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UK authority: Western Wall not in Israel
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Published: 14.04.10, 11:24
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31. Guys in all fairness....
William ,   Israel   (04.14.10)
The UK ASA is quite correct in its ruling as the simple matter is that these Jewish holy sites are not on Israeli land and haven’t been for over 2000 years. Yes these are Jewish holy sites but they are also holy to Christians and Muslims as well and we should never forget that fact. I would also add that just because these holy sites like the Cave of Machpelah are on Arab land this does not make them any less Jewish any more than if these sites were on Israeli land they would not be more Jewish!
32. Non Jewish British tourists should not be allowed to enter
Kevin   (04.14.10)
these sites if they do not recognise Israels ownership of them.
33. If the Islas Malvinas not Argentinian, who recognized them a
Uri ,   Israel   (04.14.10)
34. Of Course
Aryeh ,   NY/USA   (04.14.10)
If the Western Wall is not in Israel, then we should address all correspondence to the UK as "English occupied Briton" as the English and Normans are merely illegal settllers on on Briton territory.
35. To #21 Allan
Yo Efraïm Douieb   (04.14.10)
Actually bringing the Falklands story up makes a lot of sense. The island's sovereignty is supposed to belong to Argentina, and that since Argentina's independance.. Anyway, we usually don't really pay attention to what Great Britain has to say on "settlement issues", "claimed territories" or "countries' political interferences"... You guys are the country with the bloodiest history... by far!! And we're talking about the Western Wall here.. I can assure you EVERYONE there consider themselves Israeli..
36. Western Wall
Simon ,   HCMC Vietnam   (04.14.10)
It shall be noticed that UK is the Western province of Pakistan, how dare they call themselves Kingdom!?
37. Brits better shup up
Philippe Delaporte ,   Marseilles France   (04.14.10)
after creating divisions wherever they passed through either India , Palestine,.....and ripped off the countries of all their wealth. When are the Elgin Marbles being returned to their lawful owners : Greece you Brit bastards?
38. Of coarse they want!
Alex ,   Petah-Tikva   (04.14.10)
The Arabs of Jerusalem have israeli identity cards and have right to Israeli national insurance (health and welfare, unlike the habitants of the Western Bank). The People of the Falklands want to be part of the UK and UK citizens? So do the Arab habitants of Jerusalem-east. They can't declare it openly, but you'll never see one of them giving up his Israeli IC and emigrating to the PA. And if our occupation is so bad, why do thousands of Palestinians try to immigrate to Jerusalem?
39. To hell with the anti Semitic Brits.
Wise Saba ,   Netivot   (04.14.10)
40. Is the Kotel Israeli?
Mervyn Doobov ,   Jerusalem, ISRAEL   (04.14.10)
This ASA ruling is, of course, outrageous and, at the same time, irrelevant; it matters little what officials in Londonistan rule. And by the way, King George VI was never the pro-Nazi Duke of Windsor; that was his brother, Edward VIII.
41. Jewish Errosion of Values .Anti Semitism must not be the win
Roland Seener ,   London England   (04.14.10)
42. To all the whining talkbackers living in Israel...
Erastus CoupeDeVille ,   Ong's Hat, NJ USA   (04.14.10)
if you are a dual citizen... just renounce your British citizenship... that will really teach those limeys a lesson.
43. to 29
Ori ,   Tel Aviv   (04.14.10)
When you wake up one morning 10 years from now, open your window and see a Muslim state don't come whining about it, because we told you so.
44. News flash: Northern Ireland & Scotland occupied territory
Zvi   (04.14.10)
I demand that the UK immediately cease advertising in which they are depicted as part of its territory. Similarly Gibraltar, and any colonies abroad.
45. News flash: Northern Ireland & Scotland occupied territory
Zvi   (04.14.10)
I demand that the UK immediately cease advertising in which they are depicted as part of its territory. Similarly Gibraltar, and any colonies abroad.
46. True Brit # 29
Menachem ,   Israel   (04.14.10)
Britain and Londonistan in particular resembles more and more the third world banana republics that you oppressed and massacred. Few countries in the world can compete with UK's massively blood stained history so save us the "moral" preachings. Your royal families' ties with nazis is well known. Israel is not only a first world democracy but one of the leading high-tech centres in the world. Israel can't compete with the UK when it comes to militant colonialism but this has never been our desire. IDF's military quality is second to none and your own increasingly weakend military force knows it. IDF's conduct has also been far more moral and justified than your military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. Smell the coffee dude. It is 2010 and Britain is a weak third rate power increasingly under the control of islamo-fascism and Soviet garbage ideologies. If you are a true representative of todays mainstream UK, then UK is doomed.
