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Why does Israel keep the border to Gaza closed? Just watch this video, put yourself in their skins, and you'll understand. It's a matter of self-preservation, of survival.

This video, prepared in early 2003 I believe, shows Israeli casualties after three separate attacks over a three-day period. Strangely enough, there's no date. I've worked with just a few clues to provide the following information.

Here's a list of suicide Palistinian bomb/bombing attacks in Israel by Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the military wing of Fatah, others...there's plenty of factions with common purpose.

The final attack mentioned in this video, at the Otniel settlement near Hebron, occurred December 31, 2002. This attack is not mentioned on that previously linked 'bombing' web list, because the terrorists used other weapons. Hmmmph. Nice that there are enough to require a separate listing, eh?

Now, there's a unilateral cease-fire called by Israel. But I fear the dumb Palis will continue to launch rockets and again suffer a slapdown. Will they ever learn?

Read this post, if you would, on Jew-hating in the 21st Century. Try to understand the whys of it. Be sure to tell me, because I certainly can't understand why anyone hates the Joooooos..

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