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US calls for immediate release of hostage
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 27.06.06, 08:11
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1. AMerican stupid
waeL ,   plaestine and kuwa   (06.27.06)
oh really now 1 person is so important than 10,000 plaestinian prisoner ?? why ? is he an angel ? and palestinians are animals ? can u explain for me please ? 1 more thing if those 10,000 pal. are terrorist because they are fighting israeli army , what about the israely soldier ? he was working on a tank right ? so he is also a terrorist . right ?
2. American Hypocrisy
Reuven Brauner ,   Raanana, Israel   (06.27.06)
Dear America the Beautiful, You are a great country. You are a nation of wonderful people. You have done so much good for mankind - science, medicine, technology, etc. You are a country of kindness and good. Then why are there those who criticize you? For one thing, it is your not too infrequent (and blatant) hypocrisy, as is the case herein. If you use force to solve your problems, why shouldn't we? Better, you go talk to Osama and work things out. He is waiting for your call.
3. Can you believe this woman??
Art ,   Sydney, Australia   (06.27.06)
Israel must now negotiate with terrorists?? Would America do that? Would Britain do that? But then again, this is the same woman who encouraged Israel to open all the border crossings from Gaza and who applauded the Gaza retreat. And the same woman who helped lead America into the Iraq debacle. I'm prepared to stick my neck out on this one and say that there is ZERO chance of any negotiated solution to this catastrophic situation. I am not hopeful that we will ever see this soldier alive again. But let's hope that we finally make the Pals pay for their crimes against the human race.
4. US calls for immediate release of hostage.
Talula ,   Israel   (06.27.06)
Well, that should do it then. Have the US learnt nothing?
5. and what about the 9000 kidnapped palestinians Miss Rice!!!
raed mukhaimer ,   west bank   (06.27.06)
6. HOSTAGE?!
Sam ,   London, UK   (06.27.06)
americans just can't call things by their real names! the resistance in iraq is called "the insurgency"! an israeli POW taken in a military operation from his tank is called a "hostage"! what's wrong with these niggaz?!
7. Diplomacy?
Dave. ,   Rochester, MN, USA   (06.27.06)
Diplomacy is just leftspeak for negotiate... Those of us in reality know what has to be done. I hope we are finally going to do it.
8. #1 - No, stupid Palestinian
Talula ,   Israel   (06.27.06)
Let me explain, again, for the 1,000th time. You do not have a country. You are not recognized by anyone on this planet. Palestine is not even on the map and you have a terrorist organization for a government. You have no tanks, no airforce, and no proper soldiers, what you do have is plain old Ahmed the shop keeper who is willing to blow himself up for the cause. You are not conducting a strategic war, but a guerrilla war. We have thousands and thousands of Palestinians in our prisons, who are there for a reason. Tell me, how many Israelis do you have in your prisons? Now, over to us. We are a recognized State, our government is not on the international list of terrorists, we have mandatory army service - our soldiers are the most humane and the most decent in the world. Our pilots are the best and our security is better than yours. We are protecting ourselves from the fanatical suicide bombers and people that want to see us all dead. We have a right to do that. We have a stock exchange, we are thriving in the high tech world and we give something back to the international community. So, if you don't see the difference now, I feel sorry for you. Maybe you should log off your computer and start reading some proper history books and reliable newspapers. Don't misunderstand me, I want you to have your own country, but not at the expense of ours. And, whether you like it or not, you rely on Israel for your basic fundamental needs. You need to get yourselves together, you need to understand that your lives would be better if you start to build a non-terrorist state with your own infrastructure. Look at Gaza beach? it's the most beautiful along the coast-line. A nice place for tourists. So, put down your weapons and start to think like a nation to be proud of, instead of despised.
