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Reader comment on item: The Forcible Removal of Israelis from Gaza
Submitted by john w. mcginley (United States), Apr 11, 2005 at 19:41
... In the first place the Israeli/Palestinian thing is sui generis. No need to look for precedents. Settlements in the West Bank are quite different from settlements in the Gaza. Israelis never belonged there and the cost in Israeli lives and money is not worth it to keep settlers there. Sharon is just being pragmatic. The real matter is how much of the West Bank will Israel be able to incorporate into itself in a peace agreement. To "win" in the Gaza is to lose in the West Bank. ... John W. McGinley
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| Injun Country [182 words] | Harold Brackman | May 3, 2005 11:35 | 21961 | ||
| Gaza is not Israel [157 words] | Rony Guldmann | Apr 29, 2005 09:30 | 21885 | ||
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| Moving folks [48 words] | bill travis | Apr 13, 2005 13:09 | 21628 | ||
| Beyond Unprecedented Folly: The Long And The Short Of It [107 words] | yonason | Apr 13, 2005 11:04 | 21623 | ||
| Unprecedented [67 words] | Jonathan Laden | Apr 13, 2005 10:27 | 21621 | ||
| Sharon's mistakes [147 words] | Sherry O | Apr 13, 2005 08:34 | 21616 | ||
| 9 | "Muslims in India in 1947" [209 words] | Rajiv Kaul | Apr 13, 2005 02:53 | 21605 | |
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| Responsibility [167 words] | Dan Fendel | Apr 12, 2005 23:01 | 21599 | ||
| Gaza: MY eyes have been opened [225 words] | Jerry Driver | Apr 12, 2005 21:51 | 21595 | ||
| 2 | History, International Law, and the 'Land of Israel' [1172 words] | yonason | Apr 12, 2005 21:19 | 21594 | |
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| God's Promise [275 words] | CN | May 28, 2010 05:19 | 21594 | ||
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| "Israel should...." [163 words] | Robert Arbetman | Apr 12, 2005 20:45 | 21591 | ||
| Japanese internment [160 words] | Alan | Apr 12, 2005 19:15 | 21587 | ||
| Gaza [111 words] | Paul Rinderle | Apr 12, 2005 15:23 | 21577 | ||
| Disengagement from Gaza Strip [41 words] | Darr Yossi | Apr 12, 2005 13:05 | 21570 | ||
| SENSIBLE REASON FOR DISENGAGEMENT [91 words] | Bob Breslauer | Apr 12, 2005 10:42 | 21565 | ||
| What about Maale Adumim [60 words] | Stan | Apr 12, 2005 10:29 | 21564 | ||
| Only One Precedent [138 words] | Elisha Ignatoff | Apr 12, 2005 09:59 | 21563 | ||
| Similar case [179 words] | Petter Nikula | Apr 12, 2005 09:30 | 21562 | ||
| Is the Forcible Removal of Israelis from Gaza Unprecedented? [36 words] | Mr. M. Dunsky | Apr 12, 2005 08:52 | 21561 | ||
| A Jewish State [212 words] | Info Tech Guy | Apr 12, 2005 08:10 | 21560 | ||
| The cost-benefit analysis [99 words] | Octavio Johanson | Apr 12, 2005 07:45 | 21559 | ||
| Clearances [71 words] | Ron Irvine | Apr 12, 2005 07:40 | 21558 | ||
| There is a precedent for forcible removal [483 words] | Sha'i ben-Tekoa | Apr 12, 2005 06:29 | 21557 | ||
| Giving away Gaza [87 words] | Moshe Moser | Apr 12, 2005 04:18 | 21554 | ||
| Historic partnership [44 words] | Marvin Rabinovitch | Apr 12, 2005 03:54 | 21553 | ||
| Forcible removal of Israelis from gaza [100 words] | Walter Teutsch | Apr 12, 2005 03:38 | 21552 | ||
| The right way, the wrong way, and the Israeli way! [269 words] | Kenneth S. Besig | Apr 12, 2005 03:32 | 21551 | ||
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| Who owns the land? [89 words] | James Richard Spriggs | Apr 11, 2005 23:55 | 21544 | ||
| Mormons forcibly removed from Missouri in 1838 and Illinois in 1846 [184 words] | B. Lamb | Apr 11, 2005 23:36 | 21543 | ||
| In defence of Sharon [427 words] | Fred Nahasapetalan | Apr 11, 2005 23:08 | 21541 | ||
| Removal of Citizens [35 words] | William Hassiepen | Apr 11, 2005 21:42 | 21538 | ||
| Re: Eminent domain [143 words] | Gideon Kanner | Apr 11, 2005 20:40 | 21535 | ||
| Point vs. Position [147 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Martin | Apr 11, 2005 20:25 | 21534 | ||
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| Japanese Interment Compared to Gaza Withdrawal [256 words] | Edwin S. Fujinaka | Apr 11, 2005 19:28 | 21531 | ||
| The uprooting of Israelis in Gaza has a precedent in the Sinai [168 words] | Jason Jungreis | Apr 11, 2005 19:11 | 21530 | ||
| Ariel Sharon's Folly and Reader Comments [169 words] | Jacob Slabiak | Apr 11, 2005 18:54 | 21529 | ||
| Do the right thing [123 words] | Octavio Johanson | Apr 11, 2005 18:52 | 21528 | ||
| Gaza [77 words] | Frank Stark | Apr 11, 2005 18:42 | 21527 | ||
| Is the Forcible Removal of Israelis from Gaza Unprecedented? [62 words] | AnitaMaria Parolla | Apr 11, 2005 18:18 | 21526 | ||
| Destruction of settler's homes in Gaza [26 words] | Judah Rosen | Apr 11, 2005 18:04 | 21525 | ||
| You are right about no precedent on Gaza pull out [263 words] | Muriel Efron | Apr 11, 2005 17:53 | 21523 | ||
| Forcible Removal Precedent [16 words] | Bruce Kauffman | Apr 11, 2005 17:01 | 21522 | ||
| Unprecedented forced removal [163 words] | Oscar | Apr 11, 2005 16:51 | 21521 | ||
| False analogy [176 words] | Michael Radu | Apr 11, 2005 16:47 | 21520 | ||
| Removal from Gaza: Jews or Israelis? [57 words] | Jack Goldberg | Apr 11, 2005 16:46 | 21519 | ||
| Removal of Israelis from Gaza [228 words] | Don Skupsky | Apr 11, 2005 16:01 | 21517 | ||
| Hypocrasy: Palestinians living in Israel [157 words] | Rob James | Apr 11, 2005 15:56 | 21516 | ||
| Jews should rightfully get Israel [64 words] | Arianna Canfield | Oct 15, 2007 17:12 | 21516 |
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