{"article":{"id":66237,"heading":"Israel's Double Standard (by Latuff)","author":"Latuff","created":"2003-06-22 17:59:48","modified":"2005-08-15 01:33:20","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:33:20","article":"","contact":"latuff@uninet.com.br","link":"latuff.deviantart.com","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","summary":"Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of brave Palestinian people and their struggle against U.S. backed Israeli terror.","numcomment":7,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2003\/06\/doublestandard.gif","filesize":"53.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2003\/06\/66237.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2003\/06\/doublestandard.gif"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":66285,"heading":"well","article":"In as much as the latter is a direct result of the former, you're right.","author":"fresca","parent_id":66237,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-22 23:00:03","modified":"2003-06-22 23:00:03","fileurl":""},{"id":66413,"heading":"No double standard.","article":"Israeli civilians killed in a suicide attack are casualties  of Palestine's war.\r\n\r\nAnd apparently, this needs to be pointed out:  Palestinians target civilians deliberately.  Israel targets legitimate tagets...those who organize, order, and carry out terrorist attacks.\r\n\r\nNow...what's so hard to understand?","author":"daveman","parent_id":66237,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-23 10:59:11","modified":"2003-06-23 10:59:11","fileurl":""},{"id":66416,"heading":"The New X","article":"whats so hard to understand is that\r\n\r\nIsraelis know that innocent palestinian civilians will die if they launch  rockets into crowded areas where terrorists may happen to be.\r\nbut they still dont care\r\n\r\nso in essence, they too are willfully targetting civilians\r\n\r\nand its a cycle too fresca\r\n\r\npalestinian kills israeli, israeli kills palestinian, palestinian kills israeli, israeli kills palestinian\r\n\r\nisrael is the bully\r\npalestinians are the geeks\r\n\r\ndont be surprised if the geeks flare up one day","author":"The New X","parent_id":66237,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-23 11:07:03","modified":"2003-06-23 11:07:03","fileurl":""},{"id":66423,"heading":"But Palestinians...","article":"...DELIBERATELY target civilians.\r\n\r\nCan you not see what's wrong with that?\r\n\r\nIf Palestinians give up their arms, there will be peace.\r\n\r\nIf Israel gives up her arms, there will be no Israel.","author":"daveman","parent_id":66237,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-23 11:17:52","modified":"2003-06-23 11:17:52","fileurl":""},{"id":66436,"heading":"The New X","article":"when israel ethnically cleanses\r\ncreates settlements \r\nimposes curfews\r\nconfiscates land\r\nimposes policies that put palestinian farmers out of business\r\nimpose collective punishment.\r\nshut down schools\r\n\r\nso that israel can exist and so that palestinians can be its source of cheap labor\r\n\r\nis that not deliberately targetting civilians?\r\n\r\n\r\nthe palestinians were kicked out of their homes\r\ntell me honestly. what do you expect? do you seriously expect them to lay down their arms? do you expect them to teach tolerance and love for israel? do you expect them to be happy?\r\n\r\nI expect them, living in their ghetto slums, uneducated, impoverished and bitter to spread hatred for israel.\r\n\r\n\r\nAs for the its TIME TO MOVE ON argument\r\ni personally agree with that\r\nbut the same cannot be said for the palestinians\r\n\r\nif i stole your possessions. you would be angry at me. and i doubt you would let it go and say "its time to move on." rather you would do what you could to regain your possessions.\r\n\r\nthe palestinians had everything, now they have nothing and now they are expected to be the bitches in this conflict.\r\n\r\nthe whole world turned its back on the palestinians. i think its time to give them a break. \r\n\r\nits the humiliation of occupation to blame.\r\n\r\n","author":"The New X","parent_id":66237,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-23 12:21:54","modified":"2003-06-23 12:21:54","fileurl":""},{"id":66437,"heading":"The New X","article":"israel says no peace til terror stops.\r\n\r\ntell me daveman. how can the palestinians stop 100% of terror attacks on israel?\r\n\r\nhow?\r\n\r\nfirst Bush said it was Arafats fault. he wasnt doing enough. so now theres a new palestinian leader - abbas. abbas spoke to hamas. hamas said no end to attacks until occupation ends.\r\n\r\nso what do you think is the solution?\r\n\r\n","author":"The New X","parent_id":66237,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-23 12:29:19","modified":"2003-06-23 12:29:19","fileurl":""},{"id":66439,"heading":"sharon =hamas","article":"no question that hamas is a bunch of terrorist assholes - but:\r\n\r\n1-it's sharon who always restarts the cycle like when he killed 2 hamas small fish after aqaba in sabotage of the peace process;\r\n\r\n2-it was jew-butcher antisemite sharon who with the likud created hamas to sabotage both plo and peace;\r\n\r\nas further shown by sharon never ever targeting hamas head yassin for his targeted assassinations;\r\n\r\n3-not to mention hamas' military wings based in london and us - whereby we come full circle.","author":"sharon= hamas","parent_id":66237,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-23 12:51:39","modified":"2003-06-23 12:51:39","fileurl":""}]}