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2007-01-31 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Trucefire holds despite sporadic attacks

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Posted by tu3031 2007-01-31 08:55|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The violence ...prompted some families in the coastal strip to flee their homes.

Interesting. A blip or a trend? Depends whether they move in with relatives in the next refugee camp or the the Territories altogether, I s'pose. Let's keep an eye out for reports of refugees.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-01-31 10:28|| 2007-01-31 10:28|| Front Page Top

#2 After the Israelis took the Gaza strip, they tried to give it back to the Egyptians as a part of the peace deal. The Egyptians laughed, said Gaza had always been a smuggler's den, out of control, and they would not take it back. Its hard to imagine opening your coffee shop before the mid-morning assassinations, taking a break for the afternoon gunfights, and closing while trying to get resupplied in the face of an Israeli shutdown. How was your day, sweetie, any bombings nearby?

Posted by whatadeal 2007-01-31 10:59|| 2007-01-31 10:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Pal emigration from Gaza

Some items from Daniel Pipes

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/683

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-01-31 15:10|| 2007-01-31 15:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Ceasefire? Does that mean that Hamas and Fatah are too scared to shoot at each other? Little pansy chickens? Posers? Not pious enough? etc., etc., and so on and so forth . . . .

Posted by gorb 2007-01-31 17:35|| 2007-01-31 17:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Interesting Daniel Pipes link.

Two popular destinations for Gazans are Canada, which still offers legal immigration, and Cuba, which imposes few restrictions on Palestinian travelers. Those with tourist visas to Cuba often don't plan to go there. Instead, they get off in transit at a European airport, rip up their Palestinian travel document and seek asylum.

I thought the Europeans loved Palestinians and would welcome them with leis and welfare checks.

Posted by ed 2007-01-31 18:27|| 2007-01-31 18:27|| Front Page Top

#6 No. It's like liberals. They are concerned about the underclass, but only if they stay in their own neighborhoods.

Posted by Pappy 2007-01-31 20:40|| 2007-01-31 20:40|| Front Page Top

#7 #5 Nobody likes Palestinians---including other Palestinians. Love doesn't have anything to do with the support that they receive. Quite an opposite emonion is the key.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-31 20:45|| 2007-01-31 20:45|| Front Page Top

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