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document.write("<h5>hamas victory</h5>");
document.write("well, congratulated hamas, with your victory.<br />Most \"democratic\", non western countries will be happy for you, so now we can relax AGAIN AND BE HAPPY.<br /><br />. edward");
document.write("<h5>Peace</h5>");
document.write("firstly... Isreal broke the ceasefire, so to blame Hamas is a blatent lie. As in any conflict, truth seems to be the first casualty, but in this case, peace will never come to the middle east until Isreal hand's over the occupied lands it unlawfully grabbed from the Palestinians, which I don't see ever happening since the US requires this client state for Hegemony in this oil rich area. The only way there's ever going to be peace is if we have a WW3 and half of the world gets wiped out (think nuclear). It does look like we're heading down this road...so, sit back and enjoy the ride. IAH");
document.write("<h5>hamas broke the cease fire</h5>");
document.write("Israel left the Gaza strip 3 years ago - so the excuse of occupation to launch 6000 rockets is baseless. Instead of developing Gaza's infrastructure to the benefit of their people, Hamas invested its resources in terror. Once again the Palestinions  never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.. michael");
document.write("<h5>Who broke the ceasefire?</h5>");
document.write("Get your facts straight. It was Hamas that proposed the ceasefire. Not a single rocket was fired during the truce yet Israel maintained a stranglehold on Gaza (in the words of an Israeli cabinet minister: \"We are putting the people of Gaza on a diet\".) Israel killed six Hamas members before Hamas ended the ceasefire.. YE");
document.write("<h5>West VS East VS Islam and whatever</h5>");
document.write("This \"debate\" is starting to look like that Zohan movie.  It's you Arabs, no, it's you Israelis!..  Haibo!<br />This war was started thousands of years ago for only one reason, that being the illusion of separateness and the consequential damages it causes; this land is mine, this money is mine, this religion is mine, this blood is mine.<br />I suppose those of us who still live in the middle ages will require a WW3 to eliminate each other,  yet perhaps our collective greed has already done us the favour by implementing climate change.  Surely we are better off, working together on issues facing mankind as a whole, not just them and us, and perhaps the challenges of the future will teach us how to share.. The void");
document.write("<h5>war</h5>");
document.write("The majority of the world knows its Israel's land. They have been deposed from their land for thousands of years even before the Pharaoh’s time  by various nations. Sure everyone has their own opinion that is why we must simply accept that there will always be war in that land  as neither side will give up what they believe in. If you are prepared to go to war for your beliefs then you must accept the consequences, its no point in saying they are wrong or we are right as each group believes that they are correct. . Thomas");
document.write("<h5>war</h5>");
document.write("These people and others have been fighting for centuries. There will never be peace in the world, we therefore have to accept that there will always be casulaties as much as I feel sorry for the woman and children but definitely not for the warmongers or terrorists.  . blue");
document.write("<h5>Re:Thomas</h5>");
document.write("Hey Thomas, majority of the world knows that the land you live in belongs to the blacks of this country. Are you prepared to give it up ?. Thabo");
document.write("<h5>Thabo</h5>");
document.write("What a cretinous comment.<br />You too are a colonialist from the north (albeit 1000 yrs earlier...). The vast majority of whites do not own 'land' and do not have any personal need of it. Blacks infatuation with 'land' is pathetic.. these so called 'new farmers' degrade once productive land with a few scrawny beasts... they fail to feed the cities so that we have to import food (something unheard of a decade ago)... go #### yourself................... superstu");
document.write("<h5>Point Made</h5>");
document.write("Although I dont condone Thabo's statement in any way, I think an important point was made. Why is it so wrong for any other nation black, coloured, pink etc to thieve or steal the land of others while it is okay for Israel to steal land of Palestinians? Think about it.. Abdullah");
document.write("<h5>Thabo</h5>");
document.write("Hey Thabo! You sound like ZANU PF in Zimbabwe who being told that 2 and 3 generation whites in that country are indigenous, said \"but we are indigenous indigenous!\" Well the Khoisan, who your brethren pushed out, were indigenous indigenous indigenous!. Hawkeye");
document.write("<h5>land</h5>");
document.write("The land belongs to those who occupy it. End of story. Otherwise we can argue that we all own Africa as all people originally came from here.. g");
document.write("<h5>Hey Thabo</h5>");
document.write("Haha, go join your bruthas in Zim who thought they didnt need their whites. kicked them out and now beg for food from other whites.. elk");
document.write("<h5>Thanks for the land g</h5>");
document.write("Thanks for the land g, I  will come and occupy(steal) your land tonight. Please dont fight me or defend yourself because only terrorist do that.. J");
document.write("<h5>to J</h5>");
document.write("And just like the Israelis I'll shoot you when you try.. g");
document.write("<h5>Re: Land</h5>");
document.write("\"The land belongs to those who occupy it.\" What a foolish and childish comment. You have just given us an insight into your level of intelligence and morality. . Joseph");
document.write("<h5>Joseph</h5>");
document.write("Post a rebuttal or shut up.. g");
document.write("<h5>Dark Ages</h5>");
document.write("Don't you South Africans realise that you carry the responsibility of being an example to the world?  The smooth transition of power experienced in 94 was widely publicised as no one around the world thought it possible.  They did not think it possible as they would not have been able to manage it themselves.  We carry the hope the world is looking for.  These comments however look like the sort of things dark age buffoons would shout at each other over the battlefield while slinging excrement at each other…. Shame on you! . THE VOID");
document.write("<h5>Thabo is right</h5>");
document.write("By posing that question Thabo makes a very valid point. You can't argue and say \"Israel had this land thousands of years ago therefore it's theirs\". Imagine if the Aborigines done that and amassed an airforce and army in an attempt to take over what was theirs a few hundred years ago. Now I'm not saying that the Israelis should give up all of their land cos many generations of Israelis call it home but a solution has to be created, a two state solution, as silly as it sounds.. random oke");
document.write("<h5>Rebuttal</h5>");
document.write("Israel’s creation brought about crimes against a largely innocent Palestinian people. This was well understood by Israel’s early leaders. David Ben-Gurion told Nahum Goldmann, the president of the World Jewish Congress:<br /><br />“If I were an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country . . . We come from Israel, but two thousand years ago, and what is that to them? There has been anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that?”<br />. Joseph");
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