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Now the world loves us
Eitan Haber
Published: 20.01.10, 18:52
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61. No. #60 you must be kidding.
noa ,   israel   (01.21.10)
We gave Gaza back. Gaza bombed Sederot for 8, I repeat 8 years, kindergartens, homes, schools. Was that ethnic cleansing? We have Arabs, Druze and people from all over the world living in Israel peaceably, where do you come up with ethnic cleansing. Finally, I am embarrassed by this article anyway. We should help others because it is the right thing to do, and not because we get credit. Those poor people have to be grateful too in addition to all they have suffered?
62. Great post Talula!
Ilana   (01.21.10)
very very true. We know who we are and who "they" are and that is what truly matters. Lies and propaganda will never ever be foundations upon which to build a country and this is why they will not succeed. If they face the truth, take positive action and really care about each other and their offspring perhaps their future willbe brighter and the chance for peace and growth will become possible. Based on stolen history, twisted facts, misinterpretation of their quran, no good will ever come. How sad.
63. To Nader #59 Always the same
Andi ,   Israel   (01.21.10)
Ethnic cleansing? There are more Palestinians in Palestine than ever before in history. Its because of this type of propaganda rubbish that we can't reach a settlement, so immersed are Palestinians in their role as helpless, blameless victims. If Israel really thrives on "copious gallons of childrens blood", why the hell do we treat Palestinian children in Israel hospitals free of charge. http://www.saveachildsheart.org/17-en/Sach.aspx Oh, I guess that's just for show also.
64. To 61, 62, 63: Ethnic cleansing of Palestine
Chardon Bleu ,   Geneva Switzerland   (01.21.10)
In order to develop your knowledge of the brutal, systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestine in the name of the Zionist ideology beyond the lies you've been fed with, just read the extremely well documented book 'The ethnic cleansing of Palestine' written by the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe. The existence of Arabs having escaped that cleansing and now living as citizens in Israel (with less rights) is in no way a proof to the contrary.
65. # 48
Birdi ,   Israel   (01.21.10)
BBS you are loosing it, go take a long walk. No threats in posts 16 & 39. Posts 22,23,24 have been deleted. Are you happy now? If you think you can post your anti-semite talkbacks & hatred for us Jews here without a backlash you are mistaken.
66. Hi Eitan, might Haiti import in 50000 terrorists like U did?
Ronny ,   Tel Aviv   (01.21.10)
Haber is an Oslo Criminal, responsible for manslaughter of 1500 Israelis who were murdered by the killers he brought here in 1994 He should be in Jail, not providing analysis for this newspaper.
67. Oh heavens #64 you are from Switzerland.
noa ,   israel   (01.21.10)
That explains it all. The lovely Swiss, who stayed neutral, turned all escaping Jews back over to the Nazis, and allowed the Nazis to put their stolen money in their banks. Yes, please tell us more.
68. #64
MO ,   USA   (01.21.10)
no need to read ,we see your ethnic cleansing of palestinians everyday on TV . land confiscation and home demolitions . pictures don't lie ,people do .
69. Now let's destroy Iran's nukes.
Chaim ,   Israel   (01.21.10)
Now that Israel has done, and is still doing, an immense amount of good for Haiti, let's do the right thing for ourselves. Let's destroy Iran's nukes. No matter how much good we do for others, nobody will help us deal with Iran. We must do so ourselves. What are we waiting for?
70. Chaim, Iran has no nukes, no attack for you!
BBSNews ,   Charlotte, NC   (01.21.10)
71. to #64 and #68
Andi ,   Israel   (01.21.10)
Pappe is entitiled to his interpretation of events and you are entitled to believe him and not other historians. It doesn't mean its the truth. Palestinians didn't leave their homes for one single reason, and Jews also left their's in Jerusalem, Gaza and Etzion for example-land which they had legitimately purchased. But the fact remains there are more Palestinians in Palestine today than ever before and if Israel is really trying to ethnically cleanse the area of Arabs, it is doing a terrible job of it. #68 Do you always believe everything you see on TV? Do you consider Israel's leaving Gaza as an example of ' land confiscation' or was that not shown on your TV?
