[Miki]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'O')ne of these days, rog, Islamic fanatics are going to blow themselves up in New Zealand. They'll kill a bunch of Kiwis and you will ask yourself, "why?" It sure isn't because of America. It's just what they do.

[Specop_007]

Reap what you sow Obscenity deleted.. Someone must have forgot to tell you the Great Satan (America) pays your Obscenity deleted. bills.

Hope your happy with Hamas and terrorizing The West. Click

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Sep 23, 2006 (AP)— Gaza's children used to light colorful lanterns to mark Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. But this year, many parents can't afford those small $1 toys as the coastal strip sinks deeper into poverty amid an aid cutoff to punish the Hamas-led government. "These days, I just want to cry," said Umm Emad, a mother of six. The only lantern in her house is a paraffin lamp she keeps for Gaza's frequent power cuts.

Ramadan, which began Saturday in the West Bank and Gaza and other parts of the Muslim world, is a time of fasting from dawn to dusk, piety and giving to the poor. It's also a festive month, with large family meals after sundown, social get-togethers and new clothes for everyone.

But Gaza is poorer than ever, and many will not be able to observe all Ramadan traditions. The U.N. feeds some 1 million of Gaza's 1.4 million people. One of the U.N. agencies, the World Food Program, added some 60,000 needy people for a total of 220,000 to its roster in September alone.

Foreign aid, which helped prop up the Palestinian Authority for more than a decade, dried up in March after the Islamic militant group Hamas came to power. For long periods, Gaza also was cut off from the world, particularly after Hamas-allied militants kidnapped an Israeli soldier in June.

In the past three months, Israeli incursions to stop rocket fire and find smuggling tunnels have killed more than 200 Palestinians, most of them militants. Electricity is rationed, in six-hour blocks, after Israel's military bombed Gaza's main power plant following the kidnapping of the soldier.

[nwildmand]

nice to see you havent lost your charm spec.

you havent been posting much latley. why?

[NEOPO]

He has succumbed to the charm of his own chains and the comfort of his cage.
He has a 10 year supply of blue pills and bullets.
Dont get too close or a david koresh situation could develope.

Mudvaynes new album song #1 - you better believe it.

[Jack]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'B')ut Gaza is poorer than ever, and many will not be able to observe all Ramadan traditions. The U.N. feeds some 1 million of Gaza's 1.4 million people.

[eastbay]

Jack,

I believe reducing the population of Palestine is the Palestinians #1 objective.

[kam30en]

The muslims don't know when to stop breeding. Gaza is fenced in, and they are still breeding like rabbits. Don't they realize they are going to all starve to death once international aid stops coming.

[Ayame]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')"Umm Emad, a mother of six

[gego]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '
')
Ramadan, which began Saturday in the West Bank and Gaza and other parts of the Muslim world, is a time of fasting from dawn to dusk, piety and giving to the poor.

[Lawmage]

While I agree that the Palestinians are more than partially responsible for their own misfortunes, delighting in their misfortunes is not helpful.

The Palestinians need some help...Of course, they also need to help themselves. They could do that most successfully by rejecting terrorism and deciding to behave like human beings instead of savages...

The Israelis have not treated the Pals well or fairly. A bleak Ramadan is merely symptomatic of the problems in the region. A pity the Palestinians seem unable to recognize their own complicity in those problems...

[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nwildmand', 'n')ice to see you havent lost your charm spec.

you havent been posting much latley. why?

[Polemic]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lawmage', 'W')hile I agree that the Palestinians are more than partially responsible for their own misfortunes, delighting in their misfortunes is not helpful.

The Palestinians need some help...Of course, they also need to help themselves. They could do that most successfully by rejecting terrorism and deciding to behave like human beings instead of savages...

[kam30en]

Here, this is what arabs do....if they take over Israel, this is what you can expect, endless fighting and barbarism. I guess since gaza is sealed off, they can only fight amongst themselves.

ARABS KILL EACH OTHER

But can you imagine morons like this actually being able to defeat Israel, a nation with more scientists per capita than any other nation in the world.

[mekrob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')ere, this is what arabs do

[Miki]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kam30en', 'H')ere, this is what arabs do....if they take over Israel, this is what you can expect, endless fighting and barbarism. I guess since gaza is sealed off, they can only fight amongst themselves.

ARABS KILL EACH OTHER

But can you imagine morons like this actually being able to defeat Israel, a nation with more scientists per capita than any other nation in the world.

[nwildmand]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Miki', '
')For the record, the recent fights are a direct result of the fact that the US and Europe are starving the Palestinians by withdrawing foreign aid as a punishment for electing the wrong party in the democratic elections.

[kam30en]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')or the record, the recent fights are a direct result of the fact that the US and Europe are starving the Palestinians by withdrawing foreign aid as a punishment for electing the wrong party in the democratic elections.

[Tyler_JC]

I couldn't agree more!

If the Palestinians were united in non-violent protest against Israel, their situation would improve overnight.

Israel does not want to murder all of the Arabs in the Middle East, they merely want to be left alone.

If the Palestinians agreed to disarm, Israel would gladly give them back sovereignty. But so long as Jews are getting blown up by the bus load on a weekly basis, we will never see peace in the Middle East.

Hamas could win their war if they wanted to. All they need to do is tell the people not to resist with bombs and bullets but instead argue their case in a civilized manor.

If one hundred thousand Arabs marched on the streets of the Gaza Strip singing "Give Peace a Chance", think of what we could do...

The peoples of Israel and Palestine have far more to gain by peacefully co-existing than by continuing the bloodshed. I just don't understand why they can't figure that out.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'I')f the Palestinians agreed to disarm, Israel would gladly give them back sovereignty.