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Don't make Zoabi a hero
Yakir Elkariv
Published: 11.12.12, 10:41
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31. zouabi is harmless the rest of Balad are threats to security
zionist forever   (12.11.12)
Whilst he was a serving MK Tibi was an official advisor to Arafat and at Camp David he specifically told Arafat not to compromise on right of return which was one of the biggest sticking points. The reason for that of course was because Tibi & his arab buddies would then be able to have real power Bishra of course used information he had access to as an MK and gave it to Hezbollah during the war in 2006. Now he is on the run and still receiving his generous MKs pension. All Zouabi did was take a cruise and makes anti Israel speeches. She is a traitor and there is no place for her in Israeli politics but better to keep her inside the system and controlled rather than having her and her Olmert on the streets of Tel Aviv trying to get the arabs and leftist Jews to have a revolution and topple the government.
32. Loony left always tries to scare Israel into submission.
Chaim ,   Israel   (12.11.12)
Zoabi betrays Israel. She really does represent the hatred most Israeli Arabs feel for Israel, but that is a matter for another post. Like most Israeli leftists, the author tries to scare Israel into submitting to our evil enemies. Almost any other nation would execute Zoabi for treason. Israel must start dealing harshly with traitors. No more coddling of terrorists and traitors.
33. ONLY SHARKS CAN SWIM WITH SHARKS,LIKE THIS AUTHOR
DACON9   (12.11.12)
34. How do you know this will happen Yakir?
Eyal ,   USA Israel   (12.11.12)
You may have your opinion, but you are completely wrong. A person like Zaobi should be put in jail for life. She is a traitor to a country who she is representing and frankly, I don't care if we turn her into an international limelight, as long as she doesn't operate in Israel PERIOD. If she did what she did in another country (Western), she will be going to jail. If she did what she is doing in an Arabic country, well we all know what would happen to her. Remove her and ship her to Gaza, perhaps she will do better there.
35. Even if Israel gave Zoabi a gold crown
A ,   Belgium   (12.11.12)
to wear on her empty head, and a throne to sit on, Abbas would still threaten to take Israel to the ICC for "war crimes" (jealous because HE didn't get a gold crown), the EU would threaten sanctions, the US would "express its disapproval", Hamas would shoot rockets etc. etc. In short, regardless of what Israel does, it is always wrong in the worlds eyes (no one likes talking too much about the numerous Israeli achievements, of course). So get rid of her and Tibi and the rest of the traitors and Hamas supporters and f*k what the world syas about it. Druze, Beduin, Christians and other minorities...whoever has served Israel and regards themselves as Israeli and NOT "palestinian" or martian or some other imaginary creature, your places in the Knesset are waiting for you.
36. Don't make Zoabi a hero
George Weiss ,   Teaneck, USA   (12.11.12)
You could not be more wrong. As you write "There are very few countries in which parliament members who hold such extreme views could walk around freely and enjoy all of the rights their special status grants them." There is a very good reason for this fact. The reason is that it is correct. Let's remember that in Israel an MK represents the whole nation and this MK would like nothing less than the elimination of that state. She has no right to sit in the Knesset and represent the state she hates.
37. We can to tolerate treason to be a democracy?
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (12.11.12)
No - this is one of the stupidest ideas afloat. She has aided and abetting GENOCIDE - that makes her a War Criminal as well as a traitor. She belongs in jail.
38. And every terrorist Israel catches should go free.
Ralph Haglund ,   Sweden   (12.11.12)
Same thinking, if Israel puts him on water and pita, the world will feel pity for him and so on. So what is the "world" (leftist Israelis) wanting Israel to do with traitors? Give them a fat pension?
39. zo what
moshe ,   ozark USA   (12.11.12)
Let her be a hero, In Jail !
40. a hero to barbarians is okay by me.
ralph   (12.11.12)
41. To No. 37
Bertram ,   London, UK   (12.11.12)
"She has aided and abetting (sic) genocide". OK. Excuse my ignorance but can you tell me exactly how Zoabi has done that?
42. How the Talkbackers love to hate Hanin
Ben Alofs ,   Bangor, UK   (12.12.12)
Every once in a while the hysteria about what Hanin Zoabi does or says, flares up. If it is not about Zoabi, it is about Ahmed Tibi. And if it is not about Tibi, it is about Azmi Bishara, who famously declared that his struggle was for Israel to become the state of all its citizens. The Zoabi witch hunt may be able to come up with a plan to get rid of Hanin. But a new defiant voice will be heard, sooner or later. As long as state oppression, discrimination and inequaltiy in Israel exist, Palestinian Arabs will continue to challenge it openly. They are the thorns in the side of the political Zionists.
43. So says Ben Alofs, #42, who portrays
Robert Haymomd ,   Israel/Gush Etzion   (12.12.12)
himself as a physician who has even made temporary stops in Gaza. But how could you believe anything this virulently anti-Israeli given that, in fact, he is not a physician at all but a nurse. If his credentials are out of whack, then everything he states must be put to the question.
44. At the end of the day we must preserve democracy
David ,   Haifa, Israel   (12.13.12)
I personally dont agree with all of her political views and opinions. Like every citizen she must act within the boundries of the law. Just because someone dosent agree with the right wing polices of our goverment dosent make them an enemy. Its some what hypercritical when we have the likes of Michael Ben Ari on the loose, who has frequently broken the law and acts against goverment policy. He is even denied access to the US as he is offically classed as a terrorist. By banning MK Hanin Zoabi would be a nail in the coffin of democracy and one step closer to Israel becoming a dictatorship run by the likes of Liberman , now that is a scarry thought.
45. She's already a hero @ 17
Moragh   (12.23.12)
A HERO, Salma..... a HERO of what! So, in your sight every traitor is a hero? Wow Salma, you sure have some strange ways and your thoughts are way out of zinc.
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