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Hamas offers Israel year-long truce
Ali Waked and AP
Published: 25.01.09, 22:27
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31. How long will it take
Sagi ,   Israel   (01.25.09)
before people understand what they mean by occupation. As long as there is one Jew left in what was once Syria Palestina for them this is occupation. We pulled out of here and we evacuated there is of no interest to them. We exist and we breath in this part of the world, we occupy.
32. the rat is back from sewage
Alex ,   UK   (01.25.09)
33. Sad!
Blang ,   London   (01.25.09)
I can see it quite clearly! Israel will be held like a puppet by the US in perpetuity. It will be granted just enough leash to buy time from its enemies but never allowed to eradicate them. The enemy will carry on producing jew-haters also in perpetuity, by indoctrinating babies from the age of zero, financed by the west. While Israel will remain strong, it will only be allowed by the US to kill those who have been indoctrinated from birth in limited numbers. This chain supply of jew-haters will remain never ending until the world finally realises they have to stop treating terror in a humanitarian way. How many billions of $s have been given to the "Palestinians" to build infrastructure, create jobs and educate their young? Where have all those billions gone? The liberals and anti-semites in Europe who are feeding this hate machine are slowly themselves being choked in their own countries by the fundamentalists they are absorbing. Wake up! This is not ONLY an Israeli problem!
34. The World Should Be Placed on Notice...
Yaron ,   USA   (01.25.09)
This is in and of itself an act of hostility and should be treated as such. The elected government of Gaza terrorists just never learn their lesson. It is just utterly ridiculous that the do-gooders have nothing to say when this Islamo-fascist ranting is the writing on the wall of what is to come. Next time the Israelis will hunt everyone of the Hamas cowards out of their spider-holes and put them on trial for the whole world to see the true violators of human rights and Intl law. Enough is enough already, Hamas is a cancer and needs to be removed. Next rocket should be met with targeted assasinations and covert operations.
35. #20
Yaron ,   USA   (01.25.09)
Well Said....I am still laughing as I write.
36. HAMAS=MUSLIMS=OBAMA, LOSERS!
Kelly ,   ex US   (01.25.09)
37. Hussein Nobama, muslim, what a disgrace!
Hill ,   AU   (01.25.09)
fighting muslim terrorists? What about your muslim/commi pres?!
38. To #17
Ali ,   Jordan   (01.25.09)
1. Rashid lives in a big prison called West Bank or Gaza. 2. When living in a prison you will be limited of choices. 3. Israeli occupation is not an easy situation which you can live with. 4. Where he can live the kind of life you are telling him to live. 5. I like to tell you that those Hamas Fighters are not fighting for Mashal or Haniyeh or even a peace of land and they aren't easy to uproot them. 6. Israel will not be able to fight against Islam, since what you have seen is the start. 7. If Muslims were given the choice of joining Hamas and defend Gaza, I think 10s of Millions will be immediately ready to fight with Hamas.. 8. Its very difficult for people like you to understand the kind of conflict between Israel (Jewish State) and Muslims. 9. No peace can be done, it's a waste of time, because Jews ideology can't afford sharing this land with others. 10. Main Target of Gaza offensive is kicking the Arab Palestinians from Gaza Strip and replace them with only Jews. 11. Next step will be West Bank, I am sure they have already prepared a plan to force the Arabs in West Bank to leave their land. 12. The last step deal with one Million Arab inside Israel, I am sure they also have some thing for that.
39. iranian project
mohson   (01.25.09)
the colonial arab ayatollah project of iahmaidmejad, kameini and larijanis dying a sure death. Arabs are not the natural persian rulers. And the shia mullahs have distorted and poisoned persian culture to become an arab countyr. They have stabbed king Cyrus in the back. Cyrus had good relations with ancient israel. the real colonialists are the so called palestinians who are no more that jordanian, lebanese and syria arabs who moved in when jews settled the land. Larijan and his colleagues will die a cruel death. This illegal regime who lies and kills will be soon killed the sane way as gazans.
40. #5 where you when the shooting started?
Rob ,   orangevale USA   (01.25.09)
Or you a mouthpiece for the cowards that ran with children as a flak vest? Every day the United States and Israel produces the finest combat troops on earth, with the sole purpose of giving you EXACTLY what you seek so badly. Next time, show your "willingness to die" by facing the enemy, (us), and stop hiding 100 feet deep like the rats. Let the residents flee the battleground and stop using the children for safety. You are a COWARD of the FIRST magnitude, as are your sickening leaders. U.S.M.C. Rob I.D.F. at your service.
41. Hamas terros attacked crossings 17 times in recent times!
Alan ,   SA   (01.25.09)
42. You must hear that nonsense day & night in Berkeley, #22
Cameron ,   USA   (01.25.09)
Had a girlfriend in Chicago who was from Berkeley, and man, her take on politics & the state of the world, always had me somewhat floored, and scratching my head.
43. No Hamas ,No Problem
Marcel ,   Florida   (01.25.09)
Sad that Israel has no vision and is rules by losers who only think in terms of temporary truce.
44. #25 Next time we will use
imagine   (01.25.09)
A HUDGE MAGNET TO PULL hamas FROM THEIR balls
45. A WorthlessTruce
Dan ,   USA   (01.26.09)
A truce so Hamas can rebuild their intrastructure, tunnels and weapons. My fear is the existing Israeli government will go for it or be pushed by Obama to say yes. Israel's voters must choose the most hard line government available to them.
