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McDonalds Damascus: not
Reader comment on item: What Is Israel's Next Move In The New Middle East?
Submitted by Rea1ityCheck (United States), May 11, 2011 at 23:08
peacefully demonstrating and burger munching jihadis may be scened, but IMO thousands of years of a political, religious and economical system based on violence and murder will not change short of nuclear level catalyst. Israel cannot win a PR war.
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| 5 | Regarding Israel [1066 words] | +Bp Gabrielle Crofts OCC | Jun 5, 2011 16:05 | 186005 | |
 defending Murdoch's legacy [138 words] | y Brandstetter MD | Jun 9, 2011 08:38 | 186005 | ||
| 4 | God's War on Terrorism [116 words] | Lynn Schaman | May 28, 2011 14:59 | 185674 | |
| The Cube [152 words] | Adam Neira | May 16, 2011 08:50 | 185270 | ||
| 3 | Problems of 2 state Palestine. [345 words] | D Burstein | May 21, 2011 13:18 | 185270 | |
| 1 | Amen Mr. Neira [82 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | May 22, 2011 19:35 | 185270 | |
 McDonalds Damascus: not [40 words] | Rea1ityCheck | May 11, 2011 23:08 | 185118 | ||
| Israel, look out [33 words] | PE | May 9, 2011 00:06 | 185040 | ||
| dear PE [100 words] | realist | May 12, 2011 15:29 | 185040 | ||
| Israels next move? Wouldn't you like to know! [164 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | May 24, 2011 01:11 | 185040 | ||
| They Cannot Know What They Do Not Understand [269 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 3, 2011 17:52 | 185040 | ||
| a future that goes where? [155 words] | Jules Posten | May 5, 2011 19:15 | 184928 | ||
| 2 | Peace in our time? [132 words] | Abraham Irwin | May 5, 2011 10:12 | 184913 | |
| Patriotism versus Islam [185 words] | Jon, a Brit from Euroland | May 6, 2011 03:23 | 184913 | ||
| 14 | IF THREATENED, ISRAEL SHOULD JUST BE READY TO BOMB ITS ENEMY BACK TO WHERE IT BELONGS---STONE AGE!!! [826 words] | Nur el Masih Ben Haq | May 4, 2011 16:09 | 184866 | |
| 1 | Shards of Custiss Lemay [224 words] | Jon, a Brit from Euroland | May 5, 2011 05:09 | 184866 | |
| Absolutely correct, Mr. Ben Haq [184 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | May 6, 2011 11:27 | 184866 | ||
| Technology Abolished the Stone Age - But the Obstacle Facing Israel Does Appear Monolithic [47 words] | M. Tovey | May 6, 2011 16:50 | 184866 | ||
| I Support the Democratization of the Arabo-Islamic World [174 words] | Nur el Masih Ben Haq | May 6, 2011 19:10 | 184866 | ||
| 2 | Allah Moon-God [104 words] | realist | May 12, 2011 15:41 | 184866 | |
| 2 | help for realist [192 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | May 13, 2011 09:31 | 184866 | |
| Deborah is RIGHT, 'Allah' is originally a reference to pagan deity [119 words] | Nur el Masih Ben Haq | May 13, 2011 19:41 | 184866 | ||
| BIBLICAL SONS(S) OF GOD Vs Mr. realist's MISCONCEPTION [744 words] | Nur el Masih Ben Haq | May 13, 2011 20:38 | 184866 | ||
| What is wrong in being a pagan diety? [80 words] | Prashant | May 14, 2011 01:16 | 184866 | ||
| 2 | Totally correct [255 words] | Angel | May 16, 2011 03:37 | 184866 | |
| 41 | 'Allah,' Is Not the God of the Bible [5886 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Brutus Balan | May 23, 2011 00:12 | 184866 |
| BRUTUS BALAN is right but.... [230 words] | Nur el Masih Ben Haq | May 26, 2011 12:14 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | In agreement with Brutus [82 words] | +Bp Gabrielle Crofts OCC | Jun 6, 2011 07:41 | 184866 | |
