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UN backtracks on claim that deadly IDF strike hit Gaza school
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: israel news, IDF, gaza, hamas

The United Nations has reversed its stance on one of the most contentious and bloody incidents of the recent Israel Defense Forces operation in Gaza, saying that an IDF mortar strike that killed 43 people on January 6 did not hit one of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency schools after all.

It seems that the UN has been under pressure to put the record straight after doubts arose that the school had actually been targeted. Maxwell Gaylord, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Jerusalem, said Monday that the IDF mortar shells fell in the street near the compound, and not on the compound itself.

Gaylord said that the UN "would like to clarify that the shelling and all of the fatalities took place outside and not inside the school."
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UNRWA, an agency whose sole purpose is to work with Palestinian refugees, said in response Tuesday that it had maintained from the day of attack that the wounded were outside of the school compound. UNRWA said that the source of the mistake in recent weeks had originated with a separate branch of the United Nations.

Senior IDF officials had previously expressed skepticism that the school had been struck, saying that two mortar shells could not kill 43 people and wound dozens more.

Questions about the veracity of the claims that the school had been hit by the IDF were also raised last week by the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail. The newspaper said that a teacher in the UNRWA compound at the time of the strike "was adamant" that no people had been killed inside the compound.

The newspaper quoted the teacher as saying that, "I could see some of the people had been injured... But when I got outside, it was crazy hell. There were bodies everywhere, people dead, injured, flesh everywhere."

The newspaper said that the teacher had been told by the UN not to speak to the media. "Three of my students were killed," he said. "But they were all outside."

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      1.   "Jenin massacre" fantasies - Take 2 17:56  |  Shai 03/02/09
      2.   Who you going to believe 18:17  |  Dutch 03/02/09
      3.   A school is not just the buildings 18:19  |  Jens 03/02/09
      4.   I`m not holding my breath 18:19  |  Andyboy 03/02/09
      5.   Just goes to show what a liar John Ging is 18:25  |  Free Gilad Shalit 03/02/09
      6.   "Inside" or "outside", what makes the difference....???? 18:26  |  Swiss (Dino) 03/02/09
      7.   This important story... 18:32  |  O 03/02/09
      8.   Say what? 18:37  |  Jan From Amsterdam 03/02/09
      9.   What is this article about? 18:44  |  B 03/02/09
      10.   un: THE BIG LIE... 18:44  |  open eyes 03/02/09
      11.   All reports indicated just that... 18:54  |  Victor 03/02/09
      12.   The press will never undo what they have done. 18:58  |  an observer 03/02/09
      13.   It Smells Fishy To Me 19:08  |  Jeff Northridge 03/02/09
      14.   UN Shmu N 19:13  |  mau mau 03/02/09
      15.   Un and the bar(ki)ng Moon 19:18  |  Reem 03/02/09
      16.   Does anyone understand this article? 19:20  |  Stephen Lobb 03/02/09
      17.   Why so long? 19:20  |  sh 03/02/09
      18.   May be both are right. IDF shelling Hamas masked killermen and 19:21  |  Jew- and Bookburner 03/02/09
      19.   No Wonder 19:25  |  JO 03/02/09
      20.   People will believe what they want to believe. 19:26  |  H 03/02/09
      21.   This is what happens in the heat-of-battle... 19:28  |  Esther 03/02/09
      22.   UN building 19:29  |  ellie 03/02/09
      23.   UN backtracks 19:31  |  jamie 03/02/09
