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After US election, partisan collision looms WASHINGTON (AFP) - Aftershocks from the US midterm election continued to reverberate, as victorious Democrats appeared headed for a collision with President George W Bush over Iraq and other issues. Having clinched control of both houses of Congress in last week's vote, Democratic lawmakers said voters were clearly demanding a change in Iraq policy and called for urgent action. Democratic Senator Carl Levin said American voters had spoken "overwhelmingly" for a change in Iraq and urged a reduction of US troops to begin "in four to six months." Levin, expected to head the Senate Armed Services Committee in the next Congress, told ABC television the US military presence in Iraq could not be "open-ended". But White House chief of staff Josh Bolten said the administration would not support a timetable for pulling troops out of Iraq. "As soon as we can get them out, we will," Bolten told CNN's "Late Edition". Striking a conciliatory tone after Bush's Republicans suffered defeat last week, Bolten reiterated that the president was ready to work with Democrats on Iraq policy as well as immigration reform and other issues. "Nobody can be happy with the situation in Iraq right now," said Bolten. "What we have been doing has not worked well enough or fast enough. So it is clearly time to put fresh eyes on the problem," he said. Democrats have welcomed the replacement of Donald Rumsfeld as defense secretary as a positive step towards shifting the approach to the Iraq war, but said it was long overdue. Despite the emphasis on bipartisan cooperation, the White House appeared headed for conflict as it planned to ask the current Republican-controlled Senate to confirm John Bolton as UN ambassador, a move strongly opposed by Democrats and some moderate Republicans. A previous attempt failed but the White House said it would try again. Democratic Senator Joe Biden, expected to be the next chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee criticized the White House for returning to the controversial nomination. "We're going to have a hearing on him (Bolton). There is going to be a vote on him. He's going to lose," Biden told ABC's "This Week", and then offered Bush a bit of advice. "Mr. President, if you really mean it, that you really want to cooperate ... play by the rules. You have a lot of competent people. Send somebody else," Biden said. With Democrats promising a break from Republican policies on a range of issues -- including on the environment and homeland security -- some commentators said the potential for bipartisan harmony seemed unlikely. When the Democrats take over Congress in January, the party will have authority over day-to-day operations of both the House and Senate, as well as the legislative agenda set by committees that oversee the US military, foreign relations and the government's purse strings. In more election fallout, the president's already dismal standing has dropped to an all-time low. Bush's popularity has fallen to just 31 percent, according to a Newsweek poll released Sunday. The poll was one of the first measures of the president's standing following the Republicans' disastrous election showing. Bush has the lowest job approval ratings of his tenure, the magazine said, among the worst in modern times for a US president. Asked why they thought Democrats came out on top in the November 7 election, 85 percent of respondents said they thought a "major reason" was disapproval over the administration's handling of the war in Iraq. Other major reasons cited by Americans included disapproval of Bush's overall job performance (71 percent), dissatisfaction with how Republicans have handled government spending and the deficit (67 percent), disapproval of the overall performance of Republicans in Congress (63 percent) and Democrats' ideas and proposals for changing course in Iraq (61 percent).

Palestinian factions say close to deal on new PM By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Rival Palestinian factions were close to agreeing on Monday on a new prime minister to replace Ismail Haniyeh, but the candidate required the endorsement of President Mahmoud Abbas to be made final, officials said. Negotiators from the Islamist group Hamas and its more moderate rival Fatah said separately they were near agreement that Mohammad Shbair, the former head of the Islamic University in Gaza, should replace Haniyeh. Shbair was the front-runner for the nomination, but his candidacy has to be endorsed by Abbas, who heads Fatah, and it was not clear that Hamas was ready to see Shbair named until all the other members of the new cabinet were determined. "We can say that Fatah did not give any objections. Mohammad Shbair is a candidate by Hamas, and Fatah has no objection. Therefore, he has a big chance," said Rudwan al-Akhras, a spokesman for Fatah's parliamentary bloc. He added, however, that Abbas, who was due to travel to Jordan for a two-day visit starting on Monday, was required to formally announce the name. Even though Hamas has proposed Shbair, an Islamist who is described as close to but not a member of Hamas, it was not willing to say he was the definitive candidate. "It is not yet suitable to announce the name of the prime minister," Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, told Reuters. "The announcement is pending on some issues under discussion, among these issues the name of the next prime minister," he said. "When all these issues are finalized, and we hope that would happen very soon, we will be able to declare the government, the prime minister and the agenda to the people." Palestinians hope a new prime minister and a unity government will ease Western sanctions.

