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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (275103)	6/1/2010 8:15:24 AM
From: SARMAN	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hamas did.. ROFLMO. Your stupidity has no end. They are in a self-declared and never ending state of war with Israel, per their national political charter. Really? resisting their aggressor is their right and duty. I bet you would roll over and play dead if someone attacks America. Maybe if Hamas recognized Israel's right to exist, and entered into a peace agreement with them, there would be no legal reason, or right, for Israel to blockade Gaza. Would Israel give up the land that it stole? I like to see that. Btw, why aren't you asking what right Egypt has to blockade Gaza? They are NOT in a state of war with Hamas. You know very well that if Egypt did not toe the line, we cut our aid to them.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (275103)	6/1/2010 12:08:13 PM
From: Garden Rose	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Wrong answer Hawk. Hamas can give nothing to Israel. Israel is in violation of international law and it's going to be corrected shortly.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (275103)	6/1/2010 1:23:49 PM
From: SARMAN	Respond to of 281500

Egypt gives Israel the finger and opens the border Egypt Opens Border With Gaza Strip to Allow Humanitarian Aid www1.voanews.com Egypt is opening its border with Gaza to humanitarian aid and relief. The move comes as Cairo, along with its neighbors in the Middle East, continue to condemn Israel's deadly raid Monday of an international aid convoy to the Palestinian territory. President Hosni Mubarak ordered security at the Rafah border crossing to allow aid to enter Gaza, and to let Gazans in need of medical treatment to leave. The move follows Israel's violent interception Monday of 10,000 tons of supplies bound for Gaza aboard an international aid flotilla. Egypt, for the most part, has kept its border with the Palestinian territory closed since Hamas militants came to power in 2007. Fahmy Howeidy, a prominent Egyptian columnist, says it is not clear how long or how inclusive the new border opening will be. "I can imagine that President Mubarak and Egypt are embarrassed now because there is international pressure now to open borders. And he knows, and all of us know, that he is participating in the closing borders and is participating in the siege," Howeidy said. Other Arab nations have condemned Cairo for blocking the Rafah crossing, in particular during the Israel-Gaza war last year. Under previous peace negotiations, Egypt has international obligations to regulate the border. Despite the criticism of its neighbors, the Egyptian government is believed to be building a wall to cut off the smuggling tunnels used to transport goods and, Israel alleges, weapons to the territory. Anger at the Israeli raid continued for a second day across the Middle East. In the Yemeni capital Sana'a, tens of thousands of people joined in a government-led protest. Three members of Yemen's parliament were among the hundreds of people in the aid convoy. In Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again spoke out against the raid and the country that he has repeatedly said will not last. The Iranian leader warned Israel about any aggression, saying a "storm of anger from the nations of the region will uproot you." The Arab League is holding an emergency meeting in Cairo Tuesday to discuss what action it will take.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (275103)	6/1/2010 1:25:26 PM
From: SARMAN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The world is fed-up with Israel's bullshit. Only the gullible still buys the Israeli propaganda. Israel navy braced to intercept next Gaza aid ship DUBLIN/JERUSALEM Tue Jun 1, 2010 12:38pm EDT Related News DUBLIN/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Activists vowed on Tuesday to try to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza with another ship, and an Israeli officer pledged to halt it, setting the stage for a fresh confrontation after Monday's deadly clash The MV Rachel Corrie, a converted merchant ship bought by pro-Palestinian activists and named after an American woman killed in the Gaza Strip in 2003, set off Monday from Malta, organizers said. "We are an initiative to break Israel's blockade of 1.5 million people in Gaza. Our mission has not changed and this is not going to be the last flotilla," Free Gaza Movement activist Greta Berlin, based in Cyprus, told Reuters. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen described the vessel as Irish-owned and said it should be allowed to finish its mission. The ship was carrying 15 activists including a northern Irish Nobel Peace laureate. "The government has formally requested the Israeli government to allow the Irish-owned ship ... to be allowed to complete its journey unimpeded and discharge its humanitarian cargo in Gaza," Cowen told parliament in Dublin. An Israeli marine lieutenant, who was not identified, told Israel's Army Radio his unit was prepared to block the ship. "We as a unit are studying, and we will carry out professional investigations to reach conclusions," the lieutenant said, referring to Monday's confrontation in which his unit shot nine activists aboard a Turkish ferry. "And we will also be ready for the Rachel Corrie," he added. Passengers include Northern Irish Nobel peace laureate Mairead Corrigan-Maguire and Denis Halliday, an Irish former senior UN diplomat, and several other Irish citizens. Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin told parliament he had spoken with Halliday Tuesday afternoon. "We will be watching this situation very closely -- as indeed will the world -- and it is imperative that Israel avoid any action which leads to further bloodshed," Martin said. Israel's Army Radio reported that the ship would reach Gazan waters by Wednesday, but activist Berlin said it might not attempt to reach Gaza until early next week. "We will probably not send her till (next) Monday or Tuesday," she said of the 1,200 ton cargo ship. The Israeli navy stormed aboard a Turkish ferry leading a six-ship convoy Monday, killing nine people in what authorities said was self-defense but sparking a world outcry, a crisis in diplomatic relations with Turkey and condemnation from the United Nations Security Council. The Rachel Corrie was carrying medical equipment, wheelchairs, school supplies and cement, a material Israel has banned in Hamas-ruled Gaza, organizers said. Mark Daly, a member of Ireland's upper house of parliament who had been due to join the convoy but was refused permission to leave Cyprus, told Reuters in Dublin that the ship had fallen behind the rest of the convoy because it was slower. Passengers aboard it had heard about the attacks but decided not to turn back, he said. "After having a discussion among themselves about what to do, they decided to keep going," Daly said. (Reporting by Dan Williams in JERUSALEM, Marie-Louise Gumuchian in DUBLIN, and Michele Kambas in NICOSIA; editing by Peter Graff)