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Now the world loves us
Eitan Haber
Published: 20.01.10, 18:52
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32. 'TIS BETTER TO BE FEARED THAN TO
LAWRENCE MACHIAVELLI ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (01.20.10)
BE LOVED ." Love can always be withdrawn but if someone fears you they will always fear you .Mr .Haber please take note.
34. #24
OZ   (01.20.10)
guys this is not my post, someone is pretending to be me, obviosly obama is not the worst prez in usa history, that was bush
36. Israel did it for TIKUN OLAM not PR
Chaim ,   Canada   (01.20.10)
The manadate of the Jewish people is Tikun Olam (making the world a better place). Whether the world loves us or not is not important. CHESED (giving kindness) and HUMILTY are the trait Jews should pursue - Not honour or praise.
37. Israel image important?
jala ,   USA   (01.20.10)
Israel better care about its image in the U.S. because that matters. Not that it seems in any trouble right now. But the U.S. has enormous power to make Israel do anything if they want. And if Avigdor Lieberman had his way Israel would be screwed! And they know it. From blocking U.N. resolutions, to diplomatic support, to all the weapons, to the cash, to not selling weapons to Arab states. If the U.S. wanted Israel to do something by God we could make it happen.
39. lol u haters r exactly what the author is talking about
(01.21.10)
it does not matter that Israel is a good and decent country/people just trying to defend her people against those working to do evil unto her. All that matters to you is your hate. If you loved the Palistinian Arabs your anger would be directed toward Hamas not Israel.
40. Comes down to this?
Bob ,   Mechburg USA   (01.21.10)
I was wondering when Israeli's were going to complain about the Hatian rescue mission not being recognized by the world, which it isn't, but Eitan Haber beat me to it. Here's critizism of the world before it critizies Israel. However; I agree and isn't it such a f^&*%$g shame, this is what its come down to?
41. yo talkbackers: you're kinda missing the point
dan ,   tel aviv   (01.21.10)
the fact is, israel would allow aid in, if it is was certain that at the same time that it was doing so, Palestinian militant groups wouldn't be attempting to attack border crossings, within Israel and in the West Bank. Past Palestinian leaderships have squandered and embezzled billions of dollars in aid donated by the world to the Palestinians. If only now they made a conscious decision to do this, instead of acting at times like proxies of Iran and Syria, then trust me, the people and State of Israel would be happy to help them out. Don't forget that during the Gaza conflict, Israel allowed aid convoys into conflict zones, directly to areas of enemy combatants (who chose to base themselves amongst their own civilian population). When have any of your armies done such a thing?
42. that is why we must fight to the figurative death all anti-i
ralph   (01.21.10)
israel and leftist propaganda. one good answer is not to leave unchallenged leftist biased garbage unanswersed. our enemies are the left, anti-semites, and anti-israeli persons and organizations. and to realize we must not play nice with such evil persons. in israel and elsewhere. democracy, freedom of the press does not mean allow any and all distortions, propaganda and merd.
43. to #1 get over it, you r pathetiv in Haiti 700,000
ghostq   (01.21.10)
dead people. and you care only about palis don't try to conect politics with people who really needs the help. Israel helped others in the past like viatnamies during what the USA intiated war, and was there in the Tzunamy and was there during Turkey earth quake, you sound like a jewish woman.
44. ATT:LAWRENCE MACHIAVELLI , SAFED ISRAEL
.....DACON9   (01.21.10)
I RESENT YOU USING CAPS AND MY BASIC FORMAT: I COPYWRITED CAP USAGE ON ALL TALKBACKS LOOK (C) 2010 USE OF CAPS DACON9EXCLUSIVE . YOUR STATEMENT: ." How about wanting to be loved by the G-d of Israel ,you know the one who protects us here and not the crappy army (who these days only know how to fight jews.) IS EXCELLENT, FOR THIS YOU GET A FRONT SEAT WHEN I DO BIRKAT KOHAINE THANK YOU DACON9 EMAIL:jewswithviews@gmail.com
45. #3 Of course, racists will always hate us whatever we do!
(01.21.10)
... and of course "saving SOME people in Haiti" just shows how much regard you have for human life "moise" or is it really "Mohammad"? We couldn't care less about what scum like you thinks of us. You mean nothing to us because you hate us regardless and nothing we do (except of course if we simply disappear) will make you happy. So keep on living your miserable and hateful life, promoting nothing but hatred and bigotry and ask yourself what kind of mark you will leave after you. I bet it's not much bigger than a birtd's s..t on the windshield. And yes, it will go with the first rain too!
46. that is too bad
James ,   USA   (01.21.10)
what you did to the Palestinians ,Lebanese ,and what you are doing to the people of Iraq and Gaza as we speak will be not only stimulating but igniting hostility and hate toward you.for decades and forever . we are seeing your same tactics(used in Iraq ) to push the region against confrontation with Iran and take the US further down with more debts and misery to our citizens and destabilization of the whole world oil market .. all of that just because you do not want peace offered to you by the Arabs .. your crimes against humanity are seen live in our living room day in and day out . . all the PR of the world will not help you . Haiti was a jock ,terrible idea while you still blockading Gaza ... actually was a stupid move . the solution is very simple .. fire your politicians and start talking to your neighbors(palestinians ,syrians and lebanese ) about 1967 line ... don't get us involved with your mess the solution in your hans not in the US congress .
47. #1
mark ,   ca   (01.21.10)
You are a MORON.( I hope y-net keeps my post).
50. Death threats to Americans in the talkbacks...
BBSNews ,   Charlotte, NC   (01.21.10)
That is what Israel has come to. It is amazing how everyone blithely goes on as if there are no death threats, as if it is normal behavior. Truly pitiful.
