Comments on: Israeli Ground Forces Cross Gaza Border

U.S. Blocks Security Council Resolution Condemning The Violence, But Secretary General, Others Speak Out

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Sure, assuming your country isn''''t a swath of land stolen from the owners 50 years ago. Get out of Palestine and stay out. - - Posted by exposo

The U.S. took 40% of Mexico in the Mexican war. Mexico doesn''t fire rockets or send suicide bombers to the U.S. They are our friends and our #2 trading partner. They come here by the millions to work and build a better life. Americans vacation to the Mexican Rivera by the thousands.

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What a perfect time for the Muslim world to attack Issureal....Posted by earache4


DIVISIONS DEEP AT ARAB LEAGUE MEETING

CAIRO %u2014 Arab countries appeared deeply divided on Wednesday over how to respond to the latest escalation in fighting between Israel and Hamas, with sharply differing comments from foreign ministers at the opening of an emergency Arab League meeting here.

Moderate Arab states generally allied to the United States blamed Hamas and Palestinian disunity for the crisis and more radical states, some of whom did not attend, urged collective action to defend the Palestinians against Israel.

In the most striking comments, Saudi Arabia%u2019s foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, took shots at Hamas and criticized the Palestinians for their inability to remain united behind President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah %u2014 an implicit condemnation of Hamas, which took over Gaza entirely in 2007 in a brief but violent civil war with Fatah. Normally, during periods of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, Arab leaders only condemn Israel.

%u201CThis terrible massacre would not have happened if the Palestinian people were united behind one leadership, speaking in one voice,%u201D Prince Saud said at the league meeting%u2019s opening.

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"If somebody occupied my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I would do everything to stop that, and would expect Palestinians to do the same thing." - Posted by breceivemail

If somebody was firing rockets into my country, I would expect my government to do the same thing.

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What a perfect time for the Muslim world to attack Issureal....Posted by earache4

NO ARAB UNITY OVER HAMAS

Jordan won''t allow Hamas in its country. Egypt has them fenced off. The moderate government of the Arab League charge Hamas and the lack of Palestinian unity as the cause of the problem.

Fatah fires no rockets and will be the winner in this conflict. By showing restraint they are gaining stature with the Arab League and the world.

The days of a united attack on Israel by its Arab and Egyptian neighbors are over. Jordan and Egypt have diplomatic relations with Israel and have recognized Israel''s sovereignty, and both have now signed trade agreements with Israel.

The E.U., U.S. and Russian refuses to recognize Hamas, as does most of the Arab League. Only radical Iran among the power countries of the area side with Hamas.
The Palestinian people need to throw off Hamas, unite with Fatah and speak with one voice. The world would then listen.

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Why does not your president say this?
"If somebody occupied my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I would do everything to stop that, and would expect Palestinians to do the same thing."

[dkaufman81]

Israel left Gaza in 2005, giving Palestinians the chance to run their own lives. Despite this, more than 6300 rockets and mortars have been fired into Israel since then.
During the past year alone, more than 3000 rockets and mortars have been launched into Israel.
Since the end of a formal ceasefire (during which terror attacks continued) with Hamas came to an end on Dec. 19, more than 170 rockets and mortars have been fired at Israeli civilians including a barrage of some 80 missiles on Dec. 24 alone.
As US President-elect Obama stated during a visit to Sderot five months ago, "If somebody was sending rockets into my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I would do everything to stop that, and would expect Israel to do the same thing."
No other country in the world would have exercised the amount of restraint that Israel has shown for the past several years without responding.

An Israeli government spokesman says the country''s ground operation in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip could "end tomorrow %u2014 if we can be assured that the civilian population in the southern part of our country will no longer be on the receiving end of these terrible Hamas rockets."

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Are not occupiers terrorists?

[hinjewunity]

Israel has the right to (and should)defend itself against terrorists.

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Why Israelis are killing people who are recapturing their country?

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Fox News: Yousef, son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, one of the most influential leaders of the militant group, said the organization betrays the Palestinian cause and tortures its own members.

Hamas, formed in the late 1980''s as an outgrowth of the Palestinian branch of the radical Muslim Brotherhood, is considered a terror organization by the U.S. government. Hamas seized power in the Gaza strip in 2007 in a violent coup against the more moderate Palestinian Authority led by Mahmoud Abbas.

Yousef said he was indoctrinated at an early age to use violence to challenge Israeli control in the region. As a teenager he moved up within the organization and became the leader of the radical Islamic Youth Movement that fought Israeli tanks and troops in the streets, celebrated suicide bombings and recruited young men to the cause.