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The Stranger

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75. But they really are. They are enjoying the hellish retribution that the Israeli army will unleash
Mon Jul 21, 2014, 02:11 PM
Jul 2014

upon innocent people.

They are not hiding this.

You should be ashamed.

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If...if it's true, Hamas just made a bad mistake. Rhinodawg Jul 2014 #1
Yep Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #3
The cheering Palestinians may not like what is about to happen. Rhinodawg Jul 2014 #7
Are the people on this thread openly supporting the murder of innocent Palestinians The Stranger Jul 2014 #14
Are the Palestinians openly supporting the capture of an Israeli soldier? JDPriestly Jul 2014 #22
And if Palestinian civilians DID cheer when an IDF soldier is captured or dies.......??? NickB79 Jul 2014 #26
All of it is objectionable to us.q JDPriestly Jul 2014 #28
Like all those fruitful peace negotiations that took place… regnaD kciN Jul 2014 #57
What do you prefer? JDPriestly Jul 2014 #62
You ignore the horrendous social injustices that are the root of discontent. Ash_F Jul 2014 #72
My ancestors openly cheered when they killed settlers that shot at them. JoeyT Jul 2014 #33
It isn't a question of "deserving." It's a question of making the most possible of a bad JDPriestly Jul 2014 #41
Holy fuck. The Stranger Jul 2014 #46
The point is to realize that everyone has some injustice they can JDPriestly Jul 2014 #64
Stop making excuses. The Stranger Jul 2014 #74
Answer the question. The Stranger Jul 2014 #45
I don't think anyone is supporting the killing of anyone. JDPriestly Jul 2014 #65
But they really are. They are enjoying the hellish retribution that the Israeli army will unleash The Stranger Jul 2014 #75
Yes. Iggo Jul 2014 #37
some of us are sick of BOTH SIDES Skittles Jul 2014 #48
Um, there've been cheering Israelis. Hissyspit Jul 2014 #53
This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #4
Why would the world object to an Israeli geek tragedy Jul 2014 #8
Oh? Last time Hamas captured an Israeli geek tragedy Jul 2014 #5
Taking prisoners of war is a bad strategy now? Recursion Jul 2014 #9
Not so much with Israel right now azurnoir Jul 2014 #13
Uh Israelis Cheered Bombings billhicks76 Jul 2014 #16
They don't have a more liberal leader because they are afraid for their lives. JDPriestly Jul 2014 #23
Maybe billhicks76 Jul 2014 #49
True. It's a parliamentary system, I think although I think JDPriestly Jul 2014 #63
Yeah, Israel will probably start killing their children now. Hissyspit Jul 2014 #54
What a Giant Clusterfluck lib87 Jul 2014 #2
+1. bemildred Jul 2014 #10
One Israeli soldier captured gets wall to wall media, hundreds of kids blown away gets 30 seconds. Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #6
Right?! lib87 Jul 2014 #17
There are? Chemisse Jul 2014 #47
Funny How That Works billhicks76 Jul 2014 #18
Mourning for soldiers trained to kill and accept being killed as part of the job, but only passing Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #24
You do realize that military service is compulsory in Israel, right? NaturalHigh Jul 2014 #38
Israel created mandatory service, the nation is proud of it. The kid was a soldier, do you know he Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #39
The U.S. had compulsory military service too. NaturalHigh Jul 2014 #42
Duh billhicks76 Jul 2014 #52
Actually, I wasn't even replying to you, so maybe you could come off attack mode for a minute. NaturalHigh Jul 2014 #60
Yes indeed - so appaling that it is so prevalent here in DU -- n/t mazzarro Jul 2014 #25
I'm Suprised Actually billhicks76 Jul 2014 #55
Wars have uncertain outcomes, like competitive sports. nilesobek Jul 2014 #30
Hamas is a militia, Israel is a heavily armed nation, it is not a symmetrical game. Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #32
Small, heavily armed nations have gone down before. nilesobek Jul 2014 #40
We were run out of town by a bunch of Afghan Hillbillies PeoViejo Jul 2014 #50
Meaning the Hamas militia could overwhelm Israel......please...... Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #58
? PeoViejo Jul 2014 #59
The soldier's name is Shaul Oron countryjake Jul 2014 #11
Hamas releases soldiers name Israel says he's one of the dead azurnoir Jul 2014 #12
IDF saying the captured Israeli soldier is dead may or may not be true red dog 1 Jul 2014 #15
Nailed It billhicks76 Jul 2014 #20
When will sane people on both sides take charge and negotiate and then enforce peace? JDPriestly Jul 2014 #21
sanity Steviehh Jul 2014 #66
It's war. The Israelis will probably take prisoners in order to have their own bargaining chip. JDPriestly Jul 2014 #19
The Israelis already have plenty of Palestinian prisoners. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2014 #27
The Palestinians have a lot of public sympathy at this time. If they were to stop the rockets and JDPriestly Jul 2014 #31
The burden to make peace rests with the mighty. bravenak Jul 2014 #61
The Israelis are holding several million geek tragedy Jul 2014 #43
I hope he's treated humanely. NaturalHigh Jul 2014 #29
Despite the sympathy for Hamas from DU unreadierLizard Jul 2014 #34
That's what I'm afraid of. NaturalHigh Jul 2014 #35
The visceral hate unreadierLizard Jul 2014 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #44
Buying into racist narratives, hunh? Hissyspit Jul 2014 #56
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2014 #76
Oh, for chrissake... Hissyspit Jul 2014 #51
Be glad, Hamas, you're not fighting US Marines .... Shoonra Jul 2014 #67
could Egypt please!! open up some of their vast lands next to the gaza strip for a safe place? Sunlei Jul 2014 #68
Because, just like every other major player in the region, SQUEE Jul 2014 #69
country of Egypt thinks enough of the Pals to allow tunnels & those missile launchers into Gaza Sunlei Jul 2014 #70
The Saudis or Kuwaitis or even UAE could right this minute buy a SQUEE Jul 2014 #71
Bingo Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #73
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2014 #77
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