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Aharon Barak: Jews want equality, and to kick Arabs out
Daniel Edelson
Published: 25.06.09, 13:22
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31. ERASE ISRAEL!!!
al mann ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (06.25.09)
The Arabs have only wanted to erase the Israelis from the land which was given to them in the Scriptures. Territory has been given to the Arabs, but the result has been missles and gun fire from Gaza. The Israelis are weak and lack the truth of why they are in this land. They are not convinced that the people belong in this land. No where in the Koran is Israel mentioned. To the Muslim that deligitimatizes Israel's existence. It seems as if their belief in the Koran is stronger than the Israelis belief in their Holy Bible. How unfortunate!!!
32. #29. proud to be inbred?
hsg   (06.25.09)
all blood relatives?a small tribe from the desert? you work it out.
33. rights
colin   (06.25.09)
Why does Barak use derogity terms.Where is occupird terrotory???What is the west bank unless Baeak means Yehuda and shomron.No wonder the people are mixed The majority believes in a whole Israel and not arab imaging of occupied ground/
34. even his bodyguards are fascists
eddie ,   london UK   (06.25.09)
I used to live opposite this guy in Nili street - and his arrogant bodyguards tried to kill me for walking on his side of the street, and almost pushed me infront of a moving car.. and this "judge" wants justice for palestinians?
35. Samira
Brod ,   USA   (06.25.09)
Your knowledge of Ancient History, Biblical Archaeology and the Holy Bible is zero. The idol-worshipping Pagan-Canaanites and Philistines disappeared into the dustbin of history in ancient time. The Islamist-Jihadist Arabs came from Arabia in the 7th century. The Land of Israel is GOD-given and GOD-restored to the Jews since ancient time. While ancient civilizations had come and gone into the dustbin of history, the Jews have survived to this day since the time of their forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob 4000 years ago under GOD's providence. It is time Islamist-Jihadist marauders from Arabia stop usurping the Land of Israel from the Jews.
36. a state of citizens & jewish imigration are not compatible
zionist forever   (06.25.09)
The courts are dominated by the left. Unless your not on at the very least the moderate left then you can forget any ideas of becoming a supreme court justice. The courts are a private club for leftists. Fools like this man don't even make sense in their arguments I WANT A STATE OF ALL ITS CITIZENS WHILE MAINTAINING ITS JEWISH CHARACTER. Those two things are not compatible.. A state of its citizens means no special rights to any individual religious group. That means the countries character would be only as jewish as the size and practises of the jewish population the state could not legally be permitted to step in to try preserve this jewish character that would be against the idea of a state for all its citizens because there is preference for one group being shown & would be illegal. A state for its citizens cannot justify having the law of return giving special rights to jews. I am sure if he was a serving judge and this issue came up he would be the first to say you cant have a state of all its citizens & the law of return one of them would have to go. If the arab want equality why don't they end this nakba day idea where they all come out and mourn the fact the country that they are living in and being supported by exists. Why won't they say we are Israelis & we will celebrate its creation? When will they stop supporting the enemy? During Lebanon even when rockets were falling on the homes of arabs they were still openly supportting Hizbullah and we have an arab MK who during that war went and passed on informtation to them The leftists have tunnel vision and say arabs are always victims of jewish aggression and they would never do anything wrong, if they did there is a good reason for it and jews are at fault. . He says the jews would like the arabs kicked out, yes there are plenty and the reason is the arabs through their actions have given jews plenty of reasons to hate them. He conveniently forgets to mention that the majority of arabs given the choice would gladly kick out all the jews Israel was created to be a JEWISH STATE thats what it was created to be and its what the UN knew that it was voting of creating when they backed the idea in 1947. Nobody was under any illusions that this was going to be a state of all its citizens. Mordachia Vanunu has said the palestinians need a state but the jews don't because they live all over the world. Vanunu is right there are jews all over the world we didn't decide to create a jewish state because there was a land shortage. It was created because we wanted to have a spessificlly jewish state like we have now. We need some major refroms of the court system and stop it being the preserve of the left.
