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Beware Palestinian apartheid
Jonathan Dahoah Halevi
Published: 04.08.10, 00:03
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1. Integration of Palestine Israel
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (08.04.10)
Like in the 50 United States, Jews and Arabs and Christians can live anywhere they like, in Palestine, in Israel, or both. A win win for all.
2. Non-sense
C. Assayag ,   Paris, France   (08.04.10)
The PA has proposed to grant the Jewish settlers Palestinian citizenship. The problem is that he doesn't want any part of the West Bank to remain under Israeli control. By the way, there are Jewish Palestinian citizens. Ilan Halevy for example and other Jews were part of Yasser Arafat's entourage. I don't support the PLO, but comparing Abbas to an antisemite is meaningless. Sadate said much worse and at the end, he signed a peace agreement with Israel.Abbas is an opportunity for Israel. Let's not waste it because of rhetoric.
3. Israel won't allow birth of new terror state.
Chaim ,   Israel   (08.04.10)
There is no question that, if Israel was insane enough to allow the birth of a new terror "Palestine" state in our heartland, it would be an apartheid state. It would be much more than that. It would render Israel indefensible, with an 8 mile waist, and ultimately uninhabitable. However, this is all irrelevant. Israel won't allow the birth of a new terror state in our heartland.
4. Beware Palestinian apartheid
Jacob ,   nyc / usa   (08.04.10)
After reading what this parasite said about jews due you really expect israel at this point or any point to take him seriously. Mr. Liberal in america my Jewish Brothers due you really think obama is any different then mahmud abas(mazen) if you due think again.
5. From Holocaust creator (haj Amin Al Husseini) to Holocaust D
jae ,   Lynn US   (08.04.10)
Denier (Abbas), the arabs who call themselves "palestinians" (latin for the word "Phillistines", an ancient greek people assimilated and lost 2500 years ago from history) have themsleves in over their heads in anti semitism and elitism. elitism prevented them from recognizing the Jewish history in the land for 4000 years. and it prevents them from pursuing peace. Its the culutre- dominate or be dominated. you can see it in the style of Islams spread and the spread of the arab conquest. dominate or submit. thats it. Open your eyes lefties, stop the narcism- not everyone thinks like you................
6. Problem:Moslems in Israel, but No jews in "Islamic"countries
throw them out.   (08.04.10)
7. 5M hateful Fascist Arab Moselm Palestinian want go to Israel
To kill Jews?   (08.04.10)
8. Can you blame him?
DAVE BERG ,   usa   (08.04.10)
We have already seen in places such as Hebron that the rights and conveniences of a few hundred Jews supersedes the rights of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. If Jews stay in the illegal settlements in the occupied lands, they must accept citizenship under Palestinian rule. Abbas and other Pal leaders have said this repeatedly. The problem with the settlers is they are mostly fanatical, racist people who readily kill and punish the local people, under the protection of the Israeli army.
9. Nearly 20% of Israel's population are Arabs,
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (08.04.10)
Palestinian Arabs by the definition of most of them. While Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people, it does have a sizable minority of non-Jews, of members of another people, which is the case with just about every other nation-state in the world, and most are such states. All non-Jews in Israel are citizens and equal before the law as all Jews are. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), true to its fundamental goals since its inception in 1964 by the Arab League, has set out to "liberate" "Palestine" - three full years before the Six-Day War... - and, based on its Charter, expel the Jews from "liberated" "Palestine". Indeed, only the Jews who arrived in this Land until 1917, according to the Charter, would be permitted to stay. This view of future "Palestine" has not changed. While until 1988 the talk was the replacement of Israel in a full scale war with a future "Palestine", the concept of stages has been pursued since: the "liberation" of the Land by stages. The "independent Palestinian state" is expected to be one such stage, and the "cleansing" the "liberated" region continues to mean in the minds of PLO members a fundamental goal that must be pursued. Hence, Mahmoud Abbas is true to the PLO Charter as was Arafat before him: "Cleanse" the "liberated" lands of their Jewish residents, and when we continue to "liberate" our country, Israel that is, then we shall also deal with the Jews who will still be there... Israel must, must insist: Any future Palestinian Arab state will NOT expel its Jewish residents, just as Israel doesn't expel its Arab ones. Indeed, if Arabs are to continue to live in Israel, a nation-state of the Palestinian Arabs must allow Jews to live in it now and in the future. I hope "progressive" Obama & Co. will side with the nation-state of the Jewish people, Israel, and demand that no racism in the newly created Arab political entity is permitted.
10. There is only one country in the region that isn't apartheid
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (08.04.10)
And that is one that has been accused of it. We do not nor have we ever had any apartheid type laws. Every single Muslim country in the world is an apartheid state.