47. #29 HA HA HA HA HA HA
(04.14.10)
Tough talk coming from a Brit whose country had to rely on the American's to get them out of the knee deep in crap they found themselves in during WW.
48.  british colonialism around the world
dovdevan ,   ashdod,israel   (04.14.10)
who are you to tell us that the western wall is not part of israel ? you have colonalyze the whole world killing thousand perhaps millions of people to settle in australia new zealand north america ,caribean . palestine ;.........how can you dare even talking to us about this subject !
49. Had this "concerned citizen" placed an ad in the 1950s...
Noam ,   Jerusalem, ISRAEL   (04.14.10)
It would have a picture of the Western Wall and read "Help Jordan store its garbage on the Al-Buraq wall" and in finer print encouraged the continued desecration of Jewish graves on the Mount of Olives
50. Who the sam-fad cares about Asa anyway?
KO ,   UK   (04.14.10)
Just another dumb agency. I'm British, I'm a believer in Jesus, and, because I believe the Bible, I LOVE THE JEWS AND I LOVE ISRAEL. Chazak!
51. #17
Airborne ,   Jerusalem   (04.14.10)
"I should know as I have a Master's in International Affairs" I graduated with a PhD in identifying lefttist, statist, self righteous, self-hating Jews . Anyone who says"... I know as I have.." confirms the above. PhD (Public High School Diploma)
52. The anti-Jewish racism is oozing our of the British mouth,
Yael ,   Ottawa, Canada   (04.14.10)
and they claim to be civilized. They disgust me!
53. Brits are Anti Semites and the enemy
Ralph Levy ,   USA   (04.14.10)
Brits are Anti Semites and the enemy http://ralphsrant1.blogspot.com
54. It's true! Har ha-Bayit/E Jerusalem Arab-occupied!!!
Paqid Yirmeyahu ,   Ra'anana, Israel   (04.14.10)
55. I say - drop the Big Ben from Brittish propaganda
Ziv ,   Ra'anana - ISRAEL   (04.14.10)
56. I want to see the Brotthish Ambasador called...
Ziv ,   Ra'anana - ISRAEL   (04.14.10)
to the Foreign Office for an official reprimand - at once !!!!!!!! Also - let's kick out the British cultural attache. That's the only language 10 Downing St. understands!!!!!!!
57. Western Wall "not" in Israel
Amy Rose ,   Manchester, UK   (04.14.10)
This article is a load of rubbish! Jerusalem and Golan Heights are a part of Israel, so Israel should be allowed to advertise them for tourists, seeing as though the Western Wall is the holiest site for Jews.
58. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE MUSLIM CAPITAL OF EUROPE?
zionist forever   (04.14.10)
Them not wanting to include Judea & Samaria and possibly even the Golan in the adds but Jerusalem and the Kotel. Whatever the oficial status according to ASA if this is about toursim then they should understand that most tourists who visit Israel are more interested in going to Jerusalem and the Old City than they are with the beaches of Tel Aviv. Showing these holy places in what is considered the holy land is not hurting or even upsetting anybody other than a few " concerned " British citizens. With or without the adverts the tourists know that Jerusalem and its holy places are all in Israel. I hope the British tourist brochures or posters do not include any of their own occupied territories they are Northern Irland which as it suggests is part of Irland. Gibralter which belongs to Spain The Falkland Islands which belongs to Argentina. As England is fast becoming the islamic capital of Europe why shouldn't be surprised. Pretty soon they are going to have to start showing minorettes over Buckingham Palace and the queen in a burka.
59. #9 Sarah
Madeleine ,   Israel   (04.14.10)
Get this straight, lady. The Western Wall is an integral part of Israel and an integral part of Judaism. Just remember, when TransJordan occupied the West Bank (yes you heard me correctly - they only ruled it from 1948-1967) No Jew was allowed to visit it or any other part of occupied (by said Jordanians) East Jerusalem. Not only did they not preserve our holy sites, they smashed the Jewish Quarter to smithereens. And no, I don't have a masters in anything to tell me that - I walked over "liberated" East Jerusalem exactly 1 year after the 6-day war. Your Master's won't help you here.
60. UK authority
Frank Mazuca ,   Lakeland, USA   (04.14.10)
Why should we listen to anything a British official or citizen states. Wales, Scotland and all of Ireland IS NOT PART OF ENGLAND.
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