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Yes, apologize to Egypt
Eitan Haber
Published: 23.08.11, 11:29
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31. #25 Amir
Lazerbenabba ,   London England   (08.23.11)
You are the prime reason why Jews and Israel in particular should ignore you and emphatically cauterize the wounds that you cause in your efforts to destroy us and the perpetual homeland of the Jewish people. Your superstition and ignorance and intolerance is demonstrated by your' talkback.' A point that should be made is that is if death is preferable to life, why do you not have you and your fellow Muslims just sterilise yourselves and/or do not procreate. I am not of course serious about this last comment but to the rest of the educated and developed world you are merely showing the intolerance and blatant hatred for others who do not adhere to your hatred and this includes your so called Mohammed, the greatest charlatan of all!!!!
32. Haber's lunacy doesn't belong in mainstream media.
Chaim ,   Israel   (08.23.11)
Haber's analysis varies between stupid and lunatic. In this case, it's pure lunacy. Haber wants Israel to apologize to Egypt, though Israel has done nothing wrong, simply to preserve a treaty which Egypt is violating constantly! It boggles the mind. The fact that Haber was in a position of leadership in Israel's government largely explains the lunatic policies of Oslo. Haber doesn't belong in the mainstream media.
33. so i guess he is saying we would not win
(08.23.11)
a war with them now or at any time in the future
34. i dont recall the egyptians ever saying i m sorry
(08.23.11)
to us for anything, oh well, just like the movie in 1970, love story, love means never having to say your sorry
35. Ilan, I fully agree with you.
Luiz F Haddad ,   Brazil   (08.23.11)
36. No. 25 - Amir...
daniella ,   israel   (08.23.11)
You have said it all, not even a rock in a egypt likes us, then why should we apologise? if you all hate us then how do we know that your soldiers didn't try to harm ours first? We have seen the responses we have been getting from you egyptians, not even one has considered that maybe there's a chance that it wasn't completely israel's fault, you want any reason to hate us, you called for our deaths in your protests, you do not deserve an apology. Just like you said you prefer death over life and we love life over death, then let us live, the less you people terrorise us, the better chance you have of going to heaven, in israel, we all know that egyptians would take us all if they had the chance.
37. #25 Thank you Amir.
Tahl   (08.23.11)
"Our Desire/Goal in this life is to die for Allah, We consider it as the highest glory that anyone can have. On the other Hand you love to live." Exactly. Which is why we are a hi-tech superpower, have the most foreign companies in the Nasdaq, are an international patent center, are members of the OECD, have some of the most prestigious universities in the world, have a thriving artistic community, enjoy total freedom of speech, give our minorities full rights, and have the most successful and moral army in the world. While your country is a cesspool of hatred and intolerance, completely impoverished, and destined to fall back to barbarity, primitivism and darkness of a 7th century calipahate. So thank you Amir, for reminding us what kind of people you are, and why an apology to your country is very bad idea, as it would only be interpreted as weakness. But you know what? I'll offer you a deal. We will apologize for this incident, while Egypt will apologize to us for Sulliman Hater, the Egyptian soldier I mentioned in my earlier post. Do we have a deal?
38. apology backwards
alan ,   texas   (08.23.11)
Egypt must apologize to Israel for allowing the terrorists to cross their border and attack an ally. If egypt fails to apologize. Egypt loses more than Israel. If the USA had an administration that wasn't anti-Israel, Egypt would lose all our foreign aid. Perhaps Nov. 2012...
39. wrong facts
alan ,   texas   (08.23.11)
You are the ignorant victim of muslim lies. Try to find the truth.
40. And Egypt is about to tear up the peace treaty?
Danny   (08.23.11)
over this? What a non-choice, apologise or war?
41. Get back sini to israel !!!
Ben   (08.23.11)
this is us.
42. apologize to egypt
sas ,   israel   (08.23.11)
???????????? don't even understand why u r writing this article.............what did we do to them????????????
43. Investigate first!!!
SE ,   Boston, USA   (08.23.11)
Don't you have to investigate what happened before there is the possibility of an apology. We don't know who killed the Egyptian officers and how the terrorists obtained Egyptian uniforms. In addition, a joint investigation with the Egyptians must take place to determine how the terrorists entered the border.
44. The real question is on the other foot
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (08.23.11)
Does Egypt think that it's worth $2.8 billion per year, because that is what the US gives them to spend anywhere in the world on military equipment. If they renounce the treaty not only will they have do deal with that, but the lose of all US aid which their economy is dependent on, unlike ours which is less than 1% of the GNP.
45. What you have with Egypt is not peace, it never was.
usa   (08.23.11)
What you have is a non agression pact at best. Majority of Egyptians hate you for being Jews. I would rather have the Sinai with all it's wealth, than this worthless pact. Israel is being punished for the crime of disingagement. Learn the lessons of land for peace.
