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'Famous athletes on next flotilla'
Roee Nahmias
Published: 22.07.10, 08:53
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61. flottillas
avi ,   haifa   (07.22.10)
this is the most ridiculous discussion I ever read. especially from the protagonists for another failed flottillla.So what if a soccer star will be on board. Up to now I was convinced that football stars are not! among the brightest minds, no matter what country.Besides becoming filthy rich they do not contribute 0 to mankind. And Moe, really, wasn't there also a UN resolution on tthe disarment of Hizb-Allah. who trusts the UN? Neither me nor the Palestinians, otherwise they wouldn't ask for european or NATO troops to guard their future border.
62. just find out Ban Ki Mon TODAY
ghostq   (07.22.10)
is huge trouble, he leaked private documents to the washington post now he face harsh critisism by SWEDEN, what is it with lefties and lack of morals when it comes to other people private property. http://www.swedishwire.com/politics/5499-outgoing-un-leader-blasts-un-chief-ban-ki-moon read it, it's hot as a Ban :P
63. #8 Who said Spain is "civilized"?
Menachem ,   Proud Israeli Jew   (07.22.10)
You occupy the Basques and parts of North Africa and your history is soaked with blood, murder, racist inquisitions, plunder and colonialism. And you want to preach morality to the vibrant Israeli democracy? You used to be up a fascist dictatorship and today you are a EU charity case. The backward Spanish Jew-hatred places Spain among the most antisemitic countries in a Judeophobic Europe.
64. israel is doomed, make no mistake about it
Marwan ,   Amman, Jordan   (07.22.10)
to #37 - if you're not occupying anything, then why does even your closest ally (the US) call it "illegal settlements"? by the way, seeing as you love to quote from the quran, the quran also states in bold letters that your current israel is ultimately doomed. to #38 - i like brackets (i seriously do!) to #39 - i bet my palestinian queen is nagging her husband to liberate her occupied homeland, which i'm sure he (or their son) is bound to achieve eventually. to #49 - all great achievements in human history have started with a dream, including the creation of a fake entity of immigrants from all over the world (aka "israel") over the stolen lands of a living nation (aka Palestine) your technology won't save you when the time comes... however i admit it might help you harvest some more souls, as you marsh to your imminent doom towards hell.
65. athletes
a ash ,   nyc ny.   (07.22.10)
how is the freedom flotilla even allowed to go around and sell this lie and fraud. any athletes suckered into this hopefully should be boycotted and not spondsored anymore.
66. these are idiots
Shalom ,   Ashdod, Israel   (07.22.10)
who know how to bounce a ball. Who cares what they think?
67. insanity
dr anas ,   gaza   (07.22.10)
beleive me this insanity that you are charecterized by will make more support and solidarity for the palestinian (gazan) eithre christian or jewish even. we are innocent we are very weak and any person who has the minimum amount of conscience's Prick , he absolutely knows that you are tyrants and immoral people
68. Let them in, and not out.
Jonny ,   SA   (07.22.10)
Let them in, and not out until all Basque "Freedom Fighters" are freed, and independence granted.
69. Hypocrites Don't Care About Severely Persecuted Non-Muslims
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (07.22.10)
The hypocrites don't care to help those who truly suffer. Egypt Kidnaps Christians The world is shamefully silent over the Egyptian government and Saudi Arabia involvement in the kidnapping of Christian Egyptian girls in Egypt. Kidnapped Christian female children are violently converted to Islam and forcibly married/raped to adult Muslim males. Does the uncaring, mainstream media not report this because telling the truth about Islam would make Islam look bad? Protecting Islam is considered more important by Western mainstream media and government leaders than protecting the lives of desperate, defenseless innocent children! Assyrian International News Agency 8-11-2009 Abduction and Forced Islamization of Christian Coptic Girls Continues in Egypt (AINA) — The systematic abduction and forced Islamization of Coptic minor girls in Egypt is a frequent, dangerous and a rapidly escalating phenomenon. Coptic Pope Shenouda III, December 17th, 1976: “there is pressure being practiced to convert Coptic girls to embrace Islam and marry them under terror to Muslim husbands” and demanded that the abducted girls be brought back to their families. Abductions are done in cooperation between Saudi-funded associations and the Egyptian State Security. …in the majority of cases, the State Security is the one who masterminds the kidnapping plans.” http://www.aina.org/news/20090811125748.htm This horrendous suffering is also perpetrated on Hindu, Sikh and Christian girls in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The U.S. gifts Egypt with 2.2 billion dollars every year. ‘He who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death.’ Bible, Exodus 21:16 Saudi authorities shred all Bibles found on anyone at the airport in Saudi Arabia. Bibles that contain the unchangeable laws of G-D.
