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'The Gatekeepers' lauded in US
Yoav Birenberg
Published: 31.01.13, 15:01
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1. Goverment Money
Bill Stein ,   UsA   (01.31.13)
Why does the Israeli Goverment give money to Anti Israel filmmakers and if we don't who does fund them
2. one more Bibi-hater touring the USA
pinchas ,   boston   (01.31.13)
So he made a film with six alta kaka ex-"intelligence" heads kvetching to the camera and showing their inner lefitst "sensitivities." For all their alleged Zionist and analytical credentials, I don't think they were the men for the job. Too much soap opera-like jealousy and disloyalty in their personalities. The leftist filmmaker of course is in his element and he will win big with his 'artistic" confreres in Israel and the US.
3.  CNN's Christiane Amanpour has always slanted her reporting
Abraham ben Jacob ,   Canada   (01.31.13)
regarding the Mid-East. She is an apologist for the Arabs and has slanting her reporting against Israel for many years. She would love any movies or books that are negative towards Israel
4. If we listened to those six talking heads
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (01.31.13)
We would have a civil war on the edge of Lake Kinneret. We would have Hebollah rockets tell more kilometers closer to our cities. We would have Hamas with F-16s and American tanks on the very edge of S'derot. We would have more heavy artillery, aircraft, gunships and tanks in Judea and Samaria. Jerusalem would be a war zone. We would have six million Arabs inside of the Greenline. Each of these people have advocated these exact positions. And that is where we would be right this very second if we dumb enough to listen to them. They have been wrong exactly 100% of the time on every issue. Yes we should listen to them and we would know exactly what not to do.
5. #3 A quick visit to Wikipedia may explain why.
Jake   (02.01.13)
"Born in London, England, Amanpour was raised in Tehran by her Iranian father Mohammad..."
6. It could be the worst film in the world....
Jake   (02.01.13)
but as long as it has plenty of fodder for the anti-Israel propaganda war, it'll be nominated for the Oscars, or some other big international movie award.
7. # 4" We would have Hamas with F 16s"
ben   (02.01.13)
"Each of these people have advocated these exact positions" Love reading the objectivity on this Talkback board. PS does anyone know if anywhere in the movie Shin Bet talks about Bus 300
8. CNN and Amanpour - Agenda against Israel
Abraham ben Jacob ,   Canada   (01.31.13)
According to CNN’s broadcast of a film called God's Warriors it has the equating of Jewish (and Christian) religious fervency with that of Muslims heard endorsing "martyrdom," or suicide-killing. Israeli settlements, in the Amanpour script, that are the great enemy of mankind and all those with any link to them, however indirect, whether Christian or Jewish, secular or religious, are part of a putatively evil nexus. This dark alliance is said to include Jewish fundraisers stumping the U.S. for money ("defiance of international law comes dressed in diamonds") and Jewish organizations with an alleged stranglehold on Congress. Throughout, Amanpour hammers the claim that Jewish settlements violate international law and she seeks to paint this position as a universally accepted view with a lopsided parade of like-minded commentators. P.S. Some quotes and comments borrowed from Andrea Levin of CAMERA which watches reporting on Mid-East issues.
9. Our worst enemies come from within.
(02.01.13)
10. Inflated egos
Philippe ,   Raanana   (02.01.13)
THose former shin bet directors are kneejerking for the ususal self-denying; looking for an impossible reward ( to be loved even if you are a cop) they formulate a puerile formula " I love my job but I hate my work ".So what ? It is basic, puerile, Peter pan logic; Those guys bow their former pride just because theyr in front of a TV camera; they now play the " perpetual regret and sorrow at still being alive " . This attitude is grand posing: To pretnd that you are something totally different form the person ( yourself ) who did that job 24h/day for years.Call it narcissism, inflated ego, estrangerment from a brutal reality. Typical behaviour of the " Yid Parvenu " of the 19th century:The "Yid parvenu" was trying to look as close as possible to a gentile, so he toned down as much as he could to the external pressure and was passing his time finding excuses , pointing out that the backward jews affected with religion-tradition would dissolve themselves with assimilation.Back in 2013 it is pretty annoying to hear those fellows , affected by this self-deprecating pattern, exerting such a big influence on a warrior like Ariel Sharon The strategic blunder this guys cooked with the unilateral evscuation of Gaza, still weighs heavily on Israel and its citizens.An old jewish proverb says " Tsifil Klig , nicht es git " ( too smart is not good ) .Those guys , despite all their prowess , are are lacking " common sense ".
11. Truly disgusting ensemble of Israelis.Of course: post Obama
tom ,   tel aviv   (02.01.13)
America loves this stuff. Their media people are just as moronic as ours. It is an affliction of anyone who models him/herself on all things "liberal"... they cannot escape it, poor, highly educated cretins :-(
12. @11: Don't Be Too Quick To Blame Liberals
It's Me ,   Over There   (02.01.13)
Remember that political association is different in different countries. My definition of a liberal is a person that is a free thinker capable of forming my own opinions. For the record, I consider Christiane Amanpour an unapologetic Israel basher, a Jew hater and a paid member of the Al Jezeera network intent on subverting all other news networks by disseminating arab propaganda.
13. Occupation? What Occupation? Arab Occupation of Gaza?
emanon ,   USA   (02.01.13)
Yes, I agree, Gaza should be returned to Israel and the arab nations should make reparations to the Israelis of Gush Katif and elsewhere that sacrificed their homes and lives for a pack of arab lies.
14. Only right-wing Talkbackers would have the audacity...
Rafi ,   US   (02.02.13)
... & chutzpah to set themselves above and dismiss the recommendations of 6 of the most capable & experienced intelligence officials in Israel... when will the delusion end ?
15. #12. Amanpour...
Tom W ,   USA   (02.17.13)
Do you know that the Israel bashing Amanpour's husband is John Rubin, a hard left Jew? A Clinton era politician. It's like a Lego game: whenever an antisemitic person open his/her mouth, a leftist, self hating Jew must be nearby. Your definition of liberal is obsolete. When the abuses of Marxism-Leninism became known, all the yesterday Marxist "renamed" themselves to a more benign sounding "liberal" moniker. Who the hell wants to be called a "Bolshevik"?
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