Will this increase or decrease the likelihood of terrorist actions in America, Europe and the rest of the world?

If you were a member of a family murdered in this conflict, would you be seeking revenge?

Should Tzipi Livni and Ehud Olmert, be tried for war crimes if or when this conflict comes to an end?

What will the price of oil be in 4 weeks time?

A common tactic of fascists is to attack anyone who dares to disagree with them. fascism is an authoritarian regime which seems to suit ITLOTB.

Someone has over-wound the clockwork parrot ! LOL !

I am sorry for all this fuss over the report that bears my name. I get confused easily at my age. Maybe I had my sun glasses on and did not see everything or my hearing aid was not turned up. I received lots of letters telling me I was wrong and offering to take me on a long walk (which was nice). Who knows what the truth of it all is. It could be this, it could be that; how would I know? Why ask me? Best not to get involved. Who would guess that some nice person put a few million dollars in my bank account; how thoughtful. I must go now as my plane to the South Seas is leaving soon and I need to buy some sun screen.

I will still be able to see you.

8-)

http://rideforpalestine.blogspot.com/

No support there from the Con Party then H/S?

I don't just boycott goods from illegal Israel settlements, I boycott all Israeli goods and encourage others to do the same.

Israeli apartheid given a firm legal foundation

Roi Maor writes: The Knesset passed a segregation bill today. Palestinian Israelis are not allowed to live in Jewish localities built on land confiscated from them. It is apartheid in all but name, but building on a racial segregation that has long existed in Israels unequal and unholy allocation of land to it citizens.

http://jfjfp.com/?p=22264

perhaps my local supermarket is run by hamas, but i can't remember when i last saw any israeli produce in there ..... instead, i see aparagus from peru, strawberries from usa, beans from kenya and of course lamb from new zealand ...... i don't think the avocados are from israel either

we could, and arguably should start up a thread about the morality of not buying home produce and buying imported stuff instead, with all the carbon footprint that involves (there's a valid counter to that too) ..... fish in itself would make an interesting discussion ..... i could certainly rant pretty loudly about the appalling use of beam trawlers which strip the seabed so it becomes desert, and against the spanish and other european nations that catch and sell the smallest of fry

Cynic,
I wouldn't disagree with any of that, start that thread.

H/S, Why do you think that the Con Party has not signed up in the link posted in 4776?

The Conservative party has usually taken the US line of not wanting to make things harder for Israel. They tend to support them in a general sense although they criticise the illegal settlemnt building and plenty more. It is a bit like the fact that the US constantly complains about Israel illegaly building settlments, but was the only country not to vote against Israel in the US a couple of weeks ago. There are plenty of Conservative MPs who are opposed to Israel's policies, but not the Conservative party officially.

Thanks for that, I remember Emma Nicholson always sticking up for the Palestinians (was it in the 80's ?) don't know if she has or had connections over there, and now see that she had crossed the house to join the Fib. Dems which I didn't know.

http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/emma-nicholson/26536

if you accept that civil servants actually do most of the governing, then history assuredly shows that FCO has been pretty consistently pro-palestinians and/or anti-israel and arguably anti-semitic notwithstanding that disraeli was a jew

i'ld also be interested to see in what conservative manifesto that the party line is pro-israel as haystack baldy and boldly asserts ..... 1/10 its has no foundation in fact other than it, and all other "proper" uk parties, support the existence of israel, even if haystack doesn't like the fact

WHAT THE PARROT DOESN'T COPY AND PASTE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT HIS NAZI ISRAEL HATING AGENDA :

Israeli school bus hit by anti-tank missile in Negev



The recent wave of violence along the Israel-Gaza border continued this week when an Israeli school bus was struck by a guided anti-tank missile fired from Gaza on Thursday, leaving a 16 year-old boy in critical condition.

The explosion, outside Kibbutz Sa'ad in Sha'ar Hanegev, about 2.5 km from Gaza, also wounded the driver, who was hit by shrapnel in the leg.
The 13 year-old was found by paramedics in a critical condition with serious head injuries, who managed to resuscitate him before airlifting him to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba where he underwent surgery.
A member of the rescue service said that, the boy was lying on the ground bleeding. The bus driver was conscious and hysterical. The entire bus was destroyed it was a horrifying sight.
It has been reported that the incident could have been far worse had the school bus not been at the end of its journey and was only carrying the driver and remaining child.

Hamas and Islamic Jihad are believed to have a significant arsenal of Russian-made anti-tank missiles like the Kornet and Faggot that have a range of several kilometres.

The anti-tank missile attack was followed by a barrage of at least 45 Qassam rockets and mortar shells into the western Negev within a three-hour period from the Hamas held territory.
Whilst many of the projectiles landed in open territory, one mortar shell struck a home in the Eshkol Regional Council, sustaining damage but police said no injuries were reported.
Residents of communities near the site of attack were instructed by authorities to stay inside their homes in case the strikes at Israeli towns will continue.
Hamas military wing, the Izzadin Kassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the attack and proclaimed that it was the first response to the continuing crimes of the occupation.
The IDF responded to the latest terror attack by targeting various locations in the Strip, including three smuggling tunnels in southern Gaza and buildings reportedly used for terror activities in the north, reportedly killing five and injuring several.

