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Rights group urges Israel to end Gaza blockade
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Published: 18.01.10, 09:20
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31. to 26 (chardon bleu)
tiki ,   belgium   (01.18.10)
'systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestine' before and after 1948....., there WAS NO PALESTINE before or after 1948, there was the Brittish Mandate of Palestine, which included to-day's Jordan and was given as a 'present to the Arabs by the British colonial power.There where Jews and Arab living there, NO PALESTINIANS! Before that, there was Turkish and Roman domination of the 'Jewish Judea and Shomron (as in the bible). The Arabs only started coming in the 1920 fleeing the poverty in their own countries('gastarbeiter like it happened in Europe). The 'Zionist ideology being the reason for the Holocaust of the Jews by the 'Aryan ideology is pure nonsense as I'm sure you know. They where just 'Jew haters, as I think you are. You should come up with a different story to your acclaimed "knowledge" of history.
32. "Ethnic cleansing": Dear Ms. Chardon
Robert Haymond ,   Ashdod, Israel   (01.18.10)
Bleu: Were you aware that 1.4 million Arabs, almost all Muslims, reside in Israel today and are all Israeli citizens? "No, not aware. Okay, just thought an educated Swiss woman like you would want to know. You wouldn't want the world to suspect that you are in any way inflammatory or ignorant."
33. Israel creating more hatred and problems for itself......
Eric ,   JHB SA   (01.18.10)
By this blockade the israeli regime is creating more and more hatred for itself and its citizens. You cannot suppress a people forever. Israel is priming a big bomb for itself in Gaza. By this blockade Gaza is a big powderkeg that is going to explode and for sure Israel will destroy itself by this unjust blockade!!!
34. Gaza blockade
Geoffrey Short ,   London, UK   (01.18.10)
In Gaza, you have in power a regime explicitly dedicated to the destruction of Israel. Does Amnesty expect Israel to make it as easy as possible or as difficult as possible for that regime realise its ambitions? Of course innocent people are suffering as happens in all modern wars. The question is, who's to blame?
35. Gaza blockade is Hamas fault
Dani ,   Amsterdam   (01.18.10)
As soon as they recognize Israel the right to exist and they renounce to destroy it. Amnesty have to deal with them. Actually is Hamas to be blame.
36. amnesty has lost its crediblity a long time ago ....
rachel ,   usa   (01.18.10)
37. I don't hear their voice when Israel is attacked
rachel ,   usa   (01.18.10)
38. to #30 but from experience no entry of gazans
ghostq   (01.18.10)
no sucide bomings of Israeli civilians, plain and simple, you can talk all you want but Israel doesn't have to let palis in her teritory, let alone someone who vaud to kill Israelis. not so hard isn't you don't have to go to philosophy to understand the situation Hamas and hamas alone created.
39. #21 HAMASTAN MUST RECOGNIZE iSRAEL
rachel ,   usa   (01.18.10)
AND STOP THE TERROR ATTACKS
40. #26 you are one sick person ....get some help hatred is an
rachel ,   usa   (01.18.10)
ugly disease
41. #27 repeating the nazis propaganda are we?
rachel ,   usa   (01.18.10)
42. #30 repeating your lies often enough doesn't make it the tru
rachel ,   usa   (01.18.10)
truth ....
43. Amnesty
Eleanor ,   London,UK   (01.18.10)
I have totally lost respect for Amnesty since they have become more political and biased. Like all these other EU lawmakers who constantly say Israel should end the blockade but ignore Hamas's involvement in the blockade. Logic shows it would be suicidal for Israel to open it completely. They also seemed to have ignored the fact that Gaza's aid increased by 28% in 2009(medicine and food).
