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Crash Test Dummy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:40 pm Post subject: Israel to bar Palestinians/Trouble in Gaza |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/16/uisrael.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/08/16/ixportaltop.html
Israeli security forces have arrested at least nine people after a scuffle at the Neve Dekalim settlement in Gaza.
Israeli troops entereed Neve Dekalim, the largest in Gaza, earlier today. Protesters had blocked the gates of the settlement yesterday.
Troops sawed through a gate closed by opponents of the withdrawal, enabling moving trucks to enter freely.
However, at least nine people were arrested after scuffles broke out between protesters and security forces.
Both sides could be seen throwing punches other as around 150 youths linked arms across the main road in Neve Dekalim in order to prevent the passage of the removal vans.
Israel has given Gaza's 8,500 settlers until Wednesday to leave or be removed. Shaul Mofaz, the Israeli defence minister, said the operation to remove the settlers would be "carried out in the shortest time possible".
"From today, anyone who interferes with the evacuation will be arrested," Mr Mofaz said, insisting that "calm will be upheld".
Mr Mofaz also said Palestinians will not be allowed to enter Gaza settlements until one month after the Israeli withdrawal. |
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brother
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Well the belief is that Israel is withdrawing from one side and constructing on the other side hence this will summount to nothing. |
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Crash Test Dummy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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brother wrote: Well the belief is that Israel is withdrawing from one side and constructing on the other side hence this will summount to nothing.
what do you mean by constructing on the other side? |
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brother
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Well Israel holds a lot of Palestinian land and even though she is evacuating the Gaza strip she is building heavily in other occupied parts of Palestine. |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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brother wrote: Well Israel holds a lot of Palestinian land and even though she is evacuating the Gaza strip she is building heavily in other occupied parts of Palestine.
Particularly in the section around East Jerusalem where they are building the wall... Gaza means nothing to Israel, whereas East Jerusalem is regarded as their land by right and by settling tens of thousands of people in that zone, they intend to render it unreturnable.
Most of the settlers are being promised new settlements either in the Negev or between Ashkelon and the border with Gaza, i.e. within Israel's 1967 borders, but I'm sure that most of them will choose to settle on the West Bank... for them it's a mission to settle all the land between the Great Sea - the Mediterranean, and the two rivers of the Tigris and Euphrates. All the land in between is regarded by hardline Orthodox Jews as the land of Greater Israel. |
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Crash Test Dummy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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| never heard that on the news. cheers boys. or is it boy and 14 year old girl ?? |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't get this on the news, this is what I learned when I was there and from those in Gaza that I'm still in touch with. |
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Crash Test Dummy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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| moose what is your connection to cyprus/cyprus forum? |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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| The wife... and the Ph.D.... and my parents have land there... and my grandfather was in Cyprus during the 1930s... beyond that... not a lot. |
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brother
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I learnt alot of this from my palestinian friend and the turkish news and strangely enough there was a debate about it on the BBC not too long ago. |
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Crash Test Dummy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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anyway i off for the day. going to get some food from the cafe then off to steal some cars, spray paint on walls and mug old ladies. and dont forget that i will be wearign my trousers down to my ankles.
only kidding going to play snooker |
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brother
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Have a nice time demetriou but watch out for them old dears they can really hurt someone with then handbags :lol: |
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Crash Test Dummy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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| sorry to dissapoint you people but i am staying becasue i have some guy decorating my living room. so without sky there is f**k all to watch so i will turn to join my fellow bored people in the forum to occupy me |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Shame I was looking forward to seeing 'Old lady handbags young chav' on the evening news... |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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Back onto topic...
Skirmishes at Gaza settlement
Scuffles have broken out in the Gaza Strip as Israeli troops enforcing the withdrawal plan prepare to evict Jewish settlers remaining in the area.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4155184.stm |
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