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Hamas bans weddings 'to help students concentrate'
Ali Waked
Published: 04.05.09, 23:35
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1. finishing exams
tetro ,   tel aviv   (05.05.09)
of how to build a qassam in one day, using only a toilet pipe and a few household materials!
2. Wait a minute....
rachel ,   homesoon   (05.05.09)
I thought they had no electricity and food? I thought they were terrified of IDF pilots? Hamas puts students first=bad title. A better one would be, "Proof of Arabs in Gaza fooling the West again" They play at getting sympathy the better to do jihad.
3. Bull- title; why the positive spin on terrorists who exult
Jae ,   Lynn US   (05.05.09)
when jewish childrens limbs are blown off at the dinner table by hamas' premeditated and Islamicly accepted civilian murder rampages (not one person in the Arab world has called hamas terrorists when they blow up Jewish babies)? These are the most depraved "people" in the world; is banning outdoor weddings a good thing? youd think so from ali waked's article. Try more like the taliban; hamas destroys music stores art stores computer cafes and now they ban outdoor weddings in the summer. Give me a freegin' break Waked, you pseudo-journalist. If these were jews who banned outdoor weddings the anti semties and far left would have a field day; but its only the blood curdling hamas ideology, so its ok...right far left and Waked?
4. #1 Work Accidents
(05.05.09)
...These accidents do not get reported in Gaza as they would in the WB. Just remember terrorist, once you start stiring the quassam fuel, you have to stir for a long time.
5. What do they learn? Do they graduate as ?
Zohan ,   Tel Aviv   (05.05.09)
6. suicide bomber?
Zohan ,   Tel Aviv   (05.05.09)
7. i wonder
(05.05.09)
what sorts of questions will be on these final exams? who murdered farfur? how to build a suicide belt? are jews drinking muslim blood? katyusha making? missile assembly? tunnel building? various uses of cow manure? lab science 101: how to make a bomb? how to shield a terrorist with your body? how do we lie to the press? how do we photoshop pictures for newspapers? propaganda 101: it's never our fault! propaganda 102: it's the jews' fault propaganda 103: various objects to use to make a scene of carnage seem as if israel did it. which are they? name them! what happened to all greenhouses israel left behind in gaza? who is not a terrorist, abbas or haniyeh? jews never ever existed in the middle east. explain and prove! list the moral code of hamas list various acheovements of palestinians from 1948 to present in science, technology, literature, philosophy, mathematics, engineering, physics, calculus, astronomy, pharmaceutical, high technology, farming and irrigation, computers, etc.. name date and scientist associated with such discoveries. please provide information on the "palestinian" monetary (coinage), national flag, legal systems, courts, leader and ruler, land and country with specific borders and the date of its recognition and inception prior to 1900's. which was its capital and where did its government and court system concentrate. prove with dates, names and maps please. so many interesting subject matter here to explore and be tested for. you are expected to sharpen your kasaam, oops!!!!! pencil, that is and begin the test now. you have a total of two hours to complete it and hand your booklets in. you may take a 15 minutes break to execute your next missile launch and terror attack at noon, the time where you know for sure that the "israili" kids are leaving school to walk home on foot and so, are exposed to your missile barrages from your side of the border. this should take no more than a 15 minute break period after which, you must finish your final exams. thank you and good luck. palestine lives! kill the jews and allahu akhbar! ps. i wonder with such high test results and grades which university will be sending invitation letters for you to enroll at. just a thought! vivienne, beirut, lebanon
8. Hamas...education orientated?
John ,   Boise, Idaho, USA   (05.05.09)
All of a sudden Hamas is making steps toward supporting higher education OR is this really about the Palestinians having a public voice in regards to Hamas?
9. High school? Weddings?
Sarah ,   New York City, USA   (05.05.09)
Better I shouldn't go there .....
10. Ah! but of course!
Golan ,   SL   (05.05.09)
11. Hamas just doesn't want music played in public...
Joe ,   Ramat Gan   (05.05.09)
This has nothing to do with "putting students first"- it's about imposing Sharia Law while posing as "great humanitarians".
