Khalidi was in Palestine in November and early December of last year and says that Hamas and the Palestinian Authority were losing support. Neither was very popular. The Israeli assault will only restore Hamas’s popularity and further weaken the PA. Thus it is unclear what Israel hopes to gain other than victory for Ehud Barak and Tzipi Livni in upcoming elections. Their popularity has surged in the days following the invasion. But long term security?
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- GRITtv
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they hope to achieve the ability to not be randomly blown up. while hamas may have gone away on its own on its own time table that is theory not fact. how long does a country wait before saying we will not be bombed during a cease fire? should isreal instead say well if your gunna oust them anyway we can wait as every day they wait their children are getting bombed?
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ONLY WAR CRIMES IN GAZA ARE COMMITTED BY PALESTINIANS:
http://current.com/items/89685503/video_palestinian_repeatedly_fired_mortars_at_...
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Very interesting and informative interview. Thanks.
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- Vierotchka
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Agreed. Thoughtful and enlightening as well.
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Maybe the Hamas should stop firing missiles and rockets into Israel! They are the criminals!!!!
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MORE ABOUT RASHID KHALIDI
Khalidi was spokesman for the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the US and the international community listed the PLO as terrorist organization.
Khalidi uses rational, peaceful language when addressing English-speaking audiences, yet switches to virulent diatribes when speaking Arabic. In a 2004 interview in Arabic on al-Jazeera television, Khalidi became enraged at the mere mention of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy:
"By God, I say that the participation of the sons or daughters of the Arabs in the plans and affairs of this institute is a huge error, this Israeli institute in Washington, an institute founded by AIPAC, the Zionist lobby, and that hosts tens of Israelis every year."
The Middle East Quarterly highlighted the professor's propensity for "bizarre (and anti-Semitic) conspiracies" regarding the war in Iraq.
Khalidi gets "a $400,000-a-year Title VI [funding from the U.S. State Department and Department of Education] handout from the American taxpayer."
Khalidi is also a member of the Palestinian American Research Center (PARC), a nonprofit that receives Title VI funding for "Palestinian studies," but too often produces anti-Israel polemics.
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DATAMINED .. YOUR PRETTY CUTE.. BUT YOUR BLIND LOVE FOR ISREAL IS UNFORTUNATE AND BORING... IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS , THEN DON'T BOTHER POSTING.. WE GET THE DRIFT..
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- KillTheRocket
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Hamas and the other terrorist organizations copied and adapted Hizbullah's warfare doctrine, which is based on exploiting the civilian population as human shields.
Using civilians as human shields is a war crime, a grave breach of the laws of armed conflict and a crime against humanity.
Rockets and mortar shells are routinely fired from built-up, densely populated areas and near structures and facilities (including educational institutions and mosques) provided special protection by the Geneva Conventions.
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I get the feeling that datamined is an Israeli operative, probably paid to spend time here, and probably not cute...
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- uppityprogressive
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There will be no true victory in the middle east until all the persecutors lay down their stones and forgive. Remember Jesus said "Let ye who is without sin cast the first stone." While all are throwing stones at a weak child defended only by their faith and the will of the Lord. God bless all who read this .
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Thank you for this post...very interesting and informative.
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- WorldPeaceTV
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Hamas using children as human shield
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this is why so many ppl die in gaza
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“AIPAC Goes Ballistic: Says It Is ‘Outraged’ & Blasts Bush for Supporting Ceasefire”
“I never thought I’d see the day. AIPAC is furious with George Bush for not vetoing Security Council Resolution 1860 which calls for an immediate ceasefire. After almost eight years, the Bush administration has decided not to stand with Israel against an otherwise unanimous resolution.”“I hope AIPAC enjoys blasting a President. On January 20, Barack Obama. having won a landslide victory -- including 80% of the Jewish vote -- and enjoying record popularity, will be immune to this sort of salvo, leaving AIPAC on the DL.”
M.J. Rosenberg. (2009, January 9). AIPAC Goes Ballistic: Says It Is “Outraged” & Blasts Bush for Supporting Ceasefire. http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/. Retrieved January 10, 2009, from http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/09/aipac_goes_ballistic_says_it_is_...
George W. Bush is responsible for the war (indicated at http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2009/01/george-w-bush-is-to-blame-for-curre... “George W. Bush Is To Blame For The Current Gaza/Israeli War”).
This is weird. Bush is to blame for the war, and then he later supports a ceasefire.
Does Bush have multiple personality disorder?
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2009/01/aipac-goes-ballistic-says-it-is.htm...
ONLINE ANTI-BUSH SCHOLASTIC RESEARCH: LISTING OF MAJOR ISSUES
http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/10/bush-is-worst-president-in-american...
