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Hysteria at the airport
Haim Zisovitch
Published: 07.07.11, 18:01
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31. These Israeli haters are seething that Israel is prepared
Harry Wright ,   UK   (07.08.11)
for the flytilla. They would have so much preferred that Israel was unprepared as Flotilla 1. Right now, they are being thwarted all round. Bravo Israel! Whatever you have, flaunt it for them and enjoy yourselves while you are it. Cost? Minor matters because of the long term benefits. It is costing the troublemakers too! And their sympathizers are going absolutely beserk as seen in their absurd posts! Their hopes have been dashed. It does seem to me that the authorities are enjoying themselves. Everybody likes a little publicity, huh? And so far, Israel and Greece are way ahead in the race (not that they sought it) and are seen as swatting the annoying flies. The lawless troublemakers have only succeeded in making laughing stocks of themselves.
32. Which is a British sucide bomber or Red Army machine gunner?
PETER SM ,   Australia   (07.08.11)
33. Wonder how much of the flotilla/flightilla is subsidised by
PETER SM ,   Australia   (07.08.11)
EU/US taxpayers through " Peace foundations" & other fronts?
34. to #4
noo ,   New York   (07.08.11)
...How about using ones energy ad talent to liberate Palestine?
35. mikesailor.....
oren ,   nj   (07.08.11)
you are a typical ignorant person, also unintelligent from your grammar and spelling. you probably met one or two israelis that have given you this narrow minded view of israelis and israel as a whole...How can you call Israelis or Israel, THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITH ALL SIDES OF HER BORDER CLOSED because of being surrounded by countries wanting to destroy her, cowardly. Israel, the size of new jersey, has one of the strongest armies and air forces in the world with the most rigorous military training...Israel has always taken NO B.S. stance and has shown it and has always stood up for herself when needed... Did all the media attention end up helping the organizers? Yes. is it better to be prepared than un? Yes. I take it you play checkers not chess. This is why ignorant people are ignorant. b.c. they cant possibly fathom life in others shoes, they, like you mikesailor, are used to nice life, safe borders not having to worry about rockets flying in from georgia onto miami.... I dont agree with a lot of israel's govt decisions and policies and i support a pal state...but israel is far from cowardly
36. #1 SWAB JOCKEY-Heads need attention
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (07.08.11)
Mot nearly as intrusive as the TSA in the good old USA, go give them your lecture..The very same TSA who are patrolling trains, subway stations and checking the crap in kid’s diapers, terrifying young children, because the hand of total strangers are feeling them up, in the name of security. Police walking around the streets of New York, brandishing MP 5 sub-machine guns, intimidating the public with their presence Forcing a 95 year old woman with cancer to remove her adult diapers and causing her to miss her airplane connections Look under your own armpits, that's where the real stench is Israeli's care, because some of those tourists might be of the same breed that posed as tourists and students, then went about hijacking the airplanes that destroyed the WTC, attacked the Pentagon & hijacked Flight 93, which wound up, sum total of more than 3000 people being killed, or have you forgotten so soon? ? If you want to take a chance with your carcass that's O.K. with me, just don't pretend you know what's best for us, that's way over your head NO ISRAELI AIRPLANE HAS EVER BEEN HIJACKED, WE ARE GOING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY The real shame is that you write about of which you know exactly naught. The stuff in the diapers, you’re so full of it
37. #1 Mike Sailor
ISH KABIBBLE ,   DELANCEY   (07.08.11)
I hope you know more about boats than you know about Secuirity Inquiring Minds? How much are the security precautions being taken in the USA cost? That's so much closer to home, that's is where your inquiry should be directed All those fancy new machines that are supposed to detect explosives, can't do the job, they're unable to reveal what may be inserted in body cavities, such as explosive laden breast implants, suppositories or maybe where an appendix may have been removed to make space for a non-detectable explosive Hysteria, every airport in the USA is full of it; passengers hesitate to fly because of the overly intrusive inspections, making women remove their sanitary napkins for inspection being just one of them ACLU Reports More Than 900 Complaints This Month Over “Enhanced ... www.aclu.org/.../aclu-reports-more-900-complaints-month-over-en... - Cached ACLU Reports More Than 900 Complaints This Month Over “Enhanced” TSA Security Measures. Do yourself a favor, GOOGLE “COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TSA” and address your complaints about security to them
38. Better this way
Paul   (07.08.11)
I much prefer that they over prepare, even if it seems exaggerated, than be caught with their pants down...again, like on Nakba day or the flotilla last year.
