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'Jewish vessel' passenger: Soldier tasered me
Shmulik Hadad
Published: 28.09.10, 21:20
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1. Kol Ha'Kavod IDF...
Lobo ,   USA   (09.28.10)
Those people are disgraces to the Jewish people. If the IDF tasered them, (and I'm not suggesting that they did indeed use the taser) then it was more than warranted. May all "activists" be tasered...
2. Tasers are not "disproportionate" means
William ,   Israel   (09.28.10)
As much as Shapira wants to sing the songs of abuse for his Lefty audience, tasers are not considered a violent weapon. Law enforcement uses them all the time...usually when they confront resistance which I am sure Shapira exhibited. I doubt very highly that this group welcomed the IDF on-board and gave up peacefully. The IDF have records showing twice the captain refused orders to halt. Shapira might not be able to sleep at night because of the fate of Gazans (too many Xbox controllers, wide-screen TVs, full food stands, and lack of advanced weaponry, I guess)....but I can't sleep at night because my fellow citizens live in fear in Sderot and Ashkelon each day.
3. It was disgusting. They should've sunk it.
Brad ,   USA   (09.28.10)
4. How many tons of humanitarian aid can you fit on a catamaran
Mo   (09.28.10)
Publicity stunt is all this was. Shame on them, posing and peace activists. All they wanted was 5 seconds of fame, and they are prepared to lie for it. As to the insomniac, take a sleeping pill.
5. Because they're Jews.....
Chaya ,   Tel Aviv   (09.28.10)
Because they're Jews their words will be listened to. These are very dangerous people!
6. Ruven: It Is The Gazans Doing It To themselves
emanon ,   USA   (09.28.10)
Israel is not doing anything to the arabs in Gaza. Their own people are doing to them. They should be asking hamas where the money is going, where the supplies are going, where the food is going. Hamas knows . . . And while you;re at it, Ruven, a little pity for the Jewish community you used to belong to . . . the ones murdered by arabs so filled with hate the can't live any more. A hate fanned by their own arab people. A hate that only stops when they need medical care or something else that their arab brothers won't give them.
7. Their 15 minutes are over
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (09.28.10)
And BTW, there was NO HUMANITARIAN AID on board that craft because all the space was taken up by the attention freaks. Meanwhile, the "blockade" is so lame, the tunnel smugglers are taking stuff OUT of Gaza to sell to the Egyptians, who have fewer goods than Gaza.
8. violent?
marek ,   Canada   (09.28.10)
Perhaps not violent enough...
9. good
marcel   (09.28.10)
The boat people were roughed up-good work idf. No more wimps like barak who ordered paintball guns. if passengers don't obey the commandos, beat the hell out of them, destroy the cameras and have them sign documents that they were treated well. as for the arabs and turks who may be aboard, have them swim home. keep ehud barak out of the planning loop as he is a paralysed wimp like olmert.
10. "Tasered" you?
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (09.28.10)
Better than a bullet, don't you think? Perhaps NOW you can sleep at night, idiot.
11. Occupation
Amram ,   Toronto Canada   (09.28.10)
There was an envelope in my mail box today, addressed to "Occupant". Clearly, that meant me. Not the policeman who patrols my street. I live here. The occupants of Gaza are Arabs, not a single Israeli there. Gaza is occupied by Arabs. Go to sleep now, Mr Moskowitz.
12. Act of war/treason
Susuu ,   Toronto, Canada   (09.28.10)
When one commits an act of war, or in the case of the Israelis, treason, one should not complain if the response is violent. Blockade running is an act of war. Children who play in traffic risk being hit by cars. Well done, IDF!
13. They are disgusting
gee.sky ,   Israel   (09.28.10)
we have scum among our people, too bad
14. I live in Ashkelon & I don't sleep nights..
Nurit   (09.28.10)
and haven't for the last couple of years. Even today, when a motorcycle goes roaring down the street, we all jump and then stare at each other in relief. Where we these peace loving Jews when we were all being fired at. Disgusting people.
15. Good Point Mo :)
Dan   (09.28.10)
16. Yonatan Shapira can't sleep at night Wow
john   (09.28.10)
It seems obvious he never bothered to ask the residents of Sderot and Ashkelon how do they get to sleep at night,and how far away from the safe rooms in case of attack from Gaza at any moment. I really do wish he really been tasered, and each of them deserves a slap in the face.
17. I was beginning to worry
Paul ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (09.28.10)
that these instigators, looking for their 15 minutes of fame, by imitating the Arab Jihadists, got away without suffering.
18. So...
John ,   Herzliya, Israel   (09.28.10)
So no more singing, no more Jewish jokes, no sleeping at night. Well, what did you expect, dear activists? Red carpet treatment? VIP lounge for dear guests coming to assist the enemy? You are not even useful, you are just idiots.
19. "I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT OY VEY"
LAWRENCE RAP ARTISTE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (09.28.10)
My Life ,Gevalt .I can't sleep at night already . If I was Prime Minister ,these traitors would be sleeping with the fishes.
20. MAMA THEY SO MEAN TO ME
SICK ACTIVIST ,   SEA   (09.28.10)
Mama they made me cry . I only wanted to support terrorists and those nasty Israeli boys were so mean to me mama. I am such a sensitive jewish boy ,mama and I could not hurt a fly .
21. BRING BACK THE ROPE
LAWRENCE RAP ARTISTE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (09.28.10)
Being the weak nice guy.....clearly aint working.
22. GE brings good things to life
Gideon Reader ,   United States   (09.28.10)
Tasered in the trousers? I would selected a 15 second zap from a 7.62mm GE Minigun (Gatling), as a small gatherer of attention to concentrate the mindset of these mmoral midgets.
23. SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!
Abie ,   Montreal, Canada   (09.28.10)
The people on this boat shall forever be remembered for their idiotic and shameful behaviour. A footnote in history, yet a terrible and shameful memory to all their names in their life stories. They should all be denied entry into Israel for the rest of their lives.
24. I SIMPLY CAN NOT UNDERSTAND
LAWRENCE RAP ARTISTE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (09.28.10)
I can not understand Israel .She is roundly ,routinely and automatically castigated and libeled as "violent" regardless of what Israel does ,or does not do .So why not just sink these bloody ships and stop playing games ?
25. Less than lethal
Golani ,   Vineland, USA   (09.28.10)
Do these people know what a Taser is? It is a L.T.L. weapon (less than lethal). We use these in the event that a crowd or individual needs to be controlled. It is generally not dangerous, and that is why it is referred to a s less than lethal. As my friend Sarah B mentioned, the IDF did not use bullets as there was no reason to. Who knows if they even did deploy Tasers or were they just carrying them?
26. I can't sleep also!
Ste   (09.28.10)
Yes dear, I can't sleep also thinking of all the terrorist attack that Hamas has planned against the Jews in Israel and world wide. I pray and hope their evil plans get found out and stopped before they take place.
27. i ask myself
lola ,   australia   (09.28.10)
how a boatload of jewish israelis would have fared in gaza? perhaps the IDf did them a favour, they might have ended up with schalit. or worse.
28. SARAH B @ #10: HA! HA! HA! HA!! LOVE IT!
Israeli 2   (09.28.10)
29. When we end the blockade...
Moshe ,   Kiryat Arba   (09.28.10)
the flotillas will stop and we won't have to listen to these people anymore.
30.  " JEWISH VESSEL "
LAWRENCE RAP ARTISTE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (09.28.10)
Jewish vessel had a prominent nose and was self-hating.
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