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		By: AesopFan		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2019/05/06/whats-been-going-on-in-israel-and-gaza/#comment-2433452</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 21:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[https://www.algemeiner.com/2019/05/07/prominent-saudi-intellectuals-and-journalists-support-israel-slam-hamas-blame-iran-for-latest-gaza-violence/

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Referencing US President Donald Trump’s continuing campaign to put more sanctions on Iran, Al-Sheikh said, “The Persians are tightening the pressure on the US and Israel in retaliation for Trump’s decision, and the victims are the people of Gaza.”

Saudi intellectual and former director of the Middle East Center for Strategic and Legal Studies in Jeddah, Abd Al-Hamid Al-Hakim, wrote strongly in support of Israel and also blamed Iran, writing to Israelis, “Our hearts are with you. May Allah protect Israel and its people.”

“We will not let the treacherous hand of Iran and its agents in Gaza reach the Israeli people,” he added.

“It’s time to say this out loud: confronting the terror of Hamas is the responsibility of all the countries in the region and of the international community [as a whole], not only of Israel,” Al-Hakim asserted. “I say to the Arabs…: Do you want these murderers and agents of Iran to rule Jerusalem?!”
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Referencing US President Donald Trump’s continuing campaign to put more sanctions on Iran, Al-Sheikh said, “The Persians are tightening the pressure on the US and Israel in retaliation for Trump’s decision, and the victims are the people of Gaza.”</p>
<p>Saudi intellectual and former director of the Middle East Center for Strategic and Legal Studies in Jeddah, Abd Al-Hamid Al-Hakim, wrote strongly in support of Israel and also blamed Iran, writing to Israelis, “Our hearts are with you. May Allah protect Israel and its people.”</p>
<p>“We will not let the treacherous hand of Iran and its agents in Gaza reach the Israeli people,” he added.</p>
<p>“It’s time to say this out loud: confronting the terror of Hamas is the responsibility of all the countries in the region and of the international community [as a whole], not only of Israel,” Al-Hakim asserted. “I say to the Arabs…: Do you want these murderers and agents of Iran to rule Jerusalem?!”
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		By: Art Deco		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2019/05/06/whats-been-going-on-in-israel-and-gaza/#comment-2433443</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Deco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 20:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;i&gt;with Israel’s failure to alleviate dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza.” &lt;/i&gt;

Note the assumption of the shill from the &lt;i&gt;Sulzberger Birdcage Liner&lt;/i&gt; that Israel has some sort of custodial responsibility for Gaza, a territory they evacuated 15 years ago.  The residents of Gaza have been on the UNRWA dole for 70 years, and some sources say 50% of the personal income of the territory is attributable to UNRWA disbursements.  It isn&#039;t Israel&#039;s responsibility to build a productive base in Gaza.  That&#039;s the responsibility of the local population.  It isn&#039;t Israel&#039;s responsibility to &#039;alleviate suffering in Gaza&#039;.  The Gazans are not only enemies of Israel, that is a state they have chosen and with which they are content.  They have their own dedicated UN agency to provide for them in the latrine they&#039;ve created for themselves.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>with Israel’s failure to alleviate dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza.” </i></p>
<p>Note the assumption of the shill from the <i>Sulzberger Birdcage Liner</i> that Israel has some sort of custodial responsibility for Gaza, a territory they evacuated 15 years ago.  The residents of Gaza have been on the UNRWA dole for 70 years, and some sources say 50% of the personal income of the territory is attributable to UNRWA disbursements.  It isn&#8217;t Israel&#8217;s responsibility to build a productive base in Gaza.  That&#8217;s the responsibility of the local population.  It isn&#8217;t Israel&#8217;s responsibility to &#8216;alleviate suffering in Gaza&#8217;.  The Gazans are not only enemies of Israel, that is a state they have chosen and with which they are content.  They have their own dedicated UN agency to provide for them in the latrine they&#8217;ve created for themselves.</p>
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		By: Art Deco		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2019/05/06/whats-been-going-on-in-israel-and-gaza/#comment-2433442</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Deco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 20:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;i&gt; Once again, as always, ISLAM is the problem. &lt;/i&gt;

