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Arab tragedy self-inflicted
Asaf Romirowsky
Published: 22.05.12, 19:45
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1. Racism was introduced to ME by us.
Robert Soran-Schwarz ,   Earth   (05.22.12)
A simply racist view i - as a Jew - consider as criminal as the ideology of our exterminators. They wanted as to get rid of us, forced migrants, we wanted to get rid of the indigenous whose lands we needed as invaders. Exactly as we did when we invaded Canaan coming from Egypt
2. Who's to blame?
Schlomi ,   Dawn Mills, Canada   (05.22.12)
That's like saying Aunt Ethel brought it down on hersellf moving into the ghetto, or getting on the truck or walking into the 'shower' chamber. When somebody is planning and prepared to kill you, it's not your fault.
3. no justice
arab   (05.22.12)
few rich guilty by lying and stealing many poor peoples and defend their theft through killing
4. @ no.1
AJ ,   Raalte   (05.22.12)
What nonsense! As if. Rabid racism was already omnipresent in the ME long before the first Jewish pioneers dreamed of setting foot in Eretz Israel.
5. #1 what utter rubbish u write
Yisraeli   (05.22.12)
then you even go so far as to quote a Biblical narrative that you no doubt have no belief in whatsoever. You self hating Jew - get lost! wait a minute, you are lost!
6. As the first and second comments show
Vlad   (05.22.12)
Lieberalism and far-leftism is one disease the Jewish people may never be rid of.
7. Victims
Judy ,   Chicago Illinois   (05.22.12)
People in America are sick of jews screaming anti semetism acting like victims.
8. #3: unintelligible
david ,   new york   (05.22.12)
sorry #3, i could barely make out a cohesive thought in your talkback. still, i think your ranting sheds light on how the moslem world works: how do you control a mob? well, get them to kill someone else. all their troubles are because of some bogeyman. say you live in iran and your bogeyman is in israel and you never saw them in your life - never mind, all your troubles are from them. what if they are killing people by the scores in iran and syria just because they want a little freedom: never mind, they must be working for israel and therefore we can kill as many of them as we want. please grab yourself by the kafieh and pull yourself out of the 12th century.
9. #1 "Robert" Don't be an idiot, JINO
Scott ,   USA   (05.22.12)
We all know who and what you are, Jew In Name Only. You know nothing, and want to know even less.
10. #7: what country do you live in
david ,   new york   (05.22.12)
i have lived 45 years in america and i have not found people who are "sick of jews screaming anti-semitism, acting like victims". i have also not found jews complaining of anti-semitism. i am not sure which america you are referring to. the one i live in is in the western hemisphere. its a great country.
11. #3
Jorge ,   Israel/USA/Argentina   (05.22.12)
STOP INSULTING US GET LIFE. WHAT HAPPEN WITH YOU GUY IS 100% YOUR FAULT, GO BLAME YOUR LEADERS
12. Huh..
rolf ,   ge   (05.22.12)
this coming from a jew whose very name means victimhood is rich...by the way how many of these loony foundations for democracy et al exist in Israel. It looks like a whole industry churning out hasbara bs all of course funded by US money
13. 7. Victims
Michael M ,   NYC, USA   (05.22.12)
Judy, They say they want to kill all Jews and this time I, for one, choose to believe them. I won't let it happen again. Further, where are the billions of dollars showered on the Palestinian Arabs? Stolen, I think. They could have built a gleaming infrastructure with all that money, and be ready for a peaceful independence, but they didn't. They just beat their breasts and complain.
14. 12 most of arab leaders are
Mo ,   Ru   (05.22.12)
swimming is a pool of money and put you in misery to blame the jew. Your brain cannot work because they tell you what to say and you obey otherwise you are not anymore
15. #1
Geoff ,   London (UK)   (05.22.12)
You talk about "the indigenous" but who are they? Where were the Jews before they enetered Egypt? And you talk about invasion. What right do the Muslims have to Palestine bearing in mind that they invaded the land in the seventh century? The only relevant fact is that there was a sovereign Jewish state whose legitimacy was uncontested. That state was destroyed by the Romans and the Jews were exiled. Any people exiled from its land has a right of return.
16. 7 judy
alsky ,   toronto   (05.23.12)
judy judy judy havent you heard about the countlless progroms, and Holocaust ? Yes, we were victims but now we have a country called Israel. Deal with it !
17. You can tell this article is a joke,
Reyes   (05.22.12)
Look at this line "For these reasons Israel’s establishment has been defined as the Nakba Day, that is, the catastrophe of the Jewish state's formation and the realization amongst the Arabs of Palestine that their Arab brethren betrayed them and left them stateless." You of course, don't mention the 400 or so Palestinian villages that were destroyed and complain that the commemoration is for the establishment of Israel. You do not go into the history that they try to rewrite, you just call it wrong and then you "fast forward" to 1967. This article is a joke even for people who try to write Zionism as not colonialism.
