I can't believe there are those who believe the 8000 peole in the Gaza strip should

• The Swift Boating of Cindy Sheehan - Observer
  • It's not a smear campaign and it's not a failure - Reality check
    • Only hateful liars would be proud it wasn't a failure. - Sheesh.
      • She isn't just antiwar. She an anti-semite. sm - sm
        • The new slur - "anti-semite" - Zauber
        • Same son who re-uped - Reality check
        • anti-semite? You are truly a wacko! - gt
          • Certainly the Jews have suffered enough but not enough for Cindy. Educate yourself. nm - sm
            • What is Cindy doing to the jews? This is news. - Democrat
            • educate yourself - gt
              • If you would switch out of attack mode for just 1 sec, she is talking about HISTORY sm - MT
              • gt you just made a huge mistake. sm - sm
                • Correction - This..."If you are not with me, you are against me." - Democrat
                • LOL, your posts are getting sillier, time to rest it, dont ya think? - gt
                  • So, gt, are YOU the Jewish expert on this board. sm - MT
                    • I hope for peace - gt
                      • I absolutely disagree that we as Americans cannot have an opinion about the Middle East. sm - sm
                        • Israel - gt
                          • Not acknowledging Jews - American Woman
                            • thank you for your post - gt
                          • Please don't tell me what to be concerned about. SM - Brunson
                            • Go ahead continue to talk about which you know nothing about - gt
                              • I can't believe there are those who believe the 8000 peole in the Gaza strip should - Democrat
                                • You might want to research what those 8000 people did with that barren land.... - Yeppers
                                  • Thanks, this does shed a different light.sm - Democrat
                              • Enjoyed your post, GT. - Observer
                              • What an elitist prig you are. SM - Brunson
                                • radical jew - gt
                                  • You are speaking of Orthodox Jews? SM - Brunson
                                    • yes - gt
                                • took my post wrong way - gt
                                • What is your media source for the 50/50 figure? - Noting otherwise
                                  • There is a post on the conservative board. I would be happy to find more if you like. NM - Brunson
                                  • Then cite them, don't just sit there. sm - sm
                                    • Here's a few examples. - Provider
                                      • Thanks. Interesting the division lines. sm - sm
                                • If the information she has to offer upsets you this much... - Observer
                                  • She isn't supplying any information, Observor. SM - Brunson
                                    • more important to you? - gt
                                    • It's a shame you feel that way. - Observer
                  • I never posted previously that I was Christian. sm - sm
                    • I will leave that for you - gt
                      • I never said that you chained yourself to the WH gates. sm - sm
                        • Get facts straight - gt
                          • You accused someone several times of something they did not do. sm - MT
                            • I can answer that. The answer is no. nm - sm
                • Uh no, actually you're thinking of George Bush - Sheesh
                  • I was thinking the same thing. That's where they heard this, sm - Democrat
                  • It's becoming clearer and clearer - Amazed
                    • I don't wear sneakers, but thanks for the concern. nm - MT
                  • LOL, how silly - gt
                  • No, actually I wasn't. nm - sm
        • So you're saying that Israel is also anti-Semitic? Interesting. - Sheesh
          • Fantastic article - gt
          • Israel felt pulling out of Gaza was okay. sm - sm
            • I was quoting from a Jewish website publication. - Dumb and dumber
              • And you should understand the situation more. nm - sm
                • you dont know what you are talking about - GT
                  • A Christian is not allowed to comment on Israel? nm - MT
                    • Dont comment, please - gt
                      • Pardon me, but this is ABSURD! sm - sm
                  • Oh, I am afraid I do. And please tell me sm - sm
    • By the way we remember who Casey is - Reality check
      • Not true - not true
      • Apparently you knew Casey better than his mother. Do you? - Sheesh.
        • Again with the liar. Sheesh is right. NM - sm

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From PW

This small piece of land has always been barren and squalid until 1967 when after the Arabs failed in yet another imperialist attempt to destroy the Jewish state, Israel took it over. Since then 8,000 brave pioneers have resided in a portion of Gaza. They settled in on infertile beach sand and were told by everyone that nothing had ever grown there and nothing ever would. Instead, what they accomplished was an agricultural miracle. Utilizing advanced technology which they invented, they made the sand blossom and built greenhouses that produce chemical-free bug-free organic produce that is shipped around the world and renown for its incredible quality and taste.

Now if a Muslim country had taken over this land they would have expelled all the 'infidels'. But the Jewish settlers came with garlands of peace, hope and opportunity. The greenhouses they built employ Palestinians at wages far higher than they would make under any Arab dictatorship, and have forged true bonds of harmony and friendship:

Saed, a 42-year-old greenhouse worker who commutes every day from Khan Yunis, said, For me, it's a really good life. I make enough money to feed my family. I am close with my bosses, who treat me with respect. I don't want to be out of a job. Fhaud, 63, a greenhouse supervisor, said he has grown attached to his Jewish employers. I've known my boss since he was a kid and I worked for his father, he said. Some workers here have known three generations of Jewish families. I was invited to all the bar mitzvahs and weddings. Mahmoud, who works in the same greenhouse, said, I don't want the disengagement to go through. Not just because I'll lose a job, but because I'll lose friends.

So Jews and Arabs working together, turning the desert green. In a sane world we would be commending these Jewish settlers for sowing real seeds of peace. Of course, this is not a sane world, for next week all this has to be dismantled and turned over to Islamic terrorists in the name of 'peace'. For the first time in world history a country is going to forcibly remove its own people and give land over to its sworn enemies.

So now that the poor Palestinians of Gaza are to be freed from their 'occupation', are they rejoicing in their independence and making plans to plow their energies into building communities and farms and schools and infrastructure? Are they preparing to serve as a model to the world that a country under Islamic law with a fresh start and no colonial 'imperialists' can succeed? Are they ready to turn their state into a free and prosperous Palestinian country?

