espsummer
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who broke the ceasefire agreement?
Jan 10, 2009, 10:26
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it has been widely reported or stated that hamas violated the ceasefire agreement with Israel. At least here in the United States. I thought that the ceasefire agreement was broken by Israel on November 4th....election day in the US. isn't that the real truth?
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handofdave
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Edited Jan 10, 2009, 14:53
Re: who broke the ceasefire agreement?
Jan 10, 2009, 14:52
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It's almost beside the point at this stage who shot first. Actually, I have no doubt that Israel WANTED Hamas to break the cease fire to provide an excuse for them to unleash hell.
All I can say at this point is that both Israel and the Palestinians had a good chance of ending the conflict when the more moderate factions were in charge, but that's history. Everyone in the region has been radicalized and I don't hold much hope for progress now.
I find the whole thing massively depressing. Not only are the peoples of that region caught up in a fury of blind nationalistic violence, but their respective religions are inevitably stained around the globe, too. Peace-loving, moderate Jews and Muslims are being lumped in with their murderous cousins by a more often than not indiscriminate world opinion.
Nobody wins, everyone loses.
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espsummer
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Re: who broke the ceasefire agreement?
Jan 11, 2009, 09:38
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i do believe you are right in that everybody looses but i do not think that the the actions of israel are in any way justified. if you blockade, starve and deny a people the basic necessitys of survival then you are not interested in peace. Lifting the blockade was part of the truce and that did not happen.
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handofdave
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Re: who broke the ceasefire agreement?
Jan 11, 2009, 15:54
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The irony here is that Israel was directly complicit in the creation of Hamas as a political chess piece they could use against other Palestinians.
Just like how the US backed the Taliban as a proxy force against the Soviets, Baron Frankenstein is being confronted by his own monster, again.
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