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I don't kow the boy which you talking about but if it happened I will say it's a brutal act but Israel also doen worst than this by killing 4 mothns baby girl I also love coexistence and I said it many times but when I talking about the Israeli govenrment I called it Zionist government because I consider it didn't represnet the Jews and I never say anything bad about Israeli people

What:dozey: Excuse me but I watch it at the TV

I proved that the Palestinians rarely attacked Israel and very rare to attack civilians and yes IDF aim to attack the militiants ad the Gaza massacre a proof for that I'm sorry about the delay beacuse I'm busy these days

If you read about Germany during the WWII. You will know that these camps were connected to the sewage system of the city. So if poisonous Zyklon-B gas was used in the burning of the corpses, this gas would have leaked from the sewers to all the city's houses, and would have poisoned and burned everybody.

At first and to make all people know, why the Al-Aqsa Intifada started? Al-Aqsa Intifada started because of Ariel Sharon, when he entered the Al-Haram Al-Sharif in Jerusalem. Secondly, the PM Ehud Olmert said that IDF killed 300 Palestinians since the capture of Gilad Shlit, he said that before last Gaza attack and in Gaza attack died at least 90 Palestinians in six days. It's mean that at least 400 Palestinians died in 5 months, which mean almost 20% from the number which you mentioned. Al-Aqsa Intifada began from 6 years ago and at least from 3-5 Palestinians died everyday since this date. Don't forget also Jenin massacre which the zionists thug killed 2000 Palestinians at least. So for all these facts I will leave everyone count how many Palestinians died. One year passed since the last martyr operation in Israel. You see what's happened for one soldier so what Israel will do for 1001 died as you said.

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U.S. vetoes condemnation of Gaza strikes By JUSTIN BERGMAN, Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS - The United States vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution Saturday that sought to condemn an Israeli military offensive in Gaza Strip and demand Israeli troops pull out of the territory. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said the Arab-backed draft resolution was "biased aganist Israel and politically motivated." "This resolution does not display an evenhanded characterization of the recent events in Gaza, nor does it advance the cause of Israeli-Palestinian peace to which we aspire and for which we are working assiduously," he told the Security Council. The draft received 10 votes in favor and four abstentions, along with the U.S. vote against. Britain, Denmark, Japan and Slovakia all abstained. It was the second U.S. veto this year of a Security Council draft resolution concerning Israeli military operations in Gaza. The U.S. blocked action on a document this summer after Israel launched its offensive in response to the capture of an Israeli soldier by Hamas-linked Palestinian militants. In Jerusalem, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said the resolution was "very one-sided." "It's good that it wasn't accepted by the Security Council," he said. The Palestinians' Hamas-led government, however, was furious at the U.S. veto. "This decision by the U.S. government gives unlimited cover to commit more massacres of innocent Palestinians," spokesman Ghazi Hamad said. "This is a shame on the American administration, which says it is trying to promote human rights and democracy in the Middle East." Qatar's Ambassador Nassir Al-Nasser also said the failure of the Security Council to act on the draft will lead to continued Israeli violence against Palestinians. "Any lukewarm reaction or response on our part gives the impression we are shirking from our humanitarian responsibilities," said Al-Nasser, who sponsored the resolution on behalf of the Palestinians. Qatar is the only Arab nation on the council. Palestinians strengthened calls for Security Council action after an early morning Israeli artillery barrage in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun killed 19 people Wednesday. In an open session of the General Assembly on Thursday, Mansour called the attack "state terrorism" and said the perpetrators should be held accountable under international law for war crimes. Israel has expressed regret for the loss of life in Beit Hanoun but has said it will continue operations to stop militants from launching rockets into Israel. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is scheduled to visit Washington on Sunday to meet with President Bush. The draft resolution had been weakened slightly in recent days to help improve its chances of passage. A section was added demanding the Palestinian Authority take immediate action to bring an end to violence, including the firing of rockets into Israel. It also called for the U.N. secretary-general to establish a "fact-finding mission" to probe Wednesday's attack in Beit Hanoun, a step below ordering a full investigation. In addition, it backed off calls for U.N. observers to be placed on the Gaza-Israel border, asking instead for the "possible establishment of an international mechanism for protection of the civilian populations." But in his remarks to the Security Council, Bolton said the draft was still too one-sided. He said it compared legal Israeli military operations with the firing of rockets into Israel — an act of terrorism. He called the fact-finding mission unnecessary and said the text failed to condemn the ruling Hamas party's refusal to renounce terrorism. Both Bolton and Deputy British Ambassador Karen Pierce voiced support for returning to the internationally backed "road map" peace plan, which has been stalled for years. But Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, said the fact that the council allowed the draft to go to a vote showed the world's frustration with the U.S. not involving other members of the so-called Quartet of Mideast mediators in recent decisions on Israel. The other members are the U.N., the EU and Russia. "They don't have a stake in the talks and they are more willing now to force our hand," he said. "A lot of times the world has felt (the U.S.) has been too pro-Israel, but in this case, people are just fed up."

