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Handing Jerusalem to the Palestinians
Alex Ryvchin
Published: 13.08.12, 10:02
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1. Bad things are happening to the Jewish People: while the re-
tom ,   tel aviv   (08.13.12)
ligious are increasingly turning to god for taking care of our daily security, the secular turn to the notoriously antisemitic so- called "wold" for answers & deliverance. American public is loosing the plot as well, it seems! Trust me: they've put something in the water & air.
2. Rome Capital of Christianity,Mecca e Medina Capital of Islam
Anna M Sedda ,   Roma-Italy   (08.13.12)
Jerusalem is the Capital of Judaism...this is the only veritable Truth Rome for Roman Carholic,ARABIA for Arabs,Judea for Jews.... You do not need a university degree for that,just a bit of brain...
3. eternal capital of Palestine......
I cant stop laughing   (08.13.12)
There has never been a country in all of history named palestine.... the so called people "palestinians" invented back in the 60s. ---- lets make no bones about this. Jerusalem has only ever been a capital of the Jewis h people. Other then the short lived crusader state setup to drive out the moslem invaders that is.... And it is the undivided eternal capital of the Jewish nation. It doesn't matter what some halfwits with their own agenda say we know the truth and will stand up for it
4. On the ground
Zivron   (08.13.12)
One third of Jerusalem is Arab already it's just that the Jews aim peace no bombs. The life of Arabs who are willing to live in peace without the caliphate nonsense can improve if they play the common sense and reality role.
5. So ....
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (08.13.12)
.... blow up that ugly blue eyesore, and build the Third Temple. Did not Jordan dyamite no fewer than forty-eight synagogues, including the beautiful Hurva Synagogue? Precedent is therefore set. Get rid of that mosque, disband the Waqf, and send the world the proper message -- Jerusalem is not for sharing. It belongs to the Jewish people; it always has -- whether we were there or not. I wonder how many Islamic and Christian prayers require turning towards Jerusalem (actually, I don't; I know the answer to that one). Christians are much more enamored of Bethlehem (despite there being precious little proof that Jesus was born there). Moslems pray toward a meterorite that fell in Mecca. Only the Jewish people honor Jerusalem. Any so-called "negotiated peace" that so much as mentions Jerusalem is an abomination and must not be tolerated. Anyone who doesn't like it is free to leave Medinat Israel.
6. excellent article
Golan ,   modiin   (08.13.12)
7. All the lies will soon be exposed and HaShem will come to...
Esther ,   Israel   (08.13.12)
to sit again on His holy throne in the rebuilt Holy Temple. G-d is not going to let this shame go on much longer.
8. When are the leftists and our leftist government here in
Patriotic Israeli ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (08.13.12)
Israel going to recognize the undisputable fact that THE PALESTINEANS DO NOT WANT PEACE OR CO-EXISTENCE WITH US JEWS??? And that it's about time we show some real Jewish backbone and pride and do what is right as is written in God's holy Torah (bible)?
9. Just ANNEX E. JERUSALEM
Big bad Jew ,   United States   (08.13.12)
There is but one people who are entitled to Jerusalem and that is the Jewish people. Just ANNEX all of Jerusalem and make it the official capitol of Israel. Then, BUILD BABY BUILD!!!!!
10. NGOs slight of hand
big bad Jew ,   United States   (08.13.12)
still makes them liars, cheats, and worse of all, they would try and deny Israel's legal ownership of her capitol and site of Solomon's temple that the Romans destroyed. ( and that the phony 'pals' now want as their land.) Aint gonna happen. After obama is gone, watch this happen with Romney who loves Israel replacing the muslim who faces Mecca from the White House, obamaolga.
11.  Raquel Rolnik ,a relative of Guy Rolnik,"Haaretz" editor?
ab   (08.13.12)
Her slurs are certainly akin to "Haaretz"'s Party Line
12. Arab invaders acting out Dar Al Islam,leftists&UN sing along
PETER SM ,   MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA   (08.13.12)
Arabs try to Arabise Jerusalem not the other way around.
13. Arafat the Egyptian tried his Jerusalem taqiya on Clinton
PETER SM ,   MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA   (08.13.12)
Apparently Clinton lost his cool and set him straight without any diplomatic niceties
14. #3 - THAT'S the problem! Our government is NOT
Patriotic Israeli ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (08.13.12)
standing up for the truth!!!