9. ken ken olmert
cordier   (06.27.06)
palestinians are bombing sderot in order to kill civilians, they attack the sovereign soil of israel and for rice and olmert it is not an escalation if i understand well israeli have to be accustomed to be bombed and attacked everywhere... but if they defend themselve it is an unbearable escalation !!!!! and ken ken olmert the "barking dog politician" has a pretext to do what he wants to do, give palestinians sweets in order to soften their positions cause "international countries don t support us"
10. #1 and 5
Linda   (06.27.06)
The tank was OUTSIDE Gaza and did nothing at the moment of the attack! So for me attacking a tank inside Israel is a terror attack and yes he is an angel and no he is not a terrorist. The 9 or 10.000 in Israeli prison can be visited and got a trial. This soldier got kidnapped and when you ask something in return for him you are a criminal! I have never seen Israeli's lynching somebody on the street and I have never heard Israel kidnapping and ask something for it. I have never seen a public hanging in Israel like i have seen in Gaza and the West bank. I don't see Israeli's walking around with guns in the streets and don't see mothers having a afterparty when there son is killed in battle! And no Pals are not animals, animals would never do something low like this!
11. talula you are naive, will fight jews where ever they may be
VOR ,   Israel   (06.27.06)
they dont want beace! they want to kill you. they dont want a state they want to kill you. they had plenty of chances to have a state. btw: they didnt want one until Jews had one, no sir, not under Jordanians , or brits, and their was never any "baLIEstinian-arab"(philistines were not arabs) sovereignty here in israel, but there was jewish sovereignty here. how many voices of moderation do they have who call out publicly? i'll tell you, u can count them on one hand,(hats off though to: Wafa Sultan, walid shoebat:http://www.shoebat.com/index.php , zacharia Annani, and ayaan hirsi ali) how many voices of moderation do we have? too many incompatible its nice to dream but you have to wake up to reality. for decades (centuries) this has been going on and its not going to change. their fanatics rule them and our lefty nut cases us. its like running after a murder & begging for him to kill you. if you really think that they will put down their guns and build a state b4 we are all dead you are truly naive.
12. Understand
Human   (06.27.06)
Talula #4 You have to understand that there is Palestine. The power which Israel had now ,due to the huge assistance from America and the west in which it will not continue, will not give you the right of the palestinian to live in their own land.
13. Hey Sam, if they are an army, and he is a POW
Caligula's Horse ,   Solomon's Stables   (06.27.06)
Does this mean that this is war? Are we finally allowed to fight a war like we did against your Arab brothers in 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982 etc and not with our hands tied behind our back and chained to a chair? Cant have one sided war boy.
14. Foggy Bottom Condi: Here usua restrain words
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.27.06)
Lady - You know America would NOT restrain you are ALL hypocrites
15. 5 raed mukhaimer : You mean Terrorists and check your number
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.27.06)
mate - go into hiding - because soon the Skies will embrace You with thunder and lightening you have never ever seen before
16. 1 + 5: You are the scum of this earth nothing to write about
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.27.06)
The Nerve YOU Arabs have is amazing: YOU enter illegally via tunnel digging into Israel - Sovereing State - Proper: YOU attack IDF post Inside Israel Proper YOU Kill IDF troops Inside Israel Proper YOU kidnap IDF soldier Inside Israel Proper. This is legally an Act of War. This an ACT of Terrorism - This is an Act against International Law.
17. Easy to Say Foggy Rice: It's not your Nation Not your Son
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.27.06)
what you do in Iraq is any different ? so is it again Israel is not given the same defense stadards by Your Foggy head to defend it's Nation It was YOU madam Foggy - who pressured Israel to opne all Gaza borders - exchange into Egypt - you helped to build a Terror State
18. Foggy Rice - They are NOT obductors - They are Terrorists
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.27.06)
19. US a;ways Restrains Israel ,but not Palestinian's
Marcel ,   Florida   (06.27.06)
Short Conversation Between President Bush and Israeli P.M. Olmert Bush - Listen Ehud ,number one ,you can't go in and defeat the Palestinian's you just can't ,that'll screw up all my plans ,got that ? Olmert - Yes Mr. President Bush- Before I forget ,great job distancing me from your. ..what's it called now divergence ? convergence ? The stupid Zionists , Jewboys are too dumb to tie it to my Road Map final solution plan ,great job taking the heat for me, that's loyalty Ehud. It means alot to me ,your loyalty............ So you got trouble in Gaza ? Olmert -Yes sir . Bush - Just stall , it's only one soldier,don't let it get out of hand ,remember the plan ,restrain the IDF ,build up the Pal's. A weak Israel is our main goal. Olmert - Mr. President I know I promised not to escalate and to keep the IDF restrained ,but things have changed ,I've to to act. They're already percieving me as weak. Bush - I know you have problems in Gaza, Ehud ,but you just can't go in ,it will ruin our success and destroy momentum for Israel's destruction, oops, I mean for the Road Map peace plan. Olmert - But Mr. President, I'm under great pressure to do something. Bush- Just talk tough and mass your troops on the border with Gaza and do nothing else or I will cut you off. There are many there ready to take your place ,remember that . I want to make it abundantly clear that you are not to go into Gaza,a small limited and restrained response is all that I will allow you to appease your citizens. Also I want you to crush without mercy the right who are the only opposition to my Final Solution Road Map for Israel. Demonize them ,arrest them,harass them and hound them ,kill them if you have to. Adolph would be proud of my clever plan , it has successfully flown under the radar and the majority of Christian's and Jews are completely off guard and asleep. Even as I protect the Palestinian terrorists and keep Israel from defeating them under threats and hard pressure they still support me. These fools are so easy to decieve and seduce . They voted for me and I work day and night to bring about Satan's anti-Christ New World Order. Israel has no place in this plan. If you don't go along I'll just speed it up Olmert - Mr. President, I went along with your plan to send thousands of weapons and ammunition to the P.A. and I went along with Amona ,but I'm afraid some of my Military Commanders are wakeing up to what is going on . Bush- Don't worry ,if you got a problem I'll send some of my best silencers over there and take care of it for you. We've got to neutralize Israel to get the Arabs on base with our global agenda and thats the only way they'll stay on board. We've got to deliver . Olmert - Yes sir Mr. President, I'm happy to serve you and your glorious plan. I am your obedient servant.
20. Gabrielle&Linda
Norma Cohen ,   Manchester, UK   (06.27.06)
do we detect hate, malice and spiteful venom.
21. #11
Talula ,   Israel   (06.27.06)
You see how aggressive you are? Fine. You don't have the fire power we have. You don't have the knowledge and the know-how we have, you also know that we can blast you out of existence, you also know that we can cut off water and electricity at the flick of a switch, YOU NEED ISRAEL you need us whether you like it or not. You should change your way of thinking and save your energy and put it all to something that you can benefit from, because right now, after all the suicide bombers and all the killing, what do you have? you have a big fat NOTHING, ZERO!!. All it takes is a little Western thinking and I'm sure, if you applied yourself, you will see that I am right. I'm sure you want your children to grow up happy and free, that will not come by killing and fighting. Especially when the side you are fighting are far superior. I don't want to sound condescending, but I pity you, I pity you because you refuse to accept that there is a better life waiting for you. Wake up and take it.
22. So How Would US Resist Occupation?
richard Hitchings ,   methil   (06.27.06)
23. terror?
Shai ,   T-A   (06.27.06)
Attacking a military objective with military means is not terror. Terror is the indiscriminate use of violence against civilians.
24. #16
john ,   london, uk   (06.27.06)
Who are you to talk about the rule of international law? Israel openly goes against it: kidnappings and druggings in foreign countries, the bombing of innocents in gaza, refusal to co-operate with the UN on a number of issues...the list goes on and on. It seems like Israel can pick and choose when international law applies, no? Also, please do not label me as a "terrorist lover" or something along those lines without answering my points. I by no means agree with many actions taken by the Palestinians, but the hypocrisy coming from you is just too strong to ignore.
25. 20 Norma Cohen: NO you detect Facts on the ground
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.27.06)
those facts if you are really a Jew should Know: Otherwise you should consider to convert The Nerve the Palestinian Arabs have is amazing: They enter illegally via tunnel digging into Israel - Sovereing State - Proper: They attack IDF post Inside Israel Proper They Kill IDF troops Inside Israel Proper They kidnap IDF soldier Inside Israel Proper. This is legally an Act of War. this is again an ACT of Terrorism - This Act against International Law. If you cannot see what Terrorism is - than sit on your sofa in the UK and play games
26. 22 Hitchings still defends Terrorism
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.27.06)
we told you 1000'th times there is NO occupation since you refuse to see facts You as I know from the past - only break wind of Hate against Jews Find a site that loves Jew Haters like you - you fail your irrelevant posts here
27. 23 Shai , T-A : Rather Ahmed: get facts into your sorry
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.27.06)
little Left brain - why don't you move to Ramallah and join Gush Shalom to become Human Shields for Terrorists The Nerve YOU and the Palestinian Arabs have is amazing: They enter illegally via tunnel digging into Israel - Sovereing State - Proper: They attack IDF post Inside Israel Proper They Kill IDF troops Inside Israel Proper They kidnap IDF soldier Inside Israel Proper. This is legally an Act of War. This is an ACT of Terrorism - This is an Act against International Law.