      24.   Truth only after the headlines are fish n chip paper 19:33  |  ZISD 03/02/09
      25.   Why is this not on CNN?? 19:35  |  Joe 03/02/09
      26.   click fool, dutch and co - any comments? 19:37  |  Adrian de Klerk 03/02/09
      27.   Amazing how once the dust settls how the truth comes out. 19:38  |  Murray of Montreal 03/02/09
      28.   And that makes israeli slaughter OK? 19:39  |  Dave 03/02/09
      29.   Gaza school ? 19:41  |  Avraham 03/02/09
      30.   The UN owes Israel a HUGE apology on an international stage.... 19:41  |  Jordan 03/02/09
      31.   It`s the same people whether inside or outside school 19:42  |  BK 03/02/09
      32.   I wonder 19:43  |  Edifice 03/02/09
      33.   I want Gunness to publicly apologize to Israel.. 19:44  |  Joe 03/02/09
      34.   The UN does the propagand damage and then backtracks .. 19:44  |  martin knopfman 03/02/09
      35.   The U.N lies......Their credibility is out the window... 19:45  |  Samm 03/02/09
      36.   Broadcast apology by Gunness, UNRWA, and the U.N demanded.... 19:46  |  Tara 03/02/09
      37.   The UN in N.Y. or the UN in GAZA, same .....t. 19:49  |  Jan 03/02/09
      38.   The blackening of Israel`s image by the UN 19:50  |  Jean-Paul Walshaw 03/02/09
      39.   When the UN backtracks 19:50  |  jeff r 03/02/09
      40.   don`t worry, don`t worry 19:51  |  whoopsie 03/02/09
      41.   We don`t care. We still trust the UN more than the IDF. 19:52  |  Michael 03/02/09
      42.   H@@retz why are you giving a different version in Hebrew 19:55  |  Gil 03/02/09
      43.   Well I guess that makes it alright, then! 19:55  |  Ramzi, a Palestinian 03/02/09
      44.   #3..No Wonder.... 19:58  |  Jabotinsky 03/02/09
      45.   UN 19:58  |  brian 03/02/09
      46.   Proves they are Liars. 19:58  |  Semsem 03/02/09
      47.   Another UN/Arab hoax is in the open . 19:59  |  TOMY 03/02/09
      48.   The UN should be a bit more careful with their statements, BUT... 20:00  |  Swiss (Dino) 03/02/09
      49.   An Old Tactic - Deflect The Discussion - 43 People DIED There 20:01  |  chet 03/02/09
      50.   you can kill kids "here" 20:02  |  justajew 03/02/09
      51.   then who killed these kids? 20:03  |  bashar 03/02/09
      52.   Can`t un-ring a bell 20:04  |  Kumar 03/02/09
      53.   1 Jeff. The odor you smell is the stink of anti-semitism... 20:04  |  bat yam 03/02/09
      54.   Its a bit late now after the Ging/Gunness PR Co spread Gaza tales 20:06  |  Alan SA 03/02/09
      55.   Does it matter? 20:09  |  dodi 03/02/09
      56.   Ahhh YES "The Sound of Silence" from the gang of Haters 20:12  |  Ari ben Yisrael 03/02/09
      57.   so why did the IDF ..... 20:14  |  flimflam 03/02/09
      58.   #12 ey Dave get a life is it still ok for suicide bombers Sbarro 20:14  |  Big Sur 03/02/09
      59.   All the more reason to have allowed journalists into Gaza 20:14  |  Marian 03/02/09
      60.   The stink of antisemitism 21:47  |  Jed 03/02/09
      61.   no, reports stated school targeted 21:55  |  Paul Freedman 03/02/09
      62.   When the gunmen don`t wear uniforms, who is a civilian? 21:58  |  x-ray 03/02/09
      63.   Near Miss 21:59  |  Jake1948 03/02/09
      64.   Can we expect an apology from the BBC&the selective moralists 22:03  |  PETER SM 03/02/09
      65.   Next: Spin away the 300 dead children 22:05  |  Natallie Durson 03/02/09
      66.   MARIAN they could have gone thru Egypt Anyway they would have 22:05  |  PETER SM 03/02/09
      67.   And what about Lebanon06`s UN house? 22:07  |  Mark 03/02/09
      68.   Just like the so called Jenin Massacre 22:08  |  George 03/02/09
      69.   To: Bashar 22:08  |  Angel 03/02/09
      70.   See, the kids weren`t in the school, so why target there 22:09  |  Lev Bronstein 03/02/09
      71.   This is Routine By Now 22:11  |  Baruch Gold 03/02/09
