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First line of defense
Modi Kreitman
Published: 16.09.10, 19:13
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31. GOOD MAN TALKING THE OBVIOUS TUTH!
chris ,   wales   (09.17.10)
Been pointing this out since long time that Israel is not the Aggressor that everyone likes to think. also,the fact the UN and the human right group Ignored his Testimoy tells us everything we need to know about these Organizations! EVERY NATION IS WITHOUT ANY EXCUSE AND SHOULD HAVE DECLARED ISRAEL TO BE ACTING PROPERLY IN THE FACE OF SUCH BARBARIC ACTIONS FROM HAMAS THOSE WHO CONDEMNED ISRAEL-SHAME ON THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
32. #17,,YOUR PATHETIC
Chris ,   Wales   (09.17.10)
YOU WANT TO SUPPORT HAMAS WHO USE THEIR CHILDREN AS HUMAN SHIELDS RIGHT?YOUR A COWARD AND A DISGRACE AND A WASTE OF SPACE! WHEN ISRAEL IS VINDICATED IT GET UP YOUR NOSE BECAUSE YOUR HATRED FOR THIS PEOPLE IS FAR MORE THAN YOUR HATRED TOWARDS THOSE WHO USE CHILDREN AS HUMAN SHIELD,SHAME ON YOU!!! YOU SHOULD NOT BE LIVING IN CANADA,IT TOO GOOD FOR YOU,GO LIVE IN THE GAZA WHERE YOU BELONG!
33. #12 - Hmmm, Israel opponents are rabid professors
William ,   Israel   (09.17.10)
looking for noteriety behind the guise of "human rights" while breaking the law, with a following of young, idealists.... compared to Israel proponents who are highly decorated and respected people like Col. Kemp. I know which group stirs a greater amount of respect and prestige than the other.
34. "if Western states adopt the conclusions of the Goldstone"
William ,   Israel   (09.17.10)
"if Western states adopt the conclusions of the Goldstone report they will be left with no "realistic way" to act against terror" Besides targeting Israel directly, this IS the reason Leftists support the Goldstone Report, just as they support other initiatives and tactics that weaken the military of the Western world and try to undermine their govts, in favor of terrorists and despots who they claim to be "poor and oppressed". In the wider global context, the Goldstone Report was a "shot across the bow" of world powers by ideological Leftists who have their own agenda at "new world order".
35. #11 - Like the Seattle journalist targeted by Al-Awaki?
William ,   Israel   (09.17.10)
I forget her name but it doesn't matter. Thanks to the death threats from Muslims (nice people, huh?) she changed her name and went into hiding. All for supporting a "Draw Muhammed Day" on Facebook. How about the son of Hamas' founder who moved to California and told the world about the atrocities Hamas commits? Also in hiding. How about lawyer who tried to defend the woman on trial for adultery in Iran? Also in hiding with his family. It's important to keep truth alive in the face of evil which wishes to extinguish it all...just as they did to Dutch filmmaker, Van Gogh.
36. #19 - A Gazan lawyer working for PHRC
William ,   Israel   (09.17.10)
A lawyer working for Palestinian Human Rights Council and his own firm admitted months ago that he helped Hamas craft the story that was to be told to Goldstone. He said he was quite proud of his achievements which led the committee away from Hamas war crimes of using human shields and towards a very narrow interpretation of Intl Law placing IDF as war criminals. This announcement simply shows how much hubris Hamas has and their belief they are untouchable in our world. Add to this the fact that Hamas "escorted" the committee around Gaza and to selected citizens to interview...and you have a report that makes toilet paper seem like gold.
37. Kemp is contradicting himself
observer   (09.17.10)
in Breaking of the Silence Testimony 1 - Human Shield; Every unit, every force had a small designated area of responsibility several dozen houses only, which they had to take over, and that took a whole week. That is combat and it took a whole week. They really moved slowly. Close in on each house. The method used has a new name now no longer 'neighbor procedure.'People are called "Johnnie. They're Palestinian civilians" in Gaza neighborhoods. In checking out houses, "we send the neighbor in, the 'Johnnie,' and if there are armed men inside, we (use) 'pressure cooker' procedures....to get them out alive....to catch the armed men." When necessary, combat helicopters are called in to fire anti-tank missiles at civilian homes. Then send a "Johnnie" in to check for dead and wounded. ....The neighbor was sent in once again. He said that two were dead and one was still alive, so a D-9 was brought in and started demolishing the house over him until the neighbor went in, the last armed man came out and was caught and passed on to the Shabak. http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/breaking-the-silence-testimony-gaza.pdf Kemp is against that sort of legitimizing ability to hide behind civilians, but he still stresses that the actions the IDF was taking in order to avoid civilian casualties were exceptional.
