kramadas Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 An older article from the Guardianhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4689040-103677,00.htmlIsrael can halt this now Oona King in GazaThursday June 12, 2003The GuardianThe no man's land separating Israel from the Gaza Strip gives way to what can only be described as desecrated land. Razor wire and crushed buildings line the route. Torn slabs of concrete look like tattered cardboard on a rubbish heap. In front of us two Israeli tanks block our path. Behind us, the border will shortly be sealed to prevent Palestinian reprisals for the helicopter attack launched hours earlier against the extremist Hamas leader, Abdul-Aziz al-Rantissi - who is still alive. A Palestinian woman and her young child, on their way to hospital, are dead, and 35 are injured. Later that afternoon we hurriedly leave the building we are in when a missile lands nearby. As two British MPs travelling with Christian Aid, myself and Jenny Tonge are alarmed. For Gaza residents this is business as usual. More than 1 million Palestinians live on this tiny piece of land (smaller than the Isle of Wight) - more than three-quarters of on less than £1.30 a day. Life below the poverty line for these Palestinians contrasts with the 5,000 Israeli settlers who occupy one-third of the land and enjoy watered gardens, first world housing and protection by the Israeli army. This protection means Palestinians wait for hours - sometimes days - at Israeli checkpoints, trying to find work or get access to essential services such as medical care. The sun is setting on Gaza. From my hotel balcony I hear demonstrations in the street below. It occurs to me that I can put on a headscarf and slip into the crowd as a Palestinian. No one will guess I'm Jewish, still less that I'm a British MP. The sounds lead me to the hospital where Rantissi is being treated. Cars rush into the compound, horns blaring, people hanging out of windows. A man carries an injured girl into the hospital. But most of the Palestinians just stand waiting. They wait for Israelis to stamp their permits, and they wait for a Palestinian state. They are no different from us: deny them human rights and they will respond with unacceptable terrorist violence. That's what Jews did when they set up the Stern Gang and blew up the King David Hotel in the 1940s. Ninety-four people died. The leader of that terrorist group, on Britain's "most wanted" list, went on to be the Israeli prime minister. Many Jews revere him, even while they abhor the terrorism that ruins their lives today. Israelis must be freed from terrorism - such as yesterday's horrific attack in Jersualem. All terrorism, not least Palestinian terrorism, is abhorrent. But it is also predictable. When the Israeli government chose Tuesday to launch an attack in Gaza (as it did again after yesterday's bombing), it cannot have been ignorant of its effect on the peace process and the certainty of Palestinian reprisals. The original founders of the Jewish state could surely not imagine the irony facing Israel today: in escaping the ashes of the Holocaust, they have incarcerated another people in a hell similar in its nature - though not its extent - to the Warsaw ghetto. Any visitor to the Palestinian ghetto can see the signs: residents are sealed off and live under curfew; the authorities view torture as acceptable and use collective punishment as a means of control; soldiers drive families from their homes, confiscate property and demolish neighbourhoods; unemployment runs in places at 80%, and utilities such as water are withheld; the economy has "client" status, and is subservient to the occupiers in every way. As the more powerful side in the dispute, Israel must break the cycle of violence, comply with UN resolution 242 and withdraw from territories occupied in 1967. As the occupying power, Israel must uphold the fourth Geneva convention and end all collective punishments. Illegal settlements must be dismantled. Repair of water, sewage, and other essential infrastructure should take place immediately. Just under 80% of all water resources in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are redirected from Palestinians to Israelis. The international community has to recognise the scale of the humanitarian disaster facing Palestinians and George Bush must put greater pressure on Sharon to give meaning to the road map. Yes, there are two sides to every story. But no story should hold within it the horrors I have witnessed here, so similar in detail to humiliations suffered by the Jews. I have sadly come to the conclusion that, given the scale of the atrocities and collective punishment waged by the Israelis against the Palestinians, I have no choice but to boycott Israeli products. On reflection, whether Jewish or not, you might decide to do the same. · Oona King is Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g420 Posted September 5 Report Share Posted September 5 another self-loathing jew, maybe he should go be ahuman shield next time the IDF does a raid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normalnoises Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 Fuck the kikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppanils Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 Originally posted by normalnoises Fuck the kikes. off to drama.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tranzwhore Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 just keep bombing each other & eventually there won't be anyone left to fight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g420 Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 Originally posted by normalnoises Fuck the kikes. You're a fag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vixenfoxxy Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 It's amazing how quickly people's extremely low levels of intelligence shine right through when someone brings a topic worthy of careful and sensitive thought to the forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix_Leiter Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 Originally posted by vixenfoxxy It's amazing how quickly people's extremely low levels of intelligence shine right through when someone brings a topic worthy of careful and sensitive thought to the forum... CP should not by any means be facilitated to provoke careful and sensitive thought.....you dumb fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babbo Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 remember this, these arabs are the same people, that celebrate and dance in the street, after 9/11, and anytime a us soldier or civilian is killed. remember if given the chance, they would kill you in a heartbeat. now go defend them- you morons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vixenfoxxy Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 Originally posted by smokesum CP should not by any means be facilitated to provoke careful and sensitive thought.....you dumb fuck ah yes, silly me Babbo - forse cambieresti il tuo opinione se fossi nella loro situazione... