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1 posted on 06/17/2004 6:52:13 PM PDT by blam
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Breaking news, off the ESPN sportswire.....The Palestine SAuthority has just announced that they will enter a sychronized swimming team in the 2004 Olympics..


2 posted on 06/17/2004 6:56:16 PM PDT by ken5050
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"This is the beginning of turning the Gaza Strip into a big prison," said Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian cabinet minister

That's kind of the point,if your fellow psycotics can't behave,you neeed to be isolated.


3 posted on 06/17/2004 7:00:03 PM PDT by Redcoat LI (You Can Trust Me , I'm Not Like The Others.....)
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Good!


They should also put several McDonald's restaurants on the Jewish side of the moat--without stinking curry and with free ketchup!
5 posted on 06/17/2004 7:11:03 PM PDT by familyop (Essayons)
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I actually find this quite amusing. Imagine the surprised look of arms smuggling terrorists as their tunnels flood with millions of gallons of seawater.


6 posted on 06/17/2004 7:12:07 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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>>>Some commentators wondered whether it would be filled with crocodiles to snap up any wayward Palestinians or if Mr Sharon had any plans to take a sailing trip along it.


7 posted on 06/17/2004 7:14:35 PM PDT by Calpernia (When you bite the hand that feeds you, you eventually run out of food.)
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---"This is the beginning of turning the Gaza Strip into a big prison," said Saeb Erekat---

Of your own making, you murdering SOB.


8 posted on 06/17/2004 7:19:54 PM PDT by claudiustg (Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
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Hey, British newspaper Telegraph...why all the "shock and bemusement?" The moat around England, otherwise known as the English channel, is the only thing that kept Hitler's tanks from driving into London after the "miracle" of Dunkirk -- asshats.


10 posted on 06/17/2004 7:24:55 PM PDT by Harpo Speaks
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Salt water moats with salt water crocs, sounds like a great idea!


11 posted on 06/17/2004 7:27:21 PM PDT by JDoutrider (In God We Trust...)
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Who will maintain it? They'll need to dredge it on a regular basis.
13 posted on 06/17/2004 7:34:29 PM PDT by fso301
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How about populating the moat with crocodiles and piranhas?


14 posted on 06/17/2004 7:35:17 PM PDT by GSlob
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Defence officials confirmed that the moat will be built along the Philadelphi Route by the border ahead of the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, including all Jewish settlements, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2005. "This is the beginning of turning the Gaza Strip into a big prison," said Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian cabinet minister, comparing the trench to the barrier Israel is constructing in the West Bank with the declared aim of stopping suicide bombers.

I consider myself a Zionist among Zionists, but I have been advocating the complete Israeli abandonment of Philistia (oops, I mean "Gaza") for as long as I have posted on Free Republic. I'm happy to see that the Israeli government is finally taking my wise advice (grin!).

Philistia (Gaza) is different from Judea and Samaria (the so-called "West Bank"). Philistia is home to only 6,000 Jewish settlers, many of which have lived there for less than one generation (and who may be reasonably compensated for withdrawal) -- but is home to 1.3 million Philistines. Philistia should be cut loose, to sink or swim. By contrast, Judea and Samaria are home to some 200,000 Jews, some of which are into their third generation of residency. The expulsion of these Jews from Judea and Samaria is not an option -- rather, Israel should examine the eventual Annexation and full Incorporation of the so-called "West Bank" (I am not above suggesting that Israel should, for demographic reasons, offer a monetary bonus to those Palestinians who would voluntarily re-locate to Jordan and Syria -- but those Palies who remain should receive full Citizenship and Property Rights upon Israeli Annexation).

Once Philistia is cut loose from Israel, they are certainly not a "prison". They are simply placed in the same circumstance as other densely-populated, resource-poor Micro-States, such as Hong Kong or Singapore -- which have become relative economic Paradises within their regions by inviting Trade and Business via a combination of Free Commerce and the Rule of Law. Free Commerce is not a tradition unknown to the Arabs; indeed, it vastly pre-dates the Soviet-inspired 1950's "frankenstein monster" of "Arab Socialism" (traditional Islamic Law requires only an iron-clad Law of Charity giving 3% of all income to the Poor, not Socialism). If the Philistines embrace Free Commerce and the Rule of Law (even Sharia Law, if applied evenly and without external aggressions -- the domestic Laws of Singapore are also harsh and authoritarian, but at least Singapore does not sponsor terrorism), they have an opportunity to follow in the steps of Hong Kong, Singapore, and Konigsberg -- becoming a regional center of Trade. If the Philistines instead remain committed to Arab Socialism and Wahhabistic terrorism, they will remain a poor, degenerate, violent backwater -- a "Prison" of their own making, fit only for walls and moats and isolation from the civilized world.

Once Israel withdraws -- the choice is theirs.

15 posted on 06/17/2004 7:53:38 PM PDT by OrthodoxPresbyterian (We are Unworthy Servants; We have only done Our Duty)
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Some commentators wondered whether it would be filled with crocodiles to snap up any wayward Palestinians or if Mr Sharon had any plans to take a sailing trip along it.

Crocodiles won't eat Palestinians - crocs don't eat their own.

16 posted on 06/17/2004 8:22:00 PM PDT by ikka
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"This is the beginning of turning the Gaza Strip into a big prison," said Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian cabinet minister

Erekat's poor command of the English language is showing - the proper term is "an insane asylum", not "a big prison".

17 posted on 06/17/2004 9:07:33 PM PDT by Zeppo
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Hope it's filled with crocs....CRIKEE!


18 posted on 06/17/2004 9:09:20 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Get ready for the "Wetback" jokes.


20 posted on 06/17/2004 9:22:07 PM PDT by Old Professer (lust; pure, visceral groin-grinding, sweat-popping, heart-pounding staccato bursts of shooting stars)
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It sounds like a fantastic idea. It's hard to tunnel when millions of gallons of salt water are threatening to rush in.

No you don't need crocs. Mines will do just fine.


21 posted on 06/17/2004 11:04:16 PM PDT by playball0
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I’d fill it with sharks with frickin’ lasers on their heads.


24 posted on 02/11/2014 8:17:13 PM PST by dfwgator
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