11. Abbas apartheid
Leib ,   Madison wisconsin us   (08.04.10)
But Jews serving in Desert Storm had to substitute dog tags to avoid Jewish being on them. And one shoud write 600,000 refugees and their descendants (which may total 5.5 million but only the 600,000 count as refugees )
12. Although debated, the usual population
Robert Haymond ,   Israel/Canada   (08.04.10)
number of Palestinian refugees in 1948 was 750,000. Now the figure, sixty-two years later, is 5 million, or seven times the original in two generations. Only rabbits multiply that fast. What's wrong here.
13. Apartheid is wrong! Sanction Apartheid Countries!
Rakovsky ,   Pittsburgh, USA   (08.04.10)
Palestine wants Apartheid? That's wrong! I propose Boycotting any country that implements Apartheid system and discriminates against a native majority. What do you think? Good idea?
14. DID YOU EXPECT MORE
frred ,   Canada   (08.04.10)
End the FUNDING and give it to the 10 million children starving today in Africa. the pals are ingraits and deserve nothing, let their Arab brothers fend for them
15. To Abbas
Standing Tall ,   USA   (08.04.10)
The true nature of the PA and the holocaust denier Abbas have shown up again. The antisemitism and the corruption of the PA is to the extreme of ridiculousness. That, plus his insistence on the "right of return" of the refugees and their descendants is an attempt to destroy Israel. When you acknowledge the right of return of about one million Jewish refugees, we can talk about the Palestinian "refugees". No justice, no peace, Abbas.
16. Elementary my dear Watson
Norman Gellman ,   Rehovot Isreal   (08.04.10)
The Palesinians do want peace.
17. Abbas the AntiSemite
Joe K ,   Silicon Valley, CA   (08.04.10)
The palestinians are the arabs no one wants. Too bad. Abbas' stand is clearly antiSemetic. The world doesn't give a hoot. They will justify Abbas and the Arabs stand about Jews because the world hates Jews as well. Why don't we just recognize the truth of this reality and give up on playing nice with the Palestinians. They aren't are problem. If they start up, go to war with them. Period. The idea of peace with the palestinians led by Hamas or Abbas is a cruel joke. Talking peace with them is like whistling past a gravestone.
18. That's What 'Free Palestine' Means
Frankie Littlehammer ,   New Herstal, TX, USA   (08.04.10)
When Arabs and Muslims talk about 'Free Palestine' or say 'Palestine will be free,' it's not what we Westerners expect, like freedom of the press, freedom of speech, free elections, and all people are equal, but they just mean their Palestine will be a land free of Jews. I guess the plan is that the remaining Christians will be the scapegoats for the Muslim street when policies fail. It's of course a bit too much to expect that Palestine would be the first Arab or Muslim democracy. Which Arab or Muslim country has freedom of the press, freedom of speech, free elections, and equality for all people?
19. Don't Worry Mr. Halev,You're not alone
Salma ,   Palestine   (08.04.10)
the world is full of fools who never get it right !! I'll try my best to to explain to you the Palestinian vision :) welcome to every Jew who wants to live in Palestine, as a Palestinian citizen has the same rights and duties of the Muslim and Christian. Question please: For the title of the article, are you serious or kidding us?!!!!!!!!!!!!!
20. Beware, Headline is a Lie
Nour ,   One-State الدولة   (08.04.10)
Abbas stressed in Arabic that no ISRAELI would be allowed into the NATO force along the Jordan River. When asked recently if an American or German Jew could be accepted, he said "Absolutely - but no Israelis". Now about the illegal settlers, in theory the 2-state fantasy as prescribed by Geneva Initiative and Abbas' latest proposal is that settlers could stay if they give up their Israeli nationality and accept the Palestinian one. End of story.
21. 20 is majorly confused or lying
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (08.04.10)
if an american or german jew was a 'zionist' would mr abbas and the rest of palestinians be less blindly stubborn. besides, what about the gender apartheid, as well as religious apartheid (for non-muslims) that is institutional within palestinian-controlled areas? funny how the notion of palestinian apartheid is so multi-faceted that people like this nour character resort to word-parsing to excuse and explain away what everyone knows is an undeniable and obvious fact.
