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Noa writes open letter to Gazans
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Published: 08.01.09, 02:32
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31. TO # 25 - JEWS ARE INDIGINOUS
andrew ,   miami,fl   (01.08.09)
THIS NOTION THAT WE ARE FOREIGN IS PART OF YOUR PROBLEM WHO IS BURIED AT THE TOMB OF THE PATRIARCHS?? WHAT IS AL AKSA BUILT ON TOP OF?? DO YOU REMEMBER EMPEROR HADRIAN IN 150 AD ?? WE HAD A COUNTRY - IT WAS CALLED ISRAEL - THEN...AND NOW
32. dear noa
nawal ,   rafah   (01.08.09)
sweet letter like a sugar but this sugar is spread over my 5 dead bodies of my 5 girls . so it does not benifit the dead nor the alive . sorry i only read the halfe it is not even interesting like my poem about the sea of gaza it is in araby so i think only arabs can read it .i thin it is more interesting than your letter its adress is lonly on the shore of gaza and the sun is behind the clouds
33. #8 Your post and the truth never coincide
Jake   (01.08.09)
500,000 Arabs are known to have entered Palestine west of the Jordan between 1925 and 1934 alone, in order to seize on economic opportunies created by the Zionism that you oppose. Jews in the Palestine Mandate payed 4 times as much taxes per capita than the Arabs. Jews bought lands from Arabs at prices sometimes 10 times their worth. But your fatal error was the scorn you heaped on Rabin and Peres, who went further to accomodate the demands of their enemies than the rational human mind can possibly fathom. The PLO Trojan horse they brought into the heart of the Land of Israel is a fact that all Israel has now woken up to and realizes was a cataclysmic and dire mistake of epic proportions. It is people like you that contributed to the collapse of the once-thriving Left in Israel, by exposing them as naieve and utopic suckers. Because, let's face it - be consequent with yourself now - your people were never really interested in a 2-state solution to this conflict. Not Fatah, PLO, Hamas - not the extremists, not the 'moderates'. Every inch, every grain of sand you lost was the direct result of violent attacks against the Jews living in the land, from 1880 and before, until the present day, Jews who for 1900 years were always commited to the pen, never to the sword. That is the truth, Ahmad, and you know it well.
34. #14, RE the source of fanaticism is Israeli "Occupation"
Jake   (01.08.09)
Before the founding of the State of Israel, Jamal Husseini, Chairman of the Arab Higher Commitee (the highest executive body of the Palestine Arabs) told the UN Security Council on April 16, 1948: "The representative of the Jewish Agency told us yesterday that they were not the attackers, that the Arabs had begun the fighting. We did not deny this. We told the whole world that we were going to fight." Referring to 1948, John Bagot Glubb, the British commander of Jordan's Arab Legion admitted: "Early in January, the first detachments of the Arab Liberation Army began to infiltrate into Palestine from Syria. Some came through Jordan and even through Amman . . . They were in reality to strike the first blow in the ruin of the Arabs of Palestine." On the eve of the 1948 invasion of the fledgling Jewish state by 5 Arab armies, Azzam Pasha, Secretary-General of the Arab League, declared: "This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades." Where does "Israeli occupation of Palestinian Lands" come into play in any of this?
35. #25 "They yell death to Israel, not death to Jews"
(01.08.09)
They never yell "Death to Zionism". They yell "death to Israel". But they also yell "Death to Jews", or rather, "Yidhbakh al Yahud" - Slaughter the Jews. This philosophy found its way straight from the Koran and Hadiths to the Hamas covenant itself, where even the rocks and trees assist the Moslems in the slaughter of Jews. If you really were from Haifa or any one of the mixed cities in Israel where Jews and Arabs coexist even during wars, you would not have written the drivel you have written about Israel.