70. Hope they're Olympic swimmers
William ,   Israel   (07.22.10)
because it's a long way to the Gaza shores from the sinking boat.
71. Spain just opened doors to 5 terrorists from Guantanamo
William ,   Israel   (07.22.10)
Guess who will be on the next flotilla to Gaza.
72. Hold them until schalit is release
Mordechai   (07.22.10)
Simple assuming they Israel doesn't have to kill them when they stop the boats they should be held until Gilad Schalit is released
73. #32 You come over as jealous of us
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (07.22.10)
74. #64 right...
Omri ,   Israel   (07.22.10)
Oh common we have heard all that before. In our war of independence, in the 6-day war, in the yom-kipor war and many, many other times by various terror organizations. So what's new now that will get Israel doomed THIS TIME? Harvest more souls ah? If that’s what you call a nationality being in their own free country then I bet 99.9999% of the world is going straight to hell as we speak. You're Islam-fascist state will have to wait until a Palestinian organization that believes in peace and democracy will come to power.
75. #64 Marwan.
Yossi G. ,   Jerusalem   (07.22.10)
We've been listening to the same idiot crap for the past 100+ years and all that happens is, we just get stronger. With Allah asleep at the wheel, you better make sure He does'nt take you folks over the side of a cliff, right into the abyss. In the meantime, we'll be waiting..
76. Hypocrite Turkey's Involvement in Jihad Flotilla Ignored
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (07.22.10)
A letter to Congress from: ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF AMERICA http://www.anca.org/ Alert Congress to Turkey's Hypocrisy Erdogan's Self-Righteous Lectures Ring Hollow in the Face of Turkey's Century of Genocide and Human Rights Abuses I am writing to bring to your attention the blatant hypocrisy of Turkey's leaders preaching to the United States and the international community about human rights, blockades and international law. Turkey should be the last country to offer lectures about the conduct of other nations, especially when we consider the shameless record of violence and aggression by Turkish leaders, both at home and abroad, over the course of more than a century: 1) Turkey aggressively denies the Armenian Genocide, pressuring America to remain silent on this crime, and prosecuting its own citizens who speak truthfully about this atrocity. 2) Turkey has been illegally blockading landlocked Armenia since 1993. 3) Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974 and continues to occupy over a third of this nation. 4) Turkey has destroyed thousands of Kurdish villages, uprooting millions of Kurds, and denying tens of millions of its own Kurdish citizens of their basic human rights. 5) Turkey denies the Sudan Genocide and provides arms to the Sudanese government, led by Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for war crimes. 6) Turkey continues to impose official restrictions and unofficial pressure on the Armenian, Greek, Assyrian churches and on other minority religious groups. 7) Turkey's leaders foster domestic political support by taking anti-U.S. and anti-Israel stands: Among the best selling books in Turkey is Hitler’s Mein Kampf; one of their most popular films, Valley of the Wolves, features a Turkish nuclear attack on Washington I appreciate your attention to Turkey's hypocrisy and am hopeful that you will take Turkey's shameless attempts to lecture America and arm-twist U.S. policymakers into account the next time that its leaders or lobbyists try to misrepresent Ankara as a defender of human rights and international law.