      72.   Re: "then who killed these kids?" 22:12  |  Miron 03/02/09
      73.   To Michael in UK 22:12  |  American 03/02/09
      74.   #6 Stephen...no one in the school died 22:14  |  Lynn 03/02/09
      75.   to # 48 DODI.... To Clarify 22:15  |  gabriel 03/02/09
      76.   Big Fish 22:28  |  Hirz 03/02/09
      77.   Two things to consider 22:30  |  Israelette 03/02/09
      78.   The UN owes no apology 22:31  |  Pssd Off American 03/02/09
      79.   Mohammed Dura 2000 redux. Accuse first, then tell the truth. 22:39  |  common sense 03/02/09
      80.   Prosecute UNRWA for war crimes. 22:46  |  Mkarpas 03/02/09
      81.   #15-Joe and CNN 22:47  |  Observer 03/02/09
      82.   43 people 22:49  |  Cesar 03/02/09
      83.   BRONSTEIN Because kids were NOT the target,they were human shield 22:50  |  PETER SM 03/02/09
      84.   No Dave its war, thats what happens in war. been their done that 22:51  |  james 03/02/09
      85.   bashar, one way or another it was hamas 22:53  |  James 03/02/09
      86.   justajew tell it too hamas they fired first w/o conscience 22:55  |  steve 03/02/09
      87.   NATALIE Spin away what" men of honor" were doing fighting 22:56  |  PETER SM 03/02/09
      88.   lev, miron, thats war. you shoot rockets and take the consequence 22:58  |  Jack be quick 03/02/09
      89.   So it`s ok to kill civilians? 22:58  |  SWCK 03/02/09
      90.   Since Hamas claims the "right of resistance" 22:59  |  moral clarity 03/02/09
      91.   #55 Natallie 23:00  |  Observer 03/02/09
      92.   CHET You are deflecting the UN lied is the discussion 23:02  |  PETER SM 03/02/09
      93.   Are Palestinian lives not worthy anything ? 23:05  |  Amir 03/02/09
      94.   Israel still killed over 500 children... 23:06  |  Silvienne 03/02/09
      95.   This is what I said close to a week ago. 23:08  |  Tzfonit 03/02/09
      96.   Responsibility of killing 23:11  |  Amir 03/02/09
      97.   1. Victor (2nd try) 23:11  |  KUTW 03/02/09
      98.   #18 Dave 23:15  |  Moshe 03/02/09
      99.   Swiss Dino 38 23:20  |  ChanahS 03/02/09
      100.   chet - that`s what happens 23:22  |  ChanahS 03/02/09
      101.   UN instructs staff not to talk to media! 23:22  |  Peter Williams 03/02/09
      102.   #16, Adrian de Klerk.... 23:24  |  Silvienne 03/02/09
      103.   Mark in UK 23:25  |  ChanahS 03/02/09
      104.   Durson 23:26  |  Philippe 03/02/09
      105.   the UN official who made the accusation... 23:28  |  Avi 03/02/09
      106.   No it wasn`t a slaughter. 23:31  |  JudgeRight 03/02/09
      107.   How long did it take for the UN to rectify the " mistake " 23:31  |  Ines 03/02/09
      108.   This makes me sick 23:32  |  Lance 03/02/09
      109.   Re # 1 What should be called when... ??? 23:34  |  Ines 03/02/09
      110.   Big Surprise ? Yeah, Right 23:35  |  Tod Zuckerman 03/02/09
      111.   I used to have a bumper sticker on my car.... 23:36  |  Nemesis 03/02/09
      112.   Re # 3 What they have done sales very well 23:36  |  Ines 03/02/09
      113.   Just spin away 10000 Hamas missiles? 23:37  |  Joe Sittizen 03/02/09
      114.   In the school, not in the school, not sure what difference..... 23:39  |  Dave from Chicago 03/02/09
      115.   Now there remains to explain why... 23:41  |  tristan 03/02/09
      116.   What a shameful example of UN lies! 23:42  |  VLAD 03/02/09
      117.   Natallie Durson spun 23:45  |  JudgeRight 03/02/09
      118.   to Michael#31 23:45  |  Ilya 03/02/09
      119.   To Swiss (Dino)#38 23:47  |  Ilya 03/02/09
      120.   Marian....haven`t you heard? 23:51  |  Maria 03/02/09
      121.   batyam......Viet Cong and Hamas 23:53  |  MMM 03/02/09
      122.   The fact remains that Hamas was playing with fire 23:56  |  Esther 03/02/09
      123.   Israelies antisemitic 00:12  |  Antoino PR 04/02/09
      124.   #51 No, Paul Freedman, they didn`t 00:14  |  Johnboy 04/02/09
