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Diplomats blast 'forced transfer' of Palestinians
Elior Levy, Reuters
Published: 08.08.12, 22:16
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31. Anti-Semites. All Else is Commentary.
Reuven Brauner ,   Raanana, Israel   (08.09.12)
32. split have you no shame after your Arab war of annihilation,
PETER SM ,   MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA   (08.09.12)
your millenia of Arab pogroms,Your Nazi Mufti of Jerusalem his Moslem SS and his organisation of the Holocaust. and your global jihad and your refusal to negotiate peace and borders. My grandmother always said once a mindless sloganeer and fellow traveller always a mindless sloganeer and fellow traveller.
33. Ralph #10 & Mr British Consul General
Jerome ,   AKL   (08.09.12)
Please stay out of this debate. We are friends and needless to remind you how soaked your land is with Indian blood. Now Sir Vincent Fean British Consul; Maori and Pakeha rings a bell? You put the Maoris in the refugee camps of Mangere, Otahuhu, Manukau, Glen Innes & Takanini in NZ when my Jewish forefathers lived in Hebron & Jerusalem in Palestine. The cages for the aboriginals in OZ are still on display at the Brisbane Museum. How dare you give us a lesson in morality. We didn't send convicts to rape the natives! Have a good look at the mirror Mr Consul General.
34. #7 Ignorance in Action
Amichai ,   Huntsville, US   (08.09.12)
Apartheid? Genocide you say!? Wow...then you throw in Shoa to give off some air of being a "worldly citizen". If there's a genocide going on, please tell me how the original number of about 750,000 "refugees" has grown to over 5 million? You can see fat Palis shopping in malls and riding motorcycles in the "territories". I'd say that's quite a far cry from the Shoa. You, my ignorant friend, are well, ignorant.
35. #17. split: Did it happen in Poland?
Tom W ,   USA   (08.09.12)
We know how you Poles love the Jews.
36. #23 Remember ,Dough...
Keren ,   IL-BR   (08.09.12)
Once upon a time,there was no wall and palis were free to go wherever they wanted in Israel,but they are stupid and profited their freedom by exploding themselves in Israel in terrorist attacks.Now,they got what they asked for and will got more and more if they keep being the stupid people they are.
37. Israel is the legal authority in the area in question, by
Adam Smith   (08.09.12)
both international law and by the bilateral agreement of Sept. 1995. It is high time the EU respected international law, including when it deals with Jews....
38. no. 23 you are the blind
Ari ,   Jerusdalem   (08.09.12)
This is not Palestinian land. It was taken from Jordan in a defensive war. Palestine is still not a contry. If there is no country call Palestine this land is not Palestinian. This is part of the dispute the world decided unilateral to call this Palestinian Land when there is not such a State. This is why Israel considers this disputed territory. A disputed territory invaded by terrorists, aiming to destroy Israel
39. European occupiers
Okupie Shmokupie   (08.09.12)
The Romanians are occupying Hungarian Transylvania; the Greeks are occupying the other part of Macedonia; The English and Scots are occupying 1/5 of Ireland; The Dutch are occupying Friesland, as are the Germans; the Spanish are occupying Catalonia and the Basque Country, and Italy is occupying the southern part of Austrian Tyrol. Hopefully all these evil occupiers will soon come to their senses and return the stolen lands!
40. #23 just one problem
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (08.09.12)
Since there is no such place as "Palestine" and the Arabs have no legal claim to the land and we do. There cannot be an occupation since the Arabs are the illegal squatters. Oh by the by go fuck yourself you racist prick
41. To # 4
David ,   Ny, NY   (08.09.12)
To Sarah the B, Were do they go. They can nto go to Ny, like the way you sent your children for a better life. ersatz Israel always will be. and if you do not like it follow your children.
42. Let's make IDF training zones larger
Ezra ,   SanDiego USA   (08.09.12)
Just do it. I see another opportunity to take possession of Jewish land. Just do it., but leave a few grapes on the vines for strangers.
43. Are these traditional villages, or Bedouin settlements?
Scott ,   USA   (08.09.12)
I know Bedouin. I lived with them. As bedouin, they are seasonal nomads and animal specialists. They share the same land -- goat herders following camel herders following horsemen. Some are part time agriculturalists. who grow a crop of early grain, then move on. Whenever they want to settle, they either steal a village from a previously settled population, or they break their rotational agreements and settle wherever they like. By doing so, they claim someone else' land, or state land, has having belonged to them since time immemorial. If that's what they are, they're just illegal settlements.
44. Fayad....
Daniela ,   Panama   (08.09.12)
Can say that in principle this is palestinian land, but de facto is jewish and israeli land, and Israel can decide what to do with it
45. ara-fat didn't negotiate, abbas didn't negotiate, SO.....
