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		<title>By: onlinemoneymakingtip</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>but now you can see iserial is safe and there will be no wars and all because of peace and politeness among the people and now we can say that Israel can make progress among the peoples</description>
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		<title>By: Jaff Sassani</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jaff Sassani</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Deceased Zionist are Ashamed of those Living one’s for failing to Bring Peace for Israel&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish People in the historic Land of Israel. The Zionists are the people who fought to establish the state of Israel. Israel supposes to protect Jewish people in Israel and around the world in the time of war and peace.  But in reality they are becoming burden on the Jewish people in America and Europe. What if America does not want or not capable any more to protect Israel interest some day? Does the Zionist ever cared about that day.&lt;br&gt;The Israeli leaders are from Europe mostly. They are clueless with regard of history. For over sixty years they are enjoyed the superiorities over the Arab and Middle Eastern people technologically. The times are catching up with them now. Iranian Mullah from the Shi’a is about to acquire Atomic Bomb technology to be used against the superiority of Israel security cards. Israel will have to defend on herself using conventional weapons and human resources.&lt;br&gt;The long term wars for Israeli people are not matching the human resources and weapons of Islamic armies then. American people are tired of the wars in Middle East. The Europeans’ did run away long time ago. What is next for the people in Israel?&lt;br&gt;We are an Eryan or Iranian organizations from Pakistan to Turkey and from Kurdistan to former Soviet Union Countries. We wished to forge strategical relationship with the Israeli people to balance the evil forces against the Jewish people in the region. Why we want that that strategical cooperation’s with the people of Israel? It is simple; we believe that both our people are sharing common history and common problem with the Arab imperialist in the region.&lt;br&gt;The Israeli does have technology and expertise we need. We have raw material and human resources to balance the Arab imperialist ambitions. Our alliances are beneficial to both of our people.&lt;br&gt;There are many tribes from Pakistan to Turkey and from Kurdistan to former Soviet Union are clamming that they are related to the Jewish people by blood. The DNA test proves the blood connections between Jewish people and Kurdish people in the region.  Pashtoon people in Afghanistan-Pakistan and many other tribes are clamming to be from those” ten lost tribes of the Jewish people”. Regardless of the religions; the people will have more feeling toward each other when they are related by blood than religions.&lt;br&gt;The Israeli people made wrong strategical alliances wit the Turks of Turkey. The Turks of Turkey are the people got benefit from the Islamic holly wars of “Jihads” after they are converted to Islam. They are never got hurt by the Arabs like us Iranian. They are natural ally of Arabs compared to our people.&lt;br&gt;The PM of Turkey can say nice thing to Israeli in private and say nasty thing against them in public. The general publics are going to take the nasty saying first. The Turks of Turkey are burden on Israel. They are never going to be Israel strategical partners. When there are wars against Israel in the region the Turks of Turkey are not going to stop it or go to war for Israel. But the people who have blood connections with Jewish people will do that for Israel.&lt;br&gt;Sincerely, &lt;br&gt;Jaff Sassani &lt;br&gt;From the SKDC &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:jaff.skdc@googlemail.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;jaff.skdc@googlemail.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;Feb-4-09</description>
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<p>Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish People in the historic Land of Israel. The Zionists are the people who fought to establish the state of Israel. Israel supposes to protect Jewish people in Israel and around the world in the time of war and peace.  But in reality they are becoming burden on the Jewish people in America and Europe. What if America does not want or not capable any more to protect Israel interest some day? Does the Zionist ever cared about that day.<br />The Israeli leaders are from Europe mostly. They are clueless with regard of history. For over sixty years they are enjoyed the superiorities over the Arab and Middle Eastern people technologically. The times are catching up with them now. Iranian Mullah from the Shi’a is about to acquire Atomic Bomb technology to be used against the superiority of Israel security cards. Israel will have to defend on herself using conventional weapons and human resources.<br />The long term wars for Israeli people are not matching the human resources and weapons of Islamic armies then. American people are tired of the wars in Middle East. The Europeans’ did run away long time ago. What is next for the people in Israel?