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Palestinian minister warns of 'disrespect' in Gaza
MSNBC ^ | Jan. 10, 2009 | Edith M. Lederer

Posted on 01/10/2009 5:09:28 PM PST by Lorianne

UNITED NATIONS - The Palestinian foreign minister says Israel and Hamas responded to the Security Council's call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza with "total disrespect" and he urged the U.N.'s most powerful body to enforce its demand.

"We cannot really wait until Israel will complete its mission while it really continues killing Palestinians, not on a daily basis but on an hourly basis," Riad Malki told The Associated Press in an interview Friday.

Malki is foreign minister for the Palestinian Authority, which was driven out of Gaza by rival Hamas in 2007.

If the Security Council doesn't react in the next 48 hours, he said, Arab foreign ministers who came to the Security Council to help draft the resolution "will have a reaction." He did not elaborate.

Hopes dimmed that the resolution approved Thursday would end the worst fighting in decades in Gaza after Israel rejected it as "not practical" and Hamas dismissed it, complaining that it had not been consulted.

"Both have responded to the resolution in the same way, in total disrespect," Malki said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; islam; jihad; proarab; un; unitednations
I hope no one's feelings were hurt.
1 posted on 01/10/2009 5:09:28 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Hey, I didn’t get a harumph outta that guy.


2 posted on 01/10/2009 5:11:04 PM PST by exit82 (The Obama Cabinet: There was more brainpower on Gilligan's Island.)
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To: Lorianne

Get the UN to fix Darfur first.


3 posted on 01/10/2009 5:11:32 PM PST by Paladin2 (No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
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To: Lorianne
"We cannot really wait until Israel will complete its mission while it really continues killing Palestinians, not on a daily basis but on an hourly basis," Riad Malki told The Associated Press in an interview Friday.

YEAH you can. You waited for over 12 months and 3,000 hamas rockets, you can wait for a few more weeks...

4 posted on 01/10/2009 5:11:52 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Lorianne
urged the U.N.'s most powerful body to enforce its demand.

The UN? Enforce? Humorous.

5 posted on 01/10/2009 5:12:00 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Lorianne

Disrespect: the ultimate whine from a powerless and morally bankrupt individual or community...


6 posted on 01/10/2009 5:13:28 PM PST by Publius6961 (Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
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To: Lorianne
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7 posted on 01/10/2009 5:14:06 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your powder dry, folks)
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To: freedumb2003

8 posted on 01/10/2009 5:16:16 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Lorianne

Turn over all your rockets, forsake Hamas, and recognize Israel’s right to exist and live in peace.

I’m fairly certain the Israeli’s will withdraw and go to great lengths to help you establish a bountiful homeland.


9 posted on 01/10/2009 5:29:18 PM PST by freedom9
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To: Lorianne
he urged the U.N.'s most powerful body to enforce its demand

Yeah, they really put the fear of God in Saddam.

10 posted on 01/10/2009 5:38:38 PM PST by tbpiper (Al Gore is to Global Warming what Berney Madoff is to Finance .)
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To: Lorianne

“disrespect’ in Gaza”

Then die with honor.


11 posted on 01/10/2009 5:45:02 PM PST by edcoil (Looking for a new tagline - do you have one I can use?)
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To: Lorianne

Well boo freaking hell they be dissed.


12 posted on 01/10/2009 7:26:33 PM PST by ully2 (ully)
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To: Lorianne
Both have responded to the resolution in the same way, in total disrespect," Malki said.

There was a brief cease fire January 8 to allow humanitarian aid to Palestinians. The Israelis ceased firing. Hamas launched rockets from a school to kill civilians. The Israelis then took out the rocket launchers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN9WzUc7iB0&feature=channel_page

It is not difficult to show that the claim of equivalence in violating cease fire agreements is false. If Hamas will not even cease for a few hours to allow aid to its own people, why should Israel respect any such resolution.

13 posted on 01/10/2009 8:22:32 PM PST by verklaring (Pyrite is not gold))
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Bloomberg on CNN
By Ami Eden · January 5, 2009

New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg takes to the airwaves on CNN to defend Israel — and pushes back against the anchor’s push back.

http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/01/05/1002001/bloomberg-on-cnn


14 posted on 01/11/2009 4:45:35 AM PST by COUNTrecount (http://obamaclock.org/)
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