gideon   (07.23.14)
Guess tha`ts the price you pay when you choose terrorists to run your so called country
25. #4 is killing children taking down the rockets?
Mark B. ,   Amsterdam / Holland   (07.23.14)
26. #25 Mark B of Amsterdam
Non-Jew ,   England   (07.23.14)
In any war, there is inevitably some collateral damage. To imagine it being possible, in today's world, to completely avoid any colateral damage is just pie in the sky. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the USA's record was a 3:1 ratio: 3 civilians to every combatant. In the last Gaza conflict, the final count showed that Israel had managed a ratio of around 1:1 and, even allowing for the fact that all the casualty figures currently coming out of Gaza are from bodies who are well known to have too-close connections to Hamas, and are therefore highly likely to be biased to report more civilians and fewer combatants than is actually true, in the current conflict the ratio so far is looking to be somewhat lower than 1:1, Given the high population density in Gaza and Hamas' use of human shields, this is actually quite remarkable. However, it appears it still isn't good enough for you. So do tell us, what do YOU expact the Isralis to do? Israel, like every other nation, has an obligation to protect its own citizens:so do you believe they should just allow Hamas to bomb them (12,000 rockets and counting, over the last 9 years) and simly 'suck it up'? Would Holland, or would it go crying for help to fight back? Or, in your apparent capacity as World Reknowned Military Strategist, how EXACTLY do you imagine Israel can EFFECTIVELY prevent Hamas rocket fire, AND produce a 0:1 ratio of collateral damage, in present-day Gaza, given that Hamas has publicly and blatantly comitted to ANIHILATING ALL JEWS WORLDWIDE, not just solving a few Km squared of a territory dispute with Israel?
27. More lies!
Eli Bodie ,   USA   (07.23.14)
Guaranteed...a good many of those so-called 620 civilians deaths were, in fact, terrorists. There are no friendlies in Gaza: the whole stinking place is a major-hub of terrorists activities. The only ones I feel for...are the small children who know no better; who are just pawns to be used by these inhumane, blood-thirsty savages. It's better for these precious children to be with The LORD, than raised-up in the Islamic culture of hate and death, where its true followers, of this demonic cult, end-up in Hell. If the adults want to be human shields...it's their choice! IDF: God's speed! God bless Israel!
28. fabius
didier ,   france   (07.23.14)
don't take notice of what this incompetent fabius says,he like france is bought by quatar ,and truly this guy doesn't anyway understand anything. He is stupid like french politician establishment
29. How many of the dead are combatants?
Jo   (07.23.14)
We hear the figures and see they come from a Hamas ministry which has instructed it civilians to list all dead as innocent but where are the combatants lists. Some list claim judging by the Arabic press list almost over 80 percent dead as being males between 18-45. The age of combatants. Do these figures include them? The press need to highlight these figures and investigate.
30. Adopt WW II Allies' view of enemy civilian deaths.
Chaim ,   Israel   (07.23.14)
The last thing Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin worried about was German and Japanese civilian deaths. They knew victory was all that mattered. Israel must adopt the same view towards our genocidal "Palestinian" foes.
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