36. Open Letter To Noa
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (01.08.09)
I think I know where you are coming from and I believe you are a woman who desires peace and means well.I even share many of your sentiments,it is hard watching others suffer.BUT..... if I can give an analogy,and what the bleeding heart U.N and Red Cross do not understand,helping the people of Gaza is a bit like trying to help a Drug Addict or Alcoholic,it is almost impossible and they will likely drag you down with them.The long suffering wretches in Gaza can not be helped until they choose to HELP THEMSELVES.How do they help themselves? By getting up,dusting themselves off and getting on with their lives.By working,building and throwing their stupid rockets in to the trash can.Why stupid rockets?, because Israel has REAL ones like Jericho 1.2 and 3,some of them Nuclear tipped.Time for a reality check my friends in gaza,you aint NEVER going to throw Israelis in to the sea,so get over it.Sorry if my message is harsh,some tough love perhaps and only a real friend tells people the truth and not what they want to hear.So my dear Gazan friends,you have suffered enough ,don't choose more of the same.Take responsibility and stop your nonsense,just as nobody ever pitied the Jews the world really has no genuine pity for you Gazans,they only use you as a stick to beat the Jews.They may fool Tzipi,Barak and olmert but the likes of the BBC,Red Cross,UN do not fool me.Nobody cares about Gazans if they do not start to care for themselves.People in Gaza,it's YOUR shot.
37. GOOD STUFF, AH?
THE GREEN ONE   (01.08.09)
38. To Noa: To Appeal To The Better
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (01.08.09)
Nature of others is to assume others have a "Better Nature" .Do Hamas Thugs have better natures? I think not.They behave like hateful savages which is why Israel treats them in a hateful ,savage way.
39. Sympathy Is Like Money
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (01.08.09)
One only ever has a limited supply to go around and I prefer to give my sympathy to the poor soldiers of the I.D.F,most of them kids really,and to the Dead and wounded.The people in Gaza ,to some extent at least,are architects of their own misery.And they still are calling for Shahids and Jihad and their nonsense.My advice to them,you have been knocked down...STAY DOWN.
40. Frustrated...
MIKE ,   JERUSALEM   (01.09.09)
Dear Noa... a first glance at ur message seems full of hope of a better future but obviously ur vision for peace is far away from ours. despite the images of the killed citizens in gaza and terroriszed pal. there actually u r backing the army for more and more of there actions there. u r asking israel to accomplish the mission!! how come i c ur message as a messsage of peace?!!!! i believe that racism is something in the genes of israelis, it's in the air they breath and in the food they eat...this cant be a democracy no matter u pretend. this is a JEWISH state where u will be treated DIFFERENTLY from other non jews. where one drop of a jewish kids is more precious than the lives of hundreds of palestinan kids. if u think it's fascism is our common enemy, then i will say that racism is our biggest threat as pales. here...where all ur rights r ready to be sacrifised for an israeli... i invite u to open ur eyes and c the truth, but not for a cup of coffee!
41. It helps to sell abroad !!
LB ,   Paris   (01.09.09)
This is probably what you have to do to be able to sell CD's and fill Music Hall abroad, right Noa ?? ! It is funny how some Israelis think they will get accepted out of Israel by playing this game... WRONG you are first and foremost JEWISH and you will get judged for that !!! Wake up and smell the coffee for heaven's sake !!! Go live outside of Israel for a while to understand that you'd better care for yourselves because no one will... Go d bless Israel and may Israel pass over this constant need for acceptance that they will never get !
42. a RESPONSE TO NOA from a pali
From a Palestinian..   (01.09.09)
I don't want your coffee, neither sit next to you, neither talk to you....but what I want you to do is to leave us alone and pack your bags and head off to where you belong...that is Poland, Russia, Germany, among others, BUT NOT PALESTINE. Your words, the Israeli's words does not mean anything to us, we don't judge you by your words as they lie and have always lied, only your action tells the truth and nothing but the truth!.
43. #42 We don't want coffee with you either
Jake   (01.09.09)
And we won't be packing our bags to go anywhere, ever again. And if you don't like it, you can pack your bags.
44. ahmad/ Nablus
Dotan ,   Canada   (01.09.09)
It is really tragic to read your stupid lines and to realize the world of hate you and others are living in. Israel is not yours, it never was. But to know more you have to read the Bible and I doubt you can read the Koran. Open your eyes and maybe you will find out that life is worth wile living
45. Noa you are completely disconnected from reality
MOhamed ,   Ejerusalem palestine   (01.09.09)
Dear Noa, I think you are completely not aware of the situation and I assure you the cancer is occupation and daily humilation of isarel. When i see the years passing I just see what a terrible neighbour Israel is kiiling innocens all the time.
46. brothers???i am changing my name ..