| The narrative Bible and the erratic Quran [491 words] | Brutus Balan | Oct 11, 2011 01:00 | 184866 | ||
| Creation days: numbered not named [352 words] | Brutus Balan | Dec 8, 2011 23:56 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | Brutus Balan is right..... [27 words] | Jim Bow | Dec 13, 2011 00:20 | 184866 | |
| Allah means God in Arabic. The Christians have a right to the word. [48 words] | Daniel Aquino | Apr 20, 2013 13:56 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | Do explain please! [26 words] | Brutus Balan | Apr 23, 2013 04:13 | 184866 | |
| 2 | They say "Allah" just means "God," but... [40 words] | RKae | Oct 14, 2013 10:16 | 184866 | |
| 1 | So many mistakes. [308 words] | Sharbano | Oct 14, 2013 14:20 | 184866 | |
| 2 | Some Islamic governments disagree with you [96 words] | sara | Oct 16, 2013 15:59 | 184866 | |
| Appropriateness of this article [210 words] | Nick Lim | Oct 19, 2013 00:43 | 184866 | ||
| Let's see if it is inappropriate and undefying? [209 words] | Brutus Balan | Oct 21, 2013 01:36 | 184866 | ||
| From 'gut' to 'God' [92 words] | Brutus Balan | Oct 21, 2013 01:49 | 184866 | ||
| 5 | The word Allah is a loan word from Syriac Alaha also Allaha [372 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 26, 2013 07:43 | 184866 | |
| Allah and God [170 words] | Av Moiden | Oct 26, 2013 14:29 | 184866 | ||
| Odd [129 words] | Vijay | Oct 27, 2013 07:28 | 184866 | ||
| Not odd, if the issue is God [408 words] | Brutus Balan | Oct 29, 2013 01:40 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | Christianity use Allah before Islam so it was Islam who mock identity of "Loving" Allah to become "T3rror" Allah. [304 words] | Vicente | Oct 30, 2013 05:11 | 184866 | |
| Why stay out? [151 words] | Vijay | Nov 5, 2013 07:34 | 184866 | ||
| Stay Out and Muse Elsewhere [297 words] | Brutus Balan | Nov 5, 2013 21:48 | 184866 | ||
| not appropriate [97 words] | Vijay | Nov 8, 2013 13:02 | 184866 | ||
| Move on, shall we? [136 words] | Brutus Balan | Nov 8, 2013 20:51 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | Is the Qur'an a plagiarism of the Bible [232 words] | Awang Matasan Alli | Jun 26, 2014 23:36 | 184866 | |
| 2 | Our dear Awang tells us that Muhammad was illiterate which very well explains why the Qur'an is such a confused and confusing book [391 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 28, 2014 09:58 | 184866 | |
| 2 | The Qur'an is a corrupted and edited book! Oh my evidence? read and enjoy [755 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 28, 2014 10:28 | 184866 | |
| 2 | The illiterate and his book [183 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 30, 2014 06:31 | 184866 | |
| 2 | See I told you that slience is golden! The eye of the needle and camels and plagiarism [233 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 30, 2014 08:59 | 184866 | |
| 2 | Allah is the same God of the Bible, [225 words] | John Daniels | Dec 19, 2014 15:30 | 184866 | |
| 1 | Our dear JD is quoting a corrupted book to prove a point [647 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 20, 2014 09:50 | 184866 | |
| 1 | Our dear JD the so called "scholar" [360 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 21, 2014 12:11 | 184866 | |
| allah ... [77 words] | steve | May 27, 2015 20:44 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | Allah the moon god [33 words] | paz rodriguez | Mar 18, 2016 14:49 | 184866 | |
