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Israel has really overstepped the line : Comments

By Bruce Haigh, published 16/1/2009

For Israel to have created more instability and uncertainty in the Middle East is irresponsible and selfish in the extreme.

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You can exist without defending your self? I think you need a re-introduction with reality.
Posted by Scott Smith, Friday, 16 January 2009 8:53:47 AM
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when the 'peoples' own 'government' starts terrorizing a select part of the population based on a general grouping that includes all...the bad, good and children...then its the duty of the whole population itself to step inbetween the government and selected-population...not just by words but physically by putting own life and limb on line...

current israel policy in gaza makes no long term sense...how many emotionally traumatized individuals have been created by israeli-government destruction of infrastructure and loss of dependant lives gaza...and how many of these people decide to give up on a 'creative' life to take up a destructive one...yeah more bombers...and its the 'people' of israel whom eventually suffer...

sure...war is a great stimulus for the economy, as nazi-germany showed...and gas fields off gaza sure a tempting apple for israel-government/business...but all these are short term views and solutions...

the only long term solution is good administrative practices with responsible-accountable government employees...supported by good parliamentary laws...that acts to give each and every individual of the population the same right to create a successful/happy life without infringing onto their fellow members societies rights with unbalanced self interest...cast creed irrelevant at society level...individual level yeah...

world is watching...

sam
Ps~I think its about time individuals put more effort to hone their skills to identify souls with unbalanced-self-interest...whom usually identify each other quite well and organize into effective co-operating parasitic units for benefit...to isolate and prevent ever achieving position of power or influence when they begin to act...
Posted by Sam said, Friday, 16 January 2009 9:26:39 AM
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An Jewish voice in the wilderness?

http://www.newint.org/features/special/2009/01/12/gaza-war-crime-against-state-of-israel/
Posted by George, Friday, 16 January 2009 9:42:57 AM
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Nice one, Bruce Haigh. Any vestigial sympathy I might have had for Israel is evaporating daily.
Posted by CJ Morgan, Friday, 16 January 2009 9:46:11 AM
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Glad to read some historical understanding from some of our OLO's at last.

However, as a mature-age historian, might still not say sorry for publishing the following.

Have become truly ashamed at the way not only concerning the national media but the way our contributors have not been using more dinkum historical channels to find the real truth behind the ME Arab Israeli problem.

It is so interesting that it has taken the chief journalist of our only newspaper, the WEST AUSTRALIAN to allow in letters from veterans such as John Falconer, revealing the historical stuff-up that caused the melee certainly now getting bloody shamefully worse than ever.

Talking to the chief WEST' journo’ it seems that the four letters from different old-timers over the last week or so, reveal that the major historical mistake was not so much the break-up not long after WW2 between a victorious US with an inexperienced Truman, and a penniless UK with its heroic Churchill ousted by Labour, the arrogant Yanks simply ousted the Brits favouring the Jews rather than the Palestinians who had every right to be angry - even more so when the UK focused International plan to grant equal amounts of Palestine to both Jews and Arabs, was thrown out by Truman.

Finally, I’d suggest that not only our poorly gallant OLO’s look more to genuine academic historical accounts and less to Surge-like media spin - and might say the same about our management which like John Howard appear to prefer our OlO’s to favour a US backed heavily fortified israel, treating the lightly armed Palestinians like we nastily did to our own primitively armed Aborigines.

Probable Cheers, BB, Buntine, WA.
Posted by bushbred, Friday, 16 January 2009 9:48:23 AM
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The interesting point is that Hamas now only draws sympathy from western lefties like Mr Haigh (and a few in Forums like this), or thuggish regimes like ...Iran...Syria?...Hezbollah?..and who else exactly?

The bleating and thug-hugging lefties who apologize for Hamas as they cause the slaughter of their "own" people is amazing to behold.

The jig is up. Hardly an Arab govt wants anything to do with Hamas. The Soviet Empire which used these Arabs as proxies in the Cold War is gone. The PLO has morphed into Fatah and has very cordial relations with Israel.

What else do lefty apologists for terrorist outfits like Hamas need to know? The sooner Hamas is eradicated; the sooner Gazans can be freed from their torment. That's all.

BTW. Among my acquaintances I am considered "anti-Jewish". It's rare to find such an even-handed fellow..I can assure you. Cheers.
Posted by punter57, Friday, 16 January 2009 10:04:10 AM
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