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Middle East
Palestinians let into Israel for work
2003-11-02
From MSNBC... EFL and Fair Use
10,000 laborers allowed from Gaza for first time in a month
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, Nov. 2 — Israel permitted 10,000 Palestinian laborers to cross from the Gaza Strip into Israel early Sunday, allowing them to return to their workplaces for the first time since Israel tightened restrictions a month ago in response to a deadly suicide bombing.
Better than they deserve, since they are stupid enough to support those whose actions forced the crackdown.
The Palestinian workers crammed through the Erez crossing before dawn Sunday, succumbing to tight security checks but thankful to return to their jobs for the first time since a female suicide bomber blew herself up in a Haifa restaurant on Oct. 4, killing 21 people. Israel also gave 1,000 Gaza merchants permits to work in Israel.
"Succumbing"? Surely you mean submitting? I doubt if the security checks killed them. Oh, maybe a few didn't survive the biopsy part, but I'm sure most did...
All the permits were given to men 35 and older, because Israel says that married men over this age are less likely to carry out attacks. For most Palestinians who are celebrating the month-long holiday of Ramadan, during which Muslims fast from dawn to dusk and then hold lavish feasts, the timing could not have been better.
Profiling WORKS.
“It is a miracle from God because I was running out of money due to the holy month of Ramadan and I was thinking how I would manage to feed my children in this very bad economic situation,” said Mohammed Salman, a 42-year-old construction worker who has seven children.
Ah, Islamic Family Planning in action.
"Hey! I'm a devout Muslim! I got nothin' to do but read the Koran and hump. An' I need lotsa kids, 'cuz you know half of 'em are gonna explode before they have a chance to spawn..."
However, Salman was unhappy with the security checks he was forced to undergo.
Gosh, those nails are tough, ain't they?
The strict checks make a trip from Salman’s home in the Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza to Tel Aviv take several hours instead of less than an hour. “This step is not enough because they are treating us like animals at the borders. They are humiliating us. We want real free movement and we want good living conditions and peace for all of us,” Salman said.
You want. You demand. You are humiliated. Tough shit, fool. You fuck mess with the bull, you get the horn.
...More...
Any unilateral acts of kindness or civility are met with derision, renewed jihadi blather, and more attacks. Just recall that attacks were carried out by Israeli-released detainees during the hudna. This will never end until one side or the other is wiped out - that’s utterly wiped out for the weak-minded reader.
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#3  "how long will it take for this to bite Israel in the ass?" ...about as long as it takes for the U.S. to get bit in the ass by allowing illegal immigrants into our country; which is to say, immediately.
Posted by: Uncle Joe   2003-11-3 12:02:21 AM  

#2  How long will it take for this to bite Israel in the ass?
Posted by: pill   2003-11-2 2:57:06 PM  

#1  don't hold back - say what you really think and quit candy-coating it!

lol
Posted by: Frank G   2003-11-2 10:10:36 AM  

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