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Olmert: We must curb infiltrations from Egypt
Roni Sofer
Published: 23.03.08, 14:25
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1. A good idea!
Wise Saba ,   Western Negev   (03.23.08)
Start sending them all back. They will get the idea & stop coming. No free sanctuary for them. Let their brothers, the moslim states look after them, we have enough of them to contend with.
2. Damn those infiltrations
Ehud Olmert ,   Ramallah   (03.23.08)
I encourage the Egyptians to shoot mothers from Dharfur trying to survive. But it the Sderotites would stop their whining, we can live with a few dozen qassams a day! It's called a "lull!"
3. I feel your pain Sderot
Ehud Olmert ,   Ramallah   (03.23.08)
That's why I have asked my good friend and peace patner Hosni Mubarak to shoot all refugees from Dharfur on sight! And if they have babies with them, that's even better. But be grateful - our peace partners in Gaza are only shooting a few dozen qassams a day, so the lull is with us! Be grateful. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3522502,00.html
4. Archive photo: Avi Roccah
Yitzak Ben Shlomo   (03.23.08)
Wow, nice road, grand prix savy, can wait to do a chase there :-)
5. As usual, misplaced priorities.
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (03.23.08)
We have Hamas in Gaza arming to the teeth, we have Hezbollah in the North who have re-armed with around 40,000 missiles that can reach most of Israel, Syria is arming as fast as they can, Iran is developing nuclear weapons & missiles to deliver them, we have over a million generally hostile Arabs within our borders, our economy is under grave threat from the dollar's decline, to name just our more major concerns. And Olmert is worried about African refugees. He is just trying to sound tough on something, anything, to distract attention from his otherwise dismal inaction.
6. 95% of the outstanding arrest warrants in
Rivkah   (03.23.08)
Los Angeles County are for illegal aliens. Noah Hutchings of SouthWest Radio Church estimates there are thirty million illegal aliens in America and the federal government does little or nothing to protect the States from invasion or to seal the borders and deport the illegals and to change the law so that illegal alien anchor babies are not given authomatic US citizenship. What does that have to do with Israel? THAT is what will happen to Israel if the problem of illegal immigration is not addressed now. It is a burden on Ehud Olmert and Avi Dichter to act now, but the consequences of not handling the problem now are so great as to be unimaginable.
7. Israel DOES NOT understand what illegal immigration means!
Alan ,   SA   (03.23.08)
This is not a "humanitarian" problem . It is economic wherever more than one country is traversed! .Israel better watch out for this WORLD WIDE phenomenon.It is not RACIST to kick them out or at least refuse them entry .Who invited them to cross Egypt.They dont arive in the first country bordering theirs and beg asylum .They target a country . Israel is Soup du Jour of today. Take UK-how can someone be a "refugee" who has passed through all the countries between any place where they originate in Asia and their final destination,the UK ...Also after spending months in France waiting for a chance to hide in a truck or whatever.They dont accept France as it is not as good for them as UK where they get a VERY good deal!Benefit Accomodation etc . They never get sent home in MOST cases Take South Africa -About 3 MILLION Zimbabweans have crossed into that country. The "refugees" are doing Cash Robberies using AKs and Skills they have learnt in the various African Wars eg Zimbabwe War ,eg Angola and Mozambique Wars against each other. Tell me please -how doi you know who they are ?AQ is very busy in Horn of Africa . Now they are camping in CENTRAL TA! I hope this is printed because my posts about this are usually rejected!One should be PC about this problem
8. a breez of humanity has been amounting to Tsunami
observer   (03.23.08)
9. To #5 Terry
Raoul ,   Israel   (03.23.08)
Terry, you grossly underestimate the *refugee* problem. Not that I am defending Olmert, no, not for one moment. He is pathetic on ALL the issues you mentioned, as well.
10. If it's not one thing, it's another
Chrisona ,   Chicago.IL   (03.23.08)
These illegal immigrants need to be ejected from Israel and returned to their place of origin immediately. How long can it take to work out the details?
11. quiet in the north
alex   (03.23.08)
Olmert told the herzilya conference that the last 18 months in the north have been terrific, with quiet and growth. He was quiet satisfied with his lebanon decisions and feels israel is very secure. That there are 40,000 missiles in Hezbollah inventory is no problem for olmerde (which means they could fire 200 missiles a day for 5 years, missiles that could hit every part of israel.Has israel built shelters for every town to give the idf time to destroy lebanon?) No! So Israelis of the haaretz type are entrusting their fate to hopes on abbas and to a mental midget and coward Ehud Olmert. Everything Olmert touches on the military side will turn bad as his mind does not work in military matters. Israel will be destroyed, as Iran says, unless you replace olmert.