51. 50,000-200,000 people lost their lives.
vered ,   israel   (01.21.10)
It's good we are helping, but it's not about us. Give us a break.
52. The bottom line: We need to stop grovelling
Ari   (01.21.10)
It is literally insane how much we Jews care about what the rest of the world thinks! It's time for us to really be "a free people in our land" and grow some backbone. If they don't like it when we defend ourselves, too bad. Better to be hated and alive than loved and dead. And if they don't praise us enough for helping these poor people - who cares? We're not doing it for their praise anyway.
53. ZAKA will return home & pray no terrorist bomb/rocket ...
Zvi   (01.21.10)
... forces them to once again step forward at home. The medics will return home and pray that no terrorist - hopped up on nationalist or Islamist hate rhetoric - will murder them while they drive along a country road, just because they are Jews. The firefighters will return home and pray that they won't need to put out fires across the North while under rocket fire, next time Hezbollah decides to act as Iran's aircraft carrier. The foreign ministry members will return home to a region in which genocidal hatred of Jews is widespread, in which many governments did not think Haitians worthy of even a token contribution, and in which many countries would rather see their own citizens die than see Israelis come to help pull them from the rubble. The doctors will return home to a region in which they are not permitted to attend medical conferences in nearby countries, because that would be "normalization." Never mind that their contributions could save Arab lives; that doesn't matter to the anti-normalization industry in the Arab world (make no mistake; the upkeep of anti-Semitism IS an industry, and a very influential one in the region). All of the men and women who saved hundreds of people in Haiti will return home, we hope; but in 6 months, or 12, they will hear on the news that some malicious, libelous bigot from Sweden or some small-minded cretin from South Africa is calling for a UN investigation, claiming that these heroic rescuers are "known to have been in Haiti solely in order to steal organs" or that "there was no evidence that they did not steal organs from the Haitians." Haiti was not about public relations; it was about saving people's lives. That's also what so much of Israel is about. Too bad the world only looks at the real face of Jewish people once in a blue moon, when there is an event so massive and horrible that the usual blood libels and anti-Semitic mythology are irrelevant, and some people are able to see through the torn web of lies to the real faces of real people.
54. "Israelis in Haiti to Harvest Organs?"
David ,   La Mesa Calif   (01.21.10)
Yes, this is the spin-story at Iranian Press TV website. Another anti-Jewish site, 'Reporters Notebook,' argues that Israel is in Haiti primarily for the PR glory, not really for humanitarian kindness. This is the kind of cynicism that most of the world shares towards Israel and Jewry. Rightly or wrongly, Jew are thought of as self-seeking opportunists who do not really share in the common humanity or in a universal ethic. --- the result, no doubt, of the world becoming better informed about many scandals in Jewish history.
55. Eitan, we know - and that's all that matters
Talula ,   Israel   (01.21.10)
WE know we had a team who tirelessly worked to save lives - WE know that if there wasn't continual rockets flying into our State, Gaza wouldn't look like a lump of shrapnel - WE know that when the next world disaster happens, our search and rescue teams will offer to help. That's all we need to know. The world can judge us and hate us - and they will, for whatever reason - but for Israelis who live within these boundaries - we know we are a good nation with a big heart…..and that’s all that matters. Sod the world and pedestal it’s placed itself on – so it can look down and judge. There’s far greater misery going on in countries around the world – but for some reason – the UN turns a blind eye and constantly directs its attention to Gaza. Well, maybe they can see, compared to Haiti – Gaza isn’t looking all that bad. There isn’t one country who would just love to forget its very dark past. You’ll never see a first stone being thrown at UN headquarters – none of them are without sin.
56. I am proud
Israeli ,   Israel   (01.21.10)
I am very proud of what we are doing in Haiti. We arrived quickly and set up the best hospital there. America has taken over a week to "get organized" and send serious aid, and she's right next door to Haiti while we are on the other side of the world. On the other hand, the Arab world with all their money has helped but not very much. And to those that always are against us: every time we have given land to the Arabs, they attack us even more. We gave them Gush Katif and they sent thousands of rockets to kill us. If we give them the Golan and Judea and Samaria, we won't have a minute of quiet. They make no qualms about wanting to destroy the State of Israel, the WHOLE State of Israel. They have 22 states, many of them quite large, but they don't want us to have even a tiny sliver of the globe - only a few kilometers in area. They do not want peace with us, they only want to destroy us. Anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling himself.
57. to #49 whats wrong can't handle freedom of speach.
ghostq   (01.21.10)
58. lol to BBSnews is it true some americans put
ghostq   (01.21.10)
vodo dole right infront of president Carter's hous, oh americans and their creative ways of death threats.
59. You must be kidding!
Nader Amoun ,   Cedar Rapids, USA   (01.21.10)
You seriously believe that by saving people thousands of miles away makes up for burning others alive at your own doorstep? What kind of sick argument is this? Israel is fully operative in the ethnic cleansing of Arabs from their lands, in violation of UN resolutions, in breach of international law, has copuous gallons of children's blood on its hands for what it did in Gaza last year and elsewhere throughout the Holy Land over the past 62 years, and to think that by sending our 'heroic' IDF lads to Haitit to save a few Haitians will diminish all of that is borderline insanity, if not evil. Shame on you. Shame on you. Never ever in my or my grandfather's name.
60. #1 Moronic Remarks
Louis Fried ,   Woodbridge   (01.21.10)
Some ignorant individuals cannot accept the fact that Israel has done alot more than much wealthier countries in sending aid to Haiti. It bothers them that Israeli medics and rescue teams are saving lives in Haiti.These people will criticize Israel and it policies whether it sends aid or not and are only looking for an excuse to denigrate the state of Israel. They are contemptible fools!
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