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Nazareth asked to be disconnected from air raid sirens
IMRA ^ | 7-23-06

Posted on 07/23/2006 3:03:51 PM PDT by SJackson

[Israeli Arab] Nazareth asked to be disconnected from air raid sirens

Home Front Commander: Nazareth asked to be disconnected from air raid sirens Ronny Sofer YNET 23 July 2006

www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3280234,00.html

Home Front Commander Yitzhak Jerry Gershon told government ministers: "The city of Nazareth asked to be disconnected from the system of air raid sirens because it interfered with them on remembrance days for IDF martyrs and on Holocaust Day."

Gershon was responding to claims that the siren didn't work in the city when it came under rocket attack in which two brothers were killed last week.

(07.23.06, 18:02)


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; israel

1 posted on 07/23/2006 3:03:51 PM PDT by SJackson
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2 posted on 07/23/2006 3:04:13 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do!)
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To: SJackson

The point is to be vigilant always.


3 posted on 07/23/2006 3:05:49 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Fitzcarraldo

The Nazareth city fathers probably thought they were immune, since Nazareth is almost completely an Arab city. Hizballah wouldn't send rockets at fellow Arabs, would they. The city fathers forgot that Hizballah are Islamo-fascists and probably liked the idea of killing Christian Arabs, especially children.


4 posted on 07/23/2006 3:13:39 PM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Jabba the Hutt's bigger, meaner, uglier brother.)
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To: SJackson
"The city of Nazareth asked to be disconnected from the system of air raid sirens because it interfered with them on remembrance days for IDF martyrs and on Holocaust Day."

< dr_phil>

So, how's that working for you?

< /dr_phil>

5 posted on 07/23/2006 3:23:45 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
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To: SJackson

Why would a city which is majority Arab care about Holocaust day?


6 posted on 07/23/2006 3:26:44 PM PDT by PghBaldy (I'm sick of the media leaks & lies. God Bless America.)
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To: PghBaldy
Why would a city which is majority Arab care about Holocaust day?

Simple human decency?

[Do I *need* a sarcasm tag?]

7 posted on 07/23/2006 4:44:51 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I am sure there are (Muslim) Arabs who have compassion for Jews. To date, I have seen little evidence of this though.


8 posted on 07/24/2006 3:36:18 PM PDT by PghBaldy (I'm sick of the media leaks & lies. God Bless America.)
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To: PghBaldy
Why would a city which is majority Arab care about Holocaust day?

Arab doesn't always mean Muslim. There are significant Christian Arab and Druze populations in that area. Both are Arab, but neither are Muslim.
9 posted on 07/24/2006 4:46:48 PM PDT by Arthalion
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To: SJackson

This is an incomprehensible "news" brief. What exactly are the facts being stated?


10 posted on 07/24/2006 4:48:55 PM PDT by bvw
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This is an incomprehensible "news" brief. What exactly are the facts being stated?

It's a follow up.

There were three Arab children killed by a Hizbollah missle landing in Nazareth. Hizbollah has declared the victims child martyrs, as though that's a consolation.

The local Arabs blamed Israel, contending that the air raid sirens were either delayed or didn't go off at all, contributing to the deaths.

Apparently Nazareth has requested the sirens be disconnected, since they are set off twice a year, for Holocaust Remembrance Day and Independence Day, and apparently the locals don't want to hear that.

11 posted on 07/24/2006 4:53:12 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do!)
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To: SJackson

Thanks! Sad consequences of a decision wrapped in a tragic bit of spiteful aloofness.


12 posted on 07/24/2006 5:00:36 PM PDT by bvw
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To: Arthalion

I know, but the numbers I've seen say Nazareth is majority Muslim. I was imprecise.


13 posted on 07/25/2006 12:48:22 PM PDT by PghBaldy (I'm sick of the media leaks & lies. God Bless America.)
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