22. Apartheid is not a Palestinian thing
Malema ,   Johannesburg   (08.04.10)
Rather it is a Muslim characteristic, of non negotiable Islam for all - at all cost. Islam will force all to adjust their lives. Please remember, that across the Arab and Muslim world; Jews, Christians, Hindu’s and Buddhist do not live in peace with their fellow countrymen , Moreover, I must stress, that this is not because Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism or any other non violent religion are non tolerating of others, but rather that Islam does not tolerate them. Over the years, different religions like Jews in Israel, Hindu’s in India, Buddhist in Thailand and other parts of Asia, Christians in Africa & Asia and China and its Muslim friction, all have learned that only a firm hand can handle the situation. The West (USA & Europe) has decided on the route of appeasement, while right under their noses, their own population demographics are changing. With Muslim birth rate, and the un-educated in Africa and Asia slowly falling to the Islamic propaganda, the future of the democratic and free citizens of the world have a very bleak future. Israel is on the frontline of this, and the Apartheid policy in the Palestinian agenda is proof that Islam is not interested in Agreements nor peace, but rather total control. No Compromise means no peace. Right now Israel’s hand is tied as it is unable to fight back by the US and European public opinion. But by the time Israel does fight back, it will do so along side Western armies, struggling to win a war against Islam. My prediction is that they will lose, and in 200 years there will be only Muslims on this earth, as all will convert to appease world peace. May GOD help us all
23. Disengenious
Max Maier ,   Germany   (08.04.10)
Like other commentators who complain about the supposedly "Apartheid" and "judenrein" policies of the Palestinians the author fails to tell us that Apartheid is exactly what he wants. After all, in his opinion the Jewish residents of the Palestinian state aren't supposed to be Palestinian citizens, subject to Palestinian laws and to their courts. No, they are supposed to be Israeli citizens, subject to Israeli laws and shielded from the Palestinian state by the IDF and Israel's border police - basically a continuation of the current settlement policy. Just as Israel would never accept Palestinians who are living in Israel to be answerable to Palestinian authorities only, there is no reason why the Palestinian state should accept such a ludicrous and outrageous proposal.
24. Palestinian racist policies well known
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (08.04.10)
The problem with the virulent and violent racist policies of the Palestinians is that western liberals still find Palestinians to be cute and faddish. It's still definitely "in" to be on the pro-Pal bandwagon. This is a direct success of the Palestinian propaganda machine, that sends well-rehearsed media experts all over the world to sell their cause. And, of course, these experts are experts because they always deflect any questioning or criticism of the Palestinians. It is a known fact that the Palestinians are: -guilty of heinous war crimes (mass murder by car bombs and suicide bombs, firing thousands of rockets at civilians, murdering civilians with gunfire, etc) -racist to their own people (it is a known fact that Christian Palestinians are fleeing the PA by the tens of thousands due to Islamic violence against them) -misogynist (how any womens rights group could support them is incredible - Palestinian men endorse honor killing of women) -child killers (yes, they do indeed strap bombs on their own children and send them out to be martyrs) -apartheid lovers (how else does one explain the Palestinian laws that include the death sentence for Palestinians who sell land to Jews? That is pure apartheid.) The Ford Foundation, Amnesty International, the New Israel Fund, Human Rights Watch... none of them will say boo about Palestinian racism. Why? Because then they'd have to stop having their cocktail parties and pet projects that make themselves feel good. One day the truth will indeed come out, but by then it will probably be too late as the western world fights for survival against Islamofascism.
25. Israel IS and aparthied state.
Merna ,   London   (08.04.10)
Given the fact that the so-called ‘Israel’ is a worse apartheid than S.A with the testimony of Archbishop Dismond Tutu, one has to realise that it is actions we talk about here not rhetoric. Hence, with all the war crimes, genocidal acts, violations of International Law, the racially-based discriminatory policies ‘Israel’ imposes on Palestinians -since the illegal existence of the so-called ‘state of Israel’ in 1948- and so forth and so on, it is actually the so called ‘Israel’ and only ‘Israel is to be called the Apartheid state of the era. ~The [so-called] State of "Israel" must be dissolved. The UN decision of 1947 to partition Palestine and create the State of Israel must be recognized as A MISTAKE, and undone" Neturei Karta, Jews against Zionism~
26. clearly, they have always wanted a country "cleansed" of
Avigdor ,   Rosh Pinah, Israel   (08.04.10)
Jews. They expelled the Jews from eastern Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank in 1948. They have called for the Arab armies to come and throw the Jews into the sea. Their Charters call for the elimination of any trace of Jewish life throughout the country. They want a state without any Jew in it. What else must happen for some to realize that they seek a "final solution" Arab style?
27. to abbas
jay ,   london   (08.04.10)
you can keep trying ,you are thief !
28. Requiring 4 generations blood purity not Hitlerian racism?
Jew ,   Israel   (08.04.10)
29. No. 25 Merna
NYC Girl   (08.04.10)
Holy s--t. What histrionics. But even worse is the fact that you're so astoundingly ignorant. Naturei Karta? Do you know why they're against the State of Israel? It has nothing to do with what you so ridiculously describe as "apartheid." But rather it's because they're a bunch of knuckle-dragging religious fanatics who believe there can be no Israel until the Messiah comes. And that's in addition to their belief that Jews died in the Holocaust because they were "anti-Torah Hellenists." So is that the mentality you want to be associated with? And as far as Desmond Tutu is concerned, his antipathy toward Israel has more to do with his belief in Replacement Theology than any reality about the nature of the State. In fact, he ought to be ashamed of himself for even comparing the suffering of black South Africans under apartheid to the self-inflicted misery of the Palestinians who knowingly elected a terrorist organization to govern themselves.
30. israeli is not equal to jew. Jew in WB to b palestinian. so?
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