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Hamas: Arabs have forsaken Gaza
Roee Nahmias
Published: 31.12.08, 18:27
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1. gaza forsaken - there is a reason
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (12.31.08)
if hamas were smart (and seeing how they were caught with their pants down on saturday, we see they are not) they'd see that their way of doing things stinks, not only in the eyes of civilized people, but also those supposedly on their side. hey hamas:no one like you and they want to see you lose. take a hint and get lost.
2. #1, not quite true
Danny   (12.31.08)
Meretz, B. Michael and Amos Oz seem quite keen to bail Hamas out.
3. #1=100%... "Arab nations have forsaken their responsibility"
er der   (12.31.08)
Actually, Gaza is Hamas' responsibility. The people *'elected' them in. And the Hamas went to bed with Iran. As we know, the Arab League D O N O T L I KE I R A N. Tsk tsk, one bad decision followed by another. *Reports were that the party Hamas achieved victory in Gaza not through democracy but using violence and intimidation.
4. Hamas
jeremy ,   hula valley kibbutz   (12.31.08)
The Arab world has forsaken Gaza because of Hamas. The Palestinian people keep shooting themselves in the foot. Israel gave it back they could have made something of the dumb but no, instead they turned it into an army camp. The rest of the world has washed their hands of Gaza except for self hating Israelis like members of the Meretz party
5. The Right Message at Last?
Richie ,   San Jose USA   (12.31.08)
Well, despite the predictable and illogical cacophony from the anti Israeli crowd, there has been a deafening level of silence from Arabs in general, and to some extent, Hamas is right about the assertion of feeling "abandoned" and "forsaken". Perhaps the number of folks in the Arab Community that have realized that the testasterone laden policies of HAMAS, are bad for everyone. The wretched leaders of this blood soaked and ultra terrorist organization, have long taken leave of their senses, and hence are not worth supporting. HAMAS is bad news for everyone, apart from themselves, Hezbollah and the Idiots of the Iranian leadership. Israel has to commit itself to keep up the pressure on this organization until such time that enough of its members realize that there is indeed a better way. Yes, there is. Note the path taken by Abbas, and by a whole host of other people in various parts of the world, to non violence as part of a strategy to resolve, seemingly in tractable and longstanding problems. East Timor and Northern Ireland are two examples of recent cases where common sense and modern thinking, have come to the fore in resolving a longstanding conflict. Of course, right next door is Egypt that got back the entire Saini after losing it ina fair fight with, yes you guessed it, Israel. The kind of minds that produce the logic of HAMAS, are entirely out of sync with the rest of the world and reality. Hamas logic demands that Israel allow the said HAMAS, to rocket its citizens, while allowing it, to import all kinds of missiles and other paraphanalia, to be used against Israeli actions designed to discourage those said rocket attacks. Hama's logic, also demands that it be allowed to ignore the safety of Palistinisans, by launching rockets into israel from residential areas. That Israel need to attempt to remove those rocket launchers and other support facilities, is of course, no concern to Hamas, nor its supporters. Any action taken to remove these facilities and weapons, must result in casualties, given the closeness of residential areas. No amount of care, can prevent the deaths of civilians in these circumstances. The repulsiveness of this organization is perhaps at its most obvious, when it uses the dead bodies of children to parade in front of the camera, in an effort to garner international sympathy. Apparently these children are more useful to these blood thirsty wretches when they are dead. I do hope the number of humans who see this despicable group for what it is and what it is, and what it represents will eventually reach a critical mass, large enough to make a difference.
6. Gaza Is Not Forsaken, Hamas Is Forsaken
RickD ,   USA   (12.31.08)
Israel is being given the opportunity to do what it wants to Hamas. The conditions are that no humanitarian disaster take place in Gaza and no mass civilian casualties occur. It's up to Israel to execute its plan. Since Mr Abbas is in favor of the operation how can any Arab govt be against it? It's now up to the Israeli govt to execute its plan.
7. It is Hamas the terrorist who has forsaken Gaza
Rami of Nazareth ,   Israel   (12.31.08)
Gaza is not the responsibility of the arab world...
8. Sounds like Boo Hoo to me
ek   (12.31.08)
Crybabies. blaming everyone else as usual. Expecting the world to keep seeing them as some kind of a "retard child" who cant keep his hands to himself and cant be held countable for his actions. pathetic.
9. Of course the arabs have foresaken Gaza...
Rich ,   Raanana, Israel   (12.31.08)
...They knwo which way the wind is blowing. Its blowing freedom, economic opportunity, tolerance, coexistence. They dont want to be associated with HAMAS's 7th century fanatic, totalitarian ideology with support from their distant uncle AL QAEDA.