Mohammed ,   USA   (01.09.09)
47. You should learn your facts Noa!
Hannah ,   Jerusalem   (01.09.09)
Noa, you say "I know" whereas in fact they are simply your wishful thinking. Your disregard towards facts is reflected in the that sentence when you innocently say you "remember that fateful day in 1994 when Rabin was murdered a few feet from me". The truth is Rabin was killed on Nov.4. 1995. I was not there, but I remember, because this event has changed the whole atmosphere in this country, and people like you started blaming people like me for this murder. Now it turns out Rabin was not even significant enough for you to remember the date of his murder. This is just one but very revealing example of how you substitute your own mental inventions for facts and try to create reality on this shaky foundation. You are unable to understand that the overwhelming majority of those people in Gaza share HAMAS' attitude to you, and it is pure hatred, the kind of hatred for the sake of which they are HAPPY to sacrifice their own children.
48. noa, wake up!!!
koby   (01.09.09)
what majestic history? these people have a false identity ("palestinian") only to delegitimize israel. talmud: those who are compassionate to the cruel end up being cruel to the compassionate. noa, you are making huge mistake. you are equalizing them with us. the land is ours, from Hashem. the only way we keep it is by being true to torah and to each other. then the world is blessed by us. these people actually hate us. it's hard for you to accept. but in their moslem hearts they hate us. it is up to us to be strong and claim andkeep what is rightfully ours.
49. Noa-
MAGGIE ,   Rishon   (01.09.09)
Noa, Well done.!! you speaske your mind bravely. I wish more arsists will shake our ilusions and look the reality in it face!!1 col hacavod1 now, be careful, watch your back. you know it already, our enemies are blide fanatic. god bless you for your courage.
50. I adore Noa...but disagree with her.
Mike Sless ,   Israel   (01.09.09)
I adore Noa but would like to ask her how she "knows" when the Palestinians chant "Death to the Jews" that they don't mean it.? Of course they mean it! They do it all the time with Zeal which is what the word Hamas means translated to English....it means Zeal!
51. What an amazing.....
The 11th Man ,   London   (01.09.09)
EGO!!!!!! Obama, you better move over, here comes another messiah. Seriously, credit where credit's due: she's given us all a good laugh in the middle of this war. GO TO IT ISRAEL!
52. Noa :Have Some Self-Respect
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (01.09.09)
Don't go crawling to Gazans begging for love or acceptance.They probably hate your guts.Just guard yourself against their hatred.When they calm down and accept Israels existence they know how to find you.In the meantime don't hold your breath and try not too feel guilty,that is a wasted emotion.,leave guilt for the Catholics ...they sure have PLENTY to feel guilty about.
53. Unbelievable
Gregory ,   Akko, Israel   (01.10.09)
This is just unsane. A typical case of Stockholm syndrome. You need help from a psychiatrist.
54. Noa, look how the Jews of Yemen live today...
AK   (01.11.09)
and see what your life would have been if your family didn't move to Israel. Which parts about Dhimmis under Islam do you still refuse to understand? Which parts of Jihad obligation to fight non-believers who don't submit are still unclear to you. You, as a Jew from the Arab diaspora, should know better. Noa, you may be able to move to the West, but how about an average Mizrahi Jew in Israel? All they can do is fight for freedom. Please don't stab them in the back with your well-meaning nonsense --Israel is now in an existential struggle for survival fighting against the entire world. Israel MUST win, because you will not be given a chance to fight another day, the way you have been giving to the Arabs.
55. Well said Hannah.
AK   (01.11.09)
56. From a Palestinian --Noa's family came from Yemen
AK   (01.11.09)
so why do you send them to Germany. But if in stead you send her to yemen, why don't you go to Arabia. or South Europe or Afghanistan, or wherever your people came from? There is no such a thing as Palestinian. There has never in history been a nationality of Palestinian, which explains why you don't have a distinct language of culture (unless you consider violence and hatred to be a culture.)
57. Yo! Kool Aid Drinker
i ,   jerusalem   (01.11.09)
Rabin was shot in a car-- far away from you.
58. Gotchya
Bearded Boegyman ,   Ha ha ha ah   (01.11.09)
Why is it that performing artists consider themselves oracles of truth? Entitled to an opinion, yes. Money and drug induced epiphanies, no thanks!
59. letter from NOA
zelda harris ,   tel avaiv israel   (01.11.09)
My heart is with every word you say
60. That enemy is your govenrment Noa
David ,   UKjavascript: save()   (01.11.09)
Have you done anything towards ending the occupation and terrorism?
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