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Hi-tech firm boycotts Israel over 'war crimes'
Ehud Kenan
Published: 27.09.06, 08:10
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31. belgium boycott
to marianne ,   israel   (09.27.06)
well you are talking about jewish values !! during the war in lebanon hezbollah fighters were hiding in civilians areas and there are many example where the idf didn't target them that is jewish values !! do you think hezbollah asked it self if they should target civilian areas in israel ? in israel every day there are a lot of debate about targetting areas where civilians are living ? you should ask terrorist if they feel guilty when they fire from those areas knowing according to international law that a civilians area become a military target when fighters fire from there !!
32. Belgian Refusal to do Business with Israeli Company
Shoshanna ,   Haifa   (09.27.06)
I think the U2U company letter did not exhibit anger, rather honesty . Had they wished to be disrespectful and unprofessional they would have just ignored Avner's request period. Why do we not listen to other people's opinions of us - these opinions are pretty universal and cannot be doing us any good as a people or nation. Perhaps it is time to take a good look in the mirror and come up with a plan for peace and not expansion and selfishness.
33. daisy #22
observer ,   israel   (09.27.06)
israeli military hi tech was a big time fiasco in the war with hizbollah. so who needs fake " israeli tech in cellphones, medicines etc'' just wrap it with toilet paper and throw it in the dead sea daisy the crazy.
34. Belgian Boycot
Simon ,   London GB   (09.27.06)
I will stop purchasing waffles. I can not think of anything else that is belgian to boycott. I hope that the belgians will stop using computer data encryption that was invented by Israeli scientists. Not bye Motorola, IBM, HP, Intel computer products. The list of developments is too long to put here. What I would say is why dont these noble minded belgians direct there energies to saving the 2 Million Muslims being slaughted in Sudan.
35. Slowly the World Is Coming to Its Senses
World Citizen ,   the world   (09.27.06)
The hand wringing guilt of the holocaust is fading away. Citizens of the civilized countries are learning the true history of zionist Israel. Whatever wrongs were done to the Jewish people in the past do not and never have justified the oppression of the rightful owners of Palestine. Israel is a pariah state. A leper among nations. Your civilian and military leaders dare not venture outside Israel's borders lest they be arrested for the war crimes they are guilty of. Only in the US can these people move about freely. And only because George Bush, Richard Cheney, and the neo-con cabal that have led that sad country through one military disaster after another, are war criminal themselves. But that will change.
36. I say Boycott ALL israili PRODUCTS! http://www.boycottisrael
Aparthide Survivor ,   SA   (09.27.06)
BOyCOtt ALL israili Products! KIll the Economy that soo Hell bent on destroying the world! http://www.boycottisraeligoods.org/ Rid the world of this zinoist Filth
37. BOYCOTT BELGIUM BECAUSE OF MASSIVE & WIDESPREAD PEDOPHILIA
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38. Boycott? get a grip
Brian ,   Calgary   (09.27.06)
You are ridiculous if you think that you shoudl be able to strong arm a companty based on their personal views. U2U isn't putting anyone out of business, it has no ties to Israel right now. Let it be...no wonder why people hate you. Listen to this crap "I'm going to tell everyone to boycott U2U" who cares what you do. Get a life, get a grip and learns some facts.
39. U2U article
Mark lawrence ,   victorvllle,USA   (09.27.06)
Dear people of Israel, the only hypocrites I see are you. Lately I find myself wondering, why the US govt supports Israel no matter what. We send you our tax dollars, we allow you to have duel citizenship. but it pains me to see how you treat people of arab decent. You bombed Lebanon unfairly, you innocent women and children and you wonder people have lost respect for you. When someone is criticle of you, you scream anti-semitism. God surely does not approve of this. I love all people of the world, and I don't think anyone should consider themselves as god's chosen people, WE ARE ALL GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE! peace..............
