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Report: Israelis seeking asylum in US
Itamar Eichner
Published: 13.08.12, 23:39
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1. Mortal Danger from what? Motor Car Accidents maybe?
Alan ,   SA   (08.14.12)
2. It would be nice
(08.14.12)
for all secular G-dless Jews to seek asylum in the U.S. and for Israel to finally become a true Jewish state the way G-d wanted it.
3. Israeli Arabs can get refugee status in the US?
Katamon ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (08.14.12)
Quick, someone translate this into Arabic and start marketing it to Israeli Arabs. Additionally, it would be helpful to put together a list in Arabic of the various policies that exist around the world towards Israeli Arab and Palestinian immigration. Does Turkey accept them as refugees? India? Indonesia? Malaysia? We could solve the whole problem right here.
4. To #2 - Shameful
Glen ,   NYC, USA   (08.14.12)
You would like the secular Jews to leave to the US? Remember that while you're away studying Torah and contributing nothing of value to the country, those secular Jews you want gone are protecting your pathetic self.
5. #2 nice?
sealift67 ,   northern calif   (08.14.12)
If the surveys are correct regarding adherence to Jewish law, ritual and practice folks remaining would have a tough time raising an army, collecting taxes, or producing much more than lots of kids.
6. Running from honor killings OK.Send Naturei psychos to Iran
PETER SM ,   MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA   (08.14.12)
They are very comfortable kissing Ahmadinejad,why do the need the USA?
7. Illegal aliens aren
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (08.14.12)
8. illegal aliens aren't bad enough, Israeli arabs dumped too?
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (08.14.12)
Why not just invite al-queda and be done with the discrimination against those who would destroy whats left of what used to be America?
9. fundamentalist tripe award to Post #2
mea   (08.14.12)
congratulations, you are the prize pig at the Talkback Fair.
10. #2, I served and created conditions for you to survive?
Michael ,   California, USA   (08.14.12)
I regret it so much after knowing how you think. I should have let them win the wars, destroy your house and neighborhood. I should have let them insult and you and burn your shul to the ground. But I would not let them shave your beard nor kill you because I swore "never again."
11. #2 G*d didn't create Jews to imitate 18th century Lithuania
Dr. L. Brnd ,   San Diego, USA   (08.14.12)
The Jewish people have never in their 3000 year history had a tradition of non-working full-time "Torah scholars" who live off welfare and the sweat of other men's brows and spit on little girls whose clothing they don't like. Not until a cult of parasites from Lithuania and Romania showed up on Israel's doorstep, following the mad edicts of a clique of hereditary "rabbinic dynasties" who believe and teach that only they can interpret the secret messages in the Torah that are supposedly more important then the actual written words. I fail to see that they are different then the Jim Jones cult and the David Koresh Waco cult that we shut down and booted out here in the USA. Haredim should not be coming to America thinking that we will put up with their crap like the Israelis do. There are limits to religious freedom in America, and spitting on little girls or trying to push women to the back of the bus will get you a baseball bat over the head and a ticket back to where you came from.
12. Israel should assist more Arabs to leave.
Chaim ,   Israel   (08.14.12)
Polls, elections and, increasingly, their actions demonstrate most Israeli Arabs want to change Israel into another Arab state. Israel should assist such Arabs to leave.
13. #2 And what else does G-d want...?
solomon ,   bklyn   (08.14.12)
Please tell us as it seems you are the only one on this earth who has G-d’s ‘ear’ on this subject.
14. #4: Hold On
babawawa ,   new york, usa   (08.14.12)
Maybe what #2 said was kinda stupid, and certainly not felt by everyone, your saying that Jewish prayer contributes nothing to the country is probably the reason why they wrote it. Prayer is the greatest protective shield there is, and more than likely the reason why Jews are as safe as they are in Israel. Just read some of the stories here on the IDF - from sex scandals to mutinies. I don't think the IDF can handle the defense of the country alone.