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You find it funny because you have nothing to say I think the latest patriot [ a girl ] attacked the military whe the Zionists thugs attacked Gaza

Fred A. Leuchter is America's leading specialist on the design and fabrication of execution equipment, including homicidal gas chambers. In 1988, Leuchter scraped samples from the alleged gas chamber walls in Auschwitz, Birkenau and Lublin. Cyanide residue would be clearly evident on all these walls if gassings did occur. To his astonishment, Leuchter found no significant cyanide traces in any one of these rooms. In 1991, the Polish government repeated these tests to disprove Leuchter's findings, but they as well found no evidence of any gassings ever occurring.

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You disappointed me, I thought that the pictures will shock you instead of what I posted

Why the Jews didn't ask the Allies to prevent publish of the photos and videos, if they honor the dead? Who explode himself from the Palestinians don't call a suicide bomber they are a patriots. Can you remember the last patriot explode himself ? I hope you can understand why explode themselves

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Honor the dead:rolleyes: I didn't harm the dead people, but if I didn't spread their word then I will harm them I doubt if you can bring your pictures and I like you bring it and compare with these pictures If you talking about the honor dead let's speak about the Zionists and how the spread the pictures of the alleged holocaust victims. They not just spread their pictures, they also spread videos and establish a museums and posts, they also airing programs and they also learn it in schooles around the world Now you come and saying the honor dead

Gaza Child Massacre Photos! Women, Children and Young Men Killed By Israeli Zionist Thugs... One a Single Typical Day in the Gaza Concentration Camps -- November 8, 2006