38. #37, you constantly contradict yourself, why make a big deal
better observer   (09.17.10)
now? your insanity has bounds
39. #12 Jim-your the ebarassmant and your ilk
chris ,   wales   (09.18.10)
Your Type are helping to Turn our Country into a Desoicable anti-Israeli Pro-islamic culture..I'm fed up with people like you! Stop Defaming good people such as kemp who has the bottle to stand up to the haters of Zion! you and your sort are a disgrace
40. #37 Observer! BIG ANTI-SEMITES
chris ,   wales   (09.18.10)
This Guy is always here Condemning israel on every turn. The Guy is Obnoxious and as a Mormon,He has this Perverted belief that God Finished with the Jews and now they are a Curse. This is similar to how most Muslims believe.So everyone can know that if you think God thinks this way,everything Israeli will be seen from this Perspective! these religious people are shameful and hide their hatred behind a Cloak of religion..these guys should be exposed for what they are,Nutters,Liars and Deceivers!
41. Cameron / Britain are the first to bash Israel
Liliane ,   Brighton, UK   (09.18.10)
Cameron / Britain are the first to bash Israel.
42. Kemp - the truth; Goldstone - the Hamas mouthpiece.
DR ,   UK   (09.18.10)
Part 1 of 2 Having served in the British military I agree totally with the comments of Col Richard Kemp. The ideologies of those faced in the conflicts which he mentions do not recognise the normal standards of 'human rights' or the Geneva Convention. Indeed, to confront the such a mentality is akin to fighting with one arm tied behind your back. They deny Israel and the west any human rights yet scream 'blue murder' when they consider that their own have been breached. Hamas continues to emphasize and promote the religious ideology that death for Allah is an ideal to be actively pursued. The goal is to convince Palestinians, including women and children, not to fear death but even to face it at the front to protect Hamas fighters. Hamas's placement of its military installations and fighters among civilians reflects this ideology, and senior Hamas representatives have expressed pride that the Palestinians "desire death" with the same intensity that Israelis "desire life." The following is the full text of the comments by Hamas representative Fathi Hamad: - "For the Palestinian people death became an industry, at which women excel and so do all people on this land: the elderly excel, the Jihad fighters excel, and the children excel. Accordingly [Palestinians] created a human shield of women, children, the elderly and the Jihad fighters against the Zionist bombing machine, as if they were saying to the Zionist enemy: We desire death as you desire life." Check out Palestinian Media Watch and a web search under 'Ask for death'. Independent analysis of the Goldstone report by a number of entities has shown a fundamental bias against the Israel Defense Forces. Something which it's proponents clearly have themselves - one only has to peruse some of the commentary here. Interested parties should check out 'The Goldstone Report: A Study In Duplicity' by CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East reporting... Col. (ret.) Desmond Travers was one of the four members of the UN Fact Finding Mission but his questioning of Palestinian 'witnesses' was based upon his own ideological basis, motivated by anti-Semitic prejudices which are obvious to any honest person availing themselves of the interviews, where he is clearly bothered by any proof that contradicts the conclusions he reached on the basis of a very limited investigation which resembled a Palestinian script.
43. Kemp - the truth; Goldstone - the Hamas mouthpiece.
DR ,   UK   (09.18.10)
Part 2 of 2 In early 2010, another Colonel Tim Collins, a British veteran of the Iraq War, visited Gaza for the BBC and inspected the ruins of a mosque that Israel had destroyed because it had been a weapons depot. He found that there was evidence of secondary explosions cause by explosives stored in the mosque cellar. Yet Col Travers, responsible for investigating such incidents, did not even make the effort as it was not expedient to his preconceived agenda. Indeed the latter's own accounts were reminiscent of being a mouthpiece for Hamas itself, using the accounts of Hamas in his findings, despite where evidence was found to the contrary. Many Palestinians were even interviewed in the presence of Hamas representatives and feared to say anything which may be of detriment to the terrorist group. When asked about Hamas intimidation of witnesses, the UN representative denied that any such thing existed. (Perhaps he can account for the Hamas victims summarily executed in the street, in prisons, in hospital beds and in their own homes. Not to mention the list of Palestinian bodies washed upon on Gaza beaches recently with bullet holes in the head. All Hamas victims during their latest round of vendettas against suspected collaborators with either Fatah or Israel.He should perhaps avail himself of the account of Mosab Hassan Yousef in his book 'Son of Hamas'. Being the eldest son of Hamas leader Sheik Hassan Yousef, he reveals the duplicity, deceit, agenda and activities of Hamas wherever it operates. The Goldstone Report bears no semblance to the reality on the ground and instead smacks of anti-Israeli propaganda which it's backers in the UN are renowned for.)
44. Kemp - are you seeking a political rolein Britain and...
Avi ,   Tel Aviv   (09.18.10)
keen for Jewish support??? They'll use you then you know what...
45. #44,Your full of Assumptions!
chris ,   wales   (09.18.10)
Why would you think he is seeking political gain from telling the truth?the man is not Political and i'm not sure what your insinuating about? make your Point clear but don't assume things which have no baring on his Testimony! Someone who stands for Israel and the truth is some how Corrupt and is doing so for political gains? this is so Upside down anyway because Jewish Votes in britain does not hardly register when comapred to muslim Vote,so Put that in your Pipe and smoke it! Are you really a Jew living in Tel Aviv,Or have I some how missed what your trying to say here? I can assure you the guy has more to lose than to gain when speaking out the truth about Isarel,I Thought this would be Obvious! Britain is not America or maybe your not even aware of it?
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