Amazing video footage from the West Bank on 60 Minutes:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/23/60minutes/main4749723.shtml

They visited a house at a high point on a hill which Israeli soldiers repeatedly have commandeered as a vantage point. They come late at night, corral all residents (3 or 4 families) into one room and then go to sleep in the now vacant bedrooms. Can you imagine the cheek? The effrontery?

This thing is not going to work.

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Egypt attacks Iran and allies in Arab world
Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:33pm GMT
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt aired its grievances against Iran, the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah, saying they worked together in the fighting over Gaza to provoke conflict in the Middle East.

"(They tried) to turn the region to confrontation in the interest of Iran, which is trying to use its cards to escape Western pressure ... on the nuclear file," Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in an interview with Orbit satellite channel broadcast Wednesday.

Aboul Gheit also said that Egypt undermined Qatar's attempts to arrange a formal Arab summit on Gaza earlier this month, arguing that it would have damaged "joint Arab action."

"Egypt made the summit fail... This summit, if it had taken place as an Arab summit with a proper quorum, would have damaged joint Arab action. We can see what others do not see," he said.

The interview was broadcast Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning and the state news agency MENA carried excerpts.

The comments are the first acknowledgement by Egypt that it actively sought to prevent the Doha summit on January 16, which was the subject of a bitter tug-of-war between rival Arab states.

It also indicated that a reconciliation meeting in Kuwait last week between Egypt and Saudi Arabia on one hand, and Qatar and Syria on the other, had only a short-term effect.

Qatar failed to win enough support to hold a formal Arab League summit on Gaza but it went ahead anyway with an informal consultative meeting of Arab leaders.

The wrangling reflected deep divisions between Arab governments. On one side Saudi Arabia and Egypt, wary of the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, favored discussing Gaza at a separate economic summit in Kuwait a few days later.

Diplomats say Egypt resents the Qatari challenge to its traditional role as leading Arab mediator and dislikes the influence of the satellite television channel Al Jazeera, which is based in Doha and owned by the Qatari government.

"Some people imagined that a satellite channel could bring down the Egyptian state, without realizing that Egypt is much stronger than that," Aboul Gheit said.

"Egypt is very big and has extensive influence despite attempts to influence this stance and role, whether in the Al Jazeera channel or other channels," he added.

The Egyptian minister also criticized Hamas for what he called its coup against the forces of the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip in 2007.

Oh, I thought this was ANOTHER government bailout at first . . . .

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LMAO!!

If we bail out the West Bank do we have to bail out the East Bank too?

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i love it. Someone points out the arrogant imperialistic nature of israel, and uh "someone" else hijacks the thread to slam some arabs. whats next, a post about antisemitism?

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Feckin' Jew haters!

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thanks. i am a prophet.

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

That looks very lovable.

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I think it may be potentially O's biggest shot at greatness. He can't move quickly on this situation, but in two years he could be my hero if he passed the torch and let someone else baby sit.

That would be really wonderful. We should send out applications for that matter.

The problem I see is very notorious. For as long as you pamper and spoil a brat, it will never grow up.

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Since it isn't an infant, tough love may be the ticket.

Interesting theory.

How has it worked with our own government's budgeting process?

Not trying to change the subject (great for another thread), merely pointing-out that naming a solution is far different than implementing one.

I think cutting off Israel is a lot different from having to kill programs at home for lack of funding. I could stomach the result much better than say, seeing a school close down the street from my home. Maybe I don't understand the question.

Naming a solution is all I can do unless I decide to run for President as a second career

It is truly, truly unfortunate that you accurately describe the reality of the situation.

I had the same thought.

Oh but hey, Israel is beyond reproach. God gave them that land.

Get with the program.

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