Palestinians bury victims of Gaza attack By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press Writer Many of the bodies were draped in the yellow flags of Fatah BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip - Israel will keep targeting Palestinian rocket squads in Gaza despite the risk of inadvertently hitting civilians, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday, as tens of thousands of Palestinians buried 18 victims of an errant Israeli artillery strike. Women collapsed in grief, gunmen fired in the air and a man hoisted his dead baby aloft during the funeral procession in the northern Gaza border town of Beit Hanoun, where several Israeli shells struck a residential area early Wednesday. All of the dead belonged to a single extended family. Amid the anguish, moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas picked up the phone and called his main political rival, Hamas' supreme leader Khaled Mashaal — a move that could help prevent the Islamic militant group from renewing attacks on Israel and also pave the way for a moderate Palestinian government. Abbas and Mashaal, who lives in exile in Damascus, Syria , agreed to meet after agreement has been reached on a new government of experts, to be appointed by Hamas and Abbas' Fatah movement, said a senior Palestinian official who sat in on the conversation. Both sides hope that such a government will be acceptable to the West and end a crippling international aid boycott. Abbas had refused to talk to Mashaal since April, when the Hamas leader harshly criticized the Palestinian president in a speech. However, with violence threatening to escalate further after the Beit Hanoun strike and militants calling for revenge, he contacted Mashaal to try to lock up a coalition deal. A key sticking point is the choice of a new prime minister who has ties to Hamas, but would also be acceptable to the West. In Jerusalem, Olmert said that while he regrets the latest deaths, Israel will press ahead with strikes against Palestinian militants firing rockets at Israeli border towns. "The military will continue as long as there will be Qassam shooting," he said, using the name for Hamas' homemade rockets. "We are not going to stop." "We will take precautions in order to avoid unnecessary mistakes," he said. "We will do everything in our power to avoid it. I think it would not be serious to promise that it may not happen. It may happen." Olmert said the artillery was meant to hit an orange grove from which troops saw rockets fired seconds earlier, but instead hit homes in Beit Hanoun, some 500 meters (yards) away. A top commander said Thursday that artillery aiming devices had malfunctioned, though a formal investigation was still under way. Beit Hanoun has been the focus of a week-long Israeli offensive meant to halt rocket the attacks. Wednesday's shelling came a day after Israeli ground forces pulled out of Beit Hanoun. The shells landed as residents were still asleep, and witnesses said many were killed as they fled their homes in panic. The 18 dead was the highest Palestinian civilian toll in a single incident since the current conflict erupted in September 2000. The highest toll of Israeli civilians was 29 killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing at a Passover gathering in March 2002. In Thursday's funeral, the bodies arrived at the cemetery in a convoy of 18 ambulances which drove from the local hospital through the artillery-scarred cluster of apartment buildings. Cries of "God is greater than Israel and America," punctuated by gunshots, rang out as the bodies were brought out on stretchers. "I will avenge, I will avenge!" screamed one of the victims' relatives as he fired his weapon, voicing a common sentiment among the mourners. "The Zionist enemy understands only the language of force and therefore I say, 'an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose,'" chanted Abdel al-Hakim Awad, a Fatah spokesman. "The residents of Sderot, the residents of Ashkelon, even the residents of Tel Aviv, are not going to enjoy security or peace as long as you are suffering, our beloved people in Beit Hanoun." The freshly dug graves were lined up in a single row, each marked by a concrete block. A Palestinian flag fluttered over each one. Two Israeli unmanned aircraft buzzed overhead. All of the dead belonged to the al-Athamnas, a prominent family in town that includes several doctors and professionals. Family members said they had fled during the recent Israeli offensive, returning home after Tuesday's pullout.

Tears and anger as Gaza buries its dead By Nidal al-Mughrabi BEIT HANOUN, Gaza (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Palestinians wept and screamed for revenge as they buried 18 civilians killed by Israeli shelling in a massive funeral in Gaza on Thursday. "Killers in Israel , you will never be able to defeat one Palestinian child," Abdul Hakim Awad, an official of President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, saying he was very distressed by the deaths of innocents, blamed the carnage on a "technical failure" by Israeli artillery. Groups of militants, some masked and firing weapons in the air, flanked the procession as it snaked through the streets of Beit Hanoun, where Wednesday's attack took place, before the dead were laid to rest in a new cemetery. The bodies, including seven children and four women, were each wrapped in a yellow flag, the symbol of the Fatah movement, and held aloft on stretchers among a vast crowd of tearful and angry mourners. Cries of "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) filled the air as the bodies were placed in their graves. The youngest was an 18-month-old girl laid in the ground by her weeping father. Speaking at a business conference in Tel Aviv, Olmert reiterated his readiness to hold a summit with Abbas, a moderate leader locked in a power struggle with the governing Islamist militant group Hamas. "He will be surprised, when he will sit with me at how far we are prepared to go. I can offer him a lot," said Olmert. The Israeli leader did not elaborate. Abbas has been seeking a substantial release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel in return for an Israeli soldier seized by militants in June. VENGEANCE "We say, an eye for an eye and a soul for a soul. There will be no security in Ashkelon, no security in Tel Aviv or Haifa, until our people in Beit Hanoun are made secure," Awad said. Palestinian leaders have called Wednesday's attack a massacre. Some Hamas lawmakers have threatened that its armed wing would resume suicide attacks against Israel. The Israeli army said it was targeting rocket launchers using the Beit Hanoun area as a staging ground to fire makeshift missiles at the Jewish state. After the incident, Israel's defense minister ordered a halt to artillery fire in Gaza pending the outcome of an inquiry that was to be completed by Thursday. Without directly referring to the inquiry, Olmert said the artillery shells had been fired in the wrong direction. "The (intended) direction was entirely different, (toward) an orange grove where we spotted shooting seconds before. But I can't promise you that when we shoot here by some technical failure it won't go there." The Beit Hanoun killings rallied Palestinians after months of factional infighting between Fatah and Hamas, which is dedicated to Israel's destruction. But Damascus-based Khaled Meshaal, the leader of Hamas, urged retaliation. Hamas declared a truce in March 2005 that expired at the year-end. It has not carried out suicide bombings in Israel since 2004. While EU said it was "appalled" by the Gaza shelling, an initial response by the United States stopped short of reprimanding Israel. Olmert is due to meet President George W. Bush in Washington on Monday. The Beit Hanoun killings brought together the moderate Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, who have been at odds over a proposal to create a unity government that might help lift a Western aid blockade. Abbas and Meshaal later spoke by telephone, in a further sign of greater cooperation between the rival movements, suggesting progress could soon be made on a unity government. (Additional reporting by Jeffrey Heller in Jerusalem)

