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UN envoy: Hamas uses Gazans as human shields
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 14.01.09, 03:36
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1. ban is a delusional UN idealist whose brain is full of
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (01.14.09)
wishing instead of common sense. What a pathetic looser he is, see how much love he has for terrorists, how little for decent people. He kisses the violent freaks and steps on the toes of honest civilians.
2. U.N. finally being fair
robert barrett ,   fort smith ark usa   (01.14.09)
Thank G-d that lady from the U.N. Saw the truth with Hamas using public places and homes and civilians in such a barbaric way. I just hope the people will just revolt against Hamas but someone will have to come in and replace the vacuam left behind and it needs to be someone that does not steal all the money like Arafat and his people did when he was alive. If Arafat would have been a honest man and truely loved his people this mess would not he happening today.
3. Mrs Ambassador who will buy your lies!!!
George ,   Canada   (01.14.09)
This kind of cheap lies letters won't clear your every day unjustified killing of civilian .Why don't you tape these actions?!!.What about the opposit is happening ,the IDF is covering itself behind palestinian civilian.By the way this aleardy happened in West Bank before and was tapped by forieng corresponder. No body will buy this.
4. Ban-Kimon takes UN too serious!
Asher ,   NY,USA   (01.14.09)
5. Ban Ki Kloon
Frank ,   Canada   (01.14.09)
The fighting must stop: just an empty slogan from an irrelevant organization which has no workable solution to create a real peace. Israel should not waste her time with these clowns.
6. Wake up Shalev:THE WORLD DOES NOT CARE!
Arie ,   BaGolan   (01.14.09)
The world would prefer the terrorists survive then demand they cease the horrific act of using women and children to protect their terrorists! Durban UNRWA HRW? All make statements promoting hamass "take all action" to survive. To hamass, that is the green light to continue. So what if several hundred innocents die? So what if their leadership hide in the basement of a hospital with patients as kevlar. The ONLY thing the world cares about is that an entity that s so rabidly anti-Jewish survive to continue!
7. hamas uses civilian as human shield
p k ,   tempe usa   (01.14.09)
I have a feeling that Haniyeh is diguising himself as a doctor.Check please
8. blah blah blah Gabriela. you could have fooled us
sami ,   son of yaffa   (01.14.09)
9. UN is worse than useless. It is morally bankrupt.
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, DC USA   (01.14.09)
The League of Nations had its time, and failed. Based on lessons learned, it was replaced by the United Nations. The UN itself has by now shown itself to be a failure, captive to the Arab/Islamic bloc and third world nations that constitute an automatic majority there. The best thing to do is salvage a few useful international bodies and shut it down. Start a new body with membership limited to the bloc of democratic nations.
10. What would mon ki ban say if no.korea
jason white ,   afula,israel   (01.14.09)
was firing missiles and mortar shells into his so. korea? Let him shut up and let us destroy the terrorists. Why is he protecting them?
11. OH MY GOD! REALLY?
amani ,   palestine   (01.14.09)
"a Hamas war room was discovered beneath the largest hospital in Gaza" yes , i have seen yesterday a 4 year-old girl who was injured , and her 2-year-old and 8-year-old sisters hot to death for carrying ( mmmm...what was it) NOTHING and that's not a mistake , because the soldier just shot the 3 of them from a close distance (unless he's size-blind and saw them big bearded men with guns
12. Civilian casualties.
Robert Bernier ,   Tel Aviv   (01.14.09)
Israel has cancelled many military operations because of its concern with civilian casualties. But should civilian losses occur despite the best efforts of Israel to avoid them, it is ultimately not Israel's responsibility. As political philosopher Michael Walzer noted in 2006: "When Palestinian militants launch rocket attacks from civilian areas, they are themselves responsible - and no one else is - for the civilian deaths caused by Israeli counterfire." The respect of international law (2 parts) : http://xrl.us/bebdpb