| Wrong. [170 words] | DI | Oct 7, 2016 22:31 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | Allah [17 words] | James | Feb 3, 2020 11:24 | 184866 | |
| 1 | Most interviews of Middle East experts in the MOMENT are extremely disturbing [88 words] | Phil Mond | May 3, 2011 22:09 | 184831 | |
| Shoot for a B+ [191 words] | Jay1 | May 3, 2011 19:35 | 184829 | ||
| 1 | Be Careful What You Wish For! [93 words] | Barry Black | May 3, 2011 17:14 | 184821 | |
| 1 | Non-violence [46 words] | Frank Luke | May 3, 2011 16:51 | 184819 | |
| Israel Needs to Move in Only One Direction [808 words] | M. Tovey | May 3, 2011 16:06 | 184818 | ||
| A rapidly changing universe [85 words] | Abraham Irwin | May 5, 2011 10:26 | 184818 | ||
| Only the Temporary Changes; Beyond the Reach of Time Nothing Changes [668 words] | M. Tovey | May 6, 2011 15:16 | 184818 | ||
| 2 | Deciciveness and Determination [257 words] | yonatan silverman | May 3, 2011 14:51 | 184816 | |
| Not complelety against it but you aren't facing the problems that will bring... [166 words] | Abu Nudnik | May 5, 2011 12:05 | 184816 | ||
| 3 | The CHICKEN and EGG Question Remains, if anything More Urgent Than Ever [873 words] | Ron Thompson | May 3, 2011 14:42 | 184815 | |
| 1 | A troubling issue, if we overestimate them [96 words] | sara | May 3, 2011 17:40 | 184815 | |
| I fear you're right -- the Palestinians may well break the PR code by ofbserving "People Power" around them [84 words] | Charles Martel | May 3, 2011 14:27 | 184814 | ||
| Would General Assembly Resolution Be De-Legitmizing Of Israel...?? [207 words] | Sheldon Tyber | May 3, 2011 13:54 | 184812 | ||
| Palestinian Frustration [90 words] | Tarek | May 3, 2011 13:29 | 184811 | ||
| Frustrations of a Self-Induced Nature - Why the World Should be Wary of the New Muslim Revolution [154 words] | M. Tovey | May 4, 2011 18:23 | 184811 | ||
| 1 | The Actions of Muslims In Tahrer Square and in Egypt Make Me Ashamed of Being Born Into Islam [119 words] | Noor Khan | May 19, 2011 02:05 | 184811 | |
| Who are the "REAL" Palestinians? [23 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | May 24, 2011 01:47 | 184811 | ||
| On being born Muslim [174 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | May 25, 2011 14:44 | 184811 | ||
| Worst terrorism during 1950-1966, nothing to do with 1967 'occupation'. [83 words] | ajnn | May 26, 2011 18:44 | 184811 | ||
| 1 | What Is Israel's Next Move In The New Middle East? [26 words] | steven l | May 3, 2011 13:23 | 184810 | |
| What Is Israel's Next Move In The New Middle East? [52 words] | steven l | May 3, 2011 13:07 | 184809 | ||
| 2 | THE NEXT MOVE- SHOULD IT BE AN ISRAELI ONE OR A PALESTINIAN ONE? [270 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | May 3, 2011 12:33 | 184808 | |
| 1 | Hope is not enough [387 words] | yonatan silverman | May 3, 2011 12:17 | 184807 | |
| Hope IS Enough When Faith is Its Source [521 words] | M. Tovey | May 5, 2011 13:49 | 184807 | ||
| 1 | Non violence [283 words] | Jon, a Brit from Euroland | May 3, 2011 11:39 | 184805 | |
| 1 | Arab uprisings, democracy, and Israel [98 words] | Jonathan Usher | May 3, 2011 11:23 | 184804 | |
| Gaza-Egypt sounds not bad if Egypt wants it but... [50 words] | Abu Nudnik | May 5, 2011 12:17 | 184804 | ||
| It's nothing to do with democracy [34 words] | Leon | May 3, 2011 11:07 | 184803 | ||
| 1 | Deligitimization? [9 words] | Melvin A. Fechter | May 3, 2011 11:04 | 184802 | |
| Don't miss even a vague opportunity [113 words] | Ira Kasper | May 3, 2011 10:49 | 184801 |
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