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Ban condemns killing of Palestinians in Gaza
Apr 28, 2008, 16:57 GMT
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the deaths of Palestinians, including a mother and four of her children, by the Israeli defence forces.
'The secretary general calls upon Israel to exercise maximum care and restraint, and reminds the IDF of its responsibilities to protect civilians under international humanitarian law during its military operations,' UN spokeswoman Marie Okabe said.
She said Ban also condemned the 'ongoing attacks and rockets fired today against Israeli targets by Hamas.'
'He calls on Hamas and other militant groups to cease such acts of terrorism,' Okabe said. 'He also reminds them that civilian areas within Gaza should not be used as a base from which to launch its actions.'
Israeli troops entered northern the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun Monday and engaged in combat with Palestinian militants, which resulted in the deaths of at least seven Palestinians, including five members of one family.
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How about bec rockes mainly miss and dont kill alot of people while each israeli operation kills alot of pals civis
A.G. must have at least 1 PhD, considering the fine spelling and grammer skills. This obviously explains A.G. siding with Hamas and the rest of the terrorist vermon. It complains that not enough Israelis die because the Palestinian terrorists (yes - a redundancy) shoot as well as they bathe. As always, I will point out that if Hamas stopped wearing dresses, using children as shields and hiding in schools and hospitals; the war would have ended a long time ago, because none of the jihadists would be left. Eventually they will burn in hell with Allah/Satin and kissing the butt of Mo-Mo the clown, their prophet.
I would gladly shout and scream condemnation of the Palestinians for shooting rockets into Israeli communities, if the Israeli Jews had not built these communities on land stolen from the Palestinians. If the Israeli Jews stop stealing Palestinian land and give up stolen land, the rockets would cease and there would be peace in the Middle East.
All Palestinians are just arab expantionists in disguise by 1 or 2 generations. The dome of the Mosque is just another arab golden tit stuck on top of ancient religious temple, pedo worshipping late comers, you guys never seen the Haigh Sofia in Turkey? Islamic scum do that. Why do you think that the chimps will not allow any archologists on the Temple Mount. Its cause deep down they know the truth, you can lie, but you can't hide the truth forever mohammidians. Me Im not religious, but I can see lying sand monkeys when ever they draw breath.
Marge, as always you're crying about nonsense. I've been searching through newspaper archives going back to 1869. I recommend you do the same. In 1869, there were apparently a lot of ruins, a lot of abandoned houses from previous centuries and a bunch of Bedouins who mainly migrated across this no mans land...many of the Bedouins were from North Africa..some were from the middle east. There were no people there referred to as Palestinians...only Damascan Arabs..that is, Arabs who were under Damascus' control and were all the SAME people. That's right, the Syrians, Jordanians, Palestinians and a large number of the Lebanese are ALL the same people. There were very few permanent settlements (many of these were jewish) and the arab inhabitants of the region were remarkable for only a couple of reasons 1) Their thieving ways 2) Their following of Islam in all its' murderous irrationality. The place was a wasteland with almost no agriculture, no schools, no culture, nothing but deserts, hill, ruins, Bedouins travelling through. (p.s. This stuff is all verifiable by looking into the N.Y. times archives on 'Palestine') The jews did start migrating there from Europe in the late 19th century and purchased large swaths of the land, which they began to farm upon and set up industries. Many Arabs migrated to the area after this, as the area was becoming more habitable under the jews. The turks controlled the area..it was a total backwater..the turks lost a big war and had their holdings taken from them (this is a standard operating procedure for conquerors throughout history) The Europeans gave 80% of the conquered lands to the Arabs and 20% to the Jews. The Arabs wanted it all and when they didn't get it, they (Arab nations) declared they were going to kill ALL the jews and finish the job the Nazis started. The arab armies/leaders declared that all arabs should vacate the land of israel because everyone who remained would be killed...no exceptions. So the native arabs fled (to allow genocide in their wake) and the arab armies got their asses handed to them by a small, ragtag bunch of farmers. And the arabs who fled have been demanding the right to return ever since. I say, let their descendants rot in refugee camps or, and here is a novel idea, tell their fellow arabs, who are afterall the exact same people, to finally allow these people to assimilate in their own populaces.
guadalcanary diary
First, the writings of your own forefathers Ben Gurion, Nathan Goldmann and others dispute your claim that a people called 'Palestinians did not exist. The Palestinians are discussed in Nathan Goldman's books 'The Jewish Paradox' and 'Zionist Ideology and the Reality of Israel.' These books also discuss the land stealing of Jews from the Palestinians. You should read these book and those of Ben Gurion who also discusses the unjust and brutal treatment of Jews on the Arab and Palestinian people.
My old college history books contained information on Palestinian culture and way of life, their cities and infrastructure. Israeli Jews have deliberately lied about the accomplishments and self sufficiency of the Palestinian people. Jews do this to justify their atrocities and injustices on the Palestinian people. However, you cannot make slavery, land stealing, and the genocide of a people for their land 'right' no matter how hard you try to justify it. Israeli Jews are wrong for their treatment of the Palestinian people and should be charged with war crimes. I know this will never happen just as I know there will never be peace in the Middle East so long as Israel exists. For this reason, I pray for Israel's destruction. JEWS AND SUPPORTERS SHOULD STOP LYING ABOUT PALESTINIANS BECAUSE IT ONLY INCREASES THE CONFLICT!!!!
guadalcanary diary
Your statement about Jews being given 10 or 20% of the land and Arabs the rest is true. However, that part about Arabs fleeing because they were instructed by arab leaders to leave or be killed by Jews is false. Arabs fled their homes and businesses because Jews were slaughtering them for their land. Jews killed whole families and communities of families to get them off their properties. Then Jews confiscated these same homes and businesses you are claiming Palestinians didn't own. I know this to be true because I have read it and heard the same stories from countless Jews and Palestinians over the years.
Another lie that Jews love to tell is that they won the Six Day War after being attacked by Arabs, when the truth is that Israel staged a pre-emptive strike on arab countries with the help of the US. That is why Israel won the Six Days War and why the UN Resolution 242 was passed. as International law states that one cannot profit from a war that one starts without cause. Also, the IDF attacked the USS Liberty spy ship and killed 37 americans on that ship and seriously wounded 77 more because the crew was near the location of Israel's attack and the IDF feared the crew may have witnessed the attack.
THE ISRAELI JEWS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN NAZI MURDERERS WHO WILL KILL ANYONE WHO GETS IN THEIR WAY. THEY MUST BE STOPPED!!!!!
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BillApr 28th, 2008 - 18:51:20
Why don't the same people who scream about these unfortunate deaths also scream when the rockets are shot into Israel from their neighborhood?
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