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EU condemns 'disproportionate' use of force by Israel
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Published: 02.03.08, 11:51
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31. 'disproportionate' force
Mike Said ,   Johannesburg, RSA   (03.02.08)
What would those EU idiots prefer, that every time a rocket lands in an Israeli town or city we just indiscriminately fire one into a Palestinian city, town or settlement? At least Israel targets the terrorists and their infrastructure Don't stop till they stop!
32. Let them complain ... defend Israel!!
Christy ,   Boston, US   (03.02.08)
So the EU complains. Big Deal! Do what needs to be done to defend yourselves. Doesn't matter if the EU, UN, US, China, Russia, etc. all complained. THE most important thing is for Israel to survive. For that, Israel should utilize the superior force she has.
33. ISRAEL RETURN FIRE WITH EQUAL AMOUNTS OF
petra ,   USA   (03.02.08)
ACCURATE ROCKETS. PERHAPS THE UN WILL APPROVE? ;) THE UN/EU IS ONLY POSSIBLE 'CUZ AMERICA SAVED THEIR SORRY ASSES FROM NAZISM. AS FOR THE SAUDIS, THEY'RE JUST PISSED THAT HITLER FAILED. ALL THE OIL $$$ IN THE WORLD CAN'T STOP ISRAEL FROM DEFENDING AND WINNING OVER THE TERROR THEY SUPPORT. ALTERNATIVE FUELS WILL SET THE BASTARDS BACKWARDS ANOTHER THOUSAND YEARS. THEY FEAR BIN LADIN MORE THAN THE JEWS. AFTER BUSH IS GONE, WHO KNOWS WHAT WAR THEY WILL FACE WITH THEIR OWN TERRORISTAS.? I HOPE HE FINDS A WAY TO HURT THEIR INTERESTS.
34. EUcondemned:also not in my name
daniel Mostrel ,   paris france   (03.02.08)
as usual they are prompt to condemn Israel;never heard this week with the turkish invasion in irak of course!thereal problem is the access of journalists they bring pictures they loved to show you know women children ...also not in my name proud french jew
35. EU Condemnation
Carol Eberwein ,   Philadelphia USA   (03.02.08)
Slovenian EU president neglected to condemn the Jihadists' universal practice of using the civilian population as HUMAN SHIELDS,as well as, women and children, including mentally challenged children, for suicide bombers.
36. It's WAR!
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (03.02.08)
In WAR you clobber the enemy with everything you have. "Proportional response" only means that the war will continue forever.
37. EU condemns 'disproportionate' use of force by Israel
E ,   UK   (03.02.08)
LIKE THE DISPROPORTIONATE USEOF FORCE AGAINST THE TALEBANIN AFGANISTAN!
38. Algerian papers: Security forces killed 25 Islamic insurgent
Yehud   (03.02.08)
Israel condemned, Algeria not condemned hypocrits
39. EU phonies: isn't Hamas rocket fire collective punishment?
STFU EU ,   usa   (03.02.08)
Isn't it "disproportionate" also to shoot Qassams and Grad missiles at civilian areas of Israel?
40. Stop condemning. Give us an alternative!!!!
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41. If Israel were like Hamas it would should Qassams at Gaza
(03.02.08)
now THAT would be against international law!
42. Let's take this into a European perspective
S   (03.02.08)
What if the Basques were given their space, that is: all Spanish and French people move out of Basqueland and leave everything in the hands of ETA. Because of ETA's past, nor Spain, nor France will allow movement in and across the border of Basqueland happen. ETA is then solely responsible for future steps, which means: 1. seek peaceful matters and open the way for dialogue with Spain and France. 2. continue to bomb inside Spain and France in order to gain more land for Basqueland. Let's say Spain and France would behave like Israel. That is: let daily bombings continue on their soil (as there is only a few times people die due to ETA bombs the international community thinks that is ok) and do nothing. Untill a few deaths later, Spain and France decide to retaliate on Basqueland, because ETA is doing nothing to prevent those bombings on their soil. The international community cries suddenly that innocents are being killed (innocent Spanish and innocent French people are not considerd to be worth mentioning) and that hospitals in Basqueland are having a hard time coping with the injured (among which ETA-militants!). Acting like Israel, Spain and France even decide to supply these Basque hospitals with food, blood units and other medical supplies. All Spain and France is hearing is an international outcry that they are using excessive force and disproportionate tasks. its the world upside down!