40. to # 33 observing you
ivri   (09.27.06)
i dont know what you have been "observing",must be PA propaganda or something. You are a fake fool,and an uneducated one to boot. An ignorant observer who cannot decopher what he is observing due to ignorance and sheer hate. You also seem to be moving around alot....i guess sh**** floats far. have a nice day.
41. Finally
Jack ,   Toronto, Canada   (09.27.06)
Finally we are seeing what is long overdue: the World is waking up. Please - Please - other companies / institutions / countries follow example set by U2U.
42. Go Belgium Go
BigDave ,   Brussels Belgium   (09.27.06)
Gee, I'm SO proud of being belgian! This is only the beginning, WAY TO GO! Because Israel's does war crimes and IS an apartheid regime indeed. You want to act like barbarians, THEN FACE THE CONSEQUENCES!
43. Belgium famous for what?
caroline ,   london   (09.27.06)
Pedophiles.Perhaps we should boycott them.useless country.
44. good job belgium
aaron   (09.27.06)
good job belgium. in my business we used to do alot of business with israeli firms, and have since boycotted them too. if we all boycott israel this world could be a better place. by the way im jewish, but against zionism.
45. You are all hypocrites
Bob ,   USA   (09.27.06)
This person doesn't want to deal with Israeli companies because of his political beliefs, so you call for a boycott. Which is exactly what he is doing. But, of course, Israel never does anything wrong, so when they boycott it's God's will. Just keep killing Arabs, and pretend you're victims while you do it. Btw - I've boycotted Israel ever since I learned what they're all about. That's about 6 years now. You going to boycott me? In fact, PLEASE boycott the USA - and stop screwing it up.
46. hi-tech boycott
Denis Jones ,   France   (09.27.06)
"I told him that Israel is a technological hub and that many of the Microsoft products which he uses are developed here in Haifa," Avner added. Ynet was unable obtain a response from U2U."... which is one reason why aware people do not use Microsoft products. I have nothing against Jews, so don't label me anti-semitic. The Zionist thugs in Israel try to connect all Jews with their crimes.
47. Boycott
Larry Saltzman ,   Santa Rosa U.S.   (09.27.06)
About time that Europeans got some backbone and are standing up to Israel. Europe should boycott Israeli economically until Israel ends the occupation of Palestine and ceases to commit war crimes against her neighbors.
48. We do not need to take your crap
the celt ,   Belgium   (09.27.06)
This Belgian company decided not to do any business with an Israely company, so what? We still live in a democracy where we do not kill our neighours and we can make such a choice for ourselfes. Israel and all those "Jews" writing here, should not forget what we did for you during the war. My family saved Jews during the war risking there own life doing so. The Belgian governement refused to give to the Nazis the list of the Jews written in there records (the only country in Europe). Where was the only train departing for a camp of extermination stopped by the resistance and the Jews released, yes again in Belgium. To Caroline (London), who saved your ass during the war, remember Dunkirk. Who developped the theory of the "Big bang"? Who give the USA the uranium for the bomb, ending the war. Who is the only country on earth to have a sculpture on the moon? Who invented "bakelite" the ancestor of plastic, and so on and on.
49. The fraise said it all: “Zionists thugs”.
Anna ,   Canada   (09.27.06)
Boycott of Israeli products because of the war crimes?! First of all witch war? Can you remember witch war Israel started without any provocation from its neighbors? France, Britain and other European country who realized the danger of Islamic Fanaticism and left-radicals fascistic roots deeply regret that they were so blind in their anti-Semitism, and that they overlooked the real problem. Now you, world citizen, BigDave, Denis Jones, Brian, Aaron, Cadavre and others who view Israel as a threat to them. What are you afraid of? Why are you putting your nose into our Jewish business? You don’t want us to be angry at someone who makes us look evil, who throws at us demagogical references and Never tries to respect our rights to leave and to leave good. Then you are anti-Semites. And it doesn’t matter if you know real history or not, if you are Jew or not. You don’t let other people have their own country, soul, opinion, freedom, national identity, etc... Leave us alone.
