Let the games begin!

A Baghdad Bob Moment?

Haven't they done this before?

I'll contribute a box of 7.62x39 's'long's they keep shooting each other.

oH, JUST IGNORE THE machine gun fire and explosions you here. Thats just the guys celebrating ya know.

Bwhahahahahahahaha!

Gods but i do loveee those palis.

What would i do if i couldnt get at least one chuckle in a night?

factional fighting that has left more than 60 Palestinians dead in the past two months.

Geez, if these cretins would just learn to aim instead of "spray and pray".

/forget sending 'em weapons, how about some marksmanship training?

Oh thank goodness...a cease fire! Peace in our time.

Well, as this Hamas/Fatah fighting continues, the world may get to see what an actual "civil war" looks like ...

Are there any decent non-smoking coffee shops in Gaza City?

And you though I was sensitive?

Gunfire and explosions were audible in downtown Gaza City as gunmen from the rival factions ignored the cease-fire, reached at a midnight meeting between Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and a representative of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah.

No, no, no! Those were the sounds of them celebrating the ceasefire!

This is really tough. The fence keeps them from killing Israelis, and now the "ceasefire" will keep them from killing each other.

Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, arab muslims gotta KILLL SOMEONE!

Something's gonna give.

The two radical groups that claimed to have sent the bomber said they were trying to end Palestinian infighting by taking aim at Israel instead.

Hamas and Fatah?

As he spoke, gunfire and explosions could still be heard in Gaza City.

"Pay no attention to those noises. Those are just the firecrackers we light off in celebration."

"Just like the Americans."

"Yankee doodle."

"Please send us more money."

They were for the cease fire before they were against it.

Abu Mazen is an invertebrate STUD!
(snickers)

Another day, another cease fire.

/yawn

that has left more than 60 Palestinians dead in the past two months.

C'mon, thats less than 1 a day. Try a little harder.

Aw, and here I was hoping they would just do each other in and bring a real peace to the area.

j

It's almost as funny as HugoMania.

Now, he's about to become even more powerful — the all-Chavista National Assembly is poised to approve a "mother law" as early as Wednesday enabling him to remake society by presidential decree. In its latest draft, the law would allow Chavez to dictate measures for 18 months in 11 broad areas, from the "economic and social sphere" to the "transformation of state institutions."

Chavez calls it a new era of "maximum revolution," setting the tone for months of upheaval as he plans to nationalize companies, impose new taxes on the rich and reorient schools to teach socialist values. With near-religious fervor and plenty of oil wealth, Chavez is mobilizing millions of Venezuelans, intent on creating a more egalitarian society.

Link

And now for a brief intermission while the contestants reload.

Gotta have the cease fire so the two sides can brace for the inevitable Israeli retaliation.

Has Israel paid Fatah their $100 million yet? I'll bet they have. Doesn't sound like a good investment to me. Fatah and Hamas, two sides of a very nasty coin.

The two radical groups that claimed to have sent the bomber said they were trying to end Palestinian infighting by taking aim at Israel instead.

Another glimpse into the thought process of the Palis.
"You know, we really do hate each other enough to kill one another, but maybe we can be friends and forget our differences if we just kill Jews."

Is there a term for "beyond farsical"? Because, that would apply.

3...2...1 blammo!

As if those two have any control over anything at all. Right.

I believe arabs saying that there will be a ceasefire in Gaza

I believe the arabs want peace with Israel

I believe that "Jihad" does not mean War

i believe that islam is a religion of peace

I believe that historically the arabs have not been bloodthirsty

i believe that Hitler was mistakenly accused of killing Jews

Really tired of the endless slow boil in Paleoland. Air drop some Momo cartoons or something...

In other words - Get on with it already

I really can't say I give a damn. If, by slaughtering one another, Hamas and Fatah are distracted from murdering Israelis (and that includes Israelis of all faiths who are not complicit in terrorism), keep those AK-47s chugging.

I couldn't countenance bear baiting, but I can't work up similar sympathies for these animals.

Here's to thinning the herd.

Just remember, if civil war does break out, it is the Jooos fault.

If they could kill jooos, they wouldn't spend their time killing each other.

As for Chavez and Venezuela, if he nationalizes properties of US companies, Citgo property in the US should be confiscated and sold, with the proceeds compensating the companies who had property confiscated in Venezuela.

I find it strange that they call a cease fire on the same day that 3 Israelis are killed by the first palistinian suicide bomber in many months.

Maybe a coincidence?

I'll contribute a box of 7.62x39 's'long's they keep shooting each other.

Not me, I'm savin' my seven cases for a rainy day.

Maybe we should start something like Piazza for the IDF. Commie Surplus for Paleothugs or something like that. Problem is ammo doesn't spoil like pizza and they would just use what ever is left over from killing each other to kill Israelis.