10. Forsaken Gaza
Hans-Jörg Marby ,   Markdorf.Germany   (12.31.08)
Gaza is not forsaken. But to get a hand from someone Hamas has to come up with a willingness for a peace-agreement with Israel. Thats the clue.
11. Dont worry Hamas-The British love you terrorists
Alan ,   Sa   (12.31.08)
as long as you promise not to bomb them .
12. arab
Steven ,   usa   (12.31.08)
They know that your the little brother that starts a fight and wants big brother to take over for him. Enough is enough. If your big enough to start then YOU finish it.
13. Forsaken ?
Sagi ,   Israel   (12.31.08)
We can lend you a few good leaders just for a short time. How about Beilin for Prime Minister and Aloni for Minister of Justice, Oz as Minister of Culture and you can have Peretz on Defense and Halutz as COS.
14. The arab nations remember when "palistinians" tried to kill
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (12.31.08)
the king of Jordan after he allowed them refuge. No arab state wants imported terrorists from gaza.
15. Hamas has no one else to blame then themselves
Paulo ,   Michigan, USA   (01.01.09)
How can Hamas blame its Arab brothers when Hamas openly accepts money and weapons from Iran. Iran is not even an Arab country but will do anything to reach its goal of destroying Israel. Hamas is enslaved to Iran. Look now, your own Arab brothers stand in the shadows waiting for your destruction so Abbas can retake your cities. At least Abbas will talk to Israel to get a homeland while Hamas steals from the people and fills its Swiss bank accounts up with its blunder. To hell with you Hamas. I hope that Israelis eliminate your leaders. They all hide like the swine they really are.
16. Not Gaza
Ali Z. ,   Washington DC   (01.01.09)
But Hamas, I think the world cares about Gaza but Hamas only cares about Hamas and emotionally blackmailing the Arab world with Gaza. This whole ordeal really began when Hamas refused to acknowledge Oslo and the agreements that came with it that brought Hamas to power. WTF!!!?? Hamas should bear responsibility and deal with the consequences of their stupid decisions.
17. Not True!
Bill Foonman ,   Jacksonville, USA   (01.01.09)
The Arabs have forsaken Hamas and its ilk as they are smart enough to recognize that Islamic fundamentalism is a direct threat to them and everyone else.
18. the arab word doesnt care about Hamas Livni is their friend
zionist forever   (01.01.09)
The arabs might hate Israel and want to see it destroyed but other than Assad every other arab leader thinks Hamas are more trouble than they are worth and worry if they will take Gaza what will they try take next. The arabs could have condemed Israel days ago when the Europeans did but they intentionly left Israel to do its thing before they started condeming it and demanding the world force Israel to end the air strikes. Even Abbas hasn't had anything to say and he is supposed to be the palestinians president that includes Gazans. Other than Iran and the leftists the bes friend Hamas have is Livni. She wants a ceasefire now because she is on a roll right now and if the election was today she would win by a landslide. When the F16s run out of targets its either accept a ceasefire on Hamas terms because they are holding all the cards politicly. Hamas are no fools when it comes to politics they know when they are calling the shots because of the election. The only alternative is a ground offensive that means there are risks things can go wrong and continued rocket attacks while the operation is being carried out. The public are also only willing to accept a certain amount of rocket fire before the start blaming the government for not delivering the goods and vote Likud because they have lost faith in Kadima. Livnis only option to accept any terms Hamas dictate no matter how bad the deal is for Israel but make it look like a good deal that was based on terms we dicated to Hamas. Right now our best friends are the arab world and believe it or not Olmert & Barak who it seems want to see this one through so between them they have overruled Livni. Hamas & Livni belong with each other but she is their closest ally all their traditional friends have deserted them.
19. mashaal and haniyeh
(01.01.09)
haven't you two forsaken the gazans? while you hide your asses in syria and underground bunkers stuffed with the best fallafel and italian suits, you shout at the world and at your people to make themselves into shaids and martyrs against the idf troops, especially women shaids now.....a vile recent phenomena. can you tell me why you two are not at the forefront fighing with hamas and lobbying rockets as well? what are you afraid of? dying? isn;t it what you encourage your citizens to do? die for you? i think you should start living by example. thanks the lord above that you rule over the most unintelligent and stupidenst people in the world. so much so that you can use them for anything you want without hurting yourselves and your sons and daughters in the processl. is this a mark of a leader or a vicious vile perfidious abusers of power?
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