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Jewish group fights beach harassment
Yair Altman
Published: 17.07.11, 13:08
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31. Good Taste
walt gee ,   copperhill tn   (07.18.11)
I see this as nothing but free speech. In the US there is a horrific problem with foreign nationals marrying Americans and then leaving the country with the American children, who are almost never returned. The ugly truth is that many if not most are totally abusive and cruel to their spouses and treat the kids as chattels. Seeing the state of Israeli beaches I for one appl;aud this effort.
32. Banot Israel!
Gabriel ,   BSB - Brazil   (07.18.11)
Use birth control pills! At least until you get to know the bahhur you're going out with. Even if he's Jewish, he still might be a no-good. Condoms are also recommended, since DSTs don't discriminate. Even if you are religious!
33. So if you're Kosher
Philos ,   TA, Israel   (07.18.11)
It's kosher to harass and perv on girls on the beach? Thanks Rabbis! i'm going out now to buy a brand new pair of sun glasses :P
34. #33 Philos TA
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (07.18.11)
When was the last time you saw Orthodox harassing girls on the beach ? You sound like a perv yourself
35. 32 Gabriel, If you are religious...
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (07.18.11)
you should wait till mariage.Don t you know that?
36. kol hakavod
zichron   (07.19.11)
In the atmosphere of hate intermarriage is fraught with difficulty secular democratic or islamic dhimmi note eygypt and the copts. In the usa its ok at least in the liberal states it can work but here until true peace arrives and the hates melt and global humanism is imbued its all lust and villainy.
37. jewish girls, arab men
gary hicks ,   berkeley ca   (07.19.11)
as a black man in the united states, age 65....i grew up in a country where such incitement led to lynchings, jailings on the chain gang. this in an already existing environment of job and housing discrimination. it looks to me like some white folks in israel are giving jim crow and the ku klux klan a jewish face, and jews[let alone palestinians/arabs]should rightfully be insulted and outraged.
38. "The 'Arab problem?'" Seriously?
Steven A. ,   Bay Area, USA   (07.19.11)
39. 2
Haim ,   TA   (07.19.11)
You wouldn't happen to be Gay would you? The gay left are only too delighted to watch the straight mainstream encounter problems of assimilation or lose their Jewish id. Why? Because being gay you were "forced" to lose it right after the first moment you came out of the closet. Don't force your own pain on us.
40. #37 Not wanting to assimilate doesn't render you a racist
American Sabrah   (07.19.11)
The agenda of this religious organization is to protect Jewish girls from falling victim to a culture that promotes violence against women which unfortunately a lot of these girls do when they elope with Arab men.An Arab/Muslim woman would be killed if she was caught flirting with a non-Muslim man; let alone trying to marry him. Islam does not recognize gender equality. Women are regarded as pieces of property to men.They have very little rights and freedoms.A man can have his wife executed for alleged adultery even if he doesn't have concrete evidence.He is also allowed to beat her if she is not fulfilling er role as a dutiful wife.That is the ugly truth.If you want to talk about racism, look no further than what the holy koran has to say about black folk.Blacks are being massacred in Nigeria and Sudan because of their Christian faith(and probably due to their skin color as well).Blacks are still being owned as slaves in Muslim countries but the world remains silent.Would you want your daughter to embrace a society that mistreats blacks,non Muslims and women because their religion commands them to?You would be at risk of being accused of racism for wanting to ensure the safety of your daughter. We don't have to marry out of our faith in order to prove our tolerance and acceptance of other cultures.Israel happens to be more tolerant of its non Jewish citizens than any other nation in the Middle East. Even Arabs living under Israeli territory have more freedom and rights than their brethren living under PA territory.
41. Rascism on our beaches
Haim ,   TA   (07.19.11)
The behavior of these so called beach patrols is offensive to civillised society. Makes you wonder how such religious people go around searching for girls in Bikinis, will they be taking photos for evidence? If anything fathers me included should warn their daughters to stay away from strange men who claim to represent God and who self appoint them selves as some kind of moral guardian, still i guess it makes a change from their usual riots.
42. 41 Haim Hating Haredi is what ?
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (07.19.11)
43. 39
Gili ,   TA   (07.20.11)
So good to see a voice of reason and truth amidst the lies and chaos.
44. give and take
Ethan Schwartz ,   Eilat   (07.20.11)
When i see Arab women in the night clubs of Eilat I will have a harder time defending these people.
45. #35 ORA
Gabriel ,   BSB - Brazil   (07.20.11)
I know. But isn't the campaign related in the article directed towards seculars? And although religious, as well put by you, 'should' wait till mariage, it's naive to think that 100% of them don't slip. Like I said above, diseases don't choose a more or less observant person, and if one goes playing, better be equipped.
46. 45 Gabriel, Right..Safety doesn t...
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (07.20.11)
happen by accident.
47. "assimilate"
atheist angle ,   england   (05.09.12)
Islam and Judaism are not races they are religions. Being Israeli could be considered more of a race but even then it's more of a nationality. Did you ever wonder WHY Arabs look the same as Israelis? Maybe because you ARE the same but you just want to pretend you are different by labelling yourself with a religion. The most pathetic part of this article is that it says they are discouraging Jewish girls from dating non-Jewish men. So that includes me - a white agnostic Englishman? Do you think my culture is going to stone your daughter to death? What excuse are you going to use for discouraging your daughter to marry ME?
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