39. It's never good
Daniel Teeboom ,   Netherlands   (07.08.11)
Eiher we get caught with our pants down or we are too prepared. There is always reason to com
40. #27
Floyd ,   Israel   (07.08.11)
So when a gator comes into your backyard or house in sunny florida, will you invite it for tea or will you reach for your shotgun, oh cowardly Floridian?
41. "Hysteria at the airport" - look at it as first
leo ,   usa   (07.08.11)
"Gaza flotilla" just do not take paint ball guns to a knife&club fight. Second "fly-in" will be much easier to handle if it will be at all.
42. Mikesailor @ 27, for nonviolent paint balls will do.
leo ,   usa   (07.08.11)
43. Haim Zisovitz, replace your tomato juice attitude and outloo
Yardena   (07.08.11)
Why the so called Human rights activists demonstrate against Israel and not other countries? 1: Demonstrate in Muslim world? They will be killed! 2; Demonstrate in Russia, China? They will be jailed! 3; Boycode universes in NATO countries for killing civilian while fighting terrorists thousands of miles away from their home? They will be losing funds, popularity and jobs! Why demonstrating against Israel in Israel? They are not afraid of being: killed or jailed. They will receive a great media coverage, glory and funds. After all they know that they will be protected by the defending Israel values and laws
44. Mikesailor the POTTY mouth calls kettle BLACK
CK Tan ,   Singapore, Singapore   (07.08.11)
So MS mocks the SECURITY measures taken by Israel against BELLIGERENT provocateurs. Yet HIS country has NO limits when it comes to its OWN security re TSA airport procedures : - FORCING 95 year old CANCER patient to remove her adult DIAPER - INSISTING a pat-down for a FRIGHTENED 6 year old girl while IGNORING the parents' request for ALTERNATIVES - REPEATEDLY pat-down young AUTISTIC boy until the FATHER had no choice but to REMOVE the kid's shirt The TSA then went on to LIE about the last incident despite available FACTUAL accounts. TSA also INTIMIDATED the man who videotaped the incident and DEMANDING that he delete the EVIDENCE.
45. It would have been better not to wear uniforms
Eran S ,   Bali Indonesia   (07.08.11)
Just armed and in civvies would have done a better job..No many uniforms makes very one nervous...........
46. test of courage
daze ,   US   (07.08.11)
mikesailor, you strike me as being someone who is brave and intrepid, as implied in your name. Why not come to the Jewish state and kick up a little fuss and put your courage to the test. Based on her posting, it would also seem, that the ever witty and bold salma would throw down right along with you
47. Mike Sailor - Scuttle your boat full of lies
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (07.08.11)
Just make sure you remain on it when it goes down However, FIRST Google "Complaints about the TSA", which is bein run by Janette Napoleanatano, in the same manner that Hitler ran the Concentration Camps & Gestapo
48. #27 Mikesailor. And...Where is the crisis in Gaza?
Phil ,   Ireland   (07.08.11)
More and more waffle and not one word of concern for the "poor starving Palestinians". The sham floptilla was all about "helping" them wasn't it? They are all skin and bone now, dying from diseases and lack of food and medicines. Who cares about the protestors? They'll go home to their comfortable armchairs and eat their nice foods and drink their fine wines while "Palestine" starves. What a flop. Or maybe...just maybe all this rubbish about the Gaza crisis was a big LIE!