37. THE ONUS IS ON "THEM", NOT "US."
ROLAND SEENER ,   LONDON ENGLAND   (06.25.09)
LET US SEE IT FROM A JEWISH POINT OF VIEW.HASN"T THE KORAN CAUSED UP-ROOTING AND DEATH TO JEWISH COMMUNITIES AS ITS FOLLOWERS HAVE SCREAMED AND RANTED "JIHAD" AS EARLY AS THE TIME THAT MOHOMAD SET FOOT IN MEDINA ? PROVE TO ME THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED.ASK THE CHILDREN OF S"DEROT WHO HAVE LOST LIMBS BY THE KASSEMS FIRED BY HAMAS, SUPPORTERS THE MAJORITY OPINION IN GAZA.WITHOUT MINCING WORDS,MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN "UTOPIA",OR "THE LAND OF THE LOTUS LEAVES".IT CAN NEVER BE."LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR" HAS ITS QUALIFICATIONS.GO TO HAR HA BAYIT CAN YOU? YOU MIGHT BE TAKING A SPADE TO DIG UNDER AL AKSA...PROVOCATION.! GO TO THE TOMB OF JOSEPH. WITH A PRAYER BOOK..PROVOCATION! AND SO FORTH.JEWS HAVE TO STEER AWAY FROM FRIENDLY CONTACT WITH ARABS,IN CASE THEY AREN"T SO FRIENDLY.FOR OVER2,000 YEARS WE HAVE TRIED TO COME TO TERMS WITH OUR NEIGHBOURS TO NO AFFECT.HOW CAN THIS JUDGE NOW DELIVER A LECTURE ON FRIENDSHIP ? IT IS NOT "WE "THAT DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE.IT IS RATHER "THEY" THAT DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH US.THIS JUDGE SHOULD ADJUST HIS THINKING !
38. #18 Couldn't have said it better, a7santi
Nour ,   Palestine   (06.25.09)
39. funny, it's the other way around!
oded   (06.25.09)
first, the arabs need to find a way to live with us. also, it must be drilled in thier minds that israel is a jewish state, and is here to stay. a. barak is again looking at the situation from the wrong angle0 the appeasing, turn the other cheek, pseudo leftist point of view. instead , be a patriot for once and defend our right to exsit here!
40. The people depise you Barak, A
i ,   jerusalem   (06.25.09)
as the epiome of arrogance in this generation.
41. A self hating Jew
Rabbi Moshe ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (06.26.09)
No wonder his name is Barak.
42. #18 - Samira - "Jews are converts"
William ,   Israel   (06.26.09)
My family lost their home (and some of their lives) in Hebron and Jerusalem in 1929 when your people when on a racist rampage to purge Jews from the region, ala Final Solution. I want my home and dignity back from you usurpers!
43. #38 - Nour - "Couldn't have said it better"
William ,   Israel   (06.26.09)
Apparently the broad brainwashing known as the Palestinian educational system and Pal TV is working well. How does the mantra go, Nour? "Arabs are superior and Jews are our dogs"?
44. #36 - Based on Vanunu's logic....
William ,   Israel   (06.26.09)
"Mordachia Vanunu has said the palestinians need a state but the jews don't because they live all over the world. " Actually, many Pals live all over the world and too, do not need a State. Case closed.
45. Give it (your leftist agenda) a rest, Barak
William ,   Israel   (06.26.09)
Until you are targeted by a Palestinian terrorist, you will continue to be blinded by your utopian notions of coexistence. It takes two people to coexist, and no matter how much the Israeli public will provide equality, the truth is it will no be met by such on the Arab side. It was the Arabs who started this mess in 1920 through their racist, superiority actions and it is the same that called openly for a genocide of the Jews. If treating them with respect would work, why did they give up the economy, the free travel, the secure hopes for peace in order to launch an intifada where they all lost? Not because one Pal felt humiliated at a check point, I'll tell you that. And, as a member of the court who supposed knows the law (though I'm not so sure now), you will know that in a region under the rule of the military and at war with the State, some rights are curtailed and that is acceptable according to Intl law. Read up on it now that you have time.
46. #18 - Samira - How can Samaritan be Arab?
William ,   Israel   (06.26.09)
When Samaritans were around in the time of Jesus but Arabs didn't invade (and steal) the land until 642 AD? Perhaps he is part of the Arabs who inter-married and joined the religion, like Druze, Circassians, and Christians. But one thing for sure is the Palestinians today ARE NOT the descendents of those in the Canaanite ages, unless they all moved to Iraq for a couple thousand years. Turkish land records show a very low population of Arabs in Palestine, and British records show massive illegal immigration in the 1930s to the tune of hundreds of thousands from Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. If they are related to the Canaanites, why do they need to sneak back in?? Why did Haifa's Arab population grow by 80% in just 5 years in the 1930s...because of a giant Arab orgy??? Spare me your baseless narrative they teach you in Pali school to justify your name and racism against Jews.
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