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whether or not the moderates are a substantial segment is another issue.. but i am the first to admit that we too have lost our own moderates..

i think both sides have distanced themselves from the centre quite considerably..

Lirun, thanks, hope u like it not because im bashing Hamas only

Michael, we tend to blame everything in the Arab world on Israel, its a bad habbit! But there are some claims that it did help to get rid of Arafat who wasn’t anymore needed, as he was too symbolic for Palestinian resistance, it was time to let thugs like Abbas and Rjoub and Dahlan the way to cause more chaoes in the west bank. After all Israel locked Arafat for months.

Esra, I know where you stand from, but its true we like to blame our leadership failures on Israel. Ofcourse alot of the suffering of the Palestinians does fall on Israel for the past 60 years

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You wrote: “Link me to a single comment of yours where you criticize Israel.”

The following link is from my site where I criticize Israel’s Election Committee for disqualifying Balad and another Arab party in Israel:
http://oldworldnewideas.blogspot.com/2009/01/oy-vey-what-is-israel-doing.html

“I think that the ultra-nationalists scare me more than the Arab parties because of two reasons. One, their numbers. Two, their platform is against the core basics of my liberal Jewish-American ideals.”

You wrote: “hence why he criticized Mahmoud Abbas.”

I didn’t talk about about his criticism of Abbas. I talked about his statement that Israel killed Arafat.

wake up and semll the roses …

Where did I blame Palestinians anywhere in that comment? What hypocracy!

You can’t claim something is hypocritical merely due to your apparent lack of understanding. Link me to a single comment of yours where you criticize Israel. You will not find one. Hence my similar question to you.

My problem is with the way you react, so I applied the same logic to your own argument, hoping you will get the idea. I hope you finally understand how irritating your logic is. When someone makes a single claim against Israel, no matter how false it is, that doesn’t mean they blame the world’s problems on Israel. Sam obviously agrees that there are internal issues that must be tackled, hence why he criticized Mahmoud Abbas. That itself is acknowledgement that it’s not all “Israel’s fault.”

Secondly, my issue is not with your one comment here, but with the fact that almost every single comment of yours consists of the exact same argument: “they blame everything on Israel.” This is your general theme, and no matter how many times it’s refuted, you repeat it again and again.

Your first question was legitimate. I’ve no problem with your tone. But your second implication is just offensive and I don’t appreciate the repetition of it on every relevant thread.

Qatar(as you just said to NAME them in your post), won’t present dissenting views among Arabs.

Painfully false. Al Jazeera is founded and based in Qatar. They are controversial primarily for presenting dissenting views among Arabs, hence why they were kicked out of many Arab countries. Arabs criticize each other in talk shows and interviews on a daily basis, and many ethnic and religious minorities within the Arab world are represented. Not always accurately. But they’re there. Hell, they even talk about atheists!