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abortionator Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 Originally posted by smokesum CP should not by any means be facilitated to provoke careful and sensitive thought.....you dumb fuck :clap: :clap: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babbo Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 Originally posted by vixenfoxxy ah yes, silly me Babbo - forse cambieresti il tuo opinione se fossi nella loro situazione... I am trying to Pm you, pls empty your Pm grazie mille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teklord310 Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 whats a kike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trancadictgurl Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 http://www.cactus48.com/Read,look,learn.Palestine.....October 1, 2000At approximately 2:30 pm yesterday afternoon, Israeli occupation forces killed 12 year old, Mohammed Jamal Ahmad Al-Dura, of Gaza, in cold blood while he was seeking protection with his father from Israeli fire. Minutes after killing Mohammed, Israeli forces, who were positioned a few meters from the father and son, shot and seriously wounded his father, 42 year old, Jamal Al-Dura.Shortly thereafter, when Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance driver Bassam Al-Balbisi, 45, approached the father and son in order to move them into an ambulance, he was shot and killed by the Israeli soldiers as well. Jamal, the father of five remaining children, is in critical condition, having sustained five bullets, to the upper thigh, pelvis, stomach, and lower leg.The killings took place shortly after Israeli soldiers opened fire spontaneously and randomly on a group of Palestinian protestors near the illegal Israeli settlement of Netzarim. As the crowd dispersed in all directions, Mohammed and his father took shelter behind a concrete block, approximately 3ft. square. French Channel 2 cameraman, Talal Abu Rahma, who was positioned only a few meters away from the cowering father and son, captured the sequence of events on film.The footage, which was broadcast locally and internationally yesterday, clearly shows the father attempting to shield his son with his body, while calling and gesturing for the soldiers to cease firing. Moreover, the footage makes clear that neither the father, nor his young son, posed any threat whatsoever to the lives of the Israeli soldiers, an excuse routinely offered by Israeli military sources when justifying the killing of Palestinian civilians.Disregarding the father's pleas for help, Israeli military forces shot both the father and son in cold blood. Three other Palestinians were martyred yesterday as a result of the indiscriminate firing of the Israeli military forces near Netzarim settlement.As of this morning, Israeli military forces have killed 28 Palestinians since confrontations erupted throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories on Thursday, 28 September. This number includes 6 children: 3 from Gaza, 1 from Nablus, 1 from Ramallah, and 1 from Jerusalem, the latter of whom died yesterday as a result of injuries sustained on Friday.In addition, over 900 Palestinians have been injured. Of the total wounded, 14 remain in critical condition. According to DCI/PS documentation, no less than 206 Palestinian children were wounded in yesterday's confrontations alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trancadictgurl Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 These are the photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppanils Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 Originally posted by teklord310 whats a kike? its a derogatory phrase against jewish people....i rarely see it used though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lustforyou Posted September 19 Report Share Posted September 19 Originally posted by babbo remember this, these arabs are the same people, that celebrate and dance in the street, after 9/11, and anytime a us soldier or civilian is killed. remember if given the chance, they would kill you in a heartbeat. now go defend them- you morons ALL ARABS WERE DANCING IN THE STREETS. THE IGNORENCE IN THIS WORLD IS AMANZING TO ME IT'S EVERYWHERE.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix_Leiter Posted September 19 Report Share Posted September 19 Originally posted by bigpoppanils its a derogatory phrase against jewish people....i rarely see it used though yea...you mostly have the deal with the word FAG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeg Posted September 19 Report Share Posted September 19 Originally posted by teklord310 whats a kike? you suck at being jewish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trancadictgurl Posted September 23 Report Share Posted September 23 Originally posted by babbo remember this, these arabs are the same people, that celebrate and dance in the street, after 9/11, and anytime a us soldier or civilian is killed. remember if given the chance, they would kill you in a heartbeat. now go defend them- you morons Racist crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babbo Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 Originally posted by trancadictgurl Racist crap keep your head in the sand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRles Posted October 7 Report Share Posted October 7 We'll see how things will pan out in the coming week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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