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onenote

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67. This is Hamas:
Sun Aug 3, 2014, 10:11 PM
Aug 2014

December 2, 2001: A suicide bombing on a No. 16 Egged bus in Haifa killed 15 people and injured about 40 people. Hamas claimed responsibility for the Haifa blast, while Hizbullah's radio and television stations expressed support for the attacks.

December 1, 2001: A double suicide bombing at the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall in Jerusalem at 11:30 p.m. on a Saturday night killed 11 people, aged 12-21, and injured 188 people. A car bomb exploded 20 minutes later. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

March 9, 2002: Eleven people were killed and 54 injured, 10 of them seriously, when a suicide bomber exploded at in a crowded cafe at the corner of Aza and Ben-Maimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

March 27, 2002: Twenty-two people were killed and 140 injured - 20 seriously - in a suicide bombing at the Park Hotel in the coastal city of Netanya, in the midst of the Passover holiday seder with 250 guests. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

March 31, 2002: Fourteen people were killed and more than 40 injured in a suicide bombing in Haifa, in the Matza gas station restaurant near a shopping mall. Several of the injured were in serious to critical condition. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

June 8, 2002: Three Israelis, including a pregnant woman, were killed, and five were injured when an armed terrorist inflitrated the community of Carmei Tzur, south of Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsiblity for the attack.

June 18, 2002: Nineteen people were killed and more than 70 were injured, in a suicide bombing on a bus just outside of Jerusalem. The bus, which was completely destroyed, was traveling from Gilo to Jerusalem and had many students on board. In addition to the bus, at least two other vehicles were severely damaged in the attack. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

August 4, 2002: Nine people were killed and about 50 wounded in a suicide bombing of an Egged bus at the Meron junction in northern Israel. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

September 19, 2002: Six people were killed and 60 wounded when a terrorist detonated a bomb on one of Tel Aviv's busiest streets, in a bus opposite the Great Synagogue. Many of the wounded were in critical or serious condition. Both Islamic Jihad and Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

November 21, 2002: Eleven people were killed and 47 injured when a Palestinian suicide bomber exploded on a bus filled with passengers, including schoolchildren, in the Kiryat Menahem neighborhood in Jerusalem. The bus was traveling toward the center of the city during the morning rush hour. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

March 5, 2003: Sixteen people were killed and more than 30 wounded when a terrorist detonated a powerful bomb on a bus en route to Haifa University. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

January 5, 2003: Twenty two people were killed and about 120 wounded in a double suicide bombing near the old Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv. The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Islamic Jihad and Hamas all claimed responsibility for the attacks.

May 18, 2003: Seven people were killed and more than 20 wounded when a suicide bomber blew up a Jerusalem city bus at the start of the Israeli work week. The bomber was disguised as an ultra-orthodox Jew. Soon after, a suicide bomber carrying explosives and dressed in the garb of an ultra-orthodox Jew was stopped at a roadblock. The Palestinian detonated his explosives, killing only himself. Hamas claimed responsibility in both attacks.

May 17, 2003: A pregnant Israeli woman and her husband were killed when a suicide bomber detonated himself next to them in a public square in Hebron. Hamas claimed responsibility.

April 30, 2003: Three people were killed and dozens wounded in a suicide bombing at a beachfront pub in Tel Aviv. The Fatah Tanzim and Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, carried out as a joint operation.

June 11, 2003: Sixteen people were killed and more than 80 wounded when a suicide bomber blew up a Jerusalem city bus during the afternoon rush hour. The bomber was disguised as an ultra-orthodox Jew. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

September 9, 2003: Hamas claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings, the first at an entrance to the Tzrifin army base near Rishon Lezion and the second at Café Hillel in the German colony neighborhood of Jerusalem, which killed a total of 15 people and wounded at least 80.

August 19, 2003: Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of a bus in Jerusalem killing at least 18 people and wounding nearly 100.

January 14, 2004: A female suicide bomber killed four people and wounded 20 at the Erez Crossing in the Gaza Strip. Hamas and the Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.

March 14, 2004: Ten people were killed and 16 wounded in a double suicide bombing in the area of the Ashdod Port. Hamas and Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.

August 31, 2004: Sixteen people, including a 3 year old, were killed and about 100 injured when two buses in Beersheba were attacked within minutes of each other by suicide bombers. Hamas claimed responsibility.

January 13, 2005: Six Israelis were killed and five other civilians were wounded in a double suicide bombing at the Karni crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip. The two suicide bombers used a very large explosive device to blast through a defensive wall that separates the Israeli and Palestinian sides at the crossing. Following the blast, the bombers crossed into the Israeli side, carrying explosives on their bodies, which they detonated. Hamas and the Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed joint responsiblity for the attack.

April 17, 2006: Nine people were killed and at least 40 wounded in a suicide bombing near the old central bus station in Tel Aviv. The blast ripped through Falafel Rosh Ha'ir, the same restaurant that was hit by an attack on January 19. The Islamic Jihad and Fatah’s Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades both claimed responsibility for the attack. The Hamas led PA government defended the suicide bombing, calling it an act of "self-defense." Hamas official spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri called the attack "a natural result of the continued Israeli crimes against our people".

August 31, 2010: Four Israelis, including a pregnant woman, were murdered when terrorists ambushed their car as they were driving near Kiryat Arba in the West Bank. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, which coincided with the restarting of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington, D.C.