72. Israel's aid to Haiti
mo ,   usa   (01.21.10)
Thank you, Israel, for your quick aid to the people suffering in Haiti. You have shown compassion, and those who have been helped will not forget what you did. There is also One Who sees and will not forget. The rest does not matter.
73. Think positive to affect positive
Sarah Talmi ,   Boca Raton, Florida   (01.21.10)
You know, we're making huge effort to put out the GREAT word of what ISRAEL is REALLY about. I'd like to see you take part of that rather than shoot the effort right in the seed level. What exactly are you trying to do? inject negative outcome before you even allowed the good news to bare fruits? Please. if you're REALLY conserned about Israel's image. ADD POSITIVE thoughts ONLY. Don't nip it in the bud. Keep positive so maybe others will too. by being so doom - you can ONLY bring more gloom. please. it IS important to keep positive outlook for us. please. appreciated. sarah
74. What's important is what we do. not what they say.
Sarah Talmi ,   Boca Raton, Florida   (01.21.10)
Having the information out IS important, maybe not for thos who are so closed to any truth but definitely for those seeking to KNOW the good news and are denied it by biased media. For us that are SO PROUD to be ISRAELIS. As long as WE KNOW who israel REALLY IS. The truth is all that REALLY MATTERS. It's not about how many evil thinker and doers we can convince to like us or not. It's about the quite masses thirsty to hear the truth and help wheever they can. For those I THANK YOU for putting out as much as possible.
75. Sarah Talmi, the sad truth of the matter is...
BBSNews ,   Charlotte, NC   (01.21.10)
...setting up a field hospital in Haiti and then spending days hawking it like it is some singular achievement is unseemly and frankly quite garish. It was a clumsy attempt to divert attention from the facts of the Goldstone Report, and just like Bibi said about 9/11 being "good for Israel" - I have no trouble believing at all that he said the same thing about Haiti. An altruistic move done for Israeli PR purposes is simply not altruistic. If Israel truly wants to improve PR, face up to the Goldstone Report, and end the vile siege, but most of all end all of the occupations. They are the singlular existential threat to Israel, they must be stopped and illegal Israeli squatters must go home behind their own border.
76. BSNews #50 I am so sorry
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (01.21.10)
I sent a sample of your claims and responses to the local Charlotte community colleges to see if they could help you with a class on English reading comprehension and they are refused you because of a lack of elementary level English. Then I contacted the local High District with the same result. So I went to the Elementary School District and they too rejected you. They did have a suggestion though either something called ESL or kindergarten might be suitable for you. Apparently there is also a book called "English for Dummies" that they thought might be a bit advanced but could help. I did my best to help you but your lack of intelligence makes that very difficult.
77. Matty, BBS, jj, James, Nader, Chardon Bleu, MO...
Tahl ,   Ashdod, Israel   (01.21.10)
Seven morons overwhelmed with blind hatred to Israel, who only help to prove the author's point. Must be awfully frustrating for them to see Israel getting its duly-deserved praise worldwide.
78. Where are the arab states?
Peter ,   London   (01.21.10)
How come the arab states never help other countries in disaster zones. The answer is they only help their own arab brothers.
79. To 71: Andi Israel
Chardon Bleu ,   Geneva Switzerland   (01.21.10)
Please name me another book of an Israeli historian that gives as thoroughly researched and documented an account on the brutal ethnic cleansing of Palestine in the name of the Zionist ideology, as does the book of Ilan Pappe. I'll be glad to read it!
80. to 67: noa, Israel
Chardon Bleu ,   Geneva Switzerland   (01.21.10)
Even if what you say about Switzerland is true (which I don't know and which is none of my business), the Holocaust does in no way justify at all the terrible crimes committed against the native Palestinian Arabs (in the name of the Zionist ideology) in order to cleanse as many of them as possible from Palastine!
