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Ukrainian party calls for boycott of Israeli goods
Yael Branovsky
Published: 24.08.07, 08:36
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1. Ukrainian version of Peace Now
Ilan ,   Ariel   (08.24.07)
Boycotting products? Just like Peace Now organizes boycotts of Israeli products. Thankfully at least these Jew haters are not in Israel.
2. Ukrainianes are waking up. Finally
KnowUrEnemy   (08.24.07)
3. E Mail Address with Yahoo
Semsem ,   New York, USA   (08.24.07)
Their E mail addtress below is at Yahoo. Yahoo should ban them. ukrntp@yahoo.com
4. So??
Hamburger ,   Germany   (08.24.07)
l don't see what the big surprise is about - anyone who is familiar with Ukraine will tell you the same. Could we ever expect anything else from them? l mean, when you go to Ukraine, you should hide your lsraeli passport and G-d forbid you even mention you are from there. This is not even worth mentioning in a newspaper.
5. the Anti-Semitism joke of the week/weak
(08.24.07)
6. #3 - Excellent idea,
Hamburger   (08.24.07)
but an Israeli official should demand that, not a private person.
7. and we jews dont want to live amongest them either
(08.24.07)
8. Ukrainians
mr ,   israel   (08.24.07)
Had a Ukrain oseret until she was deported - she loved what she could buy here (and also had friends here working as caretakers) and regularly sent packages home. I know from a relative who escaped to the Ukraine during the holocaust that the Ukrainians were not too sympathetic to Jews. They are known to be anti-semitic.
9. Look how their logo resembles Swastika! Unbelievable...
(08.24.07)
10. T #4 Hambuger - You are so right!
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (08.24.07)
Poland and the Ukraine. The two countries that continued killed Jews after the end of WWII. The brutality of the Ukrainian Camp Guards in the concentration camps is known to have been, in many cases, worse than that of the SS! Remember folks, just as a leopard doesn't change his spots, once an anti-Semite, always an anti-Semite!
11. long-nosed Jewish man; another cartoon of a prophet
(08.24.07)
12. #3 Semsem, certainly Tahina is included in the boycott
(08.24.07)
13. Ukrainian Nazis
Martin Morgan ,   Reading, UK   (08.24.07)
Calm down. The Ukrainian National Labour Party is a tiny, openly Nazi party. It is not representative of mainstream Ukrainian nationalism. The latter has its anti-Semitic fringe, but it's no more significant than that. I'm Jewish and lived nearly three years in Kiev. Jews feel safer there than they do in London, believe me.
14. this goy is making up for boycotts
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (08.24.07)
by the look of my expenditures since moving here, i am sure that my contribution to the israeli economy more than compensates for any of these so-called boycotts. don't worry about what anti-semites do. they are the ones missing out.
15. boycott ukrian goods
ami ,   israel   (08.24.07)
16. #15, Ami
Hamburger   (08.24.07)
Do we use any of their goods? Do they even have any goods? Or should l say, anything good?
17. i am happy they help us with our straggle
rashid ,   palistinian   (08.24.07)
believe me, from now on i will only use ukrairanian goods yes they dont have may good to choose from so from now on i will only use ukrairanian women thank you ynet i love israil
18. ukrainians = NOT THE SHARPEST TOOLS IN THE SHED
Juan Epstein ,   Brooklyn, USA   (08.24.07)
they're like dull sporks
19. Is he right?
Tom ,   USA   (08.24.07)
The question, is what he is saying the truth or just baseless antisemitism? If it's true then why be offended.
20. Is there anything new in Ukraine ?!
(08.24.07)
21. NO.16
AMI ,   ISREAL   (08.24.07)
EVEN IF YOU DONT VISIT THERE IT IS ABOYCOTT DID TRY THAT ONE..?
22. Arabs and Muslims much better people
USA   (08.24.07)
Than these losers. But I know Israeli European Jews feel closer to anything European than anything Middle East despite Europe's ugly anti Jewish history. They will never change, if anything they'll be worse in the future than they were during the Halocaust. Israel aught to know how to handle the likes of them.
23. JUST THINK ABOUT ALL THE IDIOTS WHO BRING THEM MONEY ON
SERGIO ,   ISRAEL   (08.24.07)
ROSH HA-SHANAH INSTEAD OF STAYING AT HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES!!!
24. Ukrainian Nationalist Party
Jonathan Macintosh ,   Kyiv, Ukraine   (08.24.07)
This is ridiculous. The party you quote is not known - if they manage to receive 0.25% of the popular vote in the elections, they will be most fortunate. Don't waste your time and energy on meaningless groups, don't give them any credibility. Similarly, don;t give the party "Svoboda" any credibility, or the MAUP (International Academy for Personnel Management). They have no credibility in Ukraine. None. Zero. Svoboda will receive less than 08.% of the popular vote. Focus on the situation with the anti-Semitism in Russia, where the Nashi openly speak about a "Russian" Russia, "kill the Jews and save Russia" - this is Putin's group.
25. The Ukrainian party, please watch this video
Mark L ,   FL, US   (08.24.07)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV6K08RFRQs
26. Ukraine
Igor ,   Munich, Germany   (08.24.07)
total bullcrap, I am from Ukraine myself and used to live there for over 10 years and never experienced anything anti-semitic. It also depends which region of Ukraine you take. In western Ukraine anti-semitism is far more widespread than in the southeastern part of the country. yes, there are a couple of nationalist groups, but they´ve no countrywide influence and most of the people who support them are blue-collar snobs with an IQ of 60. Many Jews lived in Ukraine until 1990/1991, and most of them were highly intelligent and educated people and had great jobs and were an important part of the soviet society.
27. #26 right on
English guy ,   London   (08.24.07)
The scare-mongering article in this newspaper only serves one purpose - to give many Zionists with brains the same size as the Ukrainian bigots party the opportunity to smear all Ukrainians and all Ukrainian history with their personal hatred. As Jonathan Macintosh, in '24, quotes, the party received 0.25% of the popular vote - but facts don't get in the way of almost every poster here simply taking it for granted that the Ukrainian Nationalist party gets 99.9% of the popular vote. Let's turn our attention to Israel - and how many anti-Arab, anti-Islamic parties exist, what percentage of the popular Israeli vote is in favour of transfer or simple elimination. I would say that the proportion of out and out murderous racists in Israel is much higher than the 0.25% of the Ukrainian popular vote.
28. #26 and #27
DR ,   Florida, USA   (08.24.07)
Any person with a brain can understand that this does not reflect the whole population of Ukraine. BUt, it is also inportnat to see that racist, ignorant parties like this still exist. No one will argue that Israel is free of these groups, but this article is about Ukraine. The fact that English guy has to turn everything around and point fingers at Israel like a little kid only shows his true hatred of this tiny country. Give it up man. Israel is still the only true democracy in the ME. There are no public executions, no stonings, honor killings, car bombs etc. People can complain and hate the government wihout being killed. This is mile ahead of the rest of the countries there.
29. Boycott our food, but they don't boucott our weapons
D ,   Israel   (08.24.07)
30. TechGeeks Please Read!
Bill Foonman ,   Jacksonville, USA   (08.24.07)
I wouldn't bother trying to re-educate these morons or waste much time discussing the Ukraine's long history of rabid anti-Semitism however, do any of our Talkbackers have the smarts to hack and really screw up their web site?
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