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grandpa · Sep 9, 2006, 03:46 pm

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Gaza: 'We are all starving now':
"Gaza is dying. The Israeli siege of the Palestinian enclave is so tight that its people are on the edge of starvation. Here on the shores of the Mediterranean a great tragedy is taking place that is being ignored because the world's attention has been diverted by wars in Lebanon and Iraq."

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So, what do you guys think? Is the Palestinian population suffering because of Israeli policies? Is attention being diverted from this issue?

Grandpa h.

shield772 · Sep 9, 2006, 03:59 pm

Palestinian problems are the result of their leadership refusing offer after offer for their own state, so this keeps them tied to and dependent on the Isreali government.

RickSp · Sep 9, 2006, 04:14 pm

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Palestinian problems are the result of their leadership refusing offer after offer for their own state, so this keeps them tied to and dependent on the Isreali government.

So the Israeli blockage is all the Palestinian's fault?

I have never understood the argument that whatever nasty thing the Israelis might do, it is always the Palestinian's fault.

shrike · Sep 9, 2006, 04:41 pm

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So, what do you guys think? Is the Palestinian population suffering because of Israeli policies? Is attention being diverted from this issue?

Grandpa h.

There is probably millions of people starving out there what makes Palestinians special?
And why you never make thread about them?

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So the Israeli blockage is all the Palestinian's fault?

If the Palestinian will stop bombing the border block posts maybe workers there will be more willing to make more goods going to Gaza.

PatrickHenry · Sep 9, 2006, 05:10 pm

There are millions of people who have been killed by bombs.

Why shouldn't that happen to Israel? What is so special about them?

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PatrickHenry 9/11: Inside Job Location: Hawai'i, Big Island Posts: 10,446	There are millions of people who have been killed by bombs. Why shouldn't that happen to Israel? What is so special about them? "Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." -- John Adams