12. Exams
Avi ,   TLV   (05.05.09)
Well done, sure students first.
13. So, what do their textbooks teach and what do they leave out
Aaron ,   SF, USA   (05.05.09)
14. Watch "The Road to Jenin" by Pierre Rehov...
Aaron ,   SF, USA   (05.05.09)
...and you'll see this is what they learn: being a martyr is noble, how to falsify stories and lie profusely, sneak bomb belts using ambulances, and how to modify an RPG so that a 12 year old can use it.
15. lol someone is botherd
ghostq   (05.05.09)
that his students won't be focus in how to make a bomb lessons.
16. God! they are so pathetic and stupid
(05.05.09)
17. weddings...
(05.05.09)
They didn't mention that many times people get injured or killed during these weddings because of celebrations firing their automatic weapons in the air ......strange tradition....everything is connected to violence with these people...
18. You people know NOTHING about Hamas
Jerrold Cohen ,   Seal Beach, USA   (05.05.09)
It's clear to me that the vast majority of you never look at a Palestinian newspaper. I look at several, every day, for years, just like I look at several Israeli newspapers for years. Hamas has been known for its dedication to the Palestinian people, and that is why it won over Fatah by a landslide in its first tryout at politics. It set up mobile clinics where the PA had none. It did great amounts of charity work for the poor where the PA had little or no organization. It ran terrific schools, and even though they were an Islamic organization, the schools were secular. They had high standards. And you people make fun of Hamas. You are totally out of touch.
19. Well said # 18 Jerrold
Seve   (05.05.09)
We said Jerrold
20. to #18 you idiot, probably cause
ghostq   (05.05.09)
you read the Hamas news papers, duh the media their belong to the leaders, not to the people, it's not free open media, it's political media. and we all saw how Hamas treated the gazan in cast lead after stealing aid from the gazans.
21. ghostq or whatever..you ignorant
Indigenous ,   Nazareth,mmm!   (05.05.09)
22. yes, high school, sarah,
nicole ,   israel   (05.05.09)
just like the syrian jewish and ultra-orthodox communities in your beloved new york city. there are other cultures besides yours, you know.
23. #18 they build terrifil schools? lol
cheers   (05.05.09)
where later they shoot their qassams from, while the kids are still inside! understand what i mean? they fool their own people just to get elected and to be able to rule the territory! do us a favor and get urself a brain! they fooled you too ;-)
24. to #21 lol you know I am right
ghostq   (05.05.09)
so much for counter argument.
25. what possible use can hamas have for schools
zionist forever   (05.05.09)
Why do they need schools on Gaza before any of the are educated well enough to get a job they will have been selected for jihad. The only education a palestian needs is 1) Learn how to dig tunnels 2) Learn how to build and launch rockets 3) Learn how to make and use suicide belts 4) Learn how to shoot at Israelis. 5) Learn how to kidnap soilders and trade them for thousands of terrorists. I would have thought weddings are more important than schools that way they would at least be breeding the next generation of terrorists. Let them have their weddings, at least allow them some pleasures of this world before they go to join their 72 virgins in paradise.
26. Better Off Than I Thought
Christy ,   Boston, US   (05.05.09)
Gaza seems to be recovering quickly. Hopefully, the students will learn enough to help make Gaza prosper. It's better than just focusing on hatred of Israel & looking for ways to kill people.
27. Why not have a simple wedding and donate what would
Rivkah   (05.05.09)
have been spent on a big wedding to charity? Basically, what is needed are pictures of the bride and groom in full regalia which can be done at a photo studio with rented garments. Why shame the poor with such displays of wealth they can never attain to?
28. Why these weddings were cancelled
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (05.05.09)
If you Google up the pictures from last years Hamas mass weddings, you will see that all the brides are underage little girls of 7 or 8 years old. Even the usually slobbering foreign media was creeped out.
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