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Palestinian PM collapses at rally
BBC News ^ | October 6, 2006 | Staff

Posted on 10/06/2006 9:29:10 AM PDT by MadIvan

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya has collapsed while addressing tens of thousands of supporters at a rally in the Gaza Strip.

He resumed his speech a few minutes later, saying: "Our bodies can get tired, but our soul will not."

Mr Haniya, 43, has been observing the Muslim daytime Ramadan fast.

The PM, who is locked in a power struggle with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, said he would not be pushed from power or recognise Israel.

He said recognising Israel would "amount to renouncing the land of our ancestors".

Party clashes

Speaking on a hot autumn day at an outdoor stadium in Gaza City, Mr Haniya began to slur his speech before he started to fall and was helped to the ground by bodyguards.

Aides then helped him to a chair to recover and tried to cool him.

He soon continued his address, saying: "We will not stop our steadfastness."

The rally came after Mr Abbas - a member of the rival party, Fatah - threatened on Wednesday to dissolve Mr Haniya's government.

The pair have been locked in a bitter power struggle since the collapse of talks aimed at forming a unity government.

It had been hoped a unity government would lead to the lifting of Western sanctions imposed because of the refusal of Hamas to recognise Israel and renounce violence.

But Mr Haniya told his supporters: "We will stay in the government. We will not recognise Israel."

In the wake of protests last week by armed forces loyal to Fatah, Mr Haniya said there was "a form of a mutiny against the government".

In the past week, some 15 people have been killed in clashes involving Hamas and Fatah supporters.

"Any government that faced what we have faced would have fallen in the first or second month. Why has it not fallen? Because it gets its strength from God," Mr Haniya said.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: collapse; dropdead; hamas
Looks a touch like the Nuremburg Rally to me -


"Hate Heil! Hate Heil!"

And look at the hate filled leader -


"Heute, Gaza, Morgen, Israel!"

Regards, Ivan

1 posted on 10/06/2006 9:29:11 AM PDT by MadIvan
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Ping!


2 posted on 10/06/2006 9:29:39 AM PDT by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: MadIvan
He resumed his speech a few minutes later

The IDF hasn't perfected those Zionist Death Rays yet.


3 posted on 10/06/2006 9:30:28 AM PDT by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 72-76)
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FRmail me to be added or removed from this Judaic/pro-Israel/Russian Jewry ping list.

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4 posted on 10/06/2006 9:30:52 AM PDT by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 72-76)
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To: MadIvan
"amount to renouncing the land of our ancestors".

BULL! I recall that 'they' were wiped out on orders....Sidon,Og etc etc . Case closed, no ancestors to produce them!

5 posted on 10/06/2006 9:33:35 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory tooooo long)
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To: MadIvan

So he finally ate the mushrooms?


6 posted on 10/06/2006 9:34:24 AM PDT by TommyDale (Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
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To: MadIvan

Lead poisoning?


7 posted on 10/06/2006 9:39:30 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (Religion of peace my arse - We need a maintenance Crusade)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen
I would prefer that it was God firing a warning shot over his bow, but whatever works.

Regards, Ivan

8 posted on 10/06/2006 9:40:03 AM PDT by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: Alouette

"The PM, who is locked in a power struggle with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, said he would not be pushed from power or recognise Israel. "

That should have warranted a MOAB attack. Could have cut terrorism by a third.


9 posted on 10/06/2006 10:10:07 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Freedom by its nature cannot be imposed, it must be chosen")
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If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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Hope he's following the rules for the holiday. Rioting, slaughter, genocide, that's OK, but Don't masturbate during Ramadan

10 posted on 10/06/2006 10:44:52 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn't do!)
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To: MadIvan
"Our bodies can get tired, but our soul will not."

Put another way, "EVIL NEVER RESTS"

11 posted on 10/06/2006 11:02:48 AM PDT by Ancesthntr
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To: MadIvan
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya has collapsed while addressing tens of thousands of supporters at a rally in the Gaza Strip.

"Tragically, however, the effect was not a permanent one."

12 posted on 10/06/2006 1:07:00 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("It'sTime for Republicans to Start Toeing the Conservative Line, NOT the Other Way Around!")
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To: MadIvan

May he collapse and die.


13 posted on 10/06/2006 1:58:26 PM PDT by montag813
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

....Lead poisoning?....

I would guess locked knees. It happens to grooms and soldiers standing in formation.


14 posted on 10/06/2006 2:01:11 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. Foley is why we don't allow queers to be Scoutmasters.)
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To: Alouette
He must have been overcome by noxious fumes.

A contraindication of cranio-rectal insertion.

15 posted on 10/06/2006 2:05:00 PM PDT by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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To: Alouette

Those DAMN Mossad pain killers LOL!


16 posted on 10/06/2006 4:51:01 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: MadIvan

That's happened to me before. I mean, you think that you can continue with your regular schedule of spittle-flecked addresses to your hordes of crazed followers, but you find out that during a fast you really have to tone it down a notch. You get out there in the hot sun screaming, "Death to Israel!" just like usual and then all the sudden: TIMBER!


17 posted on 10/06/2006 5:00:42 PM PDT by Zeroisanumber (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Alouette
Yes, look at me, look at me, I am weak from fasting. I am your holy leader, weak from fasting yet Allah, shall make me strong.....blah, blah, blah.

Another evil rip off of Judaism. G-d established fasting per Torah. Not some plagerized version. Sickening.

18 posted on 10/06/2006 5:22:04 PM PDT by blasater1960 ( Ishmaelites...Still a wild-ass of a people....)
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