<br />We are an Eryan or Iranian organizations from Pakistan to Turkey and from Kurdistan to former Soviet Union Countries. We wished to forge strategical relationship with the Israeli people to balance the evil forces against the Jewish people in the region. Why we want that that strategical cooperation’s with the people of Israel? It is simple; we believe that both our people are sharing common history and common problem with the Arab imperialist in the region.<br />The Israeli does have technology and expertise we need. We have raw material and human resources to balance the Arab imperialist ambitions. Our alliances are beneficial to both of our people.<br />There are many tribes from Pakistan to Turkey and from Kurdistan to former Soviet Union are clamming that they are related to the Jewish people by blood. The DNA test proves the blood connections between Jewish people and Kurdish people in the region.  Pashtoon people in Afghanistan-Pakistan and many other tribes are clamming to be from those” ten lost tribes of the Jewish people”. Regardless of the religions; the people will have more feeling toward each other when they are related by blood than religions.<br />The Israeli people made wrong strategical alliances wit the Turks of Turkey. The Turks of Turkey are the people got benefit from the Islamic holly wars of “Jihads” after they are converted to Islam. They are never got hurt by the Arabs like us Iranian. They are natural ally of Arabs compared to our people.<br />The PM of Turkey can say nice thing to Israeli in private and say nasty thing against them in public. The general publics are going to take the nasty saying first. The Turks of Turkey are burden on Israel. They are never going to be Israel strategical partners. When there are wars against Israel in the region the Turks of Turkey are not going to stop it or go to war for Israel. But the people who have blood connections with Jewish people will do that for Israel.<br />Sincerely, <br />Jaff Sassani <br />From the SKDC <br /><a href="mailto:jaff.skdc@googlemail.com" rel="nofollow">jaff.skdc@googlemail.com</a> <br />Feb-4-09</p>
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		<title>By: Jaff Sassani</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/23198/progressive-jewish-groups-see-test-in-crisis/comment-page-1#comment-17740</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaff Sassani</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Deceased Zionist are Ashamed of those Living one’s for failing to Bring Peace for Israel&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish People in the historic Land of Israel. The Zionists are the people who fought to establish the state of Israel. Israel supposes to protect Jewish people in Israel and around the world in the time of war and peace.  But in reality they are becoming burden on the Jewish people in America and Europe. What if America does not want or not capable any more to protect Israel interest some day? Does the Zionist ever cared about that day.&lt;br&gt;The Israeli leaders are from Europe mostly. They are clueless with regard of history. For over sixty years they are enjoyed the superiorities over the Arab and Middle Eastern people technologically. The times are catching up with them now. Iranian Mullah from the Shi’a is about to acquire Atomic Bomb technology to be used against the superiority of Israel security cards. Israel will have to defend on herself using conventional weapons and human resources.&lt;br&gt;The long term wars for Israeli people are not matching the human resources and weapons of Islamic armies then. American people are tired of the wars in Middle East. The Europeans’ did run away long time ago. What is next for the people in Israel?&lt;br&gt;We are an Eryan or Iranian organizations from Pakistan to Turkey and from Kurdistan to former Soviet Union Countries. We wished to forge strategical relationship with the Israeli people to balance the evil forces against the Jewish people in the region. Why we want that that strategical cooperation’s with the people of Israel? It is simple; we believe that both our people are sharing common history and common problem with the Arab imperialist in the region.&lt;br&gt;The Israeli does have technology and expertise we need. We have raw material and human resources to balance the Arab imperialist ambitions. Our alliances are beneficial to both of our people.&lt;br&gt;There are many tribes from Pakistan to Turkey and from Kurdistan to former Soviet Union are clamming that they are related to the Jewish people by blood. The DNA test proves the blood connections between Jewish people and Kurdish people in the region.  Pashtoon people in Afghanistan-Pakistan and many other tribes are clamming to be from those” ten lost tribes of the Jewish people”. Regardless of the religions; the people will have more feeling toward each other when they are related by blood than religions.&lt;br&gt;The Israeli people made wrong strategical alliances wit the Turks of Turkey. The Turks of Turkey are the people got benefit from the Islamic holly wars of “Jihads” after they are converted to Islam. They are never got hurt by the Arabs like us Iranian. They are natural ally of Arabs compared to our people.&lt;br&gt;The PM of Turkey can say nice thing to Israeli in private and say nasty thing against them in public. The general publics are going to take the nasty saying first. The Turks of Turkey are burden on Israel. They are never going to be Israel strategical partners. When there are wars against Israel in the region the Turks of Turkey are not going to stop it or go to war for Israel. But the people who have blood connections with Jewish people will do that for Israel.&lt;br&gt;Sincerely, &lt;br&gt;Jaff Sassani &lt;br&gt;From the SKDC &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:jaff.skdc@googlemail.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;jaff.skdc@googlemail.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;Feb-4-09</description>