77. Egyptian Columnist: 'What Siege Are They Talking About?'
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (07.22.10)
Report #3077 MEMRI THE MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE July 2, 2010 Egyptian Columnist: 'What Siege Are They Talking About?'; 'The Egyptian People.... [Should] Pray to Allah to Smite Them With [Such a] Siege' In his column in the Egyptian daily Rooz Al-Yousuf, dated June 29, 2010, Muhammad Hamadi gave statistics from a Hamas website showing that despite all the talk of a siege on the Gaza Strip, and in contrast to claims that Egypt has a role in starving the Palestinian people there, so many goods are streaming into Gaza that supply is greater than demand – and that as a result, produce, poultry, and beef are cheaper there than in Egypt. He concluded that life under siege in Gaza is easier than it is in Egypt, where the people would love such a siege. The following are translated excerpts from the article: Hamas Has "Turned to Resistance Online and In the Media" "After the [Hamas] movement abandoned the real resistance and turned to resistance online and in the media, one of Hamas's many websites published an important report comparing prices of goods and produce in Egypt and in Gaza. "The report states: A kilo of watermelon in Gaza costs less than one Egyptian lira, while in Egypt it costs over two lira; a kilo of tomatoes in Gaza costs less than half a lira, while in Egypt it costs 1.5 lira; a kilo of potatoes in Gaza costs half a lira, while in Egypt it costs two lira; a kilo of onions in Gaza is one lira, while in Egypt a kilo of onions is 1.5 lira; a kilo of garlic in Gaza is 10 lira, while in Egypt it is 15 lira. "A kilo of chicken in Egypt is 20 lira, and in Gaza it goes for only 10 lira. The average price of a kilo of beef in Egypt is 60 lira – while in besieged Gaza it goes for five lira. A tray of eggs in Egypt is 19 lira, while in Gaza it is only 10 lira." "What Siege Are They Talking About?" "This comparison of prices between Egypt and Gaza, which has been under siege for three years, as they say, shows that life under siege is cheaper, more convenient, and easier... "So what siege are they talking about? Does the siege cause prices to drop? And how are goods flowing into Gaza despite the siege? ... "These questions are not being raised [here] in expectation of an answer from Hamas, but they are directed at all Hamas supporters in Egypt who see nothing wrong with accusing their own country of betraying the Palestinian cause and of starving the helpless Palestinian people with the oppressive siege on Gaza. "If this is what it's like in Gaza under siege, then the Egyptian people, who have been burned by the fire of prices and who peel off part of their limited income to save the besieged Gaza residents, [should] pray to Allah to smite them with [such a] siege, if the seige will lead to lower prices and make it possible for every common citizen to buy eggs, meat, and poultry like the Gaza residents do." http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4427.htm
78. Marwan # 64
avi ,   haifa   (07.22.10)
Please let me know how the quran could possibly know anything about today's Israel and please a citation and not just words. Personally I think you read to many mystery novels to come up with your prophesies. I would call abdallah's wife the jordanian queen and not "my palestinian queen" , because you hereby admit that her her allegience is with the palis and not with the hashemite kingdom, which by the way is part of the original mandate and open for negotiations as part of palestine. the brits did not ask the world , when they created your artificial country. and lastly it was Israel who several times saved hussein's monarchy. Even though the queen might be nagging the king, he is not such an idiot to start a war with israel, remember 67.
79. Flotilla Balls
ik ,   USA   (07.22.10)
This match is one Nadal will surely lose.
80. Hurry , Aid Flotilla !The new mall in Gaza must be out of..
Paul ,   USA   (07.22.10)
Sony playstations and Armani clothing !
