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January 21, 2009
If the terrorist detainees were truly tortured ...by Americans....as nation ruled by laws....why why why not close the detention center immediately....why announce closing a year from now?
Draft order calls for closing Guantanamo Bay
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January 13, 2009
You are quite presumptive to your break down questions Nick.
Not so unlike Jonathan Esley's assumptions.
I for one would enjoy hundreds of inches of scientific data on this blog where fact ='s proof ='s axiom ='s that evolution "is truth".
Evolution is a fact
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January 12, 2009
Please display every proof and fact that conclusively proves evolution with specifics.
Evolution is a fact
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January 12, 2009
I have lived by the park area of south 17th street in RI for over 25 years.
Only recently have I seen any coyotes crossing 17th by the intersection of Calvary and 31st.
Only recently have I seen them crossing busy street's in daytime.
My neighbors regularly have their unleashed animals (dogs and cats) running loose all the time.
Now we have regular coyote tracks in the snow between our homes.
Thanks for the article.
Hope my neighbor's that actually care for their animals read this. And those who do not....those coyotes I have seen look very mangy and very hungry.
RI coyotes endanger pets
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January 07, 2009
How about more facts to the feed the bias?
Israel's continued Humanitarian Aid to Gaza...
179 truckloads of humanitarian aid that have been delivered through Israeli crossings into Gaza since the beginning of Operation Cast Lead, including basic food commodities, medication, medical supplies, donations of governments and blood units.
106 additional truckloads of humanitarian expected to arrive in Gaza on Jan. 31 [14]
6,500 tons of aid transported into Gaza at the request of international organizations, the Palestinian Authority and various governments since the beginning of Operation Cast Lead. The World Food Program informed Israel that it will cease shipment of food to Gaza because warehouses are at full capacity, with enough food to last two weeks. [15]
More at http://www.theisraelproject.org/site...C7857}¬oc=1
Hamas seeks end of Israel
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January 07, 2009
On Dec. 27, Israel began "Operation Cast Lead" to stop Iran-backed Hamas in Gaza from continuing its years-long campaign of attacking Israeli civilians with thousands of rockets, missiles and mortars. Following facts and figures to help understand Israel's defensive efforts in Gaza:
Iran-backed Hamas Rocket, Mortar Attacks and Nuclear Developments
9,400 rockets and mortars fired from Gaza since 2003. [1]
3,200 rockets and mortars fired from Gaza in 2008 alone. [2]
6,500 rockets and mortars fired from Gaza since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005. [3]
543 rockets and mortars fired from Gaza into Israeli territory during the ceasefire from June 19 to Dec. 19, 2008. [4]
28 deaths caused by rockets and mortars fired from Gaza into Israel since 2001. The dead include Israelis, Palestinians and foreign workers. Since the ceasefire ended, Iran-backed Palestinian groups in Gaza fired rockets and mortars that killed an Israeli-Arab construction worker and a mother of four who was seeking shelter in a bus station as a rocket warning siren sounded. [5]
1,000 people in Israel injured from rockets and mortars fired from Gaza since 2001, including Israelis, Palestinians and foreign workers. Since the ceasefire, 44 Israelis have been injured and 200 have been treated for shock. [6]
20,000 Hamas troops Israel is targeting as part of "Operation Cast Lead." [7]
750,000 number of Israeli civilians Hamas is targeting and can reach. [8]
15 seconds Israelis have to get to a bomb shelter once a warning siren has sounded. [9]
8 years that Israel has been hit by rockets and mortars from Gaza [10]
3 mosques in Gaza used as weapons, ammunitions and explosives depots that were struck by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the operation in Gaza. [11]
Hamas seeks end of Israel
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January 07, 2009
What Israel Gave Up in Hopes of Peace - in the Gaza Withdrawal Aug. 2005
100% proportion of the Gaza Strip evacuated and handed over to the
Palestinians.
300 square miles of the West Bank evacuated.
21 Israeli settlements uprooted in the Gaza Strip.
4 Israeli settlements uprooted in the West Bank.
48 graves uprooted in Gaza's former Gush Katif Cemetery, including six graves of area residents murdered by terrorists.
9,000 approximate number of Israelis, including 1,700 families, who lived in Gaza and the northern West Bank. All of them were moved out as part of the withdrawal.
38 synagogues dismantled in the Gaza Strip.
5,000 school-age children who had to find new schools.
42 daycare centers that were closed in the Gaza Strip.
36 kindergartens that were closed in the Gaza Strip.
7 elementary schools that were closed in the Gaza Strip.
3 high schools that were closed in the Gaza Strip.
320 mobile homes, ordered by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, to serve as temporary housing for settlers.
45,000 Israeli soldiers and policemen who participated in the Gaza withdrawal.
$1.7 billion the approximate cost to the Israeli government for the withdrawal initiative.
166 Israeli farmers who were moved out of Gaza.
800 cows, which comprised the second largest dairy farm in Israel, moved out of Gaza's Gush Katif community.
$120 million value of flowers and produce exported annually from Gush Katif and lost following the evacuation.
1 zoo, the "Katifari," that housed hundreds of animals and was moved.
10,000 people who were employed in agriculture and related industries in Gush Katif, including 5,000 Palestinians.
60% proportion of Israel's cherry tomato exports that came from the Gaza Strip. Israel's withdrawal from Gaza extinguished this economic resource.