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<p>Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish People in the historic Land of Israel. The Zionists are the people who fought to establish the state of Israel. Israel supposes to protect Jewish people in Israel and around the world in the time of war and peace.  But in reality they are becoming burden on the Jewish people in America and Europe. What if America does not want or not capable any more to protect Israel interest some day? Does the Zionist ever cared about that day.<br />The Israeli leaders are from Europe mostly. They are clueless with regard of history. For over sixty years they are enjoyed the superiorities over the Arab and Middle Eastern people technologically. The times are catching up with them now. Iranian Mullah from the Shi’a is about to acquire Atomic Bomb technology to be used against the superiority of Israel security cards. Israel will have to defend on herself using conventional weapons and human resources.<br />The long term wars for Israeli people are not matching the human resources and weapons of Islamic armies then. American people are tired of the wars in Middle East. The Europeans’ did run away long time ago. What is next for the people in Israel?<br />We are an Eryan or Iranian organizations from Pakistan to Turkey and from Kurdistan to former Soviet Union Countries. We wished to forge strategical relationship with the Israeli people to balance the evil forces against the Jewish people in the region. Why we want that that strategical cooperation’s with the people of Israel? It is simple; we believe that both our people are sharing common history and common problem with the Arab imperialist in the region.<br />The Israeli does have technology and expertise we need. We have raw material and human resources to balance the Arab imperialist ambitions. Our alliances are beneficial to both of our people.<br />There are many tribes from Pakistan to Turkey and from Kurdistan to former Soviet Union are clamming that they are related to the Jewish people by blood. The DNA test proves the blood connections between Jewish people and Kurdish people in the region.  Pashtoon people in Afghanistan-Pakistan and many other tribes are clamming to be from those” ten lost tribes of the Jewish people”. Regardless of the religions; the people will have more feeling toward each other when they are related by blood than religions.<br />The Israeli people made wrong strategical alliances wit the Turks of Turkey. The Turks of Turkey are the people got benefit from the Islamic holly wars of “Jihads” after they are converted to Islam. They are never got hurt by the Arabs like us Iranian. They are natural ally of Arabs compared to our people.<br />The PM of Turkey can say nice thing to Israeli in private and say nasty thing against them in public. The general publics are going to take the nasty saying first. The Turks of Turkey are burden on Israel. They are never going to be Israel strategical partners. When there are wars against Israel in the region the Turks of Turkey are not going to stop it or go to war for Israel. But the people who have blood connections with Jewish people will do that for Israel.<br />Sincerely, <br />Jaff Sassani <br />From the SKDC <br /><a href="mailto:jaff.skdc@googlemail.com" rel="nofollow">jaff.skdc@googlemail.com</a> <br />Feb-4-09</p>
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		<title>By: the nutshell paragraph &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The Devil&#8217;s plan for the Middle East</title>
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		<dc:creator>the nutshell paragraph &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The Devil&#8217;s plan for the Middle East</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] &#8220;The might of the new progressive American Jewish infrastructure that emerged in 2008 — unapologetically pro-peace and pro-Israel — is undergoing its own test as well: How to effectively argue that an Israeli war is counterproductive to Israel’s long-term security while the bombs are falling&#8230;&#8221; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] &#8220;The might of the new progressive American Jewish infrastructure that emerged in 2008 — unapologetically pro-peace and pro-Israel — is undergoing its own test as well: How to effectively argue that an Israeli war is counterproductive to Israel’s long-term security while the bombs are falling&#8230;&#8221; [...]</p>
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		<title>By: FJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>FJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Ana where are you moving to? Since you are happy to leave take your Tripoli BS with you or do you not understand that if it is the case...then once again we have violated the mandates of the hard work done by the founding fathers. You do know who they are don&#039;t you? Oh my bad I forgot your leaving...so guess what BYE -BYE!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Ana where are you moving to? Since you are happy to leave take your Tripoli BS with you or do you not understand that if it is the case&#8230;then once again we have violated the mandates of the hard work done by the founding fathers. You do know who they are don&#39;t you? Oh my bad I forgot your leaving&#8230;so guess what BYE -BYE!</p>
