Comments on: Gaza: Better Call Human Rights Watch… or someone

By: rverdi

rverdi — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:42:37 +0000

What if Israel had done even a tenth of what Hamas is doing live in front of the tv cameras? What would the reporting be like? On a side note, good thing the British Academic Union has decided that boycotting Israel is the key to helping Palestine.

By: Mike K

Mike K — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:07:04 +0000

I can even recall when the Gaza Strip was a Mort Sahl joke. Tom Lehrer may even have had a song about it. The Palestinians that are left are the dead enders. The ones with any initiative, plus of course, the Christians left years ago. Thomas Hobbes would understand perfectly. I wonder how many Iraqis are watching this and learning ?

By: Buddy Larsen

Buddy Larsen — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:11:53 +0000

Let’s see, three generations the UN has been rewarding high birthrates, so that finally the 70% unemployment rate means big absolute numbers of more or less futureless young people. So, what again, was the UN trying to do? I forget.

By: ras

ras — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:34:23 +0000

If one were to design a policy to eliminate the threat to Israel by amalgamating the Palestinian territories into Egypt & Jordan, one could hardly top current events: The people will want an end to the civil war and the Sunni govts will want to prevent an Iranian takeover.

To hide their failure, the Palestinians will blame others (e.g. Israel, the US, Iran etc) cuz it’ll let help them save face, at least in their own eyes, but then perhaps they can settle down to a real life, and the grand UN project in permanent refugee camps will be at an end.

By: MarkD

MarkD — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:45:58 +0000

I thought we were insane to give these people aid, especially military aid. What were we thinking?

Now that the circular firing squad is in effect, I reluctantly concede that we might have done the right thing.

May both sides be evenly matched, and may they fight to the last man. Not because I wish them ill, but because I want them all to have their just rewards. They don’t want peace enough to stop killing each other.

By: Henry Bowman

Henry Bowman — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:52:00 +0000

Well, the many of the Brits as well as the usual MSM scumbags are already blaming the Bush Administration for the current Hamas-cide. “If we had only given Hamas the money that was its due…” and crap such as that. IMHO, if we have given them more money, they would have started the “civil war” that much quicker.

By: Lem

Lem — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:15:41 +0000

In a long bitter, suicidal divorce the Palestinians got pretty much what they wanted from Israel.

Now a live in lover wearing a mask with guns, unwilling to share living arrangements set by the Palestinians themselves, has taken over completely.

The lover Hamas is a devout Muslim and imposes his austere (to put mildly) brand of religion. Some say (Boston Globe) this is Israel’s fault for leaving.

“The Hamas campaign to eradicate Fattah from Gaza is certainly not the sole cause of Gazans’ misery. They long suffered from Israel’s suffocating occupation, and then from Ariel Sharon’s foolishly unilateral withdrawal in 2005, a move that allowed Hamas to bid for power with the misleading claim that its rockets and suicide bombings had driven Israeli soldiers and settlers out of Gaza.”

The Globe blames Israel for both the marriage and the divorce.
Israel in the meantime has disconnected the phone and is not talking to the lawyers. I for one don’t blame them.

By: jedrury

jedrury — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:00:54 +0000

Jim Lehrer Newshour regulars, UN peace brokers and Brookings Institute egg heads will soon blame
the president by his refusal to engage the Palestinians. “A failure of the Bush road for peace” will be the line. All failures lead to Bush. Remember when Fatah were the bad guys,
now they are the victims.

There was an inevitability to this and Sharon saw it and disengages Israel to his credit.

There is even talk of a UN led troop initiative but the press commented troop strength is “questionable.” No nation would ever send their boys to this “charnal house.”

By: Terrye

Terrye — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:19:26 +0000

There is an old saying, beware your heart’s desire, for surely you will get it.

I have read {somewhere} that both Egypt and Jordan are thinking of taking over parts of the occupied territories themselves. I doubt they would be as concerned about the human rights aspects of the situation as Israel would.

Yes, things would be very different if Jimmy Carter had gone after the mullahs when they were still in training.

By: heather

heather — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:24:20 +0000

I like the 9 month pregnant woman who -using Israeli policy of human kindness to people in need – tried to get into Israel with her explosive belt to murder a lot of Jews.

But. I am sure there will in our future – be much wringing of hands and long doleful stories and sensitive black and white photos of the suffering Palestinians in such great institutions as the Guardian, The Economist and The New York Times.

I understand that the US has INCREASED its aid to this marvellous bunch of people? So that they can feed their children and send them to school and all???