3.5 million square meters (almost 1,000 acres) of greenhouses abandoned in Gaza.
70 percentage of Israel's organic produce grown in Gaza – another economic resource lost in the evacuation.
60 percentage of herbs exported from Israel that came from Gush Katif.
15 percentage of Israel agricultural exports that originated in Gaza – exports lost following Israel's withdrawal from Gaza.
$360,000 expected average compensation amount Israel expected to pay to relocate each family.
$870 million approximate cost for Israel to facilitate the resettlement of former West Bank and Gaza residents elsewhere in the country.
$500 million amount of money Israel's security establishment spent to relocate Israel Defense Forces bases outside the Gaza Strip and build new border crossing facilities.
After Israel's evacuation from Gaza…
430,000 West Bank Palestinians able to move freely within and between Palestinian-controlled areas.
1 Israeli remaining in Gaza. Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit was abducted from Israel on June 25, 2006 by Hamas in a bloody cross-border raid in which the terrorists also killed two IDF soldiers and wounded four others.
1.2 million Arabs who remained full and legal citizens of Israel. All Israeli citizens – Christians, Muslims, and Jews – have freedom of speech, religion, press, and the right to vote.
1.3 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip many of them in Palestinian Authority-controlled refugee camps, who live under their own leaders.
820,000 Jewish refugees forced to flee without their belongings from Arab countries between 1947 and 1949, and who have never been compensated by Arab governments for their losses.
650,000 Arab refugees who left Israel from 1947-1949 and still need Palestinian leaders who will end terrorism and the culture of hate.
More at http://www.theisraelproject.org/site...C7857}¬oc=1
Hamas seeks end of Israel
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January 07, 2009
This will certainly never be settled on this comment list by preference or bias as to what one person thinks Israel's imperative is.
Perhaps a few fact lists may lead us to what motivates a small nation to defend itself.
What Israel Gave Up in Hopes of Peace - in the Gaza Withdrawal Aug. 2005:
100% proportion of the Gaza Strip evacuated and handed over to the Palestinians.
300 square miles of the West Bank evacuated.
21 Israeli settlements uprooted in the Gaza Strip.
4 Israeli settlements uprooted in the West Bank.
48 graves uprooted in Gaza's former Gush Katif Cemetery, including six graves of area residents murdered by terrorists.
9,000 approximate number of Israelis, including 1,700 families, who lived in Gaza and the northern West Bank. All of them were moved out as part of the withdrawal.
38 synagogues dismantled in the Gaza Strip.
5,000 school-age children who had to find new schools.
42 daycare centers that were closed in the Gaza Strip.
36 kindergartens that were closed in the Gaza Strip.
7 elementary schools that were closed in the Gaza Strip.
3 high schools that were closed in the Gaza Strip.
320 mobile homes, ordered by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, to serve as temporary housing for settlers.
45,000 Israeli soldiers and policemen who participated in the Gaza withdrawal.
$1.7 billion the approximate cost to the Israeli government for the withdrawal initiative.
166 Israeli farmers who were moved out of Gaza.
800 cows, which comprised the second largest dairy farm in Israel, moved out of Gaza's Gush Katif community.
$120 million value of flowers and produce exported annually from Gush Katif and lost following the evacuation.
1 zoo, the "Katifari," that housed hundreds of animals and was moved.
10,000 people who were employed in agriculture and related industries in Gush Katif, including 5,000 Palestinians.
60% proportion of Israel's cherry tomato exports that came from the Gaza Strip. Israel's withdrawal from Gaza extinguished this economic resource.
3.5 million square meters (almost 1,000 acres) of greenhouses abandoned in Gaza.
70 percentage of Israel's organic produce grown in Gaza – another economic resource lost in the evacuation.
60 percentage of herbs exported from Israel that came from Gush Katif.
15 percentage of Israel agricultural exports that originated in Gaza – exports lost following Israel's withdrawal from Gaza.
$360,000 expected average compensation amount Israel expected to pay to relocate each family.
$870 million approximate cost for Israel to facilitate the resettlement of former West Bank and Gaza residents elsewhere in the country.
$500 million amount of money Israel's security establishment spent to relocate Israel Defense Forces bases outside the Gaza Strip and build new border crossing facilities.
After Israel's evacuation from Gaza…
430,000 West Bank Palestinians able to move freely within and between Palestinian-controlled areas.
1 Israeli remaining in Gaza. Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit was abducted from Israel on June 25, 2006 by Hamas in a bloody cross-border raid in which the terrorists also killed two IDF soldiers and wounded four others.
1.2 million Arabs who remained full and legal citizens of Israel. All Israeli citizens – Christians, Muslims, and Jews – have freedom of speech, religion, press, and the right to vote.
1.3 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip many of them in Palestinian Authority-controlled refugee camps, who live under their own leaders.
820,000 Jewish refugees forced to flee without their belongings from Arab countries between 1947 and 1949, and who have never been compensated by Arab governments for their losses.
650,000 Arab refugees who left Israel from 1947-1949 and still need Palestinian leaders who will end terrorism and the culture of hate.
More at http://www.theisraelproject.org/site...C7857}¬oc=1
Hamas seeks end of Israel
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January 02, 2009
Scott.A , I also find it strange agreeing fully with the Rabbi on an important issue for once as well.
As to your second comment, perhaps the Rabbi may like to give us a reading of Psalm 83?
Israel acts to defend
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