At a mass rally in Gaza City last Thursday, some 10,000 Palestinians danced, sang, and chanted, Today Gaza, tomorrow Jerusalem. Jamal Abu Samhadaneh, commander of Gaza's Popular Resistance Committees, announced on Sunday, We will move our cells to the West Bank and warned that The withdrawal will not be complete without the West Bank and Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority's Ahmed Qurei also asserts, Our march will stop only in Jerusalem. Meanwhile Hamas has officially announced that they will continue its war to destroy Israel by launching Qassam rockets at Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and communities in Judea and Samaria. We're sure they'll be making full use of their new seaport to import weapons and munitions to keep the carnage coming.

What's becoming clear is how the religion of Islam is addicted to war and mayhem. Not a radical minority, not a rogue sect, but its very essence is about submission and sacrifice and proving your worth by worshipping death in this life to gain a paradise of orgies and drunkenness. Their entire history is of warfare, and any accomplishments of their so-called Golden Age has been proven to be merely parasitic off the cultures they've conquered and reduced to dhimmi servitude. That every country under sharia is corrupt, belligerent, desolate and barbaric obviously gives them no pause, except to constantly drive them into further psychotic rage as they refuse to ever accept any responsibility for their conditions. They are akin to the powers in Orwell's 1984; there must always be an enemy. It's no surprise that women are treated like property in these countries as that's the only way Muslim men can feed their egos, to dominate others rather than ever actually produce something.

What a victory for these people that their terrorism has paid off, with Western intellectuals cheering them on. You can only wonder how many youth who have been brainwashed from birth in the madrassas and draped in their culture of bomb-worship and martyrdom will join the global jihad as it now appears they actually have a chance to win. While our soldiers at Guantanamo have to wear rubber gloves when handing out Korans, it's pretty reasonable for them to conclude that the West is ready to fall and the global caliphate is a real possibility. Israel's retreat from Gaza will certainly do wonders for their recruiting.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081230/twl-israeli-patrol-boat-collides-with-ai-3cd7efd_2.html

Bloody butchers block 3 tons of medical supplies being transported to Gaza to help prevent severely injured Palestinians from becoming fatalities due to lack of medical supplies resulting from ongoing Israeli blockade of Israel.  People who could be stabilized with provisions as basic as electrolytes, antibiotics, bandages, etc are being turned away from hospitals and left to die in the street.  Dead bodies are being returned to the family to be taken home due to inability to prepare them for burial.   Wonder how many Hamas were hiding out on that boat?  Yesiree, our tax dollars are hard at work once again.   

"Hamas has held the people of Gaza hostage "ever since their illegal coup" against the forces of (Palestinian Authority) President Mahmoud Abbas."  In the AP report, they attempted to scour this lie by stating that Rice pinned the blame for the violence on Hamas, the Islamist Resitance Movement that "seized power" in Gaza in June 2007 after "ousting" the US-backed Palestinian Authority of Mahmud Abbas.  Neither statement even remotely resembles the truth. 

Hamas won control of 28 municipalities in both the West Bank and Gaza in the municipal elections of 2005, including control in the West Bank's largest cities (Nablus, Jenin, Ramallah and East Jerusalem).   They achieved a stunning victory in the legislative elections in 2006,  which yielded a yielded a 78% voter turnout.  Hamas won 76 out of 132 seats on the Legislative Council.  Factoring in the 4 seats won by independents who support Hamas, they seized 80 seats, giving them control of 60.6% of the council.  In other words, they did BETTER than the US democrats in 2008. 

Hamas benefited in the election from the fractures in the secular, US-backed (kiss of death) Fatah party of Mahmoud Abbas.  Fierce in-fighting between Hamas and Fatah factions erupted in the election aftermath.  Israel and the US (along with Egypt) immediately tried to undermine Hamas and force them from power, even going so far as to arm and train Fatah for a war with Hamas!  They hatched a plot that involved smuggling US arms for Fatah strongholds in Gaza through a suddenly porous Egyptian border with Israel's blessing.   

As with countless other ill-advised US attempts to rearrange the political landscape in the Middle East, this stunt backfired all over the place.  When this engineered conflict erupted later in the summer, Fatah and Hamas officers and leaders (including Abbas) were targeted by their respective militia's opponents.  Things got really nasty and Abbas HIMSELF dissolved the Palestinian-Hamas unity government, declared a state of emergency, tried to dismiss the prime minister and declared himself ruler of Gaza by presidential decree.  Can you say US-backed coup?  Of course, this went over like a lead balloon with the newly elected Hamas leadership.

Ultimately, this led to the current division of government between Gaza (Hamas) and the West Bank (Palestinian National Authority), who the US and EU normalized relations with and began sending direct aid.  Abbas relocated to the West Bank and is still the President of the Palestinian National Authority.  In the meantime, he has found it increasingly more difficult to sustain the more moderate status quo support of US-brokered peace initiatives with Israel in view of the absence of such during Bush's second term.  He has announced he will not run for office again at the end of his current term.  In May 2008, he stated he would resign if Condi's impotent so-called peace talks did not produce results within 6 months.  In July, he spoke not only of resigning, but also of dismantling the Palestinian Authority all together. 

As a footnote, Gaza is held hostage by Israel occupation of Palestine and its 18-month blockade, which Condi failed to mention in her statement this morning, not by their democratically elected representatives. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jun/16/israel.comment http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3412813,00.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/international/middleeast/14mideast.html?_r=2&ei=5094&en=d28cff5caa1702fa&hp=&ex=1139979600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0525/p07s02-wome.html

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/14/MNGIPMV3N61.DTL

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article640747.ece

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/806603.html