Comments on: Syria: We Stand Against Occupation

By: clarifier

clarifier — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:13:24 +0000

The sign “Victims of Palestinian terror” was meant to send a message that the civilian deaths in Gaza were caused by Hamas, not Israel. That was the point. It wasn’t about comparing Israeli deaths to Palestinian deaths. The point is that the cause of all these deaths is terrorism.

All of the civilian deaths in Gaza recently were caused either directly by Hamas gunfire or Hamas’ use of human shields.

By: Jason Paz

Jason Paz — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:04:38 +0000

Israelis and Arabs forget we have common enemies. Here is a possible scenario. Four nuclear devices explode in the four major Israeli cities.
The Israelis launch 250 fighter/bombers to nuke 500 population centers in the Arab World.
Years later the few survivors may learn it was a false flags CIA op, or maybe a Russian ploy to obtain oilfields.
Continued turmoil plays into the hands of our enemies.

By: Gilad Lotan

Gilad Lotan — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:57:32 +0000

Do you have the link to the Hatikva claim that “Israel Eliminated about 110 terrorists”? It is made very clear in Israeli media that only half of the killed were Hamas members, while over half were civilians. This is a never ending cycle that feeds itself. But I strongly believe that the difference is in intent.

Israeli army targets Hamas which intertwines within the Gazan civilian population. Many believe that this is their only way to get international voices – by having civilians killed in Gaza. The absolute truth is that Israelis do not celebrate the civilians killed in Gaza, however, many in Gaza celebrate civilian Israeli death by Palestinian bombers.

However, it IS a war; there is no right or wrong and both sides come out losers. But I wonder how trust can be built when, especially now, Israelis cannot trust even an Arab from East Jerusalem to enter its territory? How can steps towards peace be taken when the supported ruling party in Gaza (Hamas) does not believe in Israel’s right to exist?

By: Yazan Badran

Yazan Badran — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:10:35 +0000

I will leave this one for you to translate on Arabic Lingua ;)

By: Jason Paz

Jason Paz — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:48:38 +0000

“We did not stand against conflict.”
Then, you have no valid objection to the recent results of that conflict. 116 Palestinians died and so did 8 Jewish seminary students.
124 human beings are dead. They no longer care if they are called terrorists or occupiers.
Some of the demonstrators may have been in the USA too long. With George Bush they say the ends justify the means.

By: Razan Ghazzawi

Razan Ghazzawi — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:08:19 +0000

Thanks Yazan :)

By: Razan Ghazzawi

Razan Ghazzawi — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:40:13 +0000

Thanks Sami, it’s great to be around :)

By: Yazan Badran

Yazan Badran — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:29:25 +0000

Welcome aboard Razan :)

By: Sami Ben Gharbia

Sami Ben Gharbia — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:41:21 +0000

great to have you Razan, warm welcome