81. unfortunately
Ilana   (01.21.10)
many arab countries donot help their brothers. More muslims have killed muslims than any other country. Insane, sad but true.
82. Peter in London, why lie? The list is long...
BBSNews ,   Charlotte, NC   (01.21.10)
...even Gazans collected aid. You would have to live under a rock, or be ignorant, or simply be too lazy to not check first before you made such an ass out of yourself. Do you hate Muslims that bad that you will just blithely lie when a simple Google News search quickly reveals your lie? What made you hate Arabs so much? Were you born with this hate? Did your parents teach you this hate? Do you hang out with neofascist supremacist groups that taught you this hate? I'm curious, why did you make such a stupid remark unless it is just unreasoned hatred of Arabs? Or is it really that you hate Israel and you are trying to make Israel and it's "supporters" look like backwards ignorant boobs?
83. to 81
nayyerah   (01.21.10)
in history there were christian killing cristian it is in both 1st and 2end ww and before that before islam also but in the history there were many people without religion or cristian or moslem killing the jews . one simple cause is judism is the first religion and there are other causes aske evry one may he could tell some of these it is not thefault of religion .. it is the fault of people
84. # 75
Birdi ,   Israel   (01.22.10)
Again your post is pure slander & you will not get away with it. Israel sent IDF medical teams of doctors, specialists & nurses to HELP the people of Haiti. They didnt "hawk" the field hospital at all, in fact it was the only working field hospital in Haiti that could perform operations etc. The IDF medical team is in Haiti for one purpose & one purpose alone & that is to HELP. Your twisting the facts is your style to bash anything Jewish & anything Israeli. SHAME ON YOU. Your repeated yapping about the Goldstone Report is so boring & mundane. Get over it & move on.
85. BSNews accusing people of lying how rich
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (01.22.10)
You are a pathological liar. Nothing you ever write is even remotely the truth. You invent laws that don't exist. You have created 'quotes' that the people you claim never said. You claim that black is white. Do you honestly believe that anybody thinks that you have ever told the truth. Heck you lie so much that you could be the official spokesman for Hamas, you lie even more than they do.
86. Chardon Bleu
Leo ,   Malmo Sweden   (01.22.10)
The arab population in israel is living in prosperity and freedom like not other arab population and there is no ethnic cleansing whatsoever. When Israel was attacked by it´s neighbours 1948 many arabs fled for different reasons and noone denies that some were scared and intimidated by Israel but the opposite was also true where they were encouraged to stay, The majority was encouraged by their own leadership to leave and return when the mighty arab armies had wiped Israel off the map. That was more than 60 years ago and there must be a time to look to the future and try to improve the situation instead of always blaming others for their own misery and do nothing. There are more arabs in Israel than ever in history. This in contrast to all arab countries that are now virtually judenrein. Where are your sense of justice and proportion. To distort facts and give such an unbalanced view exposes your true motives.
87. to 85
..... ,   jerusalem   (01.22.10)
when i say i do not believe you it means that i do not believe you but not you are a liar .... so i do not believe you
88. Proud
Rachel ,   Beersheva Israel   (01.22.10)
Whether or not the world now loves us is not that important. What is important is that Israel is playing a big part in saving lives in Haiti.
89. No. 71, you read one book for godsakes!
noa ,   israel   (01.22.10)
What happened in Switzerland is none of your business? Isn't that selective? I too can mouth off slogans, like "Leftist Ideology", "Arab Propaganda", "Liars" etc. Big deal, it doesn't make what you are saying true or accurate. A lot of people read more than one book before they form an opinion. Do you not read newspapers too? Or only the ones that support your opinion? (By the way, in English it is spelled "Palestinian" not "Palastinian").
90. #7 Comment
SP Fix ,   Atlanta, GA USA   (01.22.10)
You are correct. The world only "supports" the Jewish people when it is being suppressed, rarely when it on top.
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