As part of the Israeli response an IAF helicopter machine-gunned targets in the Strip, for the first time since Operation Cast Lead.
On Thursday night, Hamas announced a unilateral cease-fire to be honoured by all Gaza factions following the barrage of rocket fire that hit Israel earlier in the day.
After consulting with various other Palestinian terrorist factions in Gaza and other international Arab officials, Hamas said that the cease-fire went into effect at 11 p.m. Thursday.
Israels medical service Magen David Adom has raised its alert level to Level B one stage short of the highest level.
Foreign Secretary William Hague unreservedly condemned the latest terror attack and stressed that the attack further highlights Israels legitimate security concerns.

Earlier in the week, IDF planes struck a vehicle travelling in Khan Younis in south of the Gaza Strip, killing three Hamas operatives, one of them a top commander in Hamas' military wing.
An IDF Spokesperson stated that the three men were members of a terrorist cell that was planning to kidnap Israelis over the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover in Israel and in the Sinai Peninsula, a popular spring tourist destination for Israelis.
The Palestinian Ma'an news agency identified the three as Ismail Labad and his brother Abdullah from Ash-Shati' refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, and top Hamas military commander Muhammad Ad-Dayah from the Zaytoun neighbourhood of Gaza City.
Hamas and 13 other militant groups based in Gaza vowed vengeance against Israel in a statement Saturday, vowing that Israel would bear all the consequences and that the violation of calm won't pass without punishment.

WHAT THE PARROT DOESN'T COPY AND PASTE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT HIS NAZI ISRAEL HATING AGENDA :


Human Rights Watch accuse West Bank and Gaza security forces of attacking journalists



Human Rights Watch published a report on human rights abuses by Palestinian security forces this week strongly condemning the increase in attacks on local journalists, including arbitrary detentions and abuse.

The report detailed that over the past two years, the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank has stepped up harassment of journalists investigating corruption or seen to be supporters of the rival Hamas militant group.

The human rights organisation cited a 2010 report by the Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedoms, which found a 45 per-cent increase over the previous year in physical attacks, arrests, confiscation of equipment and other violations against journalists.

The independent, non-profit group recorded 79 cases of journalist abuse by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.

Seven cases of abuse were documented in the West Bank, and a further two cases were identified in Gaza, where reported abuses against journalists by Hamas have been less frequent but nevertheless harsh according to Human Rights Watch.

In the case of freelance journalist Khalid Amayreh, it was noted that he has been repeatedly detained by Palestinian Authority security since reporting about torture in West Bank prisons and, in one instance, he was put in solitary confinement and forced to sleep next to a toilet.

Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, offered a stark assessment: Palestinian security forces are becoming notorious for assaulting and intimidating journalists who are just trying to do their jobs. Both the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza need to end these blatant attacks on free expression.

The group urged international donors to demand that the Palestinian Authority stop the practice of intimidation as a condition for receiving aid.

Security forces in the Palestinian Authority-governed West Bank immediately refuted the claims, arguing that they do not reflect a systematic policy of the Palestinian Authority against journalists.

The report stops short of accusing Palestinian leaders of ordering the crackdowns, and instead criticise the utter failure of the PA leadership to address the prevailing culture of impunity for such abuses suggests that they reflect government policy.

I agree that the Palestinian Authority is a currupt organisation. It has been clear that it behaves badly for a long time. They collaborate with the Israeli Occupation Force and do much of their dirty work for them. They constantly harras Palestinians in the West Bank and are responsible for torture.

They get huge sums of money from the US, much of which goes into the pockets of PA offcials. The EU gives money to the PA to fund fuel for Gaza's powerstations. That money does not reach Gaza. The PA keeps most of the money given for Gaza relief. The PA tries to keep control of Fatah and funds them and encourages agression against Hamas. The PA, the US and Israel try and keep Fatah and Hamas serarate. They are all terrified that the two groups will reconcile.

What the joke itlotb does not copy and past what he does not like to read.
Army arrests 100 women in West Bank village .
http://en.news.maktoob.com/20090000676044/Israelarrests100womeninWestBankvillage/Article.htm

while you children are throwing sticks and stones at each other, i'm sure i saw on the news that agreement had been reached that "the palestinian mob" - can't recollect which shirt they're wearing today - has agreed to cease firing rockets into israel - or somesuch

sorry to be so imprecise, but golf was much more important, but i'm sure one of you can pick up this story and confirm or tell me i misread

Hamas has asked the various militant factions within Gaza to cease firng rockets if Israel stops their agression. You have to remember that Israel has killed 5 people and injured 39 in the time that some millitants from Gaza have injured 2. Israel are also the occupying power in Palestine and shouls expect to be attacked.

Playing the Creek Ricardo?

Cynic.

Golf.

How many balls do you lose.

Hays,

Sorry.