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UN envoy: Israel turned Gaza into prison
Ali Waked and Reuters
Published: 26.09.06, 19:28
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1. U.N. agianst Israel
oren ,   Israel   (09.26.06)
Palestine open fire on Israel. Palestine expose themselve in the Israel streets. BUT AFTER THAT CRY BECUSE OF ISRAEL REACTION. PALESTINE SHOULD TAKE RESONSIBILTY ON THEMSELVE.
2. no ethnic cleansing among palestinians? hello??
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (09.26.06)
just ignore the PLO and hamas charters. if life is so "appalling" in gaza, why did they kidnap and kill the soldiers a couple of months ago? and why did they not cease to fire rockets into israel? how can there be collective punishment when the vast majority of palestinians support the continuation of terror, not to mention they elected bona fide terrorists to lead them? why do palestinians choose squalor to peace and prosperity? we do not know why palestinians love disaster, but one thing is for sure: IT IS NOT ISRAEL'S FAULT. nope.
3. anyway, ramadan is where muslims FAST
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (09.26.06)
so what's the problem?
4. Release Gilad Shalit
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (09.26.06)
5. etnic cleaning, apartheid That's the only words
(09.26.06)
objectives observers can use to describe the situation in the territories. Shame on Israel
6. Correction: Gazans turned Gaza into prison
Kissel   (09.26.06)
Terrorism or "Resistance against the occupation" has turned Gaza into prison. Lay down the Arms, go to peace talks and get the country that is promised to you. But No, you fakastinians want it all from the river to the sea, and won't stop fighting till you get it. Have fun in your self made prison Hamas.
7. Go To You Know Where
Dave Levi ,   Burbank. USA   (09.26.06)
Let me have the priviledge of telling this moron where to go, he can go to you know where. If I were P.M. of Israel, he would not have reached 500 miles of the Strip. I understand Israel withdrew from there after destroying billions of dollars worth of towns and manufacturing plants, which the Arabs turned into training camps for terrorists and suicide bombers. Foodstuffs and medicine and money has been allowed into the Strip, but not to Hamas (which itself is one big terrorist organization designed to kill every Jew). So who is kidding whom? It's about time we call a spade a spade. It's about time we tell these UN officials where to go., in no uncertain terms. Let's stop playing around with them. I ask, where is all that oil money extorted from US going anyway, to more Arab missiles to kill Jews?
8. Tough shitsky, Arabs. Your own fault.
Ben Avraham ,   tel Aviv   (09.26.06)
9. OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!
Josh   (09.26.06)
No one is unfed and no one is starving to death! "in other countries this process might be described as ethnic cleansing" Only in full-of-bs fanatical Muslim countries. Palestinian women are good thick bodied (read fat if you like) women, children are growing where no one is afraid to have another child for fear of lack of food. In fact the population is exploding not shrinking from "cleansing". No one stops the terrosrist attacks that close the border. So I guess they are not really experiencing that much suffering that they would make peace with their neighbors. Just because the area has the denses population because they all snuck in to a non-productive area from Egypt doesn't mean its Israel fault. Let them learn to be productive. Either that or go back over the border where most of them came from. Besides the aid they recieve from Hamas and Hizbollah can support them. They are guilty of ethnic cleansing evrytime they kill an Israeli family.
10. Whatever
Mark ,   Atlanta, USA   (09.26.06)
I'm sure it has nothing to do with the corrupt, hyperviolent, fanatical retards running the PA.
11. Who is really to blame?
Ze'ev ,   NJ, USA   (09.26.06)
If the pales didnt try to kill an israeli every chance they got AND recognized Israel and that Jews have a right to live there...everyone would be better off!! So yes israel must close borders, stop some trade, restrict movement..but WHY...is it becuase Israel want to kill off all the pales...is it becuase Israel is an evil nation with no morals..OR is it because Israel has no choice but to do this to protect its own citizens. Israel is stuck between a rock and a hard place and the pales put this on themselves. I just feel bad that they are political pons in the arab-israeli conflict. Arab countries have more money they know what to do with..they can help the pales???
12. UN
Ben Hur ,   Manhattan, USA   (09.26.06)
Meanwhile, in the real world: Sudan: Arab militias rampage killing, enslaving and ethnically cleansing all Blacks. Total:200,000 victims, higher estimates say 600,000. Algeria: Islamist continue to murder civilians by the 100s of thousands.500,000 to 1 million in the war of independence; 100,000 in the civil war in the 90’s. Afganistan: million to one and a half million, as a result of the Soviet invasion; about one million in the civil war. Somalia: Islamists take over killing hundreds. : 400,000 to 550,000 victims in the civil war. Bangladesh: Christians targeted by Islamists. Indonesia: Christians targeted. Executed in kangaroo courts. Iraq: Sunnis killing Shia. And vice versa. Chechnya summary: 80,000 to 300,000 fatalities Chad:Half of the population of Chad are Muslims: In various civil wars 30,000 civilians have been killed. Tajikistan: Civil war from 1992 to 1996 left about 50,000 dead. Turkey: About 20,000 Kurds were killed in Turkey as part of the conflict there. The UN's world: ISRAEL! ISRAEL!
