Comments on: Get out your violins http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1259 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:21:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1259/comment-page-1#comment-5598 Michael Lonie Wed, 17 May 2006 04:30:02 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1259#comment-5598 It should be simple enough that even Palestinian Arab can understand it. You guys elected a bunch of raving nutjob terrorists as your government. Admittedly you had a choice only between raving and nonraving terrorists, but Hamas is in there by your will. You did not get off your butts and provide a third alternative, but happily elected a bunch of murderers. That is the will of the People, and we respect it at its true worth. Now our response is "No shirt, no shoes, no service." We don't owe you anything, we gave you money out of benevolence. Our benevolence is used up by your election of terrorist ratbags. Come back when you want to get a life. It should be simple enough that even Palestinian Arab can understand it. You guys elected a bunch of raving nutjob terrorists as your government. Admittedly you had a choice only between raving and nonraving terrorists, but Hamas is in there by your will. You did not get off your butts and provide a third alternative, but happily elected a bunch of murderers. That is the will of the People, and we respect it at its true worth. Now our response is “No shirt, no shoes, no service.” We don’t owe you anything, we gave you money out of benevolence. Our benevolence is used up by your election of terrorist ratbags. Come back when you want to get a life.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1259/comment-page-1#comment-5560 Meryl Yourish Tue, 16 May 2006 16:28:04 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1259#comment-5560 Because Israelis simply don't comprehend PR. They need to hire a great Park Avenue firm, is what they need. Because Israelis simply don’t comprehend PR.

They need to hire a great Park Avenue firm, is what they need.

]]> By: Paul M http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1259/comment-page-1#comment-5554 Paul M Tue, 16 May 2006 13:48:51 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1259#comment-5554 Why, for pity's sake, isn't Israel ramming home this message in every speech and press release: That it is Hamas that is solely to blame for the cutting off of aid to the Palestinians? That Hamas - supposedly elected for its ability to deliver services, not its hatred of Israel - will let the people who voted it in starve rather than do the one, unavoidable thing that will put food in their mouths? Why isn't America (no point asking about Europe) repeating over and over again that Hamas' unwillingness to recognize Israel is the only thing standing between the Palestinian people and the aid they are desperate for? That the devastation of Palestinian society is Hamas' choice? Hamas is squarely to blame for the current state of the Palestinians, but Israeli and US ineptitude have allowed the spotlight to rest on Western actions rather than keeping it where it belongs. Why, for pity’s sake, isn’t Israel ramming home this message in every speech and press release: That it is Hamas that is solely to blame for the cutting off of aid to the Palestinians? That Hamas – supposedly elected for its ability to deliver services, not its hatred of Israel – will let the people who voted it in starve rather than do the one, unavoidable thing that will put food in their mouths?

Why isn’t America (no point asking about Europe) repeating over and over again that Hamas’ unwillingness to recognize Israel is the only thing standing between the Palestinian people and the aid they are desperate for? That the devastation of Palestinian society is Hamas’ choice?

Hamas is squarely to blame for the current state of the Palestinians, but Israeli and US ineptitude have allowed the spotlight to rest on Western actions rather than keeping it where it belongs.

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