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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 08:16 AM Original message |
Fulbright scholarships restored to 7 Gaza students |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. I dont' understand |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. There Are Fences |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. do they keep boats from coming/going? |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yes they do |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. GAHHH!!!! |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The Whole Thing is Awful |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. the movie was called 'Promises' |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. VERY Sad but I have a piece of good news about it |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. You fucking hate Israel? |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. no... I choose not to read about it very often |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Reservation? More like ghetto, in the original sense. |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Actually a lot of reservations were/are about the same n/t |
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dasein (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Gaza is walled in |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I'm glad to hear that their scholarships were restored |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. NOTHING there is as easy as it seems |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Visiting one of the holiest sites in your religion |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. The Egyptian border crossing is under Egyptian control. |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Who are threatened if they don't restrict crossings |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Actually, you need to learn more because propaganda is not facts. |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Egypt did not really want to close up the fence |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. here... |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #42 |
55. lol you've just proved my point |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Then you didn't understand your own point. |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Egyptians LIke Anything Bad |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. They are under Israeli military occupation. Meanwhile, the whole world shits on them. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. They are not guilt free here either... to put it lightly. |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. unfortunately many affected *are blameless |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Israeli actions certainly do. As does the Palesitinian leadership |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. if somebody in your family is collateral damage |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Bingo my friend n/t |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 02:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
43. How should they respond? |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Israel *does get the lion's share of the blame |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. So either Hamas was elected or it wasn't |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. wait... you say they elected Hamas |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. I agree that collective punishment is unfair and counterproductive... |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. One side is under military occupation. The other side is occupying them. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. A gross oversimplification... I'll see yours and raise you one |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I couldn't agree more that both sides are guilty |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 02:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. I don't disagree. |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #45 |
56. I don't disagree, but I don't agree either |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Farmers weren't forced out until the violence started |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 08:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
51. It is not a "gross oversimplification," it is the starting point, the inescapable underlying problem |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. What do they do though? How do they protect themselves and the Palestinians? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
65. Both sides are made up of human beings, and both sides have done wrong |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 02:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
44. Excuse me? These college students are subject to |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 02:51 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Is it "mass retribution" to make people afraid their entire lives of being blown up |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. A whole population is being punished for the actions of a handful |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. It is a fair bit more than a handful. And Hamas was elected |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. The current Israeli policy is making Israeli citizens LESS safe |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Too true... |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. They are under Hamas military occupation. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. No, they are Hamas, but the are under Israeli military occupation. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. "Everyone on the planet but you seems to have accepted this fact." |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #31 |
52. In fact, Israel once SUPPORTED Hamas when it SUITED the Israeli government to undermine Fatah. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. And? |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. So glad to hear that this has been corrected. It seems that |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. i heard the story on democracy now |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. Why do they need Israeli Visas to get out ? I though Israel is "not" |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. They need visas to travel through Israel... |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Why do they need to travel through Israel ? |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. To get to the airport? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #38 |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 02:56 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Because Israel won't allow them ? |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Does Gaza not share a border with Egypt? |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. they're not occupying it anymore |
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katerinasmommy (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. They aren't occupying Gaza |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
64. Good news! |
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