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No reason to panic
Hagai Segal
Published: 10.11.12, 15:01
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31. Sounds like you beging Israel
Cornell ,   Landover, M.D.   (11.11.12)
Sounds like you begging Israel and this is just the begining.
32. Obama is not a savage like Natanyahu.
Persian CAT   (11.11.12)
Obama will protect Israel while pushing the peace process. I want to see Obama in Israel telling the people DIRECTLY what Israel needs to do. Obama should freeze the funds taken out of the American tax payers' pockets to pay Israel, while Israel is creating more enemies for the US and endangering the US interests. That's the best payback for Bibi's meddling in the US elections).
33. Eagleprick, seems you're still regurgitating that BS!
Persian CAT   (11.11.12)
Please keep you "advice" about Obama and shove it.
34. #22 Madeleine. Look at the mirror.
Persian CAT   (11.11.12)
"go and join your Moslem brothers." You're calling that guy an "anti-Semite" while you have no shame in revealing your hatred for Moslems! There's no sunshine between you and the guy. So back at you. BTW, I don't think Ynet is going to listen to bigots like you and ban or censor talkbackers to make a "sick piece of garbage" like you happy. Deal with it!
35. Trust BB to back a looser
Haim ,   TA   (11.11.12)
Well what should we expect from the man that chose Liberman to be our FM ?
36. Bibi only so willing to get on his knees for obumma.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (11.11.12)
37. U*sual and expected Frightwing claptrap
miki ,   tampa   (11.11.12)
38. Bibi put his career on the line to save his people
Lemmings Hotline ,   sd usa   (11.11.12)
No apologies are necessary. The ones who need to apologize are those who stand idly buy while their brothers are threatened with extinction.
39. Relection of "o"
Miryam ,   Ontario, USA   (11.11.12)
America just relected the anti-christ for 4 more years. Only HaShem can deliver Israel. I guarantee in the next 3 months no one on earth will recognize America it has become a very immoral country. Israel pray for America
40. Naive to the point of Retarded
progressoverpeace ,   Philadelphia, USA   (11.11.12)
"A US president cannot let personal agendas come in the way of national interests." LOL. Has the author been in a coma for the past 4 years or does she just have no clue about anything? Barky's interests are in direct opposition to American interests. That's what all of his policies have shared and that's what he ran on. He wants to destroy America (and has almost completed that task) and certainly salivates at the thought of destroying Israel. Just wait. You'll find that every ill in the world will be blamed on Israel (as Barky started when he first slimed into office by claiming that all problems in the middle east were due to Israel building apartments outside of Jeruslaem) and things will get REALLY BAD. Look for an EU/UN/US embargo and/or blockade some time in the near future and the full South Africa treatment meant to put Israel out of existence. It's coming. America, as it has existed, is already in the grave. We are now the American Socialist Superstate, but even that will not go on much longer, as Barky seeks nothing less than a deluded third world sense of revenge against America and the West.
41. Persian Scat # 33
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (11.11.12)
It's Obama's BS Scat. I can't help the fact that he had publicly made the remarks. As to what to do with my advice, well..... if your going to read my posts your just going to have to get used to it.
42. Re: # 23 Jeff USA
Ariel Ben Yochanan ,   Kfar Tapuah, Efraim   (11.11.12)
B"H I am one of those Jews whom you declare to reject. Let me in turn reject your rejection and tell you that there is a mitzvah that says: Don't stay idle in front of your brother's blood, which is exactly what you are doing. The Jews you reject stay on G-d's Land for you too and deserve your support, if you are a Jew. The American community's turning its back to its brothers, is a very serious shortfall of Torah observance and I can't guarantee that Hashem will not punish Klal Israel terribly for this..
43. The American flag
Mira ,   Vienna   (11.11.12)
should fly on some street in JERUSALEM! That I would call good relations!
44. Whistling in the dark?
Max Maier ,   Germany   (11.11.12)
Very hilarious. The author of this piece really wants to imply that there is some sort of mutual dependency between Israel and the US. There isn't. To put it very bluntly: one is a country with barely the population of New Jersey and rather few allies, the other one is a global superpower. Yet the prime minister of what is effectively a client state believed that he could challenge and bully the President of the US, by opposing his policies, supporting his rival and by implicitly threatening a withdrawal of the Jewish vote in the US elections. Well, that has fizzled out like a wet firecracker and the implied threat of withdrawal of the Jewish vote will never be at the disposal of Israel's prime minister again. People have been babbling here about Obama's supposed hostility to Israel, yet until now Israel didn't even have to suffer American indifference towards it. It can get very lonely if you try calling the White House but nobody is answering the phone.
45. Prove Your Claims, Paul @12
emanon ,   USA   (11.11.12)
You can't. The claims you make are groundless. In case I'm not clear, you are a liar.