46. Missing the point completely
Shalom Freedman ,   Jerusalem Israel   (08.23.11)
This misses the point completely. Internal Egyptian pressures are in conflict with the Egyptian need for American financial, military support. The Egyptians will not want to push us too far if they know it will hurt them with the Americans. As for us they can barely stand us. This is Mubarrak's contribution also. The years of broadcasting hatred toward us mean the Egyptian public as a whole defines us as their enemy. The danger is that at some point they can push toward military confrontation. That would be disastrous for both sides. As for this small incident we can regret the loss of lives and also mention that the terrorists came through Egyptian positions. We don't have to get down on our knees. They can only go so far with us , if they do not want to lose a lot..
47. Maxie
Andrew Brehm   (08.23.11)
You make a good point, but you base it on the idea that the terrorist attack from Egypt is somehow OK. Yes, Israel should apologise for accidentally killing Egyptian soldiers. It was a mistake, our mistake. However, it was Egypt's mistake to let terrorists cross the border and attack Israel. You should apologise for that. You should apologise for that every time it happens. It's not the first time. But you are right. We should protect our borders. Apparently we cannot trust you not to allow attacks from your territory. You are angry that Israelis killed Egyptians? Well, we are angry that people coming from Egypt killed Israelis. But you don't even recognise that as a problem.
48. The post at No. 3 is not mine.
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (08.23.11)
49. nice idea!
maxie ,   Egypt   (08.23.11)
okay..we will six of your soldeirs and then we ask you to say sorry first so as we could say sorry..by the way..its not a sorry matter now cuz we wont beg sorry..i fell in love before with an israelie and i have know the israelan people closer from her..most of them think they are above any others..but less of them think of mind and peace more than pride..the pride is when you do a mistake you apologize and cowardness is to be just porud all time..btw the government of egypt apologized when that soldier killed israelians not only that he was put in the prison..and egypt paid alot of money for this..now..you should be ashamed of yourselves
50. To: No. 28
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (08.23.11)
If you cannot police your borders, we will do it for you. Please understand. Egypt is currently very unstable, and it is difficult to tell which direction it is headed. But one thing is for certain: if Egypt abrogates its treaty with Israel, we're going to take back the Sinai. Of that you can be sure.
51. If Israel killed someone by accident, they should apologize
Andrew ,   USA   (08.23.11)
Everyone and every country makes mistakes. Apologizing is only common courtesy. If Israeli troops accidentally killed Egyptians, then the thing to do is say "We're sorry we accidentally killed Egyptians. We didn't do it on purpose, and we're sorry it happened." There's no shame in making such a statement.
52. # Poser B.
rob ,   orangevale USA   (08.23.11)
You must have the intellect of a flea if you expect to pass yourself off as the venerable Sarah B. Your inability to pose a single grammatically correct sentence not only highlights your stupidity, but shows you have no brain in working order. Posers like yourself should get off this TB since you are so cowardly , you choose a woman to imitate, and do a piss poor job at that. I disagree sometimes with the real Sarah, but she obviously has way more guts than you do. What a worm. Sarah could probably kick your ass too, Worm. Ynet, how 'bout a little crosschecking before some other idiots try faking your stuff. Shalom, Rob Rob
53. you are a good man
EGYPTIAN EAGLE ,   THE GREAT EGYPT   (08.23.11)
i raise my hat for you.
54. you are right !
Ahmet ,   Turkey   (08.23.11)
it's better for Israel to stop and apologize for every bad thing happened . Israel army killed 9 Turkish before .. and now passed the borders between Egypt and Israel and killed 6 ppl . don't you think that you have to apologize for killing ppl ?????
55. Hey Ahmet (# 54)!
mls ,   nyc   (08.23.11)
Hypocrite! Don't you think that you have to apologize for killing ppl???? Like the Kurds that you Turks are slaughtering all the time. Like the Armenians you slaughtered 80 years ago. The world is still waiting for an apology on that one. How about the Pals apologizing for killing 8 Israelis last week (or the thousands over the years)? Egypt should first apologize for being the conduit for this latest terror attack. Oh - you mean only Jews or Israelis have to apologize? Sorry I forgot.,
56. Ahmet from Turkey Post #54
Dan Kelso   (08.23.11)
Tell me how many innocent Kurds have the Turks killed? Have the Turks ever apologized for the 1.5 million Armenians they killed in WW1?
57. Hm! Apologise to everybody for everything, including
Harry Wright ,   UK   (08.23.11)
the existence of Jews and the state of Israel. Man, what a world view! So incredible. I would be backing a dead horse if I thought all Israelis were like this writer. Thank God they are not.
58. #34 Egyptians have a slyer tactic.
Ian ,   Newcastle upon Tyne   (08.23.11)
If Israelis are shot at and killed by an Egyptian soldier or policeman,the Egyptian government always has the same story ready.The murderer was mentally disturbed so nothing to do with us and nothing for US to apologise for. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!
59. #51, Barak already did that
Danny   (08.23.11)
60. #8 melissa
solomon ,   bklyn   (08.23.11)
You post this same ridiculous post on many TB's. If you are not going to pay attention to the reasoned, measured answers, please don't bother to post. This repetition ad nauseum is getting boring.
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