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British Jews: Don't celebrate Israel's 60th
Hagit Klaiman
Published: 30.04.08, 20:11
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31. A Joke
Ed ,   USA   (04.30.08)
"Hamas on the other hand, is willing to talk to Israel so long as it withdraws from all the territories." Ha. Ha. Joke's on Haim--there will not be an Israel if Israel withdraws from what Hamas considers Palestinian territories.
32. nonentities
La Comparsita ,   London UK   (04.30.08)
Most of these useful idiots are complete nonentities. Others like Stephen Fry may be halachically Jewish but have had no Jewish education & it shows. I can assure you that the vast majority of UK Jews will be celebrating.
33. prominent?
Alex ,   Toronto   (04.30.08)
Not that prominent. Ynet, please don't give these idiots a platform by writing about them and giving them publicity.
34. The "Self Hating and maybe even fake Jews"
Robert Goldman ,   cooper city Florida   (04.30.08)
And I thought Nutori Carta was the only ones that were so stupid. how do you get a PHd being a total moron?
35. Remembering how the Brits built their empire
Robert Goldman ,   cooper city Florida   (04.30.08)
Funny how the Brits of all people can say stuff like this after their ever so colorful history of empire building etc. etc. you don't have to be a student of history to see all the blood on british hands from centuries of abuses,,, oh and "G-d save the queen" Or is that prince Charles in a dress?
36. ethnic cleansing
Carole Lawrence ,   Aventura, FL USA   (04.30.08)
Thank you Danny for that correction, you are of course correct - I forgot to mention that the Palestinians have learned the "ethnic cleansing" lessons very well - example: the Christian population of Bethlehem which WAS the majority in that town is now down to under 25% - I wonder why!!!!
37. Do we care??!!
John ,   Amsterdam, Holland   (04.30.08)
We shouldn't! These are just, dumb, simple minded retards. We've had several Dutch Jews in this perspect aswell (couple months ago). Don't pay them any attention. Not worth it. Focus on celebrating Israel's upcoming birthday and Jom HaShoa.
38. All this fuss over 100 or so moonbats?
Millie ,   Israel   (04.30.08)
The REST of UK Jews WILL be celebrating!
39. Mental illness
Nice Bloke ,   Rochdale   (04.30.08)
Have pity on these poor souls. I would hazard a gues that most, if not all of them, are suffering from the mental illness called socialism - which, as we know, is a discredited ideology responsible for rotting the brain - rendering it incapable of cohesive reasoning. Fortunately we are witnessing the dying embers of this most unfortunate of conditions.
40. fools,stupids,verms!
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (04.30.08)
They are not willing to consider what happened BEFORE those years in Israel,for example the Hevron massacre;Tel Hai massacre,etc....Why these drecks do not consider the reasons of the Jews and the causes? Why are they so merdes? I hope they will not feel in the skin what our people suffered fleeding cossacks,death camps,comunists etc.and having nowhere to go or to live.Should they just have died to please the greedies? These bastards Jews now complaining in england are nothing more than dimmi brits excusing themselves for being Jews.Maybe it is better for them(and for us) to forget completely their origins and live the verms they are at its fullest!
41. That's fine, I don't want them here.
Atheist Jew ,   Haifa   (04.30.08)
42. also happy to be an Ex-Pat Brit
Chaz ,   Haifa Israel   (04.30.08)
Unbeleivable !!! im with Sheila on this one. The Guardian - don't make me laugh Proud to be an israeli - shocked and dismayed at the stupidity and Ignorance of our so called fellow Jews - Stay in the UK where u belong soon you'll all be forced to Allahu ackbar.
43. they are a bunch of ignorant racists
Avi ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (04.30.08)
I agree with the sod off lady. This bunch of ignoramuses are only Jewish by birth. Apart from using their identity to defame the Jewish people, they are no more Jews than the next Englishman. They are not part of the community or upholders of any Jewish traditions, except the age old one of turning on their fellow Jews. The are using the circumstances of their birth as their whole raison d'etre. This is racism pure and simple. They are ignorant as they can not hear the historical echoes of their actions. They sound like the Hellenising Jews, those Jews who promoted Christianity from the third century onwards through Catholic Spain right through to our own days or those Jews who blindly supported Communist terror and destruction. There were Jews who supported Hitler too, but they came a cropper soon enough. Let them bleat away.
44. Every family has its share of imbeciles.
M. Hartley ,   Atlanta, US   (04.30.08)
45. To MO (hammed) , #18
Jake   (04.30.08)
"Judaism is a reverent religion that must be respected by all, but Zionism is a pure terror. " You Arabs/Moslems claim to have "respect for Judaism as a religion". But you have nothing but contempt and hatred for Jews as a people.
46. is not there a way to remove Jewishness from their parents?
observer   (04.30.08)
47. GERMAN JEWS AGREE 100% AND WONT JOIN CELEBRATIONS
Ariel Blumentahl ,   Berlin   (04.30.08)
many many other German Jews and my self do not want to support a racist state such as Israel. As German Jews we only will accept a REAL democratic State of Israel which will serve all its citizens regardless which faith community they belong to. Arab and Jew are EQUALS ! ONE MAN ONE VOTE in ONE STATE !! this refers to all people living between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River. A Jewish state of Israel is just like an Islamic State of Hamas. Both define them selfs in a religious way. T'o sustain a Jewish defined state is to sustain a racist apartheid state !