November 15, 2012, 13 Israelis were injured during the night by rocket attacks from Gaza. One rocket struck an apartment in Kiryat Malachi, killing 3 civilians, including a pregnant woman. T5 were injured in the same attack, including children and infants. A house in Ashdod and a school in Ofakim were also struck by rockets.

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So how do you stand on Syria's excuse for slaughtering hundreds of thousands? Agnosticsherbet Aug 2014 #1
Who is financing that and arming the rebels in Syria? malaise Aug 2014 #2
I can't wait until I catch up to your post cound Malaise, and I hear you loud and clear DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #3
Actually, my emperors are well dressed because it is raining in my neighborhood. Agnosticsherbet Aug 2014 #10
Pro-Likud propaganda. Maedhros Aug 2014 #14
If all the fake outrage we're seeing were sincere those who condemn Israel should have been Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #26
huh? G_j Aug 2014 #66
another day, right now our taxes are paying Israel, our "friend", to bomb children on the beach whereisjustice Aug 2014 #4
... Spider Jerusalem Aug 2014 #5
THANKS for this. elleng Aug 2014 #7
There really is no need to conflate all of these awful situations. elleng Aug 2014 #6
Syria, Libya, and Egypt aren't democracies Hippo_Tron Aug 2014 #52
here's a thought backwoodsbob Aug 2014 #8
Here's a thought: Maedhros Aug 2014 #15
Gaza was handed to The palistinians backwoodsbob Aug 2014 #18
There's a little more history to the conflict than what you mention. Maedhros Aug 2014 #25
and Hamas isn't the poor innocent defenders backwoodsbob Aug 2014 #28
Of course Hamas is not innocent - I did not raise that straw man, you did. Maedhros Aug 2014 #33
and to make Hamas the victims is...moronic backwoodsbob Aug 2014 #36
But the children are the victims. Maedhros Aug 2014 #41
no..I just recognize reality backwoodsbob Aug 2014 #43
I expect Israel to behave like civilized human beings. [n/t] Maedhros Aug 2014 #69
Thank you. The fact that Israel has been allowing it's settlers to ruin Palestinian lumpy Aug 2014 #48
There are no settlers in Gaza oberliner Aug 2014 #49
OK. So Israel has no aspirations to take over Gaza? lumpy Aug 2014 #54
Definitely not oberliner Aug 2014 #56
or Israel can stop spreading the seeds of oppression and violence whereisjustice Aug 2014 #16
Or Hamas could stop trying to kill people backwoodsbob Aug 2014 #44
And Israel would not be losing moral support from the bulk of humanity if they pulled in their lumpy Aug 2014 #50
Or Israel could stop, you know, actually killing innocent people by the hundreds. DanTex Aug 2014 #51
Who just killed 1,600+ malaise Aug 2014 #62
This is Hamas: onenote Aug 2014 #67
"as an excuse to kill as many Palestinians as possible" oberliner Aug 2014 #9
That's a good question... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #11
Systematically killing as many Palestinians as they can get away with? oberliner Aug 2014 #13
That's my question to you... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #32
Here are my thoughts oberliner Aug 2014 #34
Thank you for your reply... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #40
And thanks for yours oberliner Aug 2014 #42
They may not be... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #46
To maintain the Likud in power. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #55
Doubtful oberliner Aug 2014 #57
I don't know the speicifics, but I did know it was a coalition gov't. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #58
That's basically right oberliner Aug 2014 #59
Israel using flechette shells in Gaza whereisjustice Aug 2014 #17
The munitions are not prohibited under international humanitarian law oberliner Aug 2014 #19
They do, however, undercut Israel's claim to be acting in such a way as to stranger81 Aug 2014 #21
Indeed it does oberliner Aug 2014 #23
what you meant was, "the legality of flechette munitions was upheld by the Israeli supreme court" whereisjustice Aug 2014 #22
No, I wrote what I meant oberliner Aug 2014 #24
"other rules of humanitarian law render their use in the Gaza Strip illegal" whereisjustice Aug 2014 #29
That is true oberliner Aug 2014 #37
nuclear weapons are not banned under humanitarian law whereisjustice Aug 2014 #31
They should be! oberliner Aug 2014 #38
Seriously, there is no moral equivalency to a body count. Rex Aug 2014 #12
If Hamas moved their rockets and weapons away from schools, hospitals, and areas with civilians, Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #20
Nothing that Hamas does justifies the killing of children by the Israelis. Maedhros Aug 2014 #27
Nothing that Israel does justifies the Hamas rocket attacks into Israeli civilians. former9thward Aug 2014 #45
True. Both Israel and Hamas are essentially engaged in terrorism and violence against civilians. DanTex Aug 2014 #53
Personally, I'm not convinced that Israel itself is behind the ladjf Aug 2014 #30
I have the same 2naSalit Aug 2014 #35
Baghdad Bob lives!! onenote Aug 2014 #68
0 Recs., false equivalency is hilarious. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #39
"false equivalency is hilarious" oberliner Aug 2014 #47
I don't believe that the Israeli government and military is trying to kill civilians. Vattel Aug 2014 #60
Hamas rockets are not a mortal threat to the state of Israel, but Arab and Palestinian Larkspur Aug 2014 #61
Interesting... the same PR strategy worked as we slaughtered in Iraq, the US public worked into a whereisjustice Aug 2014 #63
Iraq did nothing to the United States ever. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #64
And Israel has done nothing to the Palestinians ever? whereisjustice Aug 2014 #65
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