      125.   UN WRONG AGAIN 00:16  |  Zyskandar A. Jaimot 04/02/09
      126.   #60 trotsky`s targets 00:17  |  odles 04/02/09
      127.   Will someone in Israel please sue the UN? 00:18  |  Daniel 04/02/09
      128.   watch they`ll end up backtracking on everything. bunch of liars 00:23  |  ralph 04/02/09
      129.   #56 An apology for *what*, PETER SM? 00:23  |  Johnboy 04/02/09
      130.   Likelihoods 00:24  |  al-kafir al-yahudi 04/02/09
      131.   A "whatever" situation. 00:26  |  Tony Price 04/02/09
      132.   United Nations are Mossad agents 00:27  |  Israeli citizen 04/02/09
      133.   Sign Any Petition to Ban to Ban Jew Baiting 00:27  |  Dav Lev 04/02/09
      134.   Unated Antisemitic Nations - libelious slanderous zoo - 00:29  |  17 04/02/09
      135.   #45 No, it doesn`t matter at all, dodi. 00:34  |  Johnboy 04/02/09
      136.   Swiss (Dino) - No BUTs 00:37  |  David Israel 04/02/09
      137.   #73 And the libel is, well, what, 17? 00:53  |  Johnboy 04/02/09
      138.   Israel and the murder of 43 outside UN school 00:53  |  EED 04/02/09
      139.   NO NO NO...I`m a JEW and I want to shell 00:55  |  rich 04/02/09
      140.   Mohammed Dura 2000 redux? Don`t confuse the issue with facts. 00:56  |  common sense 04/02/09
      141.   #62 Miron, I beg to differ 01:03  |  Johnboy 04/02/09
      142.   Lynn #64 I bet that dissapoints you 01:06  |  Roo 04/02/09
      143.   Muslim kill only civilians - theyt are not military people - 01:08  |  17 04/02/09
      144.   JB#74 01:09  |  Nemesis 04/02/09
      145.   Unless the UN... 01:14  |  sara 04/02/09
      146.   School hit or not, 43 innocent people are still dead. 01:17  |  Damian Lataan 04/02/09
      147.   # 79 David Israel, I just love "BUT"`s...... 01:25  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/02/09
      148.   Re: there are still 43 dead kids 01:28  |  Hanan 04/02/09
      149.   JIHNBOY Apology for claiming the school was a target 01:29  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
      150.   to Johnboy 01:33  |  Hanan 04/02/09
      151.   UN must pay monetary compensation for defamation. 02:22  |  Gary 04/02/09
      152.   Natalie Durson - shallow 02:23  |  Magpie 04/02/09
      153.   don`t worry rich #85 02:24  |  BJ 04/02/09
      154.   What about the story of the UN tanker driver killed by Hamas 02:25  |  Gary 04/02/09
      155.   The shameful chutzpah of Israel`s apologists 02:25  |  Ben Alofs 04/02/09
      156.   UN is a fishy organisation financing Hamas. 02:25  |  Gary 04/02/09
      157.   Ramzi - straw man argument 02:35  |  magpie 04/02/09
      158.   Johnboy # 80 You`re Assuming A Lot That Is Not Clear At All 02:37  |  Jeff Northridge 04/02/09
      159.   # 55 Natalie ..... 300 dead children 02:45  |  allang 04/02/09
      160.   Rosanne Barr said that this report is false and I trust her 07:06  |  Yaakov Sullivan 04/02/09
      161.   The UN Butchers Of Humanity Strike Again 07:13  |  Eli 04/02/09
      162.   Killed: 43 terrorist millitia 07:19  |  Lie dtetector 04/02/09
      163.   #2 the article stated that the Canadian press reported the UN 08:07  |  Susanna/Shoshana 04/02/09
      164.   money counts 08:25  |  freepress 04/02/09
      165.   SHOUTING "war crime"on cue for Hamas.First prove the targets 08:35  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
      166.   What`s Next? 08:37  |  Al 04/02/09
      167.   ELI How Hamas allowed into the UN pork barrel by the UN`s Lindsay 08:45  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
      168.   Send the children out to play 08:55  |  Honi 04/02/09
      169.   It is Israel`s lie 08:58  |  Marilyn 04/02/09
      170.   Un Gaza school 08:58  |  John 04/02/09
      171.   Is the IDF vindicated 09:07  |  Steve the Pls. 04/02/09
