50,000 flock to Gaza settlements

[Scurrilous]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3084601,00.html

Settlers and right-wingers gather in Gush Katif bloc to fortify settlements ahead of IDF decree to close off Gaza before planned withdrawal; settler leader says only way to stop pullout is 'through war'

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"More than 50,000 settlers and right-wingers flocked to Gaza on Thursday, Israel’s Independence Day, after their leaders called for supporters to fortify Jewish settlements with their bodies ahead of a planned Israeli withdrawal from the territory.

Settler officials said more supporters were expected to arrive to Gush Katif, Gaza's largest settlement bloc, and would reside in family homes or caravans as they wait for the "Day of the Order" declared by the army that would effectively designate the area a closed military zone to stop right-wingers from reaches the areas in a bid to foil the pullout.

About 8,500 settlers live in heavily guarded encaves in Gaza among some 1.3 Palestinians. Staunch right-wingers believe the land to be their biblical birthright and have vowed to resist the withdrawal, set for this summer, with some threatening to violence.

"The time for talking has ended," said right-wing activist leader Baruch Marzel. "The only way to decide is through war. Those who stand before us are calling up army reserves as though this were a war, and are using conventional weapons. We shouldn't turn our cheek to them."

[brainshrub]

1. Wow. If they act like this toward their own govt,

imagine how they treat Palestinians.

[pie]

2. After all, they are "staunch right-wingers."

Not so far removed from our own brand of
"staunch right-wingers."

[Colorado Blue]

5. It's not so simple. Please read this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=124x91216

[patdem]

3. Using the bible written by Jews is like using Mien Kempf

Using the 'bible' to prove the Jews own the Middle East is like using Mien Kempf to prove blond haired, blue eyed people are superior to all others on the planet! :grr:

Neither proves ANYTHING!...THEY ARE ALL WORDS AND WAR MONGERING WORDS!

[Colorado Blue]

4. Wait a second. I don't think the settlers are using the Bible

to claim the Middle East. They do believe they have Biblical and heriditary rights to a certain small area, pretty well defined by Israel's outside (as opposed to pre 1967) borders.

Obviously, most of us disagree with their point of view, hence the withdrawal. They are breaking the law and damaging the prospects for peace, as well as potentially causing violence and harm to Israel and the Palestinian people.

But let's please keep this in reasonable perspective. The Koran also mentions this small region as belonging by right, to the Jews.

Unfortunately, neither G*D nor Allah mentioned the Saudi or Iraqi oil fields:)