48. These Jew-hating Jews are worse than Nazis
Gary   (04.30.08)
and worse than Islamic terrorists. They are lower than the lowest vermin, they are the worst thing in the world. when they are under threat I hope Israel and decent Zionist Jews will not lift a hand to help them. The only place fit for these Israel-haters is hell.
49. Ariel Blumenthal YOU ARE NO BETTER THEN A KAPO
GZLives   (04.30.08)
You ought to be ashamed of yourself if you're even real.
50. A Brit is a Brit is a Brit (dumb and uptight)
Orly ,   Paris   (04.30.08)
51. Demography & War
Ben Graham   (04.30.08)
The claims are without factual support. There were never 70,000 people living in Ramle and Lyddah in 1948. The few thousand Arab residents that did live in these towns supported the invading Arab armies in a war that they supported, but lost when facing an Israeli counterattack. With the logic of these authors, Russia should return Eastern Prussia and Poland should return Western Prussia to Germany and then repatriate the millions of Germans "displaced" by the failure of the Third Reich to hold onto its territory. Let's then have Russia compensate those "ethnically cleansed" by the Red Army in 1944-45.
52. What wackos. They took too many drugs in their youth
David ,   Boston, USA   (04.30.08)
Sick people. Denying truths and warping others. The true mark of a self hating Jew. The Arabs have always said no to another Arab Palestinian state. Stop offering to them. They already stole 80% of the land promised for the re-creation of Israel and ethnically cleansed the land of Jews and still have a law denying land ownership and citizenship to Jews. Lets not forget that the Hamas charter calls for killing Jews behind every stone and tree. Their charter calls for killing, not talking and they have lived up to their charter. These self haters should go after the terrorists, not the victims. Am Yisrael Chai! Cancel Palestine! Create Peace!
53. Well said, where is Israel?
Ibrahim ,   Jerusalem   (04.30.08)
Green line? Jews only? West Bank settlers, Jerusalem which had never been united? Rights of Palestenians? Occupation, opression of other nations? What about surrounding arab countries,? which country do you have real peace with? mean with people? This is Isarel 60th bday
54. ITS HARD TO THINK WHAT TO CALL THIS GROUP OF SELF-HATERS
Jorge ,   Tegucigalpa   (05.01.08)
They despise their heritage and faith, they serve the cause of the worst enemies of the Jewish people, they delegitimize Israel as a Jewish State, help those that deny the Holocaust. are ashamed of who their parents were, desperat6ely want to be accepted by the majority outside their heritage. The only thing they have gained by their desicable action, is precisely that, to be despised, if they knew what shame is to be a TRAITOR, i would call on them TO SHAME ON THEMSELVES.
55. Self-Hating British "Jews"
Steve ,   Berkeley, California   (04.30.08)
Yes, there are self-hating British "Jews" who throw around ridiculously charged phrases like "ethnic cleansing". They are pathetic and now that we know who they are we can keep track of them and their foul deeds. We should send them whips and chains so that they may beat themeselves for real instead of just engaging in intellectual masochism.
56. those are the real jews
tea man ,   marjayoun   (05.01.08)
not the others who hijack the name of israel right wing monsters who serve only imperialism g-d bless them
57. To #36: Christian population
Me ,   Jerusalem -Palestine   (05.01.08)
They left because of occupation, becuase of the wall around bethlehem, because of the continues closures, because no tourism to live from. Open your eyes more wide and see the truth sir.
58. Prominent British Jews
zelda ,   tel aviv israel   (05.01.08)
Abhorrent ,but at least we know who are friends .Israeli yoredim and acolytes who have done nothing for Israel let alone the Palestinians should thank their lucky stars for freedom of the press there may come a time when they may realise what it is to be a real Jew and have to fight for their own lives as no one else will do it for them. Anyway why is it so important that they are Jews who the hell cares. Can we have their addresses? Zelda Harris in free Israel wharts and all.
59. Did someone forget that Israel was attacked?
Joel Leyden ,   Ra'anana, Israel   (04.30.08)
"In July 1948, 70,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes in Lydda and Ramleh in the heat of the summer with no food or water. Hundreds died." Did someone forget that the Arab nations declared war on Israel in 1948 and that Israelis were fighting for their lives. That Palestinians were promised land after an Arab victory and left to join Arab armies. These Jews in England are a pure disgrace to the word Jew!
60. Well-known signatories know little
Andi Ziegelman ,   Haifa, Israel   (04.30.08)
The signatories to the above-decribed letter may be well-known, but they themselves know very little. They forgot that in our neighborhood in 1948 the UN established two states, but the local Arabs as well as 5 sovereign Arab states never accepted that partition, and from the first minute, worked to destroy the Jewish state. The Arab state never came into being, because no Arab sought to establish it; in fact it never even had a name. All that Israel did at that time, and also in subsequent wars, was fight for its life. In our War of Independence, we lost 6,000 lives, which at the time was 10% of the population.
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