gaza

The HAMAS organization in Gaza has declared they are launching a Coastal Force (Navy) ------ despite the fact they have no ships yet. http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/news/article_1341797.php/New_Hamas_navy_to_start_work_soon_spokesman_says__Roundup_ Also, in the next few days, a...

Well, that's a pleasant surprise. After four months I wasn't expecting to see him make it out alive, to be honest, especially after they pictured him wired up to explosives. Nice to have some good news for a change.

In another recent thread, there was some discussion about whether or not Israel would continue aid and assistance to the people in Gaza, despite the HAMAS taking over there. Israel is trying hard to get food and supplies through ---- but the terrorists are trying their hardest to stop it...

We have seen several times, where JREF's "Israel cheerleaders" are scolded because they (we/I) don't voice criticism openly here, and are biased, and refuse to recognize the terrible injustices that the Israelis commit. In the main, I refrain from Israel-bashing (there is a fine line between...

Source Ah, the sweet smell of peace. *wipes tear from eye* I hope it lasts.

Gunmen kidnap Fox News journalists in Gaza: witness FNC has made it policy not to comment on the abduction on air pending negotiations. The CAIR representative brought the situation up on The O'Reilly Factor minutes ago but was fairly quickly shut down by O'Reilly citing the network blackout...

Today in Gaza... A large explosion ripped through a house in a northern Gaza town on Monday, killing one man and wounding two other people, hospital officials said. There were no details on the cause of the blast in Jebaliya. But relatives said the dead man was a member of Hamas. Violence...

Reports are trickling in from the gaza strip, that palestinians have ransacked & destroyed 200 dunams of their greenhouse operations. These strawberry & tomato growing facilities were paid for by generous donations of American Jews who felt the palestinians could maintain the industry which...

A Palestinian man showing contempt for Denmark by stepping on the Danish flag. Members of the al-Aqsa Brigade protest the charicatures by firing into the air. Source in Norwegian.

Apparently it involves open celebrations of alignment with Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and of course, burning synogogues in a token of the new friendship and understanding between the parties. From Yahoo. Yeah, that's the way to crack down on the extremists! I suppose it's cool if they torch...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/18/AR2005081801646.html I would like to quote him on rockets and the world but that would get me in trouble. ;) On rockets, he says that Israel should have an automated response. Each time a Palestinian fires a rocket at Israel, 5...

In most of the articles about the Gaza pullout, Hamas takes credit for the pullout. But in taking credit for the pullout, terrorists also need to take credit/blame for the failure of the 2000 agreement. Did the Palestinians gain anything in this pullout that was not offered in 2000? I assume...

The people who protest the pullout all seem to be fundies convinced that God gave them that piece of land. Sure, it's too bad for the settlers, I can only sympatize that they have to uproot their lifes there, but it was never their land to begin with. So, are there no non-religious arguments...

Well I’m very reluctant to post anything on Israel and the Palestinians as if past threads are anything to go by it will devolve into a mutual slaging match. However I found this article on the tunnel makers of the Gaza strip interesting and I thought I would share...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=721&e=1&u=/nm/20041026/wl_nm/mideast_dc Well, let's see how it goes.

Shlomo Ben-Ami is well known about his mediocre views regarding the Middle Eastern conflicts. I have seen him in BBC's "HardTalk" a couple of times since this summer and I really like the fact that he didn't dodge questions, he accepted mistakes , he criticized the notorious Wall but he didn't...

Palestinians condemn attack on US convoy in Gaza I don't see any need for condemnation. It was clearly a pre-emptive attack against a rogue state possessing weapons of mass destruction that harbours known terrorists and has no regard for the UN.