http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/07/palestine-palestinians-celebrate-alan-johnstons-release/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:19:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/07/palestine-palestinians-celebrate-alan-johnstons-release/comment-page-1/#comment-1187666 George Harrash Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:25:38 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/07/palestine-palestinians-celebrate-alan-johnstons-release/#comment-1187666 The situation is so desperate and chaotic in Gaza that there are few solutions to be considered. A UN force deployed in Gaza is obviously futile (see southern Lebanon), and Fatah is so unpopular and corrupt that they will never win the battle of hearts and minds in the Palestinian community. In my mind, they only way to uproot the terrorism and gang warfare is for Israeli troops to reoccupy the Gaza Strip. The poor Gush Katif Jewish refugees who were uprooted in 2005 must be returned to their homes, and the Israeli Defense Forces must drive out the Gazan butcher terrorists (Hamas, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Islamic Jihad, Tanzim, Army of Islam, Palestinian Resistance Committees, the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and all others) out of Gaza once and for all. That is the only solution. The situation is so desperate and chaotic in Gaza that there are few solutions to be considered. A UN force deployed in Gaza is obviously futile (see southern Lebanon), and Fatah is so unpopular and corrupt that they will never win the battle of hearts and minds in the Palestinian community. In my mind, they only way to uproot the terrorism and gang warfare is for Israeli troops to reoccupy the Gaza Strip. The poor Gush Katif Jewish refugees who were uprooted in 2005 must be returned to their homes, and the Israeli Defense Forces must drive out the Gazan butcher terrorists (Hamas, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Islamic Jihad, Tanzim, Army of Islam, Palestinian Resistance Committees, the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and all others) out of Gaza once and for all. That is the only solution.

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/07/palestine-palestinians-celebrate-alan-johnstons-release/comment-page-1/#comment-1187663 Daniel Bleiberg Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:17:37 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/07/palestine-palestinians-celebrate-alan-johnstons-release/#comment-1187663 I thought Palestine stopped existing in 1948, when the end of the British Mandate came into being? Today, I believe it exists as ISRAEL. When I was in Ramallah in 2002, following a suicide bombing that killed many innocent civilians in Israel, I saw terrorists handing around candies and firing guns in the air. The kidnapping, Ayesha, just goes to prove that Gaza is a terror infested area that has been turned into a global jihad base. Hamas, let me remind you, plays an integral role in this terror cycle, as they have killed hundreds of civilians, and they freed Alan Johnston only to win some points in the liberal international arena. Gilad Shalit, unfortunately, is still in Hamas hands. In a sense, the Dugmush clan shot themselves in the foot when they ordered their Army of Islam to kidnap Alan Johnston, a reporter who has been bashing Israel for years and supporting the terrorists' causes. No surprises that he's the only foreign reporter who was based full time in Gaza... I thought Palestine stopped existing in 1948, when the end of the British Mandate came into being? Today, I believe it exists as ISRAEL. When I was in Ramallah in 2002, following a suicide bombing that killed many innocent civilians in Israel, I saw terrorists handing around candies and firing guns in the air. The kidnapping, Ayesha, just goes to prove that Gaza is a terror infested area that has been turned into a global jihad base. Hamas, let me remind you, plays an integral role in this terror cycle, as they have killed hundreds of civilians, and they freed Alan Johnston only to win some points in the liberal international arena. Gilad Shalit, unfortunately, is still in Hamas hands. In a sense, the Dugmush clan shot themselves in the foot when they ordered their Army of Islam to kidnap Alan Johnston, a reporter who has been bashing Israel for years and supporting the terrorists’ causes. No surprises that he’s the only foreign reporter who was based full time in Gaza…

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