46. To 38# Ali
Daniel ,   Rehovot, Israel   (01.26.09)
1.Rashid lives in prison since your arrogant arab leaders thought you could defeat Israel in 67 but we managed to occupie these lands-which wouldn't happen if you didn't provoke the war,now he pays the price for the arab leaders. 2.Rashid gets to live under "israeli occupation"-because if he doesn't he'll send his nice friends to blow up some coffee shops and busses. 3.Israel is not intersted with fighting Islam,but you leave us no choice, and you cry after you get hit. 4.If million would try to do this lets say we would have a nice party in here. 5.It seems that the Arab world can't stand the Jewish State in the very middle. 9.I agree. No peace can't be done. But I don't agree it's because Jews can't afford sharing land-do you remmember 1948 when they had a chance but refused while the Jews agreed? I hope you do. 10.Believe me if that was the target it wouldn't take 3 weeks-but 3 hours(Somthing like Black September 1970-Made in Jordan-Ooops..) 11.If you could ask any arab that lives inside Israel weather he'd like to move to a Palestinian country-or any other Arab country-He'll definitly tell you he stays here but why? Isn't Israel his enemy? Apperantly yes but not when it comes to social conditions and quality of life-If you look around and compare Israel to its neighbers you'll understand why.though Israel aint got the OIL.
47. Bomb the sh.. out of the tunnels day and night....
Andy ,   ramat hasharon   (01.26.09)
and anybody or thing that crawls out of it. That's what we need to do.
48. No. Eterernal quiet only. How about Israel offers
Avraham ,   NYC   (01.26.09)
terrorist thugs to keep their lives in return for this quiet?
49. #30 Red Flag!
Cynthia ,   USA   (01.26.09)
Ali, you speak from Jordan where you keep Palestinians in refugee camps. You treat them like second class citizens in spite of the fact that your queen is Palestinian born. Hamas fights for Iran, not the Palestinians. Hamas begged Israel to attack and used civilians as shields. They knew Palestinians would die making their actions intentional. These people would be alive today if Hamas cared about the Palestinians. And if Hamas wanted a future for the Palestinians, they would work with, not against Israel. Hamasniks get paychecks by sustaining the conflict. Turkey's PM is conflicted between the Arab world and a desire to move forward and advance Turkey as part of the West. I understand Turkey's position. It's about time you and your Arab brothers stopped obsessing over tiny Israel. Blaming Israel for your failures isn't going to make your life better. I'm sure 22 Arab countries can survive without attacking Israel. Arabs and Muslims die at the hands of other Arabs and Muslims in far greater numbers than at the hands of Israelis. I don't see any protests against the brutal Iranian Regime where Iranians are miserable under the Islamic occupation of Iran and Iran has a terrible human rights record. Clean-up your own backyard first before you skewer Israel.
50. Withdrawal from Gaza didn't bring peace: It brought a...
Robert Bernier ,   Tel Aviv   (01.26.09)
Withdrawal from Gaza didn't bring peace: It brought a nightmare. Gaza is ruled by the Hamas, which recognizes neither the Palestinian Authority nor Israel. Does it make sense for peace groups to advocate negotiations with the Hamas that undermine the “moderated “ Palestinian Authority? Given that Hamas are opposed to peace with Israel, those who couple ending the “occupation” with peace might have to wait a long time for the end of the “occupation”. More at : http://xrl.us/bednn9
51. No truce without Gilad.
Daniel ,   San Jose, CA   (01.26.09)
Here is an easy one. Don't shoot rockets at us. Don't blow up our buses, malls, and nightclubs. We will have fully open boarders with unrestricted travel between Gaza and the West Bank, and will tear down the wall. Then reality sets in: Hamas will rearm itself. It will continue it's terrorist activities and call for the destruction of Israel in the name of Islam. We will react and send troops back into Gaza to spank them silly. This time the right will be in power and they will lay waist to Gaza, with little regard for hospitals or UN schools. When the smoke clears Hamas will be begging for any peace, and bend to any measure to stop the wrath of the IDF. Gilad will be returned no questions asked.
52. The Words HUDNA & Peace
Psalms83 ,   Selah   (01.26.09)
HUDNA means only a temporary lull in the fighting so Hamas can strenghen itself to begin the fight a new.... PEACE a true peace where all sides can grow and prosper ...this is Israels goal....
53. #46 Well said
Akbar ,   Bahrain   (01.26.09)
54. To # 22 Straw man argument
Juicy Barak ,   Washington DC   (01.26.09)
Iran, dhimmis, apologists, pacifist. Straw men, straw men everywhere. Or is it paranoia? There's a point in there somewhere, why not present it properly?
55. ONE STATE, ALL JEWISH NAMED ISRAEL
No pallis   (01.26.09)
All you Muslim, palestinian, hamas, al fatah, whatever, go to your arab states. Israel is for JEWS only.
56. Hamas, get it well into your thick skulls,
(01.26.09)
you will never ever make the games in this part of the world called Gaza Strip. You re-arm yourselves, we re-destroy them, you make numerous dhimmi pronouncements, we annul them, you uncover your heads, we chop them off and so on. Be ready, the game goes on until your final destruction, until this ugly cancer called Hamas, is out forever.
57. Tell them to take a hike!!!
Talula ,   Israel   (01.26.09)
We don't have to be dictated to by a bunch of savages.
58. "HUDNA "MAKES A MOCKERY OF THIS.
ROLAND SEENER ,   LONDON ENGLAND   (01.26.09)
59. #5 good idea
Israelite   (01.26.09)
Get used to it buddy boy - israel has been around for 60 years, and is staying around, best army in the world, we agree with all of you guys, kill youselves , carry on, its a good deal
60. pretty darn sure #5 was being sarcastic
jerome ,   basalt co.   (01.26.09)
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