28. 24 john: Sit in London and play bubble games
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.27.06)
You see I know Intl. Law and most poeple with brains know as well That obviously doesn't include YOU little Muslim hero - since you only have a Hate Agenda against Israel and Jews But laws are not in your knowledge Sad - but then what do we expect from mentally challanged poeple like YOU Nothing - but then you are irrelevant
29. TRAINING TERRORISTS-PEACE AGREEMENTS of ETERNAL TERROR & WAR
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (06.27.06)
U.S. EU pretend PA are not terrorists In the never-ending religious terror war against Jews, terrorists receive highly specialized training from the CIA and Britain. Every single one of the Palestinian Authority security services are involved in terrorist attacks against Israel. There were no apologies from the U.S. for the many Jewish deaths and great suffering perpetrated by U.S. trained Khaled Abu Nijmeh. There was no financial compensation for Khaled's many Jewish victims. There was no punishment for serial killer of Jews, Khaled. Khaled, and other terrorists were richly rewarded with long vacations in Europe. Below are parts of an article from www.sfgate.com http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/14/MNG50BANBE1.DTL Mideast training program backfires Palestinian security officers schooled by U.S. later used tactics against Israel - Matthew Kalman, Chronicle Foreign Service Monday, February 14, 2005 Bethlehem, West Bank -- In June 1998, somewhere near CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., two rows of men in military fatigues posed for their graduation photo. All of them were officers in Palestinian General Intelligence Service, charged with hunting down terrorists and preventing attacks on Israel. They had just completed a training course, paid for by the U.S. government, in which they learned firearms and counterterrorist tactics. But the graduation photo holds a stark warning for the Bush administration as it gets more involved in Middle East peacemaking. Some of the men in the picture later swapped sides and began using the skills they learned in Virginia against the Israelis. Such training courses, which were suspended with the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising in September 2000, will be an integral part of Washington's aid package for the new government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Standing in the back row, second from the left, is Khaled Abu Nijmeh, from Deheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, according to two of his colleagues who are also pictured. By 2001, he had become one of the most-wanted Palestinian militants in the city, suspected of involvement in a string of suicide bombings and shooting attacks against Israelis. In May 2002, he was one of 13 gunmen escorted from the Church of the Nativity siege in Bethlehem, flown to Cyprus and then to exile in Europe. Three of the group, including Abu Nijmeh, were given asylum in Italy. "I am a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and a first sergeant in Palestinian General Intelligence," Abu Nijmeh, now 36, told The Chronicle from his temporary home in Rome. "I personally received a course in antiterrorism and VIP protection. "I was not alone. Many Palestinian security people were trained by the Americans. We hope they will continue helping us." Abu Nijmeh and his 12 comrades will be allowed to return to Bethlehem under the cease-fire agreement reached last week between Israel and the Palestinians. As Israeli commentators had been warning for years, the CIA inadvertently helped train future adversaries -- as it has done in other countries, including the anti-Soviet forces in Afghanistan who ended up as Taliban and al Qaeda militants. "This has proven to be a very risky undertaking," said Israeli political analyst Gerald Steinberg of Bar-Ilan University. "Both the CIA and British efforts to train Palestinians during the Oslo process helped strengthen terrorist capabilities." The training given to hundreds of Palestinian security officials between 1996 and 2000 was sanctioned by a presidential order in 1996 by then-President Bill Clinton, who was deeply involved in peace-making efforts." ©2005 San Francisco Chronicle Islamic terrorism is empowered, and our loyal ally, Israel, on the front lines fighting global jihad, is wickedly betrayed.
30. Condi Rice
Marigene ,   Phoenix USA   (06.27.06)
Her "Ivory Tower"remarks to use diplomacy do not reflect the opinion of the American citizen. Israel has suffered an attack of war and must respond accordingly.
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