13. Boy are canadains just stupid or what? George?
Go to You-tube ,   lots of proof there   (01.14.09)
14. Amani too many times your people have been caught
sorry. the world is ,   not buying it   (01.14.09)
Making up sad stories to sell the world on how bad Israel is. Sorry we do not believe anything that comes out your mouths. How do we know it isn''t just more of the same Islaimist tactic to kill there own people to make Israel or the US look bad. They sure are not standing up to fight so they very well be using the same tactics used in the past in every conflict against the US or Israel.. Killing there own to turn public opinion against us. We are not as stupid as you might think. We can watch Al jazziash!t and see the artful Islamic propaganda with our eyes closed. Why in the hell should we trust a death cult religion? Is it just an arab thing, that men teach there sons to lie and kill there kids and cry US or Israel did it and cry for the camera all the while never letting anyone close to inspect the cause of death and whose ammunition or explosives it was? Or is it learned in Islam?
15. #2
Mike ,   Vancouver   (01.14.09)
George from Canada, learn English first. One could easily recognize a foreigner, I bet muslim, in you.
16. #13 stupid only ,who consider you tube a prove.
George ,   Canada   (01.14.09)
17. stupid
shlomo bin Yatiz ,   israel   (01.14.09)
hey, I cannot understand how stupid are you all, peace is the only way Israel can continue to live in this environment, we are small country surrounded by enemies, even the one we have a peace treaty with are only years from being overthrown by islamist. it doesn't take more than couple of hours for the entire army of any of these countries to reach Tel Aviv. the missile capabilities of Hamas, Hezbollah will and are improving by the minute, it won't be long before their missiles are much stronger and much accurate, what will we do then, in less than 50 years Arabs from all over the world will have their rockets and missiles well developed and launched from the middle of the pacific and Israel will have nothing to defend itself with, missile shield ? ok what if thousands of these landed in Israel in matter of minutes ? What kind of a shield will be able to stop those? Nuke them ? great , lets give them another reason for killing us as well. Hope you look further than your feet and realize that the US won't be able to mobilize its entire army to defend Israel if the Arab states decided to attack, we are struggling with a gang holding light weaponry and homemade rockets so don’t tell me that we stand a chance if all the Arab nations were united and fighting together. We did put gaza under siege and we did starve its people, we did break the cease fire and now we are believing our own lies that it was Hamas fault. The amount of hate Israel gained in the last couple of weeks is enough to make us think : why and what for , we have the land we want , let’s give the Palestinian a chance to live , maybe they are not as evil as we think they are
18. NASRALLAH TO UN: Our eyes are on you
Norway   (01.14.09)
"I want to ask a question of the UN Security Council: Does the Council need more Palestinians to be killed before taking measures to stop the Israeli strikes on Gazan civilians?" the Hezbollah leader cried out. He rhetorically asked the same of Egyptian officials, whether they too, needed more dead Palestinians, especially women and children, to open the Rafah crossing with the strip. Referring to the Arab silence over the massacre in Gaza, Nasrallah proclaimed, "We are the enemy of those who collaborate with Israel in its atrocities against Palestinians." Nasrallah also warned that the nation remains vigilant and prepared to repel any attack by Israel on Lebanese soil. He added that "the eyes of Lebanon" are on the UN Security Council and await some constructive action. (PRESS TV, IRAN) http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=80968§ionid=351020203 and over the eyeball of an adder, a weaned child - - shall stretch forth his hand. They shall neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mount, for the land shall be full of knowledge of the Lord as water covers the sea bed. Isaiah 11:8-9, Hab. 2:11,13-14, Dan. 2:31-35, 1 Sam. 17:49
19. The truth
Sammy ,   Tel Aviv   (01.14.09)
YouTube is for morons. The UN is ridiculous. For the truth go to http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/site/home/default.asp?lang=En.
