Posted on 05/15/2008 6:55:55 PM PDT by old-and-old
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinians marked the 60th anniversary of their uprooting with rallies, sirens and black balloons Thursday — an annual ritual made even darker this year by crippling internal divisions and diminishing independence hopes.
The memorial provided a stark contrast to Israel's all-out birthday bash, which included a high-profile visit by President Bush for the 60th independence day celebration.
Bush's embrace of Israel at a time when the Palestinians were mourning was bound to further harm the tainted U.S. image in Palestinian areas and across the Arab world.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
They loved us so much in September of 2001.
There were no fricken “palestinians” in 1948. They make it sound like they’re Indians being kicked off their land into a reservation.
Get a life
our founding fathers wouldn't put up with this Bravo Sierra. how much longer will we ?
The headline makes it sound like a passive event.
The maggots uprooted themselves, relying on the promise of their leaders in surrounding maggot countries that they could divvy up the tiny country after the Jews were "taken care of".
Didn't quite work out the way they planned.
Too bad for the Mass-Murdering-Muslims...
I have to read the history on that. I admit I am pretty ignorant but I know that Jews lived in Jerusalem first. No one can say “I was there before you.”
I NEVER get tired of seeing that photo. Yep, they love us so much - NOT!
Joan Peters set out to write the historic events sympathetically to the muslims.
Reality and the extensive Turkish Empire records forced her to change her mind just about everything. She had bought into muslim propaganda.
Thanks. My standard:
was I here first? Yes
Was I always here? Yes
Do I make the majority of people right now? Yes.
Good. Now it’s mine.
I don’t care if you brought 400,000 people and in 640 you had more people than me :-)
Take note of that folks. This was the West Bank.
These are supposed to be the Palestinians who want peace according to Bush.
Good Lord!
Me either. You can post that think ten times a day if you like.
Talk about karma...
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