HAMAS was founded in 1987.  The political stances of the Arab population on the West Bank, in Gaza, and in the UNRWA camps were no more constructive when Nasserist and Communist elements carried the day.  Islamists did not ruin Iraq and Syria.  Rival wings of the Ba&#039;ath Party did that.  It wasn&#039;t Islamist militias who turned Lebanon into an anarchic ruin (though they later contributed).  It was the PLO and al-Mourabitoun and the Progressive Socialist Party who did that (with an assist from the Maronite militias).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i> Once again, as always, ISLAM is the problem. </i></p>
<p>HAMAS was founded in 1987.  The political stances of the Arab population on the West Bank, in Gaza, and in the UNRWA camps were no more constructive when Nasserist and Communist elements carried the day.  Islamists did not ruin Iraq and Syria.  Rival wings of the Ba&#8217;ath Party did that.  It wasn&#8217;t Islamist militias who turned Lebanon into an anarchic ruin (though they later contributed).  It was the PLO and al-Mourabitoun and the Progressive Socialist Party who did that (with an assist from the Maronite militias).</p>
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		By: LeClerc		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2019/05/06/whats-been-going-on-in-israel-and-gaza/#comment-2433438</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LeClerc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 19:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/284447/get-out

A must read.]]></description>
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<p>A must read.</p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2019/05/06/whats-been-going-on-in-israel-and-gaza/#comment-2433432</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Meislin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 17:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Actually, &quot;Islam&quot; or no &quot;islam&quot;, Hamas is refreshingly honest about what they want. 

(It&#039;s in their covenant. )]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, &#8220;Islam&#8221; or no &#8220;islam&#8221;, Hamas is refreshingly honest about what they want. </p>
<p>(It&#8217;s in their covenant. )</p>
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		By: Ken		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2019/05/06/whats-been-going-on-in-israel-and-gaza/#comment-2433431</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 16:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The word Hamas is an acronym in Arabic for &quot;Islamic Resistance Movement,&quot; NOT Palestinian  Resistance Movement....ISLAMIC. That tells us all we need to know about who they are and what they want. Once again, as always, ISLAM is the problem. Without that in the mix, peace would have been achieved long ago.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The word Hamas is an acronym in Arabic for &#8220;Islamic Resistance Movement,&#8221; NOT Palestinian  Resistance Movement&#8230;.ISLAMIC. That tells us all we need to know about who they are and what they want. Once again, as always, ISLAM is the problem. Without that in the mix, peace would have been achieved long ago.</p>
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		By: sdferr		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2019/05/06/whats-been-going-on-in-israel-and-gaza/#comment-2433411</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sdferr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 11:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Algeminer: Residents of Rocket-Battered Southern Israel Express Dismay Over Gaza Ceasefire

https://www.algemeiner.com/2019/05/06/residents-of-rocket-battered-southern-israel-express-dismay-over-gaza-ceasefire/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Algeminer: Residents of Rocket-Battered Southern Israel Express Dismay Over Gaza Ceasefire</p>
<p><a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2019/05/06/residents-of-rocket-battered-southern-israel-express-dismay-over-gaza-ceasefire/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.algemeiner.com/2019/05/06/residents-of-rocket-battered-southern-israel-express-dismay-over-gaza-ceasefire/</a></p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2019/05/06/whats-been-going-on-in-israel-and-gaza/#comment-2433404</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Meislin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 08:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, we have many friends and allies, indeed.

No need to speak of Jeremy Corbyn or Chancellor Merkel or the European Left in general or the current Democratic Party of the US, may they all be blessed.

These are far too obvious. 

