Comments on: A positive outcome of the Hamas takeover

By: Michael Lonie

Michael Lonie — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:47:09 +0000

You are mighty generous Shimshon. Why should Israel send food to people who claim to be at war with Israel and are determined to destroy that country and kill all its Jewish inhabitants? If the people of Gaza, who voted Hamas in, want war let them have war. Let them eat those missiles and other arms the Iranians sent them, and I hppe they find them appetizing.

By: David Charlap

David Charlap — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:57:46 +0000

The modern-day Palestinians sometimes like to claim kinship with the Philistines of the Bible (and the English word "Palestine" derives from "Philistine"), but there is no relationship between these two groups of people. The Palestinians are of Arabic descent, natives of the Middle Easat. The Philistines were a seafaring people, generally believed to have originated from an island in the Aegean Sea, possibly Crete. Archaeology shows a connection between them and Mycenean Greece. See also Wikipedia's description.

By: Eric J

Eric J — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:33:20 +0000

It’s only to be expected. Fatah was a much more proficient generator of fertilizer than Hamas is.

By: Sabba Hillel

Sabba Hillel — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:29:41 +0000

Of course the UN will insist that it is all Israel’s fault that the “invaders” (English translation of the word Philistines which is the real word mistransliterated as Palestinians) do not have sufficient fertilizer to grow food. They will pass a resolution insisting that Israel give them more.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:17:51 +0000

Hamas has inflation problems. Who would have thunk it !!

By: Shimshon

Shimshon — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:59:56 +0000

Israel should only let basic food (Bread and water) into the strip!