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		<title>By: w. g. krasnow</title>
		<link>http://washingtonindependent.com/23198/progressive-jewish-groups-see-test-in-crisis/comment-page-1#comment-15109</link>
		<dc:creator>w. g. krasnow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s just great that TWI ventilates this matter from which the mass media sheepishly obstain.</description>
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		<title>By: geraldmcgrew</title>
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		<dc:creator>geraldmcgrew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellant article, with one big omission.  Why no mention of the Tikkun Community.  J Street may end up out-organizing (or out-lobbying) Tikkun, and if so, bless them for the increased effectiveness.  But Rabbi Lerner and the Tikkun folks have made a greater theoretical contribution to the progressive Jewish position on the conflict, on the deep issues as well as political strategy, than anyone through the years,  When dicussing the approach to be taken by various progressive organizations, Tikkun should at least be part of the conversation.  For the latest statement from Tikkun on Gaza, please see: &lt;a href=&quot;http://files.tikkun.org/current/article.php/20090102124321774&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://files.tikkun.org/current/article.php/200...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellant article, with one big omission.  Why no mention of the Tikkun Community.  J Street may end up out-organizing (or out-lobbying) Tikkun, and if so, bless them for the increased effectiveness.  But Rabbi Lerner and the Tikkun folks have made a greater theoretical contribution to the progressive Jewish position on the conflict, on the deep issues as well as political strategy, than anyone through the years,  When dicussing the approach to be taken by various progressive organizations, Tikkun should at least be part of the conversation.  For the latest statement from Tikkun on Gaza, please see: <a href="http://files.tikkun.org/current/article.php/20090102124321774" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://files.tikkun.org/current/article.php/200.." rel="nofollow">http://files.tikkun.org/current/article.php/200..</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: epaminondas</title>
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		<dc:creator>epaminondas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@peace&lt;br&gt;&quot;Oh and Hamas has said on many occasions that they would recognize Israel and work with Israel. &quot;&lt;br&gt;That is an absolute factual error&lt;br&gt;Post the relevant URL and prove your assertion which contradicts utterly what HAMAS&#039;s main function as stated in their charter is publicly.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;HAMAS, the Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza, has since 1988 stood for only one thing.&lt;br&gt;NO ISRAEL.&lt;br&gt;That is the bitter reality. To believe HAMAS would recognize Israel is something they are telling you contradicts the Quran ..i.e. god. (Article 13 of the Charter URL below in other post)&lt;br&gt;That you delude yourself on this fact is an arrogance in thinking others want and think as we do.&lt;br&gt;HAMAS has NEVER said any more that they would offer a truce. NEVER. &lt;br&gt;If you can find a quote by HAMAS referring to recognizing Israel which was not instantly corrected, congrats, you should be Sec State.&lt;br&gt;HAMAS did not use the opportunity of their election to build schools.&lt;br&gt;They used it for their main purpose.&lt;br&gt;Eliminating the state of Israel, and any jews who refuse to be dhimmis&lt;br&gt;Sorry but HAARETZ is the Duranty winning paper of Israel on this one.&lt;br&gt;The FACTS are that HAMAS launched in the mid thousands of rockets as Israel proper.&lt;br&gt;No nation would stand for that for a week.&lt;br&gt;Israel did it for three years after leaving Gaza, reducing the settlements there, and removing the jews.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There are plenty of Hasidic Jews who believe it is against the Torah to have a state of Israel &quot;&lt;br&gt;This also is a factual error.&lt;br&gt;There ARE Hasidic jews who feel that way but to give the impression there are plenty is a canard&lt;br&gt;There are Americans who believe David Duke is correct, but &quot;plenty&quot;?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I have conveyed to this comment thread the words of HAMAS, as they have presented them (Not me)&lt;br&gt;I have posted the URL where their own basis for existence is posted&lt;br&gt;You prefer to wave your hand at it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That is living in naive fantasy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Are there the jews you say there are plenty of?