81. Marwan of Amman
GOOD ,   USA   (07.22.10)
To Marwan in Jordan, Listen good, Marwan. The Jews have more history and claim to the land of Israel than you'll ever have. There is no Palestinian language, no Palestinian archeological discoveries, no Palestinian nationality or flag until recently. In fact, you probably live in the capital city of Palestine - Amman. Please also take in count that if Israel is doomed than your country is doomed too as Jews will not go without a fight this time around and if Israel is gone, so is the rest of the ME and probably a large chunk of Europe too. You people better be nice to the Jews and you just might learn something to help you get out of the 7TH century.
82. # 67
avi ,   haifa   (07.22.10)
what are you trying to say?
83. The "palestinian"
chris ,   wales   (07.22.10)
SOMEONE FROM SO CALLED PALESTINE SAID "lovely news but Israelis have pathaological fear of others" The whole World is against Israel mostly because of you people who Engage Israel in war,then hide behind civilians so israel get Blamed for your Crimes. You would have said the same thing in the 30's too,that Israel has this pathological fear of all people,,I WONDER WHY ISRAEL HAS THIS FEAR,GO FIGURE! And as for "Palestine" last time i looked into the History book I could never ever find any reference of a state called "PALESTINE" It only in your own heads since 1967 when Jordan & Egypt lost this ground..Never was there an Arab state called palestine..jews called themselves palestinians jews in the 40s
84. Your falling for the free gaza propaganda again!!
Molly N ,   Haifa   (07.22.10)
Until we see these Spanish world star players say on tv this then sit back in your chairs I was alway told never believe everything you read but you have all fallen for this total trick for more publicity, whilst slamming Spain. Some doubting the sports men achievemnts, the first difference being they are young world famous sporting heros admired around the world, of course if you want to trigger propaganda and lies then it's quick to latch on to celebs. It's easy to sit at you sticky lap tops and defame and slander, but really don't think you'd say any of these absolutey crazy insults to their face cause a) your not that brave b) you can't afford the lawsuit for slandering ones name and c) your idiots who believe what you read and take it all in as fact.
85. Marwan "the way I see it" #32
jb ,   Canada   (07.22.10)
I'm surprised you see anything, Marwan. You're obviously blind I suggest you check out the freedoms in your own pathetic little monarchy...soon to be ex-monarchy. Your "little king", you know the one with no clothes, will soon be overthrown and you'll be left with the Palis and the Muslim Brotherhood in control. Good Luck! "theres no need for you" Give me a break you little prick. The only reason you ever needed Jews was to spit at them. and what has your great Muslim non-civilisation ever done lately for the world except create terrorists to destroy everything that isn't muslim. Soon your shitty little country will be torn apart like a chicken dinner by Iran and Syria and you'll be running to Israel for help; just like Israe had to save your sorry ass from a Syrian invasion a few years ago. Feh!!
86. Goliath, the giant philistine who was beaten by King DAVID
it's FALSE-tinians ,   NOT palestinians   (07.22.10)
Goliath and Delilah were real Biblical philistines, are they palestinian heroes?...NO! Why is that?.. Can anyone of these who post here and call him/herself "palestinian" explain this mystery?
87. Well all I can say is: VIVA BARCA!!! VIVA CATALONIA!!!
Alex ,   Haifa, Israel   (07.22.10)
88. Nadal has kissed my support goodbye.
Lee ,   Manchester UK   (07.22.10)
amongst many others. Notice the omission of the cause of the 'poor little Gazans' hamas. Sickening - this is witch hunt on the victims!
89. How cares? Let them go...
Mark ,   USA   (07.22.10)
...and I hope that Israel this time will act more wisely - if ships will not turn to Ashdod or Egypt sink those ships with their famous garbage on board. Let them play soccer and tennis with barracudas.
90. #86 A history leason
Omri ,   Israel   (07.22.10)
Ancient palastin are people long gone and have nothing to do with the modern palastinians. The term palastine came when the romans kicked out the jews and brought other people to the holy land instead, this to spread the ressistance to the roman empire. They then changed then name to palastine as to mock the jews and name their country with a name of a long gone rival. This is "palastine" not the ancient kingdom of palastine if thats what you where thinking.
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