44. :: Those who condemn AI
Matty Groves ,   Fairport   (01.18.10)
It is always humorous to see some Jews/Israelis/rabid pro-Israel supporters condemn Amnesty International for any criticism of Israel’s many war crimes. Rest assured that you are in very good company as the following countries, who also have abysmal human rights records, also condemn Amnesty International for reporting the truth. Nigeria/Egypt/DPRK (The Democratic People's Republic of Korea). I can understand people’s frustration here as it must be hard to oppress and collectively punish 1.5m people (half of whom are children) with internationally respected HR Orgs looking over your shoulder. I’m sure many here would agree that life would be so much simpler if such independent and internationally respected HR Orgs did not exist and Israel could commit war crimes and human rights abuses without condemnation or censure. After all, in many people’s eyes, Israel is ‘not really’ committing war crimes and human rights abuses as it is only those pesky Palestinians that are being oppressed/starved/stripped of human rights/etc. As I have mentioned I hope ye find solace in the fact that you are not alone in your condemnation of Amnesty International as other corrupt counties and tin pot dictatorships have voiced similar sentiments.
45. No Nakba. no Holocaust...
BBSNews ,   Charlotte, NC   (01.18.10)
It's that simple. Tiki and the other deniers are EXACTLY the same as Holocaust deniers. Just as evil, just as wrong, liars all. Israel is clearly PROUD of the ethnic cleansing and Jewish terrorism that drove out the British and then the Arab Palestinians.. Israel clearly deserves it's fate. Israel has created through hasbara this putrid bed of lies. Now lie in it.
46. Mb world should blockade Israel for a year then we'd see how
Yossi ,   NY   (01.18.10)
the israelis like it. I suggest that no products food or otherwise go in and out of Israel. No israeli can travel in or out of Israel until israel abides by international law.
47. AND WHAT WILL GAZA END IN RETURN?
stude ham   (01.18.10)
their rocket barrrages? their murderous mass bombers? theit anti-israel/anti-jewish hatreds? the rights groups can go to sheoul.
48. # 45
Birdi ,   Israel   (01.18.10)
Bad bad comparison, you can do better.
49. What about suffocating Amnesty in Israel
Michel ,   Jerusalem   (01.18.10)
Time is coming even if our Leftists protest
50. Amnesty International lies
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (01.18.10)
Both the Geneva Convention and the UN Charter disagree. All nations have a right of blockade. Heck the Geneva Convention goes so far as to spell out how it is to be conducted. And explicit right cannot be illegal. I am all for increasing the blockade. No water, no food, no power, no fuel, no medicine. They are not 'occupied' by us in anyway shape or form and they do have another border. We do not have to supply them with anything whatsoever. That too is international law. The US occupies Cuba for the past 112 years and not only do they not supply anything to them, they have had an embargo in place for 51 years. Where is AI? Or HRW? Or the UN?
51. #42
Resistor   (01.18.10)
You are so hollow. Which "lies"-be specific!
52. #10
re   (01.18.10)
Even compared to Haitians in normal times! Don't you watch the Jews??? Sharona , Jerusalem Israel (01.18.10) ha ha ha!
53. blockade
colin   (01.18.10)
The anti Israel ,anti-semetic amnesty international again show the cowardice attacking Israel with its groveling leftest swine. The amnesty international dare not say one word against Egypt who closed the border hermetically against thier brothers whom Egypt considers a batch of illegal rotten terrorists. Why should Israel give these hamas rubbish any food education supplies.All medical supplies are needed in Israel to treat jews suffering from the rockets Kassams bombs etc. Let amnesty international blame the hamas for colective killings of Israel woman children then cry that they are feeling restricted. Israel must deport all amnety international staff as personna non grata.
54. #51 I know there are so many ,you must be so confused
rachel ,   usa   (01.21.10)
55. amnesty reminds me of the national
jason white ,   afula,israel   (01.27.10)
socialist party of WWII. Do whatever it takes to defame and destroy Jews.
56. rights group
ted manna ,   yardley,usa   (01.27.10)
take notice people all these groups will have roots on left of party,also take notice of 54 politicians that request obama to put as much pressure on Israel as possible to further hamas agenda and hurt Israel`s security
57. Do Humans Rights groups ever try to help Jews?
Eugene ,   St. John's   (02.10.10)
I would say yes, they do...as do most governments in the world, prosecute hate crimes against Jews. It's the Israeli government that continues to spread it's apartheid doctrine, murder innocents, and steal land that places Jews worldwide in harm's way.
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