18. The fine art of victimology
Israella   (05.23.12)
The real tragedy of the ‘Palestinians’ is that they invented an artificial history for themselves. Playing the victim card was, and continues to be the easier part of that history, and it pays very well. Asking them to take responsibility for their actions is asking them to deny their false history, and the huge sums of money poured by Western and Arab countries into keeping their fake narrative alive. They will never do this, willingly. OK, maybe one day the Palestinian people will rise up against their rotten leadership …but I don’t hold much hope.
19. #7 - what does your post have to do with the article?
michael redbourn ,   Arad Israel   (05.22.12)
20. A good article that tells is as it is ..
michael redbourn ,   Arad Israel   (05.22.12)
21. #3 - your description of Arab government is perfect!!!
michael redbourn ,   Arad Israel   (05.23.12)
22. Self inflicted easy to suggest RIGHT ???
M.S. ,   mpls america   (05.23.12)
I realize you do not need be a Einstein Hertzel Weizman to figure out it would be easy to suggest that the Palisteinian tragedy situation enigma is self inflicted I realize simple enough to suggest but you see SIMPLIFY itself is a self inflicting word YOU WANT TO THINK RIGHT R I G H T THEN USE HEMP but it will not make a MISTAKE HEMP HEALTH FOODS NEVER MAKE A MISTAKE thus you can not give it to for example a Iranian nuclear scientist to force him to make nuclear weapons IT WILL NOT PROMOTE BRAIN THOUGHT IF IT WOULD EVER BE A MISTAKE no 48 56 67 73 no Stalingrad no Midway NO MISTAKES IT CHEMICIALLY WEEDS OUT MISTAKES IN THE BRAIN you can not do yourself W O M A N as nothing else can !!! EVE WOMAN bible MEANING !!! weeds out even BIBLE MISTAKES thus even BIBLES have mistakes in them even Einstein equations so on YOU NEED HEMP TO WEED OUT MISTAKES ASSAD to avoid MISTAKES Peres Netanyahu to avoid MISTAKES Abbas to AVOID MISTAKES IRAN TO AVOID MISTAKES it has one 1 powerful potent chemicial power it is like a SUPER ORGANIC COMPOUND COMPUTER THAT SPECIALIZES IN AVOIDS WEEDS OUT MISTAKES who does not need that EVEN FATAL MISTAKES !!! thus why it is so valuable !!! RIGHT ??? Thank You... M. S.
23. Excellent article, but ...
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.23.12)
.... the ersatz "Palestinians" are hardly stateless. West Bank Arabs are Jordanian citizens; residents of Gaza are Egyptian. Don't add to the self-pity in which they love to wallow, just like pigs in a mud pool.
24. # 1- The land of Canaan
Arnold ,   Canada   (05.23.12)
took in israel, Palestinian territories, Lebanon, western Jordon and Syria. The Israelites did take over Canaan. Familial problems. but you rpoint is well taken. The israelites did own all that land. It is not disputed land. it is israeli land.
25. Classic Victimhood
Dallas ,   Canada   (05.23.12)
The Arab spin of eternal victimhood, public expressions of anger and incitement to violence, fragile collective ego, cradle-to-grave Jew hatred and a pathological resistance to taking responsibility for one's own problems (not blaming), among other things, are what defines the culture. Not a prescription for a healthy and prosperous society. Very sad to see, something that will take many generations to overcome.
26. Jewish Hypocrisy
David ,   San Francisco   (05.23.12)
Its common trend today is for Jews to take every stereotype they have endured and apply it to the Palestinians. History is on the side of the Palestinians, not the Jewish immigrants(Israeli's). No amount of mental gymnastics will change this reality. There were 300,000 Palestinian refugees before the war of 1948. Most who fled Jewish terrorism- terrorism which is today supported by Israel and Zionists everywhere. And Israel is the occupying force, and no one else can unwrite this truth. Sorry, but many Jews are simply delusional. Perhaps that's what being brutalized does to ones mental state.
27. victims
fivey ,   canada   (05.23.12)
Quite a few throughout the world have enthusiastically bought into and propagate the victim shtick. Nothing will change until America takes the lead and cuts them off the dole. Perhaps then there is a chance for a more realistic approach on their part. Right now they are being paid by the u.s. and others to stay the course and fine tune their propaganda.
28. #22 ms WHAT THE HELL ARE you Babaling About
(05.23.12)
Hemp this and hemp that? For G-D's Sake man Get A Fricken Grip! I think if you smoke the product after the hemp seeds grow into the flowers you might be able to form conscience statements? On second thought I Highly doubt it. No pun intended.
29. Very enjoyable article
Eli ,   Toronto   (05.23.12)
good work on the article
30. Pot, Kettle, Black...
Tracey ,   Australia   (05.23.12)
Astonishing - this from the nation that has revelled in its own victimhood for 60 years, and made an artform of manipulating world opinion...
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