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U.S. pressures Arab banks over PA
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 30.04.06, 19:27
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1. Ha ha ha ha ha ha GOOD!
???   (04.30.06)
2. It is shame
Obs   (04.30.06)
It is not too long before the fall of the US government. It is really shame on a big country like a US to be dectated what to do by and an evil state like Is...
3. Poor Hamastani worms (terroristss)!
Roger ,   USA   (04.30.06)
When they play with the big boys that is what they get!
4. Harming US interests to dvance Israeli interests
T Moore ,   New York   (04.30.06)
Bush claims he invaded Iraq to bring liberation and democracy, but when Iraqis look at waht Bush is doing in Palestine, they find that his actions in Palestine contradict his claimed objectives in Iraq. In Palestine, Bush is blindly supporting Jewish occupation and stealing of Palestinian lands; fighting Palestinian democracy and elections; and supporting a corrupt regime that got less than 20% in fair and democratic Palestinian elelections. This is bad to America, its interests in mideast, and our troops in Iraq.
5. Big Boys.
(04.30.06)
to no 3, big boys ..... you are so deluded. There is no big boys, certainly not in USA.
6. If the Americans treated the Arabs
Anne ,   USA   (04.30.06)
the way Arabs treat the Arabs then Hamas would feel the real pain. America treats Hamas and "peaceful" Arabs claiming the Palestinian identity with kids gloves.
7. Arab Banks should Say NO!!
Palestinian   (04.30.06)
USA by blindly being driven by Israeli interest is just bringing itself to the buttom of humanity. Americans should know that Israeli's are theives and what they are doing from stealing this land is not justified by any religion. You better stop these fanatics who use religion for there agenda. Muslims are just reacting to those religiouns fanatic idea upon which Israel was founded by a similar call for resistance and Jihad. True Islam is the best way to fight back this form of faith justified Jewish occupation of Palestine This land was never exculsievly Jewish during its history. It is not a right for any Jew to come and live here. We cannot bring 15 million Jew to this land and get rid of the native Palestinians. This is totlly fanatic and barbaric!
8. #7 Its already done, face reality
(04.30.06)
You've tried to undo our return to our home for sixty years and we've only grown stronger while you sink in your own shit, land land land land land is all you talk about do you know that Israel is 0.15% of the middle east? I cant see how Arab face such serious land shortage, you morons miss opportunity after opportunity again and again and again because all you fanatics can think about is how to murder all the Jews, but never, god forbid, make peace with them. You deserve what you're in.
9. "Palestianian"
Israeli ,   Eretz Israel   (05.01.06)
Go back to Jordan - you already have a queen there....
10. USA pressures arab banks
Bachrach Andres ,   Kfar saba Israel   (05.01.06)
to7# Who the hell told you that you have to bring 15milion yews you are not only a barbar but also vvery stupid idiot.come to israel and see how the arabs live here you will see that they live here better like enywhere in your islam fascist countries.Andres hakfarsabaI.
11. The Arabs have bequal rights
Muhammad-Ali ,   Montreal   (05.01.06)
For that reason they r not represented in the gov't.
12. Tit for Tat !!!
Hiram Al Masry ,   Drom Tel Aviv   (05.01.06)
It is an old English expression ! It means basically : " if you do this , I will do that " It is a game that is usually played in elementary schools ! Let's say that people of Palestine supported Hama AND ITS PROGRAM ! This makes de-facto the Palestinian people the ennemy of Israel and the Jews and therefore we all know that whatever money transferred into the territories ( which may not be dilapidated through poor Palestinian management that is ) would NOT reach the people but would reach terror cells who would use it to pay egyptian smugglers in return for guns an ammunition and THIS cannot be accepted . If the Palestinian people do NOT support the anti-Israeli and anti-semitic campaigns of HAMAS and other Islamic nations , why don't they say so ? COuld it be that there is no freedom of expression in the territories ? IF the Palestinian people elected HAMAS but do not suscribe to its program, then this demonstrate that the vote was only a sanction vote and that Palestinian people want something else which would allow them to return to a semblancy of normal life and the possibility of extracting themselves from the middle ages and the control of Islamic dictatorship. Arab countries cannot afford to cross blades with America : why ? Simply because they all have enormous assest and commercial interests there ! ( Remember the great Satan !!! ) and this includes of course the Saudi royals, the Iranian dicators, the Syrian gangsters . Islamism does not rule the world economy, except through blackmail, and regardless of politics, arab countries DO DEAL WITH THE US and cannot afford to take a step in the wrong direction. Should the UNO be a reliable , organized and serious body , it might have been a good idea to channel this money through to them but this cannot be done because UNO is NOT reliable. ( By the way , I am sure you all know how much money is wasted by the UNO in Israel , if not , take a look at the comptroller's reports ! A M A Z I N G !!! The World bank ? An other solution ? This could be felt as a humiliation and humiliations can only lead to further resentment ( See Germany after the Versaille treaty !) ...No, the real solution is somewhere else : in the unconditional acceptantce by Hamas of the right for Israel to live and exist , eventually along the borders of a mutually agreed upon Palestine . This can only be done if : 1) Hamas and all other " political forces " drop their guns 2) They accept inspection from EEC Observers to ensure that there are no more guns in the territories 3) A secular government is established and properly trained economists and lawyers are hired by the authorities 4) So called security forces are united and placed under the direct control of president Abbas 5)All anti Israeli and anti Jewish propaganda programs are dropped and decent teaching methods are used in the " new " schooling system and program 6) The spendings are audited by an independant accounting body 7)Real negociations regarding the disengagement resume between Israel and REAL POLITICAL PARTNERS ( not with gangsters or hoodlums ) 8) The concept of Martyrdom , so dear to our arab cousins is totally abandonned 9) The People of Palestine are given a chance to elect REAL REPRESENTATIVES on a clearly defined program built for the well being of Palestine and not on the nazislamist basis of propaganda, itself originating in ill-digested religious lecturing to the people .