      172.   wow so many people read this article.. 09:08  |  Joey-boy 04/02/09
      173.   lies 09:13  |  colin 04/02/09
      174.   #80 Johnboy 09:14  |  Aby 04/02/09
      175.   Fighting a Media War 09:14  |  FOX 04/02/09
      176.   UN and UNWRA liars Israel should demand heads be fired!! 09:20  |  arthur 04/02/09
      177.   DONT EXPECT AN APOLOGY FROM THE NAZI INTERNATIONAL MEDIA! 09:21  |  IMPARTIAL 04/02/09
      178.   UN IS A CORRUPT ORGANIZATION & THE INTL MEDIA EVEN MORE CORRUPT! 09:22  |  DISGUSTING 04/02/09
      179.   ELI How Hamas allowed into the UN pork barrel by the UN`s Lindsay 09:25  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
      180.   +NOT the first time the UN has been caught lying to Israel 09:30  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
      181.   NOT the first time the UN has been caught lying to Israel 09:34  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
      182.   Lie Detector #104 Excellent 09:34  |  The Machine 04/02/09
      183.   Not important? 09:42  |  utagawa 04/02/09
      184.   John Ging 09:42  |  Justagerman 04/02/09
      185.   Is it OK then to slaughter innocent people outside of schools? 09:43  |  GalileeHero 04/02/09
      186.   #90 Damien Lataan - Don`t be stupid 09:56  |  Magpie 04/02/09
      187.   Who is a civilian where there are no soldiers? 09:59  |  x-ray 04/02/09
      188.   #111 Galilee Hero - (straw man arguement again) 10:02  |  Magpie 04/02/09
      189.   GalileeHero Who said it was? If Israelis were firing next to or 10:04  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
      190.   UN in Gaza is UNWRA - 99 percent Palestinian employees 10:55  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 04/02/09
      191.   #115 Strange logic indeed, Aby 10:59  |  Johnboy 04/02/09
      192.   #124 Let me help you out here, utagawa 11:05  |  Johnboy 04/02/09
      193.   #31 Michael - UK 11:10  |  *BEN JABO 04/02/09
      194.   #41 Bashar 11:12  |  *BEN JABO 04/02/09
      195.   #90 Nemesis 11:13  |  Johnboy 04/02/09
      196.   #1 is absolutely right-reports at time confirmed this 11:14  |  Roo 04/02/09
      197.   Who is not surprised at the UN???? 11:14  |  JO 04/02/09
      198.   #39 Chet - Your turn to focus 11:15  |  *BEN JABO 04/02/09
      199.   #39 Chet - Your turn to focus 11:15  |  *BEN JABO 04/02/09
      200.   Based on this fale story Moslem body accused Israel of warcrimes 11:15  |  Shlomo 04/02/09
      201.   UN is dominated by corrupt dictatorships 11:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/02/09
      202.   Islamist media control at it`s best 11:23  |  CM 04/02/09
      203.   The UN simply LIES and COVERS UP 11:34  |  dolphinak 04/02/09
      204.   JOHNBOY defending your city does not mean keeping your civillians 11:37  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
      205.   200 people did apply to UN to trial Israel on war crimes 12:30  |  an old friend 04/02/09
      206.   murder is murder whether done inside or outside 11:41  |  Dutch 04/02/09
      207.   DORIS Exactly 10000 missiles fired at Israeli civillians were 11:49  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
      208.   135: Yes, and Dutch supports murder 11:56  |  David Teich 04/02/09
      209.   Feeble attempts to smear the UN don`t help Israel. 12:04  |  Michael 04/02/09
      210.   UNHCR António Guterres` suspicious spending behaviour at Davos 12:10  |  Egon B.E. Friberger 04/02/09
      211.   UNRWA muzzles teacher 12:15  |  Justagerman 04/02/09
      212.   #1 is absolutely right-reports at time confirmed this 12:20  |  Roo 04/02/09
      213.   Why not study the issue....... 12:30  |  Mikael 04/02/09
      214.   MICHAEL The UN smears themselves over and over 12:34  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
      215.   #138 Off with the pixies, are we, PETER SM? 12:42  |  Johnboy 04/02/09