But here are some very fine, honest, humane people---the cream of Sweden&#039;s youth---and we can count on them for decades to come:
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201905061074739993-sweden-crush-zionism-chant/

(We just wish that they would devote more time to us and less time on destroying their own country....)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, we have many friends and allies, indeed.</p>
<p>No need to speak of Jeremy Corbyn or Chancellor Merkel or the European Left in general or the current Democratic Party of the US, may they all be blessed.</p>
<p>These are far too obvious. </p>
<p>But here are some very fine, honest, humane people&#8212;the cream of Sweden&#8217;s youth&#8212;and we can count on them for decades to come:<br />
<a href="https://sputniknews.com/europe/201905061074739993-sweden-crush-zionism-chant/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://sputniknews.com/europe/201905061074739993-sweden-crush-zionism-chant/</a></p>
<p>(We just wish that they would devote more time to us and less time on destroying their own country&#8230;.)</p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2019/05/06/whats-been-going-on-in-israel-and-gaza/#comment-2433402</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Meislin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 07:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[And the longer version (in spite of the author&#039;s truly bizarre conclusion):
https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/262200/palestinians-gaza-dying-photo-op]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And the longer version (in spite of the author&#8217;s truly bizarre conclusion):<br />
<a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/262200/palestinians-gaza-dying-photo-op" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/262200/palestinians-gaza-dying-photo-op</a></p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2019/05/06/whats-been-going-on-in-israel-and-gaza/#comment-2433401</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Meislin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 07:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shorter(!) version:

&quot;We are sick and tired, absolutely sick and tired!, of Israel&#039;s grotesque intransigence---unconscionably refusing to allow justice for the Palestinian people; refusing to enable peace and good-will to flourish in the Middle East and throughout the world.

&quot;REFUSING to allow us to destroy it. Intransigently and unconscionably.

&quot;Yes, we are sick and tired. 

&quot;Therefore, we must destroy Israel. 

&quot;And as part of our campaign (for peace and good will to, ahem, flourish), we will deploy one of the most effective quivers in our vast arsenal: we will complain that we are utterly &#039;impatient&#039; that Israel has failed to &#039;alleviate [the] dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza&#039;.

&quot;(Works like a charm.)

&quot;To be sure, that&#039;s only one of the quivers in our vast arsenal.... We have others and we have many friends and allies. 

&quot;(But DO NOT say anything about the huge amounts of humanitarian, food and medical aid that Israel has been allowing to enter Gaza, for over a decade now. And DON&#039;T---we&#039;re warning you!!---write anything about the tons of concrete that Israel has been sending into Gaza. And DON&#039;T---so help us!---write anything about our personal off-shore bank accounts....)&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shorter(!) version:</p>
<p>&#8220;We are sick and tired, absolutely sick and tired!, of Israel&#8217;s grotesque intransigence&#8212;unconscionably refusing to allow justice for the Palestinian people; refusing to enable peace and good-will to flourish in the Middle East and throughout the world.</p>
<p>&#8220;REFUSING to allow us to destroy it. Intransigently and unconscionably.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yes, we are sick and tired. </p>
<p>&#8220;Therefore, we must destroy Israel. </p>
<p>&#8220;And as part of our campaign (for peace and good will to, ahem, flourish), we will deploy one of the most effective quivers in our vast arsenal: we will complain that we are utterly &#8216;impatient&#8217; that Israel has failed to &#8216;alleviate [the] dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza&#8217;.</p>
<p>&#8220;(Works like a charm.)</p>
<p>&#8220;To be sure, that&#8217;s only one of the quivers in our vast arsenal&#8230;. We have others and we have many friends and allies. </p>
<p>&#8220;(But DO NOT say anything about the huge amounts of humanitarian, food and medical aid that Israel has been allowing to enter Gaza, for over a decade now. And DON&#8217;T&#8212;we&#8217;re warning you!!&#8212;write anything about the tons of concrete that Israel has been sending into Gaza. And DON&#8217;T&#8212;so help us!&#8212;write anything about our personal off-shore bank accounts&#8230;.)&#8221;</p>
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