20. akmed you almost fooled me with that George trick
You islamist never ,   believe truth   (01.14.09)
21. shlomo bin Yatiz , living in israel: I feel for you
men are much more ,   evil than u think   (01.14.09)
but what are you going to do, you cannot make peace with those sworn to destroy you. Do you think that those neighbors of yours are going to every make peace with you and settle their refugees of past lost wars? Egypt or Jordan? It ain't going to end in Peace. Pissing them off isn't why they hate you. You as a Nation, a People, are the Light of the World. Chosen Of God. Not any better than any of those rejected just chosen. Men Hate the Light because they love darkness, Men are evil. Israel has the distinction of reminding all men of that fact. We really don't like that... Maybe you see this Arab war against Israel as what it is described by the world, an Israeli/Palestinian conflict but it cannot be solved unless all those sworn to destroy you are dead. God is the only one who has that kind of power, or will. One day the whole world will come to remove you Israel from the land that God promised to give you and He himself will come and fight for you. Yep stupid is as stupid does. You want real peace, seek the one who has the power after he kills you to throw you into hell. Make Peace with Him. Quit fighting Him. He will take care of the future. and those sworn to destroy you and who try remove you from the land He swore to give you. Oh yeah quit being stupid yourself, thinking God ain't real or that you all are not the apple of His eye.
22. hopefully the room was well-ventilated
Rami ,   London, England   (01.14.09)
you don't want to get near these guys when they've had kim chee...
23. THE UN IS A CORRUPT ORGANIZATION!
OPEN UNRWA BOOKS!!!!   (01.14.09)
24. The U.N treating Hamas like a U.N.
Michael   (01.14.09)
member is going to have catastrophic consequences for the west. Despite the moral equivalence the U.N is trying to create this will not curry favor with terrorists. The U.N should not let its emotions toward Israel stop the rational decisions that must be realizedt. The time has come for world to realize Israel is a U.N. member nation like all othe rU.N.nations. If not the U.N risks deligitimizing itself by equating the U.N. = to terrorist organizations. This will lead to a "Global Anarchy "as oppose to a "Global Economics and Peace".
25. #3 civilians in Gaza are buying it -with their blood spilled
rebecca ,   modiin   (01.14.09)
A Hamas leader's house was bombed, after they received a call to evacuate their home. He stayed, with his wives and children. They are all dead. And Hamas is incensed at the death of their leader. Not a word about his family. That was left for the UN so scream about.
26. Human shields.
Robert Bernier ,   Tel Aviv   (01.14.09)
Israel cannot be blamed for hurting human shields. The key problem to be addressed is the way in which terrorists exploit their own civilians, forcing them against their will to serve as human shields or obtaining their agreement to serve as such. When human shields are used, those who agree to be used are combatants, and have chosen to die. As far as involuntary human shields are concerned, the terrorists are to blame for every civilian who is killed. As to the methods of the terrorists : http://xrl.us/bi9r6
27. Robert Barrett #2
Tahl ,   Ashdod, Israel   (01.14.09)
Please re-read the article. The UN is not finally being fair, as this "lady from the UN" is the Israeli Ambassador. We still haven't convinced this Arabist organization of the truth about Hamas - they have their minds and interests set, they simply don't want to listen. The best we can hope from the UN, is putting Israel and Hamas on the same moral level. This overpaid, overrated, incompetent organization is a complete joke.
28. n 3
aline ,   israel   (01.14.09)
Lies? what do you know exactly about the conflict? over there in Canada living your comfortable life. Maybe you should come here and have a taste of the kassams etc....How I envy you to live a normal life and go freely about your business! By the way I was born in Tunisia and there too they used to put the children and the women first.(during the events in Bizerte 1962) This is not a new practice.I don't know why some Arabs act that way....It is beyond comprehension to me and that is why the world has a problem believing Israel. However it is a sad truth.If the world really cared about the Palestinians they would side with Israel and would save them from Hamas terror( not only Hamas but all the other terrorists groups working there and all over the world)
29. #3 You blind stupid Moron
Talula ,   Israel   (01.14.09)
There is evidence, there is film footage and it's splashed across the internet - and in it you can VERY CLEARLY see Hamas firing from schools, grabbing children by the collar to use as a shield and firing from the roof tops of civilian homes. You sad pathetic Idiot.
30. #3 I agree with all here that call you
peggy ,   Israel   (01.14.09)
MORON! Go check out the facts before you make your self more of an idiot than you have already.
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