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (08.09.12)
46. Palestine is Jewish...LEGALLY
sk ,   USA   (08.09.12)
Palestine is a British made up name of Jewish territory. HISTORICAL FACT. There was never a nation called Palestine. The Jews have it back now so get used to it. All powerful nations have annexed and occupied territory. All major nations of the world have within their borders land that they did not have at one point in history. But all Israel did was take over its historical land. No other people, race or nation can even show LEGAL TITLE to this land, except Israel (history, treaties and legally drawn borders post Ottoman empire) so case closed!!!
47. #7 world, #12 salomoni, #17 split
solomon ,   bklyn   (08.09.12)
You are comparing the Shoa to this? But you do that all the time, so why should we be surprised. You again show either your ignorance or your stupidity. Probably both. PS: “to the whole world” or some such is the beginning of a fantasy, hoping no one will notice that its not true.
48. #29 penny - minor detail:
solomon ,   bklyn   (08.09.12)
One cannot steal from someone what doesn’t belong to them and never existed in the first place.
49. The Soverign State of Israel
ltrail ,   United States   (08.09.12)
I marvel at those who hate Jews and the State of Israel and how they operate. If a Jew sneezes, they are held accountable for their actions. If a person from the Sudan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, or Syria kill someone, their action is overlooked. But the so-called palestinians, a fake group in general, whines about being displaced. Well? So have Jewish Settlements. Get a life! Oh, and by the way, get a job and become profitable for the nation that you represent: the State of Israel.
50. So-called Palestinian territory...
CapeLady ,   Cape Cod, MA, USA   (08.09.12)
Sorry folks... before it was conveniently labeled the West Bank... this was Judea and Samaria. Those are not Arab names and will not be found in the Koran, just as JERUSALEM is not named in the Koran! The Palestinians are not native to the land. A Hamas leader recently announced in Egypt that those in Gaza came from Egypt and Saudia Arabia! And those who are in Judea and Samaria came from Jordan. Newt Gingrich was right... the "Palestinians" are a made up people - labeled as such by Arafat for the purpose of PLO propaganda and garnering world sympathy - and the liberals of the world fell for it. Arafats propaganda succeeded beyond his wildest dreams!!!
51. #24
sealift67 ,   northern calif   (08.09.12)
I am an Israel patriot and vet but you need to get facts straight: there was no EU at time of San Remo. The first conference was 4 countries, the second convention was 11 countries from league of nations and the status of the west bank was left partly open and there were clauses to respect the rights and religions of all who were living in "south Syria" at the time. UK was to continue to administer foreign affairs for the Jewish homeland. Both documents remain confused and ill-defined hence the 1948 partition is the only action accepted by a world body to date, and I use the word accepted loosely.
52. Diplomats blast 'forced transfer'
calev_dan ,   boca raton   (08.09.12)
as the russian saying goes: don't push your nose where the dog pushes his prick! shoot the diplomats like mad dogs!
53. Hey Doug, #23
babawawa ,   new york, usa   (08.09.12)
The Pals gave up the land when they said no to partition in 1947. They don't get to make the rules. The loser never does. If you want to complain about apartheid, then complain about the Arabs countries, which don't let Jews in.
54. #29 Can't steal what you already own
babawawa ,   new york, usa   (08.09.12)
55. #7 & #29
Paul ,   Liverpool UK   (08.09.12)
First of all #7 considering you proclaim to be a world citizen you are clueless as to what is going on or has gone on in the world. Genocide is the total eradication of a race, as the Nazis attempted to do to the Jews, that is not happening in Israel. #29 Under international law there is no land of Palestine, if there ever is one created it will be through mutual agreement between arabs and jews. unfortunately that is not likely to happen until Hamas recind thearticles in their charter to kill all Jews and take over the whole of Israel. In the meantime democratic Israel has arab members in its Knesset.
56. repy to #4 SARA,
Cynthia ,   Mason City USA   (08.09.12)
According to my sources, Palestinians, Erstaz or not, cannot leave without Israeli permission, Medinat or not. The "God Gave us This" theory is pretty thin when it involves genocide, Sara. Israel just laughs at the idea that human rights apply to the treatment of Palestinians. What if your family was treated this way?
57. #23
Jared ,   NB Canada   (08.09.12)
apartheid!?!?! have you studied apartheid looked at past cases like south africa? didn't think so because if you did you'd notice its not apartheid...apartheid does not allow ANY of 1 group to do ANYTHING...there are arabs in the supreme court and the KNESSET this is all just arab farce to get sympathy from dimwitted lefty americans such as yourself, don't you have some food stamps from obama to cash in?
58. The Germans moved minorities when they had to...
ZionistBill ,   Israel   (08.09.12)
...so did the Russians. So why can't we? I'll tell you why, because Europeans hate Jews, that's why.
59. re: #4 Eminent Domain
Jason ,   USA   (08.09.12)
Clearly you have no idea what "eminent domain" means...but you probably already knew that.
60. # 17 You do realize Israel denies the
ben   (08.09.12)
Armenian Genocide and works hard at it , please google " Israel Turkey and the politics of genocide" Do you think the State of Israel deserves a little shame here
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