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Jews, Arabs hold peace rally
Hagai Einav
Published: 10.01.09, 18:19
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31. Answer to # 5
The Secularist ,   Hadera   (01.10.09)
It was on Shabat becuase that is the day when people have a free time in this country. If there were very many religious people wanting to participate, provision could have been made for them by doing it on another day, even if it ws less convenient for secularists. But since nearlky all religious people are extreme right anyway, there was no need to take notice of you. Do you underatand or do I have to make myself more clear?
32. #30, you don;t know what you are talking about
Varda Kaplan ,   Rehovot, Israel   (01.10.09)
In Camp Dadid Barak did not come even close to offering a Pelastinian State in the 1967 borders. If he had Arafat would have agreed. What he wanted was to carve out bog chunks of the West Bank, in particular keep the Jordan Valley under permanent Israeli rule. This would have made the Palestinian "state" an enclave within Israeli territory, Arafat could not possibly have agreed.
33. # 5 Because we say "Shabbat Shalom "
Baruch   (01.11.09)
34. Peace is not appeasment, survival not surrender
Ilan ,   Ariel   (01.11.09)
Protesting with anti-Israeli Arabs is not an act of Zionism.
35. jewish left wing idealists join arabs big deal
zionist forever   (01.11.09)
Hundreds is hardly a large percentage of the population, the majority of jews are all for the war so who cares about a bunch of idealist jews and the arabs who always side with the enemy anyway. Enjoy your little protest, don't forget to invite along some Meeretz politicians who are going to steal some of Kadima & Labours left wing voters.
36. Varda , 32
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (01.11.09)
Barak offered them around 98 % of Judea Samaria . Don't forget that the arabs ENGAGED the 67 war , and lost . A looser has to pay , 2 % is not much .
37. Ilan , 34
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (01.11.09)
Who says that those pro peace Arabs are anti Israeli ?
38. The only reason the Arabs join in is because the Jews
Fran ,   USA   (01.11.09)
can defend themselves. As for the Jews...oh..well ...the lefties are crazy!
39. Zionist forever 35
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (01.11.09)
The majority of the Jews are for the war , you wrote . I think it's wrong . We are going to war , not because we are in favor , but because "EN BRERA" . No other possibility to eliminate those projectiles . Nobody is in favor of a war , who cost the lives of Brave soldiers .
40. GOING BACK TO TUNISIA?
ALINE SILVERMAN ,   ISRAEL   (01.11.09)
What kind of rubbish is that? I was born in Tunisia and lived there until the age of 18. Then we were forced to leave. There was no more room for us, Jews there,although my family was for the independence of Tunisia. However once the French out, we were no longer welcome there. A very few remain there..extremely wealthy people who do not want to part from their comfortable life and some very poor old people....I was there on holiday 2 summers ago. I hadn't been back since 1964. It was heartbreaking, I cried all the time...but it is no longer my country.By the way the Jews settled in Tunisia LONG BEFORE the ARABS....Go and see at the museum of the Bardo. They don't even deny it.Our lives as well were torn apart and we had to start all over again. It was hard for us young people but mainly for our parents who already were in their 50's....But we didn't see ourselves as refugees( even if we really were) we worked hard and we made it...However we bear the scar of the exile...Now we are spread all over the world Israel mainly,France, America, Canada....Returning to TUNISIA? Who is crazy enough? o yes I know of one....
41. Top British Jews call to stop war on Gaza
john ,   Great Britain   (01.11.09)
A group of Britain's most prominent Jews has called on Israel to cease its military operations in Gaza immediately, warning that its actions, far from improving the country's security, will "strengthen extremism, destabilise the region, and exacerbate tensions inside Israel". Describing themselves, as "profound and passionate supporters" of Israel - and supporting its right to defend itself against the "war crime" of Hamas rocket attacks - they added that the current tactics threatened to undermine international support for Israel. The intervention, in a letter published in today's Observer, came as fears grew that Israel was to launch a "new phase" of its military offensive inside the Gaza strip. Yesterday warplanes dropped leaflets warning Gazans "not to be close to terrorists, weapons warehouses and the places where the terrorists operate". The two-week-old campaign has already killed more than 800 Palestinians, while 13 Israelis have died, three of them civilians killed by Hamas rockets. Although individual Jewish writers and religious figures have expressed their opposition to the conduct of Operation Cast Lead, the letter represents the most significant break with Israel's tactics from a group of UK Jews. Prominent rabbis, academics and political figures are among the signatories, including Rabbi Dr Tony Bayfield, head of the Movement for Reform Judaism; Sir Jeremy Beecham, former chair of the Labour party; Professor Shalom Lappin of the University of London; Baroness Julia Neuberger; Rabbi Danny Rich, chief executive of Liberal Judaism; Rabbi Professor Marc Saperstein, principal of Leo Baeck rabbinical training college; and lawyer Michael Mitzman, who set up Holocaust Memorial Day Trust for the Home Office. Their demand comes amid increasing pressure on Israel from the diplomatic community to halt its operations, and rising criticism of the humanitarian impact on Palestinian civilians, including allegations of potentially serious breaches of international humanitarian law. Demonstrations around the world yesterday called for a ceasefire. "We look upon the increasing loss of life on both sides of the Gaza conflict with horror," reads the letter. "We have no doubt that rocket attacks into southern Israel, by Hamas and other militant Palestinian groups, are war crimes against Israel. No sovereign state should, or would, tolerate continued attacks and the deliberate targeting of civilians. Israel had a right to respond and we support the Israeli government's decision to make stopping the rocket attacks an urgent priority. "However, we believe that now only negotiations can secure long-term security for Israel and the region." The letter was written before the escalation of ground fighting in Gaza City itself signalled by Israel yesterday. "There can be no alternative to a negotiated solution," said Beecham. "Israel should be demonstrating, along with the Palestinian Authority, that there are economic and political benefits to be gained from peaceful engagement rather than violent confrontation." His sentiments were echoed by Lappin: "Relying on overwhelming military force to respond to terrorist provocations invariably imposes horrendous suffering on innocent Palestinian civilians while entrenching the agents of terror in their midst. We have no alternative but to pursue rational, long term political options that promote moderation and marginalise extremists."
42. They forgot the hamas chart
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (01.11.09)
Who says that the only solution to the palestinian problem is Jihad . Discissions with the "zionist" enemy is treacherous for them .
43. peace is the lull between wars
Petra ,   usa   (01.11.09)
and when has Israel enjoyed full peace? Islamists are so deluded to think by calling Israel palestine, it will be so. LOL, funny. Ever see anything that PROVES the existence of palestine BEFORE Rome? I don't think so.
44. Let me know which...
BeyondTheVeil ,   Los Angeles, CA   (01.11.09)
Iran, for one.
45. #33
adi cohen   (01.11.09)
now that is a much more positive answer than #31
46. #31
adi cohen   (01.11.09)
"take notice of you" are you insinuating that I am "religious', "extreme right" is one no longer able to ask an innocent question?
47. Yael, wake-up!
Yigal ,   New York   (01.12.09)
Yael, and all your peacenik fiends; we all wish that living side-by-side with our arab neighbors was a plausible reality. The sad reality is that most of your arab friends would rather see you hangining from a tree. The best use of your time on Shabbat is to bring some spirituality into your life through prayer to God and loving your fellow Jew.
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