49. To Mikesailor
Paul ,   Israel   (07.08.11)
We have so much to thank America for when it comes to enforcing airport and flight security. That's because thae are so brave. Like having to take our shoes off, regardless if it is a 3 year old or an 80 year old. Like not being allowed to transport drinks on the plane anymore - for ANYONE. Talk about hysterical reactions - and you have the nerve to call US cowards? How many wars have YOU had to fight on YOUR borders in the last 50 years? Think about this: if the Americans had been a bit more "cowardly" and a bit more vigilant, 9/11 could have been avoided and over 3500 grieving families would still be whole.
50. #25 Salma - BETTER to be a COWARD than babbling IDIOTS
CK Tan ,   Singapore, Singapore   (07.08.11)
Like those FAILED miserable flotilla PROVOCATEURS claiming hollow VICTORY. Even the KEYSTONE cops could NOT have dreamt of a DUMBER episode. Then again, the Keystone cops aren't as DUMB as one who comes from a people INVENTED in the 1960s but SHAMELESSLY claim long HISTORICAL connections with a FICTIONAL country called Palestine. Laughable.
51. For those that call us paranoids & cowards
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (07.08.11)
Since the putz Peres brought Arafat and company to our territory we have suffered over 2,000 dead in hundreds of thousands of terrorist attacks. The US had what some 5 planes hijacked and 3,000 dead. So five terrorist attacks versus over 100,000. Compared in casualties our 2,000 dead would be = to some 100,000 dead Americans or more than 33 1/3 - 9/11s. What in world would America be like if they had another 32+ - 9/11s? You think that TSA is paranoid right now, you wouldn't believe how much more paranoid they would be. Yes we have put up with a lot more than America ever has and yet we are freely and far more tolerant than any other nation on the face of the earth. But of course fascists like Abdalla and racists like sea cur continue to ignore things like facts. Oh well we will be here long after our oppressors are long gone, because we are the forever people.
52. #25 Salami
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (07.08.11)
Israel proves that it won't allow someone that has more guts than you have, to attempt to enter wearing a homicide vest or similar destructive device That dear is not "Cowardice" that is just plain old CAUTION Your not liking it only proves that's best for Israel I am looking forward to September, when you DON'T GET YOUR IMAGINARY STATE Whatever happened to the answers to my questions ?
53. Mike Sailor - Your kind of people
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (07.08.11)
While Israeli Airport Security is busy checking for destructive devices and terroirist, your TSA agents back in the USA are bvusy stealing whatever they can lay their hands on While most Transportation Security Administration employees are busy groping people or taking naked pictures of them, the cops say one of those employees was putting fliers' electronics down his pants. The Broward Sheriff's Office says 30-year-old Nelson Santiago stole around $50,000 worth of electronics over the past six months from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport's Terminal 1. Santiago -- a TSA officer since 2009 -- was caught earlier this week by a Continental Airlines employee taking an iPad out of someone's luggage and stuffing it into his pants, the cops say. After being arrested Monday on two counts of grand theft, police say Santiago admitted to stealing computers, GPS devices, video cameras, and other electronic merchandise from luggage he was supposed to be screening. The cops say Santiago would immediately take pictures of his new goods and upload the photos online to sell the stuff. Santiago would typically sell the stolen goods to people before his shift was even over, police say. BSO detectives estimate that Santiago's haul totaled $50,000 over the past six months. The cops are looking for people whose stuff has been stolen, although they say the chances of getting the stuff back are slim. Santiago was released from jail on bond, although police say more charges against him are pending.
54. By air, sea or land, Israel's enemies will be stopped
Sue ,   Los Angeles   (07.08.11)
Those who wish harm to the Jewish state will be denied entry. Every country in the world adheres to this basic rule of national security.