13. Phony "Palestinian"; The place you are native to is Arabia!
Palestiniansareamyth ,   USA   (05.01.06)
Now go back!
14. good !That s a big action against terrorism!
(05.01.06)
15. WHY NOT YOU Go BACK?
WAEL ,   kuwait (palestine)   (05.01.06)
well its a strange thing ! i have an idea why dont u guys go back to ur original countries? where from lets c hummmm( russia? holland? america? africa ? india? germany? so u guys have original countries and landes....BUT this is our land ! do u under stand that ...i hope u do 1 day ...
16. does israel drop weapons?
waeL ,   palestinian in q8   (05.01.06)
dear sir...i have read ur nice points about what should be done to reset peace in the area and i have some points that i want it to be clear to start talking to u as you are an israeli setizin and am palestinian citezin... 1- election in palestine is done under the UN observer supervision and the whloe world was watching it >>the american them selves said it was the best democratic election ever happend in arab country..>> 2- i accept that hamas should put down their weapon if they want to make peace negotiations with israel...but only if israel accept to put down their weapons too .. what ? u think hamas that is the govenment will accept to put down their waepons and israel kills palestinian people every day? and airplanes is over their heads ..simply this is stupid... 3- about hamas accept that israel have the right to live as neiboughr ..that will depend if israel want us as neiuboghrs first og all..what kind of neiuboghrs build up a wall between each other? and u forgot 1 thing what about all the palestinian people that left their homes back in 1948 ? they are not humen being? they dont have the right to live? we want them back ..then we accept u as our best neibours.. listen man ...if u look at your words u want from the palestinian side to do everything like u are an angels ...we are not angels so are u ...we have to work this together ...but ur are blaiming 1 side and that wont solve anything.... israel is the stronger side in this case isnot it? israel have the money ,the power ,the army , the tanks ,the airplanes,the lands,even controls who is going in and out ...and israel still blams us for everything... the action should be taken from the stronger side ..which is you..and i dont mean killing actions :) ..for example if israel says to plaestine i wont kill ot assasinate any 1 from now and on .but u guys do the same and i want to start peace negotiantions right now..u think palestine will say no? offcourse we will accept..but the problem is u dont do that...
17. OK lets make peace right now
waeL ,   palestine in q8   (05.01.06)
Hi yo brother. am with u man lets start making peace right now..ok we have missed out apportunities and we want peace right now....but please what do u mean that israel is 0.15% of arab lands..man their was people living their remember and they are living in camps since 1948 ...its ok forget about them and lets make peace yeh hell yeh....by the way islam doesnt teach us to kill every juish this is the most stupid thing i have ever heard.because prophet mussa pece be upon him came with this religion.from god and we love all prophet ...so dont u worry man i wont kill u ..but please dont u kill me OK>? deal ? now about our demands: 1-we want isareal to agree on what the untied nations said in 1967 and give us our lands back ..that u r building ur new homes on.... 2- we want our refugees to come back (how do u think they become refugees >>??) 3- dont mension that arab countries are so Big and israel is small becasue no body and no land is like our land u know ur own land >>by the way where u come from? europe? or america? ot maybe africa ?.... about us we wil stop bothering u with our repultion to ur country ..and we will live in peace with u ... but remember out fight against u is not terror ok !! its called repultion and the whole world agree on it
18. #7 and other misled Palis....
DR ,   Florida, USA   (05.01.06)
You fail to see the main problem in the whole middle east conflict. Israel defends itself from terror by your people and kills innocent people in the process. The only way to stop this "cycle of violence " as some people call it, is to re-eductae all Palestinian children not to hate Israelis. You need to stop making Martyrs out of suicide bombers, stop encouraging kids to fight the IDF, stop Hamas and Fatah from lying to your people and stealing their money. You need to do all these things before Israel can give you anything. Until you people understand this basic point, you will never have a state or a normal life. Open your eyes and your mind instead of blaming everything on Israel and the US.
19. #5...hiding behind a computer screen...
DR ,   Florida, USA   (05.01.06)
You are a typical coward...why don't you come to the US and see the real Big Boys here. Maybe you will also see a normal society with decent people who live in peace....jews, muslims, christians all living together and making the world better. I don't know what ethnicity you are, but my guess is you do very little for the human race.
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