OT

First Muslim minister sworn into office in Israel.

"The first step has been taken and this has given Israeli Arabs a feeling of belonging," Magadla told Army Radio on Sunday.

It's all about the feelings. But of course the guy wouldn't fight in the Israel military. Wouldn't feel good.

Link.

I think these palis are all high on drugs:

Abib: "Ah, hey man, like, a, aren't we suppposed to be killing some joos?" Ahub: "Oh yah man, I forgot" Abib: Yah, well, lets just kill a few more of each other, we got like till 3 am - ah, anybody got the time?" Ahub: "Eh, I got the munchies, and oh, can you put some blood on me so I look cool in the AP's photos?"

pizza ...pizza for pali's...mama winger...must- not- comment.../Captain Kirt, out

HugoMania.

HugoMania.

Hug - O - Mania.

Parking is FREE!

Citgo (formerly Cities Service Oil Compay) abandoned their ethical trappings for corporate greed almost a half-century ago. It's no wonder that they might die on the altar of dissipated socialism, it's what they wanted for the longest time.

#34 is in reference to comment #31

ciaospirit (#19),

Remember the red knickers and black beret wearing stork in Washington who claimed if only we could replace GW with Hugo all our problems would be solved?

I hereby declare that for the security and safety of the LGF community as a whole, I am presently calling for and agreeing to never post on LGF in color from this point forward.

Las Vegas has declined to offer odds on the success and length of the cease fire.

#33 yah

You are an idiot. Shut up before you burn your trousers.

"and a representative of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of the rival Fatah."

Sounds like a zionist conspiracy.

Too late- I laughed when I read the title of the thread. By the time I had finished reading the article I could hardly catch my breath.

Someone should really write a novel based on this- it would provide great material for a P. J. Wodehouse-style novel or short story.

I just wish to reiterate my commitment to the cease-color that I promised to uphold. I assure, all of you that this aforementioned Cease-color is still holding strong.

39 WrathofG-d 1/29/2007 08:46PM PST

I hereby declare that for the security and safety of the LGF community as a whole, I am presently calling for and agreeing to never post on LGF in color from this point forward

WrathofG-d DECLARES CEASE FIRE!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Oh, wait, that's NOT a joke. Man, not a sense of humor amongst them (or a sense of irony).

"As he spoke, gunfire and explosions could still be heard in Gaza City."

Oh, man.

Who writes this stuff, anyways?

The guys from SNL?

Seems like it...

~Norsk Troll

Wrath,

about 2:45 longer than the last Pali cease fire anyway,

41 really grumpy big dog johnson 1/29/2007 08:48PM PST

#33 yah

You are an idiot. Shut up before you burn your trousers

You're kind of really grumpy. Please don't pull your big johnson out on me.

Rightwinger:

do not be confused, by the tint of this message...like the honorable word phakestinian people my cease-color is still going strong

You know it must really be hard to be a Pali lovin' journalist nowadays. The mean old Israeli's built a "apartheid wall" that also works really well as "anti-terrorist barrier" which means the suicide bombings have really dropped down, and the Kayatushas are wildly inaccurate and are not picking up the slack.
Now you have the paragons of virtue, humanity and good will towards all men, the Hamas and the Abbas, actually shooting at each other instead of the Jews! Whats a reporter to do? Blame it all on Israel and Bush? Thats usually the wisest course, I mean if we can blame global warming on Bush, this ought to be easy. Better yet, we can blame it on global warming caused by Bush under zionist control. Guess its not that hard being a Pali lovin' journalist after all!

Wrath,

I believe you...sort of like gunfire and explosions in the background.

#44 WrathofG-d 1/29/2007 08:49PM PST

LOL!
You're so funny, Wrath!

;-P

~Norsk Troll

I believe this is a historic moment, as the artificial unity of the "Palestinians", imposed by Arab League resolutions in 1964 and 1974, is coming apart. This unity was never real, as the various groups composing the PLO have at different times been primarily loyal to other powers, such as Egypt, Syria and Iraq. All they have had in common is the Nationalist umbrella, as opposed to the religious Jihadi umbrella of competing groups of which the latest incarnation is Hamas.

For decades all this was held at bay by a single man, Yasser Arafat, who in typical dictatorial fashion never seriously contemplated the succession. We are now seeing the consequences of his passing.

I therefore think that what we see now is the real situation, for decades evaded and Camouflaged by Arafat. It will not be resolved unless all concerned, including the Arab League, Israel and the West, wake up from the Arafat spin and acknowledge reality.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Warring Hamas and Fatah factions in the Gaza Strip declared a cease-fire early Tuesday in an effort to end factional fighting that has left more than 60 Palestinians dead in the past two months.