55. Activists?
Jacques   (07.08.11)
The LaFontaine fable "Le Coche et la Mouche" about a horsefly taking credit for having made a stuck horse-drawn carriage get moving again through its bothersome and incessant stinging and buzzing of the horses and passengers perfectly describes the wasteful silliness of the "fly-in" activists. The rough translation and meaning of its ending verses goes as follows: "Some people regularly meddle into the affairs of others and thus make pests of themselves. These fools are just nuisances who like horseflies need to be chased away".
56. For #35...Still comical
Mikesailor ,   Miami, FL   (07.08.11)
No, cowards they are. Tell me, why is Israel blockading exports from Gaza? Are they afraid the Gazan's will export weaponry? And the ICRC has reported once again that the Israelis are primarily responsible for the lack of adequate sewage, potable water, inadequare electricity and fuel, lack of medical supplies, lsck of building materials, the list goes on and on. Why do Israelis continue with this farce? Fear. Israelis seem to specialize in injuring and brutalizing the defenceless. Even tody, while whinning that the Palestinians are going to the UN, they have announced the confiscation of more land in the West Bank. They are scared to death that the setttlers will resort to violence if construction ends, yet they are also scared of the one-state solution for then they will be faced with real Palestinian votes and political power. Why are they so scared? Because one man-one vote will end the pipe dream of Jewish political dominance. Likewise, violence used or threatened against the non-violent and unarmed seems to be an Israeli specialty. And from Deir Yassin to today, Israelis seem far more confident killing the unarmed and defenceless You sir, are a hypocrite. You say you disagree with Israel's policies yet never proclaim your distaste or criticize them at all. You join with the whiners. You argue that Israel has no borders. Well, whose fault is that? Israel has never wished to define its borders. Basically, as Ben Gurion once said, Israel's borders are where its military is. But all you and your ilk do is whine. Cowards they are and cowards they remain. The Arab Peace Plan has been out for many years, yet the Israelis have ignored it and not responded. Oslo is dead primarily because the israelis never lived up to its terms , instead building more and more. The Road Map was a joke because the 'Quartet' never enforced any of its terms. The Israelis reroute a fence which was ordered rerouted many years ago by their own Supreme Court. Yet, the IDF refused to do so until recently. Why? Because the non-violent protest by the Palestinians in Bilin offered good shooting for the IDF? And you stayed and remained silent. How many people have died because you, and your ilk, remain silent? Because you would rather show 'tribal solidarity' rather than open your mouth? Israel is a land of cowards. They are spoiled children, looking for handouts everywhere with the assistance of the US. The IDF is a bad joke, an occupation police force which, when faced with an armed enemy like Hezbollah, runs for the hills. And Jewish 'Americans', who would join the IDF rather than the US military are despicable to say the least, and the term 'cowards' fits them nicely as well.
57. #56 - Another one of your windy posts
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (07.08.11)
Let's understand one simple thing, nobody owes you an explanation, you can put that in your hash pipe and smoke it If you want answers, come here to get them
58. Mike Sailor, try and keep your boat on
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (07.08.11)
course You are rambling all over the place,stay on topic, which at the present time is the Airport I find it difficult to deal with a raving loonie who has never been here and tries to us how and what to do
59. 1
Birdi ,   Israel   (07.09.11)
Why? simple, because Israel has enough terror by the pallies to cope with. Israel does not need additional potential terror from your buddies, the activists. Israel does not need trouble from people like you. You dont like it? tough on you.
60. 27
Birdi ,   Israel   (07.09.11)
Hey big mouth, I see you are too afraid to join your activist buddies on a flight to BGA to protest about the malnutrition etc of your poor mistreated pallies. You dont have the guts, all you can do is rant & rave from your pc, somewhere very safe & totally detached from reality. Trying to explain to you is like talking to a brick wall. You know jack sh*t about the situation here, so do us all a favour & zip it.
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