13. Ethnic cleansing? What about Gush Katif?
Phyllis ,   Dallas, Texas, USA   (09.26.06)
What about when the Israeli government chased the Jewish residents out of Gush Katif/Gaza - that was not ethnic cleansing?? Oh, I get it - when Jewish people are chased out of their homes, and those homes are destroyed, then it's OK, but when Arabs who have turned the place into a terrorist center are "oppressed" then that is not OK. Is something wrong with this picture??
14. Has this idiot ever seen a prison ....
Hans ,   Markdorf, Germany   (09.26.06)
with permanent roket fire? Looks as palestinians found a real ninny, belieaving their tales ("once upon a time ---").
15. less suicide bombers and violence brings
(09.26.06)
more welfare
16. UN = Nations United Against Israel
Marc ,   Jerusalem   (09.26.06)
17. But they have enough money for AK47s and bombs, Phew!
i thought there was ,   a real problem there   (09.26.06)
18. democratically sanctioned terrorism
sandgroper ,   Australia   (09.26.06)
"...the Palestinian people are punished for having democratically elected a regime unacceptable to Israel, the US and the EU," Dugard said .... So Mr Dugard, if the "Palestinian" arabs "democratically" decided to support terrorist, genocidal policies aimed at destroying Israel, then does that mean that the UN, Israel, the US and the EU must support it? You are obviously an amoral, anti-Semite, like most of your UN colleagues ....
19. #3 and all
Merlin ,   USA   (09.26.06)
Shame on Israel for this. #3 Mike of Israel, you should not walk around as human, man!
20. Ethnic cleansing? What about Gush Katif?
Phyllis ,   Dallas, Texas, USA   (09.26.06)
What about when the Israeli government chased the Jewish residents out of Gush Katif/Gaza - that was not ethnic cleansing?? Oh, I get it - when Jewish people are chased out of their homes, and those homes are destroyed, then it's OK, but when Arabs who have turned the place into a terrorist center are "oppressed" then that is not OK. Is something wrong with this picture??
21. im all tears.
(09.26.06)
22. dont shit where u eat.
(09.26.06)
23. Food problem caused by Palestinian doings.
Isaac Haskiya ,   Roskilde - Denmark   (09.26.06)
24. Obviously, this is a lawyer from fantasy land.
David ,   Boston, USA   (09.26.06)
The Arabs in Gaza deserve what they get. They prefer to launch missles at civilians in Israel, ransack, not once, but twice, the hot houses GIVEN to them by Jews. They prefer to smuggle weapons rather than building and economy. While I feel a little sorry for the people not directly doing this, they are indirectly responsible because they have not tried to prevent it or make their lives better. It is 100% the fault of the Arabs. Probably mostly the fault of their leaders. As for Dugard's comments about ethnic cleansing, if that is indeed a quote. This man has NO clue about ethnic cleansing or suffering or promoting human rights. That sounds like the rantings of a racist at worst or a lunatic at best.
25. How does this UN guy go to sleep at night...
Logical Thinking ,   From Everyone   (09.26.06)
Since when has it been an obligation of a forgeign government to support another government that is idealogically against it and is its enemy. This guys arguement is the same as saying that Britain should have financially supported Germany when Germany was bombing Poland. He fails to understand that wolrd politics revolve around allied nations. If US is allied with Israel, then it means that the US has no right supporting Israel's enemies... Otherwise, what point is there to treaties.
26. Democratically - SO WHAT?!?!
Robby ,   San Jose, USA   (09.26.06)
"But the Palestinian people are punished for having democratically elected a regime unacceptable to Israel, the US and the EU," Can anyone please explain why the fact that Hamas was elected has ANYTHING TO DO with this story?
27. such arrogance...
Merlin ,   USA   (09.26.06)
May G-d give you what you deserve
28. UN envoy
Caroline ,   Tel Aviv   (09.26.06)
And what do we call the kassam attack on Sderot this morning?
29. Unbelievable!!!
Avi Z ,   New York, USA   (09.26.06)
Unbelievable!!! When will the UN cease to exist already?! They are the most useless, most anti-semetic, bias group of idiots I have ever seen.
30. No food in Gaza
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (09.26.06)
Someone please tell UN Envoy John Retard about those greenhouses.
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