12. they've said all this before
Jon ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (03.23.08)
This is not new. We heard all this before. last year when there were only 2000 refugees in the country. Now there are 10,000 and everyone will continue to do nothing. Maybe when there are 50,000 Olmert will start to act instead of speak. Very simple - deport them. The message will get back very quickly, believe me.
13. African refugees
Michael Garkawe ,   Madison,NJ USA   (03.23.08)
Is Israel completely insane? How can you consider letting African refugees in? It's not even from adjacend countries. If you are going to let in the African in why not the Arabs. The Arabs have a better claim. Stop worrying about public opinion and return them forcibly back to Egypt. This is an Arab conspiricy agains Israel
14. this is what will happen...
David ,   Modi'in. Israel   (03.23.08)
absolutely nothing. The incompetent government will not deport one single person and the migrant workers will continue to stream into the country. Eventually we will build a fence and there will be no new infiltrations, but by then we will have 10s of 1000s of extra African migrant workers. They will not leave, no one will deport them. They are here to stay. After everything they have said, the government STILL has no plan of action. It is a complete joke. There are 100s of 1000s of disillusioned Africans sitting in Cairo who will be leaping in joy at this news. The headline should read: "Olmert government agrees to continue doing nothing with the refugees".
15. Your safe haven.
Chanan ,   Jerusalem   (03.23.08)
Ask a holocaust survivor if they would send these refugees back, ignore them or provide them with shelter and care until they are in a position to return home, move on or integrate into our society, I doubt you would find one who would say send them back. Its nice to live in Israel we have a fairly safe environment apart form the odd terror attack, murder and fatal road accidents, not that I condone death, but our death ratio is one of the lowest in the world, so now lets look at the death ratios in Africa, oops they are thousand fold higher than ours. It is our duty as Jews and human beings to help these people, Olmert's comments show how far he is attached from reality, and I am sorry to say the same goes for most of the readers who have commented on this article.
16. 15What R U talking about "HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS"
Alan ,   SA   (03.23.08)
People like you cheapen the word "HOLOCAUST".Who are you to speak for "Holocaust Survivors"-you doubt if even ONE would say they should be sent back!How many have you canvassed .? These African people are not in danger of being loaded into Cattle Trucks and sent to Gas Chambers like members of my father's family were !. Why do they pass so many countries first before accepting their final destination of UK USA SA . They live in poverty and of course would look for a better place .THEY ARE ECONOMIC MIGRANTS -thats all . It is NOT "our duty as JEWS" as you say . "Most of the readers" who you castigate are not fools-Why dont you volunteer to work with Israel's Ethiopian Jews before you work on the rest of Africa's problem .Are you a volunteer amongst the Ethiopian Jews?Why dont you move to Somalia and help there if youhave worked with our Ethiopian Jews .
17. BLA,BLA,BLA, BULL SH-T!
DIANE ROTHBEIN   (03.23.08)
GIVE EFRAT WEISS A PORTFOLIO,SHE'S OUT OF A JOB AND PROFESSIONALLY "ORIENTED" TO BE A M.K. SHE'S A VETRAN OF VIRTUAL REALITY!
18. #16
Chanan ,   Jerusalem   (03.24.08)
Dear Alan from SA, I am a the grandson of a holocaust survivor, who is still alive and is actively working to stop Olmert and his gangs mis-treatment of these refugees, at Beit Protea this Sabbath all the Holocaust survivors who are more in touch with reality than you agreed that Israel has a duty help these people. I am also a little familiar from where you come from and yes I proved these people out of my own pocket clothing and food, I also assist Ethiopian Jews so please when you understand whats going on here, then by all means comment.
19. What Are The Odds?
Thomas   (03.24.08)
of Israel allowing these African Muslims to live in Israel and they claiming in following generations that they are Palestinians? Need I repeat, they are Muslims. We are apes and pigs to them, showing them compassion is an exercise in futility. To say that Israel will receive diminishing returns as these years go by, for their kindness to any Muslims is an understatement.
20. the most important thing is not 2 help them save
ron   (03.24.08)
there lives. i the article should deal with the quistion what happens 2 them in egeupt. if they r sent back 2 death from there, we should let them save there lives there until a solution is established
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