43. EU condemn: not in my name either!
Hans ,   Berlin   (03.02.08)
44. Say it like it is
Jeffrey ,   Boston, USA   (03.02.08)
EU not anti Israel. EU anti Jew and Jew Haters!
45. Suicide bomber uses disproportionate force against civilians
Concerned citizen ,   World   (03.02.08)
in Pakistan. At least 40 people killed and hundreds wounded during a PEACE MEETING in Pakistan. That's something which should be condemned with harsh words. Not country X defending itself against entitiy Y which is shooting rockets daily onto its soil!
46. Collective punishment? Selective condemnation
eh-oop ,   UK   (03.02.08)
But what would you expect from these biased euroaparatchiks?
47. When 1000 palestinians=1 israeli, it's not disproportionate!
cizi ,   canada   (03.02.08)
After Cpl. Shalit was captured, much of the Palestinian population demonstrated in the streets for the proposition that 1000 Palestinian prisoners would be a fair exchange for his release. Until his release, this definition of "proportionality" (i.e. 1000:1) remains a reasonable standard which, the EU should note, has not been exceeded.
48. Two words for EU "F**k E'm" [end]
yehuda ,   Israel   (03.02.08)
49. NO to EU Crap
Brod ,   USA   (03.02.08)
The EU has NO right preaching to Israel.
50. Proportionality
Barry Leonard ,   Boston, Mass.   (03.02.08)
The EU can go screw itself. They care not a whit for the survival of Israel.Israel MUST defend itself with vigor. I wonder what France or Spain would do if they were being rocketed daily for months and years by a neighbor. The world does not love a Jew. What more will it take to learn this? Self defense is the ultimate right.
51. The eurabian union would have condemned
jason white ,   afula,israel   (03.02.08)
the Jews of the warsaw ghetto for using disproportionate force against the nazis!
52. EUROPEAN UNION of MUSLIM COUNTRIES
Dan ,   USA   (03.02.08)
EU countries are frightened to death of their Muslim populations so any statements they issue should be ignored. Soon the EU will become the EUMC ( the European Union of Muslim Countries) and they will have their political correctness and spinelessness to blame for its happening.
53. #27 Joseph - Gracie my friend
Squalid Ibn Harman ,   Qtir   (03.03.08)
54. Remember the St. Louis - 70 years later nothing has changed
Squalid Ibn Harman ,   Qtir   (03.03.08)
When the St. Louis left Germany in 1939 with its Jewish refugees, they were turned away from one port after another and not allowed to disembark. There may have been precious few Righteous Gentiles who saved the fortunate ones. But as a society they stood by complicit with genocide that was threatening our very existance. In the end the St. Louis had no choice but to return to Hamburg where most of the people were sent to their deaths in the concentration camps. EU showed their lack of morality. When all was said and done 2 of every 3 Jews in Europe were murdered. Where was the EU outrage? On the contrary Poles and Russians along with many other peoples voluntarily collaborated with the Nazis and shared in the goal of seeking our extinction. Today after exhausting all options and under the constant barrage of rocket fire, we have witnessed a boy lose both legs, a girl lose her arm, and a father at Sapir university leave two orphans because of the rocket fire and all the other casualties. Where was the outrage as the people of Sderot and Ashkelon suffered from a barrage of thousands of rockets? Not a word from EU. But when Jews and Israelis stand up to fight the terrorists who kidnap, stab, murder, blow themselves up just to try to murder us, and maim at every opportunity, suddenly they regain their voice. And my answer is simple to the EU: GO TO HELL! YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE US ENOUGH HARM. WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY OR THINK. WE CAN ONLY COUNT ON OURSELVES TO SURVIVE AND SURVIVE WE WILL AT ALL COSTS AND TO WHOM EVER THE COST MAY BE. As Ofra Haza, of blessed memory, sang at the Eurovision Festival in Berlin where the Holocaust began and in the face of the Germans: "Am Yisrael Chai" - The People of Israel Is Alive [and Will Live and Flourish]
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