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Pain of Hamas boycott worse than feared for Gaza's people
Financial Times.com ^ | May 9 2006 | Harvey Morris

Posted on 05/09/2006 9:26:10 AM PDT by Leisler

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"So far, few are blaming Hamas for their plight, in spite of the fact that the Islamist group's refusal to recognise Israel, lay down its weapons and abide by existing agreements provoked the international boycott."

The West should revist the no money policy. Like, in 2016.

1 posted on 05/09/2006 9:26:12 AM PDT by Leisler
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To: Leisler

Life is tough and shi'ite hasppens..


2 posted on 05/09/2006 9:27:39 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Leisler

Listen, I have a whole box of single edge razors I'll donate if the palis promise to use them to cut their own wrists.


3 posted on 05/09/2006 9:28:21 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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To: Leisler

Yup. If they're not blaming Hamas yet, then they're not hungry enough.


4 posted on 05/09/2006 9:29:35 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Leisler

Hamas was VOTED in. These people are getting just what they wanted. This isn't the case of a dictator imposing it's will; it's a "nation" of islamofascists and terrorits who are suffering.

It's about time.


5 posted on 05/09/2006 9:29:44 AM PDT by Kieri (Dump "Dangerously Incompetent" Debbie, Support Keith Butler for Senate)
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To: Leisler

Gotta suck electing terrorists to be your leaders.

Especially if you are incapable of taking care of yourself.


6 posted on 05/09/2006 9:29:58 AM PDT by SittinYonder (Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa)
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To: Leisler

Are not these the same people that celebrated 9/11? Doesn't this mean we can celebrate their demise at the hands of "reality"? Shoosh, they have their state and now find out they have nothing to eat. Well I am sure that the PA will set things straight real quick.


7 posted on 05/09/2006 9:30:28 AM PDT by tigtog
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To: SittinYonder

Wonder if they're still cheering 9/11?


8 posted on 05/09/2006 9:31:01 AM PDT by SittinYonder (Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa)
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To: tigtog

LOL ... yeah, what you said.


9 posted on 05/09/2006 9:31:46 AM PDT by SittinYonder (Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa)
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To: Leisler

Well, I guess when you spend all your available funds on nail-embroidered dynamite homicide-suicide vests and ground-to-ground missles for murdering as many infidels as possible, you can't pay for local necessities like public sanitation and hospitals. So sad.

I'm just glad we aren't subsidizing these absurdities any longer, and hope that we and the rest of the non-islamofascist world stick to that policy in the future.


10 posted on 05/09/2006 9:33:42 AM PDT by Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek
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You like my new suit?

Yet Hamas dismisses Western demands that it recognize Israel and renounce violence. Hamas fears an about-face would hurt it politically by making it look weak, said pollster Nader Said of Bir Zeit University. The militant group's exiled leaders, beholden to hard-line states Iran and Syria, have also crushed any compromise ideas floated by Hamas leaders in the West Bank and Gaza. For now, most Palestinians blame the West and Abbas for the crisis, and believe the new democratically elected government is being treated unfairly by the international community, said the pollster.

11 posted on 05/09/2006 9:34:06 AM PDT by Leisler (Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim.)
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To: sheik yerbouty

GREAT!


12 posted on 05/09/2006 9:34:19 AM PDT by BIGZ
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To: Joe Boucher

"Listen, I have a whole box of single edge razors I'll donate if the palis promise to use them to cut their own wrists."

That's essentially what they did by electing Hamas. It's what they did by bombing Israeli civilians in terrorist attacks, which is why the day laborers aren't allowed into Israel anymore (notice the article didn't mention that detail).

In short, it's what the Palis have done for decades, namely commit cultural suicide on the altar of Islam, so in fact your idea is redundant...


13 posted on 05/09/2006 9:35:33 AM PDT by piytar
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"Palestinians are very close and what little they have they share," said Mr Zakout. "We haven't lost our social fabric. We're not that western yet".

So bad Western people don't share with each other like good Arabs? And yet they expect their aid to come from the bad Westerners and not their Arab brothers?

Someone smart should explain this to me.

14 posted on 05/09/2006 9:35:53 AM PDT by blueminnesota
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15 posted on 05/09/2006 9:36:29 AM PDT by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 60-65)
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To: Leisler

Oh yeah, one other thing: Didn't Iran and a bunch of other Islamist jerks promise billions for the PA and Hamas? Guess their word isn't worth all that much, eh? Then again, that's no surprise...


16 posted on 05/09/2006 9:37:59 AM PDT by piytar
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To: Spktyr

Yup. If they're not blaming Hamas yet, then they're not hungry enough.""

AMEN


17 posted on 05/09/2006 9:38:41 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Leisler
>>>Like, in 2016. <<<

No, its too soon!

18 posted on 05/09/2006 9:39:53 AM PDT by HardStarboard (Hey, march some more - its helping get the wall built!)
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To: Alouette; sheik yerbouty

Gee, ya know, I almost could feel sorry for the Philistines...............but then I remember how they danced and whooped it up on 9/11....and have the gall to appear before us with hands outstretched for a handout, moaning about how they need money, infrastructure breaking down, etc., etc., etc. When they see fit to stop terrorism, homicide bombings, declaring jihad everytime a butterfly breaks wind, and mooching off the American taxpayer, I'll see if I can find some sympathy for the Philistines.


19 posted on 05/09/2006 9:40:53 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA (Illegals - taking the rights Americans don't have - tell them No Tu Puede)
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To: blueminnesota

"So bad Western people don't share with each other like good Arabs? And yet they expect their aid to come from the bad Westerners and not their Arab brothers?

Someone smart should explain this to me."

It's just your basic cognitive dissonance. Their core beliefs are "Muslims Good, Arab Dictatorships Good, Infidel Westerns and Jews Bad." Facts that contradict those core beliefs are simply ignored.

It's just like liberals. Their core belief is "GWB is Evil/the Anti-Christ." Facts that contradict that core belief are simply ignored...


20 posted on 05/09/2006 9:41:08 AM PDT by piytar
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