15. Settle this nonsense and
eddie ,   sa.   (08.13.12)
Let's get proof by EXCAVATING under the temple mount in the presence of all the world's archeoligists and give tthe evidence to these evildoers at the un. No wonder the arabs object to the excavations, they are scaared of what will be found. ,
16. UN, USA, "Jerusalem should have an international status"
Steven Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (08.13.12)
The United States views as desirable the establishing of an international regime for the city. Its final status must be resolved through negotiations and it does not recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital." 1944 British Mandate Survey of Palestine, 100,200 Jews, 96,760 Muslims, 43,770 Christians, 240,880 total. In 2003, the total population of Jerusalem was 693,217 including 464,527 Jews and 228,690 "Arabs and others"..., that same year the population of the Old City was 3,965 Jews and 31,405 "Arabs and others"
17. #1 - Tom
Devorah   (08.13.12)
I don't know about the water and the air, but I do know that there is a fatal spiritual sickness among those who would destroy us and whatever belongs to us. We've seen it again and again since the very beginning. I know something else. They (all of them) will lose everything in the end...everything.
18. this is why ISRAEL MUST have a united JEWRUSALEM
Jewish Doctor ,   AMERICA THE BEAUTIUL   (08.13.12)
ABHORRENT THINGS ISRAEL LIVES WITH PART ONE UNITE AND FREEZE JEWRUSALEM as the JEWISH CAPITAL just as the monsters grabbed the MOUNT and built that cattle barn and arab tresspassers use the mount to play stupid soccer and have their crummy picnics...kick them off. ISRAEL WAKE UP AND TAKE WHAT IS YOURS, and what has always been JEWISH! been
19. Jerusalem was ALWAYS Jewish!
Linichka ,   Gdynia, Poland   (08.13.12)
And only under Jewish Israeli sovereignty can the rest of us safely visit the holy sites of our other religions. The Moslems would limit or curtail access, never having been noted for tolerance, security would be sketchy, and sites would be allowed to rapidly fall into disrepair. But most importantly: Jerusalem was, is, and will always be Jewish.
20. No 9
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It is the official capital mate ...
21. #5. Sarah B. has a death wish
Isaac G ,   Israel   (08.13.12)
Gee Sarah, thanks for this wonderful advice. Yes, let's destroy this mosque, the third holiest in Islam; let's unify the Muslim world like it never has been and let's bring the armies of 57 Muslim states to our borders in a concerted, global jihad. When the smoke is cleared, and 100,000s of us are dead, the survivors can figure out how best to carry on their lives, in the Diaspora.
22. To: No. 21
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (08.13.12)
Third holiest site in Islam? They ignored it for 700 years -- can't be all that holy. It didn't mean a thing to them until the rebirth of Israel came about. And I think that no one will really give a sh*t -- it's just a rallying point against Israel, and I have yet to see any Moslem armies massing at the gate. And if they do? Nuke 'em. Who on earth would care?
23. #19, Why did King David conquer Jerusalem if it was Jewish?
Steven Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (08.13.12)
"According to the Hebrew Bible, the Jebusites...were a Canaanite tribe who inhabited and built Jerusalem prior to its conquest by King David according to the Biblical account; the Books of Kings state that Jerusalem was known as Jebus prior to this event. According to some Biblical chronologies, the city was conquered by King David in 1003 BC, or according to other sources 869 BC"
24. When Arabs ethnic cleansed out the Jews,they stopped Jews
PETER SM ,   MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA   (08.13.12)
from visiting their Holy sites in 1948 despite promiising to allow it. The Jews came back in 1967. Why would any sane person allow a repeat performance.
25. 23 Jerusalem was never Arab. US was Indian,Mexican & Spanish
(08.13.12)
Hand it back NOW! You have not been there continuously for millenia,go home and pay damages. Telln your Arab invader imperialist buddies to do the same.
26. Why can't Jerusalem be 'shared' especially that it means
Edithann ,   USA   (08.13.12)
so much to all religions.... Why does one have to have dominion over the other? That attitude shows contempt for G-d, Hashem, Yahaw, Allah, or what ever 'it's' called.. Now be good children and run along and kill each other over this BS.... TATA
27. 16 Have you told the BBC,Guardian,the Arabs?
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28. zion always sion
me   (08.13.12)
why do not discuss tehran to iran? paris to france? london to england? washington to usa? sydney to australia? tokyo to japan? cairo to egypt? brasilia to brazil? df to mexico? sion always zion,the heavy burden to the nations
29. Probably as much as 25%
Paul ,   Jerusalem   (08.13.12)
of all people here on visa's are engaged in subversive activity detrimental to Jewish control of East Jerusalem. I've personally met people that are employed by foreign governments to establish a presence in Arab Jerusalem. They won't build their embassies in West Jerusalem, but they are designing, and planning embassies for Arab East Jerusalem. This is true for the US and Scandinavian countries.
30. Shame on you for censoring my post
Paul ,   Jerusalem   (08.13.12)
Keep the masses ignorant of the subversive activities of Europe, makes this media outlet part of the problem. Just disgraceful.
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