      216.   BBC stopgap, UNRWA careers and suspicious havoc on fakes 12:45  |  Egon B.E. Friberger 04/02/09
      217.   ROO Not quite"UNRWA said that the source of the mistake in recent 12:52  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
      218.   JOHNBOY there are open areas in Gaza for Hamas to use. 12:55  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
      219.   #159 You beggar belief, PETER SM. 13:38  |  Johnboy 04/02/09
      220.   Reading this article makes one realise 13:45  |  Roo 04/02/09
      221.   WHY are there no bomb-shelters, no sirens in Gaza???? 13:49  |  Alicia 04/02/09
      222.   Nothing new - UN`s hypocracy is well know 13:52  |  Victor 04/02/09
      223.   Dutch # 148 Killing Is Not Necessarily Murder 13:53  |  Jeff Northridge 04/02/09
      224.   To the UN/EU-hum.aidworkers:urgently build bomb-shelters in Gaza! 13:57  |  Alicia 04/02/09
      225.   Background Checks 14:08  |  Jackie 04/02/09
      226.   So what? 14:11  |  Jimmy 04/02/09
      227.   #147 an old friend.....and they also admit 14:20  |  Lynn 04/02/09
      228.   To Antonio 14:34  |  Jackie 04/02/09
      229.   Alicia there are bomb shelters in Gaza 14:35  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 04/02/09
      230.   To #162: John Ging lying 14:38  |  Justagerman 04/02/09
      231.   Typical: UN Mouthpiece for Hamas Propaganda 14:54  |  Tyrone 04/02/09
      232.   Jimmy says So what 14:55  |  Jackie 04/02/09
      233.   jeff northridge genius 15:01  |  incred 04/02/09
      234.   Johnboy-#75-An apology for biased and selective info 15:06  |  Daniel Leopold 04/02/09
      235.   Jimmy # 164 The "So What" 15:09  |  Jeff Northridge 04/02/09
      236.   A single instance of bad shooting by the IDF? 15:21  |  Mark Lincoln 04/02/09
      237.   oh Alicia that`s really quite easy #163 15:34  |  Roo 04/02/09
      238.   UN backtracks - so what? 16:01  |  Philip Craig 04/02/09
      239.   Oh dear dear Alicia 16:10  |  Guido 04/02/09
      240.   To all those who say 43 people died just the same. There is a big 16:27  |  Josh 04/02/09
      241.   What`s the difference? There is none. 16:36  |  janet 04/02/09
      242.   #165 cher cher GuidoThan how come 16:44  |  patrizio 04/02/09
      243.   158,161: JB disagreeing with reality as usual 17:12  |  David Teich 04/02/09
      244.   No corrections in the media 20:04  |  Nate 04/02/09
      245.   For #198 BEN JABBER - Focus On the 43 Killed, Not "Straw Men" 20:10  |  chet 04/02/09
      246.   #238 Craig...calls for US to end aid 21:52  |  Lynn 04/02/09
      247.   israel should sue UN 21:52  |  Rachel in USA 04/02/09
      248.   janet # 241 That`s Right; There Is No Difference 21:57  |  Jeff Northridge 04/02/09
      249.   Petition-Hamas war crimes 22:00  |  Jan Vlaming 04/02/09
      250.   Checkmate Johnboy #219 22:03  |  Peter Williams 04/02/09
      251.   JOHNBOY You confirm Hamas CHOSE to fight amongst their civillians 22:18  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
      252.   WOW! Another decade or so and they (UN) will stop believeing (and 22:26  |  felix 04/02/09
      253.   The U.N. does wonders for hatred against Israel 02:21  |  Connie 05/02/09
      254.   # Jean Pul Walshaw. I will tell you what "blackens Israel`s name" 04:01  |  Maureen Ann 05/02/09
      255.   Israel is still guilty 05:45  |  Paul 05/02/09
      256.   And below Canada... 05:48  |  David R. Zukerman 05/02/09
      257.   PAUK Guilty when you show intent to kill those people 09:08  |  PETER SM 05/02/09
      258.   # No retraction yet on BBC website @ 7.15GMT 05/02/09 09:17  |  Joe W 05/02/09
      259.   MAUREEN Are your dead blacker than Israelis DELIBERATELYtargetted 09:19  |  PETER SM 05/02/09
      260.   Hamas did it 11:36  |  Can 05/02/09
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