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[Muhaha]

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/12/polan-arrests-alleged-mos_n_610085.html

Poland Arrests Alleged Mossad Agent: Official

BERLIN — An alleged Mossad spy from Israel wanted in connection with the hit-squad slaying of a Hamas agent in Dubai has been arrested in Poland, officials said Saturday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/12/polan-arrests-alleged-mos_n_610085.html

[Haykakan]

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Muhaha makes a great point and i have made the same one for a long time. The genocide issue will be used by foreign powers for their own benefits not ours and yes this is throwing poney away, money which should be used to strengthen the only thing that really matters - Armenia.

[Muhaha]

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/03/hamas-flotilla-aid-israel

Hamas refuses flotilla aid delivered by Israel



The de facto Hamas government in Gaza has refused to accept truckloads of aid offloaded from the flotilla raided by Israeli forces earlier this week.

According to officials in Gaza, Hamas has said it will not permit the supplies to enter the besieged territory until all detained activists are released and Israel agrees to deliver all aid consignments, including construction materials.

Israel agreed to deliver the aid after it forcibly blocked the flotilla's passage to Gaza on Monday, in an assault by naval commandos that ended in the deaths of nine pro-Palestinian activists.

But construction materials, which Israel claims could be seized by militants for use in making weapons and building underground bunkers, were excluded.

The flotilla was thought to be carrying about 8,000 tons of cement and other materials which have been barred by Israel since it tightened its blockade on the Gaza Strip three years ago.

Thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed during the three-week Gaza war in 2008-9. The embargo on building materials has left families living in tents, crowded in with relatives or forced to move in to expensive rented accommodation.

"Israel brought five truckloads of wheelchairs to the crossings, but Hamas turned them back," said the official in Gaza City. "It all went back to Ashdod."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/03/hamas-flotilla-aid-israel

[Muhaha]

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http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=178081

Hamas wants raw materials in Gaza



Ministers reject Israel's relaxation of food restrictions.
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Hamas leaders said they will not let newly approved food items into the Gaza Strip as long as Israel maintains its blockade of the territory.

Israel slightly eased the blockade on Wednesday by permitting snacks, spices, juices and some other previously banned food items into Gaza.


On Wednesday, Palestinian liaison official Raed Fattouh, who coordinates the flow of goods into Gaza with Israel, said that soda, juice, jam, spices, shaving cream, potato chips, cookies and candy were now permitted. Some products have already entered Gaza, and others would cross in the coming days, he said.

The ban remained in place on all construction and industrial materials.

Hamas' economy minister, Ziad al-Zaza, said on Thursday that Gaza does not need soda and soft drinks.He said it needs raw materials so shuttered factories can start producing their own products.

Diplomatic officials, keen on disassociating the recent ease on the Gaza ban from last week’s flotilla raid, stressed that Israel has steadily expanded the quantity of goods going into Gaza by some 20 percent over the last six months, and in parallel increased the diversity of the items allowed in.

“Our principle is clear,” one senior official said. “To prevent weaponry and material from reaching Gaza that could help Hamas, but at the same time to allow the transfer of civilian goods to Gaza’s civilian population.”

The official said that as long as Hamas declares war on Israel, as long “as it considers every Israeli civilian a legitimate target,” Israel reserved the right to maintain economic sanctions on the Gaza Strip.

“Sanctions are a perfectly legal and legitimate tool in a situation of conflict,” the official said, “and whoever says it is collective punishment does not know what they are talking about. No one can expect that business will continue as usual with the Hamas regime.”

“We will not allow everything in, since Gilad Schalit is still held in Gaza and Hamas is still attacking us,” he added.

The defense representitive said that the decision to allow new foods into Gaza was part of a policy led by Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj.-Gen. Eitan Dangot, who has put an emphasis on working with international organizations on civilian-related projects. Officials said that there were currently 10 projects under way between the IDF and various international organizations in Gaza, for which Israel was also permitting the entry of cement and building materials.

'Israel's measures to help Gaza fall short'

But according to Sari Bashi, executive director of Gisha – The Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, the IDF measures fall far short of what the people in Gaza need.

Before the closure of the land passages in 2007, 10,400 truckloads of goods went into Gaza each month, Bashi said.

In the past year, less than 25% of that amount has entered the Strip, an average of 2,300 truckloads a month, she said.

When one compares truckloads from June to November 2009 with those from December 2009 to May 29, 2010, the increase is only 2%, she said.

Bashi said none of the IDF measures would allow for a revival of the Gazan economy, which would be necessary to restore normal life in the area.

One government source said that by easing up on what is allowed into Gaza, Israel aims to preserve the naval blockade.

The Gaza naval blockade is seen as critical to Israel’s national security, and as a result – the official said – Israel was willing to be more forthcoming regarding what goods can go overland into the area, in order to deflect international pressure over the naval blockade.

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=178081

[Muhaha]

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But Israel is the only one responsible for all the suffering in that region, right?

[KanadaHye]

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But Israel is the only one responsible for all the suffering in that region, right?

See that little strip of land in the lower left corner of the map of Israel. There are 1.5 million people on that land being held prisoner.

[Muhaha]

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See that little strip of land in the lower left corner of the map of Israel. There are 1.5 million people on that land being held prisoner.

I've already stated my beef with Israel over that so you're trying to convince me of something I already agree with you on. However, Israel's treatment of Civilians /=/ Israel the only one doing anything wrong. You're so blinded by Israel's injustices, you refuse to see the injustices of the other side and you pretend this is a conflict of pure evil against pure good.

[Muhaha]

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BTW, your map isn't working.

[KanadaHye]

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BTW, your map isn't working.

What do you mean?

[Muhaha]

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What do you mean?

The map isn't showing up in your post, when I quoted your message I saw you tried to put in a picture, but the picture isn't showing in your post.

This is what I see: