After six days of strangulation, thousands of Gazans dramatically entered Egypt Wednesday morning after a border wall was blasted open. Afterwards, Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak claimed to allow the Palestinians entry so as to not starve, though he has – up to this point – shown little concern for Palestinian lives while willingly enforcing Israel’s blockade. In particular, he has refused entry of critically ill Palestinians and passage of goods despite warnings by countless humanitarian organizations of the threat to life. Coincidentally, Mubarak’s change in heart came simultaneously with the Palestinian breach in the border wall, and subsequent mass influx of Palestinians. Meanwhile, Israeli President Shimon Peres has lashed out at the Palestinians for not obediantly accepting their own starvation, alleging that the entry of Palestinian civilians into Egypt for food and fuel is a mistake responsible for “killing people.” Apparently, the Israeli President believes that Palestinian survival is a mistake.
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The Palestinians need to stop fighting.
Only if you want Israel to stop treating them like they’re enemies.
Do you?
Or do you paradoxically want Israel to pretend that they’re at peace while Palestinians wage war?
Is that your cunning plan?
Maybe if you’d clearly state your goals, we could see whether they can be worked out.
Posted by Roy | January 24, 2008, 10:22 amOur settlements clearly have everything to do with Hamas. We need to build the settlements to defend against Hamas. That makes total sense! So, like I said, the Palestinians need to realize that we have a right to steal their land and build our settlements in peace!
Posted by roy's mentor | January 24, 2008, 10:35 amOur settlements clearly have everything to do with Hamas. We need to build the settlements to defend against Hamas. That makes total sense! So, like I said, the Palestinians need to realize that we have a right to steal their land and build our settlements in peace!
Posted by roy's mentor | January 24, 2008, 10:35 amOur settlements clearly have everything to do with Hamas.
They have nothing to do with Gaza. Or Sderot. It’s not a settlement. Why is it being rocketed?
You can’t answer that. You all will do anything to avoid addressing the issue of the rockets. Because Hamas and the Palestinians of Gaza are clearly in the wrong on that, and you will never-in-a-million-years admit that Palestinians can be in the wrong in any dealing with Israel.
Being able to point that out in every single post addressed to me is what makes this place fun.
You can’t address the issue of the rockets. Neener neener neener.
Meanwhile, more Palestinians will die for that folly. That’s the mistake that Peres spoke about.
Posted by Roy | January 24, 2008, 10:49 amRoy-do you seriously believe that life in Gaza became terrible when the Qassams were developed?
And who told you life in the West Bank is good, or close to being better? Or that in the West Bank we’ve rejected resisting the occupation?
Do you really believe the PA is actually representative of the Palestinian people?
Posted by Mohammad | January 24, 2008, 1:08 pmRoy-do you seriously believe that life in Gaza became terrible when the Qassams were developed?
No. Do you seriously believe that the rocket attacks have made life better in Gaza?
Can you explain what they hope to accomplish?
Posted by Roy | January 24, 2008, 2:07 pmyes, Mohammed, as a Palestinian, you obviously are responsible for the Qassams and/or support the Qassams. My name is Roy. I’m so smart!
Posted by roy's left testicle | January 24, 2008, 2:31 pmyes, Mohammed, as a Palestinian, you obviously are responsible for the Qassams and/or support the Qassams. My name is Roy. I’m so smart!
Posted by roy's left testicle | January 24, 2008, 2:31 pmMy left testicle…what a nut!
Evidently he’s uncomfortable with the questions I’m asking and would really, really like to distract from them.
Posted by Roy | January 24, 2008, 2:38 pmRoy, I don’t support the rocket attacks because they have caused more harm to Palestinians than good.
But you’ve been suggesting all along that Gaza deserves what it gets for the rockets-whats your justification for what its been getting for the last 40 years?
Posted by Mohammad | January 25, 2008, 2:52 amRoy, I don’t support the rocket attacks because they have caused more harm to Palestinians than good.
You’re the only one on that side that has had the guts to admit that much. Although I note you don’t oppose them on the basis of their targeting civilians.
But you’ve been suggesting all along that Gaza deserves what it gets for the rockets-whats your justification for what its been getting for the last 40 years?
They’re at war. War is hell. Most people know that. They might gripe about it, but they don’t whine that their enemy isn’t nice to them.
Palestinians are ridiculous in that regard. They adopt tactics that ensure that their own people suffer, and then blame everyone else when their people suffer for it.
Posted by Roy | January 25, 2008, 8:24 ami this don’t look at the big picture the closing of gaza is because they soot bombs at a fucking city what can you do this is the very least
they should do if knot to go in war and finishing them off and not even thinking of negotiation with them
Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008, 6:00 am