50. 3rd night of Ramadan riots in Brussels
surbitonite ,   Kingston UK   (09.27.06)
Meanwhile, the Belgians have rioting in Brussels to worry about - from this link: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22742_Belgian_Youths_Riot_for_Third_Night&only The third day of rioting in the Marollen district of Brussels commenced today, events which were sparked by the apparent murder of a Moroccan prisoner in a Brussels prison. What makes this story unusual is that so far, there has only been one report issued across the newswires (by Reuters) covering the events, and even though the rioting is entering its third day, not a single photographer has been dispatched to document the activities of the Muslim mob. We have learned from reports in Belgium (which have been roughly translated via Babelfish) that the prisoner was apparently poisoned, and there were no external signs of injury on his body. The parents of the family, and subsequently the mob, blame the Belgian government for his death, but autopsy reports turned in so far have not been definitive. A more telling video documents some of the reported destruction, but I’m sure there’s plenty there that’s not covered as well. In the riots, as reported by the Brussels Journal, stores have been firebombed, bus shelters have been demolished, cars have been set alight, and two Molotov cocktails were thrown into St. Peter’s Hospital, which is “one of the main hospitals in central Brussels.” Yet amongst all of this meleé, the Associated Press hasn’t seen fit to send a photojournalist? Nor Reuters?
51. My reaction?
Proud Brit ,   England   (09.27.06)
Members of the human race reacts with revulsion to how the Palestinians are treated. THEY did not participate in the Holocaust.... So I sent the boss of the company my BLESSINGS. Somebody has to start this snowball of humanitarian concern. reading these Israeli website talkbacks is enough to turn a secular humanist into a confirmed anti-semite. You People do yourselves NO FAVOURS letting it all hang out. So to speak.
52. It's the WAR CRIMES,stupid.
Mel Miller ,   Kentwood,Mi USA   (09.27.06)
Is it impossible for some of you to admit that your nation is guilty of atrocities and military mayhem?
53. To daisy # 22 and ori # 23, chomping the bait.
Cadavre ,   US   (09.27.06)
First we must be clear - Zionists are not Jews." Zionists are Zionists, period". The converts that expatratiate to Israel are not the cream of the top - they are the bottom of the barrel - people the communities they left are better off without. Israelis did not invent cell phone technology technology - Israel operatives, through blackmail - like the honey pot mossad gifted the governor of New Jersey with, like the Lewenski pole taster our white house received - simply cajuled, blackmailed and bribed there way into US infra structure. Look at Israeli involvement: Alexander of Comverse - not only data mined - but stole 56 million from Comverse and snuck it into Israeli Banks - not as much as Israel stole from Palestine - but significant - none the less - he's on his way back to Brooklyn to face charges. Many of the sockholders are Jews. Lets look at US infrastructure when 911 occurred. 1) The airports that the alleged hi-jackers departed from were the only airports under contract to one Israeli security firm. 2) On 911, critical secure infra structure, like national security networks, FEMA, NSA and civilian networks were under contract to Israel owned tech companies - maintenance - not inventors, PTEC and MITRE. (how else could a none existent technology yield the impossible - a cell phone call to someones mother from inside a speeding Boeing Airliner - impossible - yet it happened through the miracle infra-structure of "Israeli Management:") 3) Comverse (Israeli owned) - Odigo (Israeli owned) - Israelis pre-warned on 911. 4) Checkpoint 5) The 7/7 in London was another story - check out all the Israeli security firms posing in those drills. Someone is trying to make Israel look bad. Someone is Rapture baiting Israelis - We're live in a world where gun size don't matter anymore - look at the Israeli excursion in Lebanon - US excursion in Iraq. Lossers - both of us ( we are also criminally liable for those actions). Israel is either despised - or hated - or not trusted. The whispers go unfetered outside the politically correct filters of the bully pulpit. Lot's of em! Israel has a small window to learn to live with it's neighbors - no one cares - Israel does not invent anything - they just have photos of politicians with honey pots in the brothels of Tel Aviv. Oh - Israel makes weapons (you say?) - well - those weapons just got their collective booties kicked by a rag-tag villiage militia in Lebanon. Be real - Israel is allowed. Allowed by her Muslim neigbors - allowed by begiled US taxpayers - allowed despite the racist ignorance of many of her citizens. This "we are the only chosen people" might go well in bathrooms of Israeli discos - but it aint "playing" anywhere else. You cling to your flawed self-PR too much. Believing a lie never saved anyone. So there!
