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PalJoey

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 11:40am

The BBC just reported that Hamas has agreed to the Egyptian-brokered long-term ceasefire.

I've put an exclamation point and a question mark in the subject line because the article says the Israelis have not yet confirmed this, although he Egyptians and Israelis had pretty much been in agreement all along.

But who knows? When it's confirmed all around, I'll make it an exclamation point.

BBC: Gaza conflict: Hamas says long-term truce agreed with Israel

yr pal,
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Updated On: 8/26/14 at 11:40 AM

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 11:52am

"Israel and Egypt were said to be demanding guarantees that weapons would not be smuggled into Gaza."

The cynic in me says that Hamas is agreeing to this just so that they have time to smuggle in more weapons.

Cue John Cullum singing "I've Heard It All Before" Don't tell me it's different now.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 12:18pm

USA TOday just reported that Israel agreed!

So, no question mark...for now.

Let's all pray that it's forever.

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 12:39pm

Baruch ha shem! hope it holds. ( but not holding my breath)

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 12:43pm

Yes! Let's all pray that Islamic Jihadists suddenly have a change of heart after thousands of years and agree to stop kidnapping innocent Israelis, building illegal tunnels, robbing from their own people, terrorizing local business owners, and shooting rockets!

AMEN!

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 12:51pm

TRAITOR!

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 12:54pm

How one reacts to the news of a signed peace treaty tells more about the person reacting than it tells about the treaty or the signatories.

As King David wrote in Psalm 34, "Strive for peace and pursue it."

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Updated On: 8/26/14 at 12:54 PM

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 12:56pm

Read that verse, or the entire chapter for that matter, to ISIS and let's see how "peace" is pursued. Your head will be gone in minutes.

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 01:01pm

Peace is not merely the absence of war, it's the presence of justice and respect. Its enemies are not guns and bullets, but ignorance and hatred. Sadly, there are some on this board who constantly remind us of this.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

PalJoey

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 01:01pm

As I said, how one reacts to the news of a signed peace treaty tells more about the person reacting than it tells about the treaty or the signatories.

yr pal,
joey

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FindingNamo

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 01:02pm

yes

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 01:02pm

I fervently hope that those who are apparently praying for another thousand years of violence are disappointed.

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 01:04pm

Me too. It seems SOOOOO non-"centrist". Hahahahahahahaha.

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 01:07pm

I am praying for the complete destruction of Islamic Jihadists and all other religious zealots who use violence on innocent human beings. Once that is accomplished, we will have relatively more peace in this world.

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 01:09pm

And we're praying for you to go away, so far that hasn't worked out.

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 01:14pm

Thanks for adding something of substance to this discussion.

I say it again: the world cannot live in peace until religious zealots, and Islamic Jihadists in particular, are extinguished. I hope President Obama continues with the airstrikes and pushes harder to begin them in Syria.

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 01:17pm

He who lives by the sword dies by the sword. So please do it quickly.

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 01:35pm

EVERYTHING in this thread is ANTI-SEMITIC!!!!!!!

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 01:58pm

the world cannot live in peace until religious zealots, and Islamic Jihadists in particular, are extinguished.

Just to clarify: When you call for all "religious zealots" to be "extinguished" (disgusting word choice, by the way), do you include the Israeli religious zealots?

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FindingNamo

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 02:06pm

And the Westboro Baptist Church? And those American fundamentalist Xians who helped craft "death for fags" laws in African nations?

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 02:30pm

I do, PalJoey. If they are using religion to violently attack and/or abuse innocent civilians then yes. I do. In my opinion, however, Israelis are not religious zealots as a whole and their continued attacks are unfairly provoked; they are defending themselves and have every right to do so.

The very basis of Islamic Jihad is violence and oppression in the name of religion; Judaism is not. Any extremist distorting Judaism to slaughter innocent human beings should be punished just as any Islamic terrorist would be, though. There are violent extremists in every single religion - including Christianity and Catholicism. But most religions are not founded on the principles of rape, murder, oppression, and torture against "infidels." Except for, of course, Islamic Jihad.

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 02:37pm

Thank goodness.

FindingNamo

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 02:41pm

Who among us is comfortable with the idea that the abscessory gets to decide who is an extremist who should be put to death?

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 02:55pm

It is ignorant to describe Islamic Jihad as a religion.

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FindingNamo

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 02:57pm

Well, not knowing things has yet to stop the abscessory.

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Updated On: 8/26/14 at 02:57 PM

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Posted: 8/26/14 at 03:06pm

"Islamic Jihad" is the name of a specific group, distinct from Hamas. They have been involved in these peace negotiations, and they have actually been more reasonable than Hamas itself, despite their own violent past.

I believe that when the Abscessory is using the term "Islamic Jihad" imprecisely, what he really means to say is either "jihadists" (lowercase) or "Islamists" (the suffix "-ist" indicating someone who wants to use the religion Islam as a political system).

But King Solomon said there is a time for war and a time for peace.

Today is a time for peace.

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