15. #2 knows how to amuse
Avi   (08.14.12)
Just using a computer brought, bought and/or made by secular jews, using internet provided and made by secular jews using internet made by secular jews through infrastructure made by secular jews while his entire sector is financed and baby fed by the secular jews. Like the Joker said to Batman: "It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic. Ah what the heck I'll laugh anyway ahahhhahhaahahahaaaa"
16. 2#: If you want to be close to god: you know what to do...!
tom ,   tel aviv   (08.14.12)
17. I don't think #2 is Israeli OR Jewish.
Avishai ,   Tel Aviv   (08.14.12)
It looks like another fraudulent outsider to me, trying to stir up trouble. Notice: No name, No country. Just trash talk from a trashy person.
18. # 4 & 5 just the opposite
Bandoo ,   IL   (08.14.12)
I think you got it the other way around. Those religious "settlers" 34% of them serve in the reserves vs 5% of the rest of the country. The religious officers will soon be the majority. Most religious soldiers choose combat roles. Look up the story of Gideon in our Bible (our History Book) Ben Gurion when asked by the UN "What is your mandate to set up the state of Israel" He said " The Bible Is My Mandate" Woy Woy-That would make a great bumper sticker!
19. Honor killing threat I can understand...
I love ,   Israel   (08.14.12)
Former USSR mafiosos, yeah, running to escape execution. Others just faking danger to make yerida and pursue the long ago faded "American Dream".
20. #2
Abie Dee ,   New York, US   (08.14.12)
Funny, because last time i spoke to Gd he told me that the religious ones got this whole religion thing totally wrong and wanted them all to seek asylum in the US...
21. #2
Enoch ,   Toronto   (08.14.12)
So how come Israel is not like "G-d wanted it". Obviously G-d didn't want all Israelis to be pathetic black clothed clowns. Look around the country and see what G-d really wanted.
22. #2
Roxy ,   Israel   (08.14.12)
If it wasn't for the secular Jews that you hate so much Israel would not exist. It is the secular Jews who fought to free Jerusalem from the Arabs and who continue to fight and die to keep Israel in existence! It is the secular Jew who works and pays taxes that support your Torah study,and puts food on your table!
23. #3 - While all the talkbackers are shouting #2... YOU'VE GOT
Patriotic Israeli ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (08.14.12)
MY VOTE!!! :-)
24. #2 Why no signature?
Chaya Haredi ,   Israel   (08.14.12)
The only thing I can think of with an idiotic comment like that is that you are a secular person posing as religious in order to make religious people look bad. If you really are religious then I'd like to know if you've ever heard a talmid chacham express an opinion such as yours. And of course, the answer is no. With good reason.
25. To #11 You didn't mention
Daniel ,   Shomron   (08.14.12)
בס"ד to #11 I noticed the "Dr" before your name. Could you please give us verification of your "dr" title. Thank you.
26. Sarah B is one of them hahahahhhhhh
Stevey wonder   (08.14.12)
27. Legal trick
(08.14.12)
Seems like a legal trick, to cover up something, who knows...criminal records.....
28. US asylum policy.
Istvan ,   BUDAPEST HUNGARY   (08.14.12)
Seventy years belated.
29. Dear Dr this or that (no.11) From my
Better informed Jew   (08.14.12)
earnest and modest knowledge of Romania, there were never any "cult of parasites" coming to Israel from Romania. Not even long before modern Israel was re-established in 1948. For your information, the only Romanian-Hungarian cult Jews were the Szatmars, but they left their headquarter city, Satu Mare, in the early (?!) 30's. They all re-established in New York and surely, if anywhere, they continued their cult activities there ! Also for your precise information, the Romanian Jews who really made a great mark on Israel's older history were the pioneers who settled Rosh Pina and Zichron Yaakov at the end of the XIXth (19th) century. Now, these are two successful and bustling towns and communities. Otherwise, the nearly 600,000 Israeli Romanian Jews together with the others, have done nothing but build modern Israel from beginning to end, have fought in all her wars and have been safeguarding her from all her enemies, including ill-informed people like you.
30. Re #2
Andrew Brehm ,   Zurich   (08.14.12)
"all secular G-dless Jews" What about all the Haredi G-dless Jews? Who will they live off if the seculars leave the country? The good news: The Haredim think G-d will provide for their well-being. The bad news: The Haredim think the secular Jews are G-d.
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