54. Bob from USA on boycott
Alex ,   USA   (09.27.06)
Seems you are breaking your own boycott, Bob. By coming to this website (an Israeli newspaper) that is. Otherwise, the 99.9 % of other Americans would do what Warren Buffett and Bill Gates do - ignore the boycott nonsense.
55. Are War Crimes ... Legal?
JCarlos Ortiz ,   Mexico   (09.27.06)
More than 850 Lebanese were killed during the conflict, most of them CIVILIANS. The human rights group AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has accused ISRAEL of WAR CRIMES, including indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks on civilian targets. ISRAEL has said it ACTED LEGALLY and accused Hezbollah of hiding among civilians in Lebanon and deliberately targeting Israeli civilians in rocket attacks. The fighting left 159 Israelis dead, including 39 civilians hit by Hezbollah rockets in Israel's northern cities. The Amnesty report also criticized Hezbollah's attacks on civilians. I know Israel is a great nation, but I can deny those acts were war crimes... war crimes are commited ALWAYS against INNOCENT PEOPLE...
56. Denis Jones / ignorant in France
Alex ,   NYC   (09.27.06)
Thanks Denis Jones for labeling 99.9 of all Jewish people "Zionist thugs". In case you didn't know this, all Jewish people support State of Israel. Seems like you don't know what Zionist means. Exceprts from Wikipedia: "Zionism is a political movement that supports a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, where Jewish nationhood can be said to have evolved somewhere between 1200 BCE and late Second Temple times,[1] [2] and where Jewish kingdoms and self-governing states existed up to the 2nd century CE."
57. Belgium is irrelevant
Daniel ,   Israel   (09.27.06)
Israel is today a leading high-tech powerhouse with more high-tech companies than any other place in the world outside Silicon valley. Israel is paving the way future technologies and Belgium is most welcome to boycott itself into backwardness. By the way, when will Belgium be tried for its crimes against humanity in Congo?
58. #47 Hey Larry tell me...
Daniel ,   Israel   (09.27.06)
What "occupation", what "Palestine" and what "war crimes"? I assume that in your world-view Iran's Ahmenajad and the Arab genocide-dicators should be compared to mother Theresa? What about giving back America to the Indians who just like us Jews are an indigenous population?
59. Belgian third Reich
Fern ,   Colombia   (09.27.06)
MASS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND GENOCIDES: THE CONGO FREE STATE GENOCIDE http://www.religioustolerance.org/genocong.htm Time: 1885 to 1912 Location: Congo Free State, now renamed The Democratic Republic of the Congo Perpetrators: King Leopold II of Belgium and his colonial administration Victims: Most of the Congolese population Number of victims: Unknown. Estimates range from 3 million for part of the genocide to 30 million. Léopold II is perceived by many Belgians as the "King-Builder" Leopold and the Belgian colonial officials who followed him went to extraordinary lengths to try to erase potentially incriminating evidence from the historical records." Remarkably the colonial Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren Museum) does not mention anything at all about the atrocities committed in the Congo Free State. SO, FIRST REPENT OF YOUR SINS BEFORE TALKING OF HUMAN RIGHTS
60. boycott
Abu Dabi ,   New York usa   (09.27.06)
good for U2U !!! bombing people really pisses them off.
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