Opinion  Nahum Barnea
Ben-Gurion's word
Nahum Barnea
Published: 20.08.07, 14:06
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1. Powerful words
Israel   (08.20.07)
"A country spends its energy on ensuring its health, existence, and security. It does not spend time on spitting on somebody. " Isn't this the just the very difference between Judaism and radical Islamist Arabs? There is too much money circulating in the Israeli government coffers for proper allocation to cause dissolution of the very fiber of our being.
2. starving Holocaust survivors
Jeanette Friedman ,   New Milford NJ   (08.21.07)
And the self-righteous Mrs. Barnea makes no mention of the land grabs and the theft of bank accounts belonging to Holocaust victims by Israeli government institutions.. His article reeks with contempt for survivors.. He's also wrong about the origins of the protest . Zev Factor and Noah Flug were working on this public protest for almost four years. But why should facts matter? Lies are easier. For years, the Holocaust survivors in Israel have been treated as a blot on Jewish history by a majority of Israelis, except when exploiting the Holocaust politically. Crooks in leadership, like former Finance Minister Hirschon (whose department is the most recalcitrant on funding survivors), can line their pockets with stolen money. This is a disgrace to the Jewish people the world over. I guess stealing from people and then decades later shoving them into early graves by forcing them to die without dignity is perfectly ok with Mr. Barnea--a prime example of why many American Jews don't want to have anything to do with Israel, and a perfect example of why the old Zionism is dead. Shame on Mr. Barnea and those who think that the survivors deserve nothing, not even the return of what rightfully belongs to them.
3. Being a son of Survivors I find the author
Al   (08.21.07)
to be rather disingenuous. First off Ben Gurion was in a nutshell a self anointed demagogue of the worst order. His mad rush for power enabled him to commit the ultimate sin. The murder of Jews. He had his flunky St Rabin do it for him. Secondly. The state of Israel robbed the survivors who settled in Israel of their reparations. In effect using the reparations to line their own pockets thru the "State owned enterprises" such as Solel Boneh etc. It was this money which enabled Israel to play the "we will help everyone card" by wasting untold millions bringing civilization to the Africans. (Like that worked!) The list goes on and on. The willful plundering of the reparations meant for the survivors, was used as a cash cow to sustain the gross spending of the ruling parties. This plundering has been going on forever. What these survivors need and should be getting is complete care till their last days. These survivors were the very reason Ben Gurion declared a State. The State of Israel was founded on the ashes of the Holocaust victims. These survivors carry the pain of their loss till their very last days. Israel owes them everything, including their very raison d'etre.
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