Regards, Ivan
Posted on 08/17/2004 2:25:31 AM PDT by MadIvan
ISRAEL declared psychological war on hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners yesterday saying it would barbecue meat outside their cells to try to break their spirit.
The 1,700 inmates, seen by Palestinians as symbols of resistance to Israeli occupation, want wardens to stop strip searches, allow more frequent family visits, improve sanitary conditions and install public telephones, supporters said.
But Israeli officials insist the protest, launched on Sunday, is a ploy to secure easier communication with militant groups waging an almost four-year-old uprising, and have vowed to fight the prisoners’ liquids-only fast.
The prisons service said it would draw on tactics used in hunger strikes by jailed Northern Irish militants in the 1970s and 1980s, such as withholding basic amenities.
"Among the methods we plan to employ is holding barbecues outside the walls of the affected prisons," a spokesman said.
B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, said about 7,000 Palestinians, excluding common criminals, are being held in Israeli civilian prisons or military jails. About half are either being detained without charge or until the end of criminal proceedings against them. The other half have been convicted of security-related offences.
Recent sweeps for militants in the West Bank and Gaza have swollen the prisoners’ ranks.
"We declare, in the name of God, our national decision to launch an open hunger strike," the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement. It accused Israel of "robbing us of all our rights, treading on our dignity and treating us like animals".
In Gaza, 3,000 Palestinians held a rally in support of the prisoners. Khaled al-Batsh, a senior leader of the militant Islamic Jihad group, said gunmen should kidnap "Zionist soldiers and settlers to be swapped for our prisoners".
The hunger strike was praised by Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian president, himself a virtual prisoner of Israel who has been confined to his West Bank compound for months. "The president hailed our heroes in Israeli jails for being steadfast," a Palestinian government statement said.
The Palestinian government yesterday called on its people to hold a one-day solidarity fast tomorrow.
Issa Qaraqe, a prisoners’ rights activist in Bethlehem, has said the hunger strike would spread from Israel’s main prisons to military detention camps.
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
I looove bacon!!
Brisket will work!
But slow roasted leg of lamb will drive them insane, oops...insaner (more insane), aw heck,, it'll have them cutting their own heads off!! <|:-)~~
Just grill NOTHING BUT PORK!! (And be sure to offer it to the Palis at every opportunity.)
No, I really want brisket, its been way too long... =o)
So what is the problem, here?
If these prisoners want to starve to death, isn't that their problem?
If the Israelis were withholding food I could see how the international
crybaby community might have a gripe.
Going to Carnegie deli for lunch today. Will make sure I have a brisket on rye in your honor. Granted it isn't BBQ, but it is the best I can do with the BBQ laws in NYC.
Bacon, ribs, pork steaks...anything for a cause.
Bbq pork ribs, yummmmm!
This could serve a double purpose: breaking the spirits of islamist thugs and also really annoying the PETA freaks :)
Tme for the Pal's to sit in on an ol'fashion pig pick'en bbq. Jest might civilize the scum!
OK...here's the deal:
1. From now on, no inmate will be clothed; searches will continue as normal, but no more stripping will be necessary.
2. All family members will be arrested and imprisoned with the inmate in the same cell; therefore family visits will be a "constant".
3. All inmates will be washed thrice daily with high pressure fire hoses (including all family members) thereby dispensing with the need for additional sanitary conditions.
4. OK...one public PAY telephone will be installed per 10,000 inmates. Calls will be outbound only. Inmate must show correct change to guard before being allowed to use said pay phone.
See??? Simple!
Oh, the inhumanity!
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I didn't see this the first time round. So they're drinking "Slim Fast."
That's not a hunger strike, that's a "weight loss" program.
Where is Bobby Sands to show them what a real hunger striker is like?
Me tooooooo! Just had a BLT for breakfast! When tomatoes are in season, I'm doing BLTs all week long!
Have you ever deep-fried bacon strips?
Re 9 (photo): This little piggy had roast beef...
Oh wow, does that ever look good!
LOL! That's the way all prisons should be run.
They should cook roast pigs and watch the jihadists slit their own throats. Problem solved.
This is hilarious. Also torture, but still hilarious. Imagine being on an extrenely strict diet and smelling barbaque all the time. Throw in baking tons of cookies and brownies after the barbaque and see how long that fast lasts.
That drooling sound you hear comes from me. Yum, BLTs! Sometimes I like to slice an avocado and substitute it for the lettuce.
Bar-B-Q is nice, but how about some freshly baked chocolate chip cookies? Yum!
I nominate you as Chief of Detainment, International.
Thanks for the tip; I'm going to try that!
HA HA
OH WELL now they blame this on Bush here in US LOL!
HA HA
All your panties are belong to us!!
I graciously and humbly accept the nomination!
NO CAMERAS ALLOWED!
Try a pork chop about 2" thick, cut a pocket and stuff with minced basil/mushrooms/olives and blue cheese, then wrap it with bacon and deep fry that.
Serve with garlic mashed 'taters and veggie of choice.
Pork Fat Rules!!!
Even better you slaughter and butcher the lamb right where the prisoners can see it. Making it a whole ritual with blood letting will get to them even more
This gave me a recipe idea about the fight in Najaf.
Ingredients: Mix together, pork fat, tear gas with a dash of pepper spray. Spray heavily on the human shields and scumbag terrorist al Sadr and his band of thugs holed up in the mosque in Najaf and get the Marines out!!
LOL! You forgot the pig blood<;O)
Now I've seen it all. Anti-terror BBQ...
I was saving that for the ones who didn't give up.
You know the ones who thought they would meet the 72 virgins but found out too late it was only one 72 year old virgin.
NOW for the coup d'gras........they also meet allah covered in pig blood.
Saddam is tried and convicted of crimes against Humanity and sentenced to death. After He is killed He finds himself walking around in Heaven looking for St. Peter when He comes across George Washington who promptly beats him severely and walks off, Saddam gets up and continues the search when he runs into Thomas Jefferson and gets beat up again, he gets back up and goes on his way. Now he runs into James Madison getting another beating, this one more severe than the other two times. Getting back up wondering what is going on he once again sets out on his search for St. Peter and this time he runs into James Monroe who beats him the most severely of all so far. Saddam stumbles back to his feet and finally sees St.Peter off in the distance. When He gets to St. Peter he asks, "where are My 72 Virgins?"
St. Peter replies" It's not 72 Virgins, it's 72 Virginians and You got 68 more to go NOW GIT!
Thanks for the tip, CK; I'm going to try it tonite.
Failing to leave a wake-up call at her favorite tanning salon, Miss Piggy . . .
Make Me one too < /slobber >
D'ya s'pose being downwind from a rack of ribs would be the equal of panties over the head?
Much, much worse. Call the ACLU (American Culinary Liberties Union).
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