&lt;br&gt;&quot;Neturei Karta, an orthodox jewish sect which believes as a matter of faith that jews are mandated not to have a nation of any kind until the messiah comes, a sect which began in 1935, a sect which welcomes the efforts of Ahmadinejad, and is in the pay of same, has but 5,000 adherents, MAX. This represents ~ four one hundredths of one percent of the Jewish people. While many in Neturei Karta chose to simply ignore the State of Israel, a fringe element took proactive steps to condemn it and bring about its eventual dismantling until the coming of the Messiah. Chief among these is Rabbi Moshe Hirsch, Neturei Karta&#039;s self-proclaimed &quot;Foreign Minister,&quot; who served in Yasser Arafat&#039;s cabinet as Minister for Jewish Affairs.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@peace<br />&#8220;Oh and Hamas has said on many occasions that they would recognize Israel and work with Israel. &#8220;<br />That is an absolute factual error<br />Post the relevant URL and prove your assertion which contradicts utterly what HAMAS&#39;s main function as stated in their charter is publicly.</p>
<p>HAMAS, the Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza, has since 1988 stood for only one thing.<br />NO ISRAEL.<br />That is the bitter reality. To believe HAMAS would recognize Israel is something they are telling you contradicts the Quran ..i.e. god. (Article 13 of the Charter URL below in other post)<br />That you delude yourself on this fact is an arrogance in thinking others want and think as we do.<br />HAMAS has NEVER said any more that they would offer a truce. NEVER. <br />If you can find a quote by HAMAS referring to recognizing Israel which was not instantly corrected, congrats, you should be Sec State.<br />HAMAS did not use the opportunity of their election to build schools.<br />They used it for their main purpose.<br />Eliminating the state of Israel, and any jews who refuse to be dhimmis<br />Sorry but HAARETZ is the Duranty winning paper of Israel on this one.<br />The FACTS are that HAMAS launched in the mid thousands of rockets as Israel proper.<br />No nation would stand for that for a week.<br />Israel did it for three years after leaving Gaza, reducing the settlements there, and removing the jews.</p>
<p>&#8220;There are plenty of Hasidic Jews who believe it is against the Torah to have a state of Israel &#8220;<br />This also is a factual error.<br />There ARE Hasidic jews who feel that way but to give the impression there are plenty is a canard<br />There are Americans who believe David Duke is correct, but &#8220;plenty&#8221;?</p>
<p>I have conveyed to this comment thread the words of HAMAS, as they have presented them (Not me)<br />I have posted the URL where their own basis for existence is posted<br />You prefer to wave your hand at it.</p>
<p>That is living in naive fantasy.</p>
<p>Are there the jews you say there are plenty of?<br />&#8220;Neturei Karta, an orthodox jewish sect which believes as a matter of faith that jews are mandated not to have a nation of any kind until the messiah comes, a sect which began in 1935, a sect which welcomes the efforts of Ahmadinejad, and is in the pay of same, has but 5,000 adherents, MAX. This represents ~ four one hundredths of one percent of the Jewish people. While many in Neturei Karta chose to simply ignore the State of Israel, a fringe element took proactive steps to condemn it and bring about its eventual dismantling until the coming of the Messiah. Chief among these is Rabbi Moshe Hirsch, Neturei Karta&#39;s self-proclaimed &#8220;Foreign Minister,&#8221; who served in Yasser Arafat&#39;s cabinet as Minister for Jewish Affairs.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Ralph Deeds</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ralph Deeds</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Looks to me as if Israel might be taking this opportunity to take some strong action before the end of the Bush administration. Big mistake, in my opinion. World opinion appears to me to be strongly against Israel&#039;s disproportionate response to the bait put out by Hamas.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looks to me as if Israel might be taking this opportunity to take some strong action before the end of the Bush administration. Big mistake, in my opinion. World opinion appears to me to be strongly against Israel&#39;s disproportionate response to the bait put out by Hamas.</p>
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		<title>By: Alas, a blog &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Links to Israeli and Jewish voices opposing Israel’s attacks on Gaza</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alas, a blog &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Links to Israeli and Jewish voices opposing Israel’s attacks on Gaza</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Spencer Ackerman at The Washington Independent: Progressive Jewish Groups See Test in Crisis &#8220;Absolutely,&#8221; said Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street, a new liberal Jewish lobby group. &#8220;This is a real testing moment for those of us who honestly believe you can be supportive of Israel but questioning of steps its government takes.&#8221; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Spencer Ackerman at The Washington Independent: Progressive Jewish Groups See Test in Crisis &#8220;Absolutely,&#8221; said Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street, a new liberal Jewish lobby group. &#8220;This is a real testing moment for those of us who honestly believe you can be supportive of Israel but questioning of steps its government takes.&#8221; [...]</p>
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