Israel on the defensive after Gaza deaths by Marius Schattner JERUSALEM (AFP) - Forced on the defensive over the deaths of 18 civilians in Gaza, Israel expressed regret and said the killings were a mistake, but underscored its need to combat Palestinian militant rocket fire. Army artillery shells killed mostly women and children in the northern town of Beit Hanun Wednesday, sparking worldwide outrage and vows of renewed Palestinian suicide attacks inside the Jewish state. Israeli officials were quick to express regret for the killings, order an investigation and offer humanitarian aid to the wounded. But at the same time, officials presented the strike as an accident in a legitimate battle against Gaza-based militants, who have continuously fired rockets into the Jewish state since Israel withdrew settlers and troops from the coastal strip last year after a 38-year occupation "It is quite clear that it was a tragic error, criticized in Israel itself and for which we have expressed our regrets," foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev said. "But you have to put the attack in the context of the continuing rocket fire by Palestinians -- which the Palestinian government has done absolutely nothing to stop -- after we left Gaza Strip in September 2005, without any intention of coming back, having dismantled our settlements," he said. Militants say their attacks are justified as long as Israel continues to occupy the West Bank and control the borders of Gaza. Israeli military operations have failed to stem the rocket fire -- during a week-long operation in Beit Hanun that preceded Wednesday's deaths, more than 50 Palestinians, including some 30 militants, were killed, but according to the Israeli army, more than 50 projectiles fired from Gaza landed in Israel. Most of the homemade rockets land harmlessly in Israeli farmland, but they have killed eight people inside Israel since the start of the second Palestinian uprising in September 2000 and keep residents in border communities on constant edge. Israel says that its military operations in Gaza are justified self-defense against the rockets. "Every country in the world has an obligation to protect its citizens," wrote columnist Ben Caspit in the nation's second-largest daily Maariv. "The truth is that until they stop firing... rockets upon Israel, Israel must keep firing back. "They want to uproot us from here, wipe us from the face of the earth. And what can we do -- we do not intend to allow that to happen," Caspit wrote. But Palestinians and Israeli critics say the military operations in Gaza amount to indiscriminate force against civilians. "No country would remain indifferent to rocket fire on its cities," wrote Zeev Schiff, a columnist for the liberal Haaretz daily. "The only problem is the lack of proportionality regarding Israel's response. "Indeed, even in a clear case of self-defense, the killing of many innocent civilians, and especially children, is intolerable," Schiff wrote. In a report released on the day of the Beit Hanun deaths, Physicians for Human Rights called for Israel to cease its military operations in Gaza, saying the majority of those killed since late June have been civilians. "Experience shows that it is impossible to fire shells and missiles at the centers of cities in the densely-populated Gaza Strip without harming civilians," it said.