If you think about it, that's about as many people who are murdered in Washington D.C. in two months. Okay, so nobody is using RPGs in D.C.

54 Anat

wake up from the Arafat spin and acknowledge reality.

Are you saying there really is no such person as a Palastinian? Is it just a "made up" word to serve a political purpose?

I'm afraid I have to leave for this particular evening.
My achille heel is killing me.

Is a palestinian cease fire anything like a rapist's respect for women?

Olmert decides that Palestinians killing Palestinians is better than defending Israel from Palestinian terrorism:

"Israel will think twice before getting mixed up in Gaza"

The suicide bombing in Eilat on Monday will not lead to a large military operation in the Gaza Strip. The suicide bomber came from Gaza via Sinai, but current events in Gaza are so complex that Israel will think twice before getting mixed up in them.

In other words, the internecine Palestinian conflict is now Gaza's best bulwark against any Israeli operation. When Fatah and Hamas are so good at killing each other, why should Israel intervene and spur them to close ranks against the common enemy?

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

I didn't know that it was an EITHER or SITUATION.

Time to throw this MAN out as PM.

#56 yah

Are you saying there really is no such person as a Palastinian? Is it just a "made up" word to serve a political purpose?

Yes, there is no such person as a 'palestinian' (correctly spelt in my case, but with a small first letter to show my disrespect for a title that shelters a lie)

Yes it is just a made up word for political purpose.

Glad to have been of help to you.

#59
I believe that was basically one of the points of leaving Gaza - to give the Palestinians a chance to govern themselves (ha ha ha!) and to basically let the place fall into total and utter civil war. Which has happened. It's mean, but it's basically the gist of what Arik Sharon said would happen. Olmert will probably be PM for a little bit longer, but the Israelis will get sick of him soon.

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Next question - How many "cease fires" have Hamas and Fatah announced so far? Seriously? How can they think everyone takes them seriously after the billionth announcement of a ceasefire that will never hold?

#56 yah:

Are you saying there really is no such person as a Palastinian? Is it just a "made up" word to serve a political purpose?

As a matter of fact, I was talking (in #54 above) about the political groups composing the PLO rather than their oppressed subjects. So yes, these groups were just made up to serve political purposes of various Mid East powers, most of them unrelated to Palestine.

But since you ask about the actual people, see #60.

And by the way, up to 1948 "Palestinian" meant a Jewish inhabitant of Palestine. The Arabs did not at that time call themselves "Palestinian". Funny that.

Caroline Glick: Welcome to Palestine

well,,that is indeed disappointing. I was hoping they would go on till they destroyed each other.

i hope the ceasefire falls apart, and both sides go on a widespread orgy of killing.

Two groups of ignorant, violent baboons go at each other, and we're supposed to be rooting for a peaceful settlement?

yeah right

#64 Gramfan

Don't fret. They will. There is more chance that yasser will feature in the Second Coming than there is that the pretend palestinian thugs will stop killing each other.

If yasser does emerge from hell, hide your you young sons...

Well, I guess they had to do somethin' to mark the big holiday... it's the anniversary of the birth (sorry, make that the death) of the prophet Mo's grandson.
Hard to imagine he had just one.

#66,

Last link I followed (Breitbart, ' body found in field ')said they're arguing over who shot a shepherd.
Sounds promising, huh...

(Sorry, it wouldn't copy over here for some reason...)

Only 60 dead?

Why stop now. Stop at 6 million; not 60.

It's the ideology, stupid!

/Do islamists read lgf?

How do you spell cease-fire in Gaza?

FIRE!

This must be one of those Sheikh-y Cease-Fires.

You know, there is just a lot of nuance in these types of cease fires. We need someone like Jon Carry to explain this to us. We conservatives are just not smart enough to understand things like this. And yeah, I am sure there is a political solution to this thing. Send Jimmah, Madeline and Nancy over there and they could whip out a solution in hours.
We just need to throw a little more money at it.

Perhaps they needed a time out in order to spend quality time with their herd animals.

Allow me to point out once again that Palestinians kill more Palestinians than Israelis do.

One could joke about not taking the term "Palestinian cease fire" seriously, but unfortunately, its no joke.

By any objective measure the so-called Palestinian state should have lost all international support years ago. They've forfeited it by decades of lying, violence, terrorism, and gross fiscal corruption. The entire Palestinian economy is supported by external donations, and that is a major part of the problem.

When the biggest industry in Palestine is "security" (read young men paid gov't money to walk around with guns), is it any suprise that the biggest Palestinian domestic product is violence?

But the fact is Israel has enough foes in the world that there will always be a blind eye turned to that.