46. What about the rest of Israel?
Esser Agaroth ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (11.11.12)
What about the rest of Israel? What will President Obama force us to do with it?
47. #13 and #22
graczek ,   Maryland, USA   (11.11.12)
Someone who calls himself "Graczek" is pulling the wool over your eyes. He is someone else who claims to be from Maryland and who claims to be me. You have been defrauded.
48. Has anyone noticed
Belinda ,   Texas, US   (11.11.12)
That of all the Obama supporters on Ynet, none of the want to talk about Benghazi or the usurping of the US constitution's 2nd amendment by the UN gun ban treaty (which was signed by that heathen the morning after the election)???
49. No reason to panic.
lightharry ,   New York   (11.11.12)
I must say that the Israeli contempt for America is at a new level. Everything that Netanyahu or Israel has said and directed to the President or the USA is recorded. This entire incident will come out to the American public. American Jews from day one were considered part of the family of the USA. Now in the internal circles of America one has to wonder can we trust the Americans of Jewish faith when it comes to defending the USA. A Netanyahu has really done more damage than the average person is willing to consider. The Israelis will learn from this incident and today I think that it is too late. The picture from Adelson telling us he and he alone determines who is President of the USA makes the average person take up arms. Bibi you have done a fine job in building the future for an Israeli future.
50. #44 Chill out Max
Cynthia ,   USA   (11.11.12)
Netanyahu never bullied Obama. He's entitled to his opinion and support for his long term friend, Romney. Israel's relationship with the US and US committments to Israel precede Obama. This may actually be an opportunity for Israel to flex her independence from the US. I remember how upset the US was when Israel was going to sell parts to China, drones to India and when Lieberman visited Russia to improve relations. Israel is a small country but the only US ally that provides the US with ME regional power.
51. To #49
graczek ,   Maryland, USA   (11.12.12)
Exactly my sentiments, Sir or Madam. President Roosevelt said it quite clearly when he declared that America is a Protestant country and that the Catholics and Jews are here on sufferance. The Jews have now come to wear out the patience of the American people, and this problem must be solved in some way.
52. @50 Not entitled to "his own opinion"
Max Maier ,   Germany   (11.12.12)
When he deals with a foreign head of state a head of government has to keep "his own opinion" to himself. "Own opinions" are for private citizens, government officials have to stick to what is acceptable between states. Involving yourself in another country's election isn't. The US has more military capabilities in the ME through its carrier groups and bases in the Gulf and in Italy than it will ever need. Israel is more of a liability than an asset.
53. To: No. 52
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.12.12)
But wouldn't your statement extend equally to Obama's vocal support of Tziporah Livni in Israel's election? And how about the embarrassing tete-a-tete between Obama and Sarkozy that was recorded? If you knew anything, you would know that the United States has inserted itself into more foreign elections than any other country, even to the extent of ordering the assassination of foreign heads of state. Remember Allende? How about Mossadegh? Tried to get Castro, too, but couldn't.
54. To: No. 51
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.12.12)
Planning to build some gas chambers and crematoria, are you? Vatican City is well within Israel's missile range. Don't tempt us, you idiot. Don't tempt us. There is no love lost between Jews and your sick, depraved so-called "religion." What are you going to do? Start another Crusade? You won't be dealing with Arabs these days. You'll be dealing with Jews. And we will crush you like the insects you are.
55. #3. Long after Obama is a bitter memory...
Chaim ,   Israel   (11.12.12)
#3. Long after Obama is a bitter memory, Israel will thrive. Polls consistently show the vast majority of Americans disagree with you.
56. #52 Can you validate that Max?
Cynthia ,   USA   (11.13.12)
Exactly when did Netanyahu challenge and bully the President of the US? And when did he threaten a withdrawal of the Jewish vote in the US elections? Netanyahu spoke with Jewish groups. He does this every visit. He's a Jewish leader as well as head of sovereign state. You might ask yourself why Israel has become Iran's enemy when not too long ago they were on good terms. Perhaps it's because of Israel's relationship with the US. While this relationship is important for both countries, being a US ally can be a liability.
57. 'not the America of old'?
Sherlock Holmes ,   London England   (11.13.12)
In earlier generations there were two 'superpowers', the USA and the USSR. Today there is only one superpower, however huge its deficit! Israel may be stronger today, but today there is also a nuclear threat. The world doesn't stand still. Put not your faith in princes nor your trust in presidents... for the Guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.'
58. No Reason to Panic
ltrail ,   United States   (11.19.12)
When the world's peoples are in fear, when criminal elements dictate and control nations, and when enemies of Israel come into and remain in power, know this fact: G-d is in control and oversees and controls everything that will ever happen to, for, or against, the Jewish people, everywhere. No foreign minister or president can compel the State of Israel to do anything.
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