IDF fire kills 20 Palestinians in Gaza by KHALED AbU TOAMEH Palestinians put their political difference aside on Wednesday to join forces in strongly condemning the killing of 19 people, among them seven children, in Beit Hanun, with some calling for a new wave of violence against Israel and others demanding international protection. Some Fatah leaders joined their Hamas counterparts by urging Palestinians to target Israeli citizens inside Israel. "All the organizations must retaliate for what happened in Beit Hanun," said Jamal Obaid, a senior member of Fatah's Aksa Martyrs Brigades. "It's blood for blood and we must avenge the blood of our martyrs." Several Palestinian leaders and spokesmen described the tragedy, in which 19 people were killed, as a "well-planned massacre" against innocent civilians. The Palestinians later declared a three-day general strike in mourning. In Gaza City, Palestinians hurled stones at the offices of the European Union headquarters, but no one was hurt. Sources in the Gaza Strip said 11 of the victims belonged to the Athamnah family and that the children's ages ranged between 12 months and 15 years. The building that was targeted belongs to brothers Saed and Sa'di Athamnah. The Beit Hanun incident could disrupt efforts by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to convince Hamas to make political concessions to pave the way for the formation of a unity government. However, some Palestinians predicted that the incident would bring Hamas and Fatah closer than ever to an agreement. Earlier this week, sources close to both Hamas and Fatah disclosed that the two sides were on the verge of signing a unity government deal with the hope that such a move would persuade the international community to resume financial aid to the PA. Abbas, who is in Gaza City for the unity talks, denounced the Beit Hanun killings as "despicable and barbaric." On Wednesday evening, Abbas held a surprise meeting with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh to discuss the current situation in the Gaza Strip and the possibility of resuming the unity talks. Speaking to reporters shortly after the incident, Abbas said: "We want to tell the world that Israel does not want peace and stability. The Israelis apparently feel comfortable with the claim that there is no partner on the Palestinian side for negotiations. That's why they are doing these things fearlessly. They feel there is no one there to stop them." Abbas declared Beit Hanun a "martyr" and vowed to provide $1 million in urgent aid to assist the victims' families and other residents. Calling on the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting to discuss Israel's "aggression," Abbas said he phoned a number of Arab and Western heads of state on Wednesday to urge them to exert pressure on Israel to halt its military offensive in the Gaza Strip. He claimed that the timing of the attack was designed thwart efforts to establish a national unity government. But Abbas managed to anger Hamas by condemning as "fruitless acts" the firing of Kassam rockets at Israeli towns and cities. "These rockets don't bring us any results," he stressed. "They only provide Israel with an excuse to pursue its aggression on our people. The rocket attacks must stop instantly." In response, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum called upon Abbas to apologize for condemning the rocket attacks. "He must apologize to the women and children of Beit Hanun," he said. "The Israeli occupation does not distinguish between an area from which rockets are fired and another area where nothing is happening. Look what happened this morning in the village of Yamoun, near Jenin, where Israel killed five members of the Aksa Martyrs Brigades." Haniyeh, commenting on the Beit Hanun tragedy, said the killings were "further proof that the Zionist mentality is based on the destruction and killing of all Palestinians." He also claimed that the killings were intended to bring the Palestinians to their knees and extract political concessions from them. But, he added, "The Palestinians will never give up their rights, including the right to continue the resistance operations against Israel." He too called for an emergency meeting of the Security Council to discuss the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and to consider the possibility of setting up an international commission of inquiry to investigate Israel's "war crimes." Nizar Rayan, a prominent Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, called for resuming suicide bombings inside Israel to avenge the Beit Hanun killings. He also called for kidnapping soldiers to trade them for Palestinian prisoners. Hamas government spokesman Ghazi Hamad, who has often expressed relatively moderate and pragmatic views and is a frequent interviewee in the Israeli media, went as far as calling for the elimination of Israel. "Israel is a bloody state that was established on blood and it never finds comfort unless there's bloodshed," he said. "Israel should therefore be wiped off the map." Pictures http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1866460#post1866460