Comments on: U.N. Council Passes Cease-Fire Resolution

Vote Is 14-0 In Security Council, With U.S. Abstaining; But Measure Is Nonbinding To Israel And Hamas

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by ramos937 January 8, 2009 10:40 PM EST
"We''re still working very hard. We''re making some progress," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said before the agreement was announced.

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Ms. Rice ...... Please stay out of the discussions. You blew it when you and Bush declined to include Hamas in 2008 as part of the ME parties taking place in the peace talks. Now, the best role you can play is that of by stander.
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by god-is-true January 8, 2009 10:35 PM EST
One of Rayyan''s daughter-in-laws said she was offered the chance to die with the family. She stopped by the family''s large home in Jabaliya and was asked by Rayyan if she wished to die with him, his wives and their children. She agreed to die, but later left the building, shortly before the IAF strike.

As it turned out, when Rayyan offered his daughter-in-law the "opportunity" to die he had already received a phone call from the IDF warning him to evacuate his house due to an impending airstrike.

The 11 children who died with Nizar Rayyan ranged in age from one year old to 16. Another son died years earlier when Rayyan sent him to carry out a suicide bombing in Gaza. Two Israelis were murdered in that attack.

Rayyan was one of Hamas'' extremist preachers, and believed that those who die fighting Israel die as "martyrs" and go directly to paradise. He encouraged his followers to have several wives and as many children as possible, in order to provide future soldiers in the fight against Israel.
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by jsd330 January 8, 2009 10:34 PM EST
If NATO sends troops in to enforce, the cease fire, and as has been reported that the Turks have been asked to put together a peacekeeping force, and the Turks are in charge, it most likely will work. The Turks won''t take any BS from hamas or israel.
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by god-is-true January 8, 2009 10:34 PM EST
Now that we have heard the lies from main stream media here is some truth about how Hamas cares for its people. Israel National News

When Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan was assassinated in an IAF strike last week, his four wives and 11 of his children died with him. According to his surviving children, the death of the Rayyan family children was not an accident: Rayyan had trained his wives and children to die with him as "martyrs."

Surviving family members spoke to local Arab media and said that in the days before his death, Rayyan had repeatedly asked his children, "Who wants to die with me as a martyr?" The children would respond, "Yes, daddy, we all want to be with you alive or dead."

Rayyan''s adult daughter, Wala, said even the younger children wished to die with their father. "If you had asked my four-year-old sister Aisha, who died in the attack, she would have told you that she preferred to die as a martyr," Wala told Ma''an news.

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by hetup-2009 January 8, 2009 10:25 PM EST
We need to make bombs that only kill people over 50 years old, then start using those bombs profusely.
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by debinok1 January 8, 2009 9:43 PM EST
The Arabs and the US can come to whatever agreement they want. Hamas will NOT agree to a ceasefire. He may agree to a "hudna" but that will only allow him to rearm, then he will start all of this again. Hamas is only intent on the destruction of Israel.
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by trapbreaker January 8, 2009 9:43 PM EST
Well, can you see Hamas agreeing to international force to prevent smuggling of arms into Gaza?
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by trapbreaker January 8, 2009 9:42 PM EST
In Washington, the Senate unanimously adopted a resolution stating an "unwavering commitment" to Israel and its right to defend itself, while also calling for "a viable and independent Palestinian state living in peace alongside a secure state of Israel." The House was expected to pass a similar measure Friday.

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by factsearcher January 8, 2009 9:41 PM EST
Everyones fear that this resolution will only bring temporary relief for the israelis...that hamas will rearm and will continue the violence...
Is the real and present danger
With this resolution hamas is not promising anything